Battle axe blog

[Drew]

Why would your CS blow? I was always able to hit what I was hunting with my 409/415.

TWC costs 12/12. You run out of TPs real quick so my guys spells are only like 1.6x. That's recipe for bad CS.

[AnticorRifling]

TWC costs 12/12. You run out of TPs real quick so my guys spells are only like 1.6x. That's recipe for bad CS.

Ahh yeah that would do it, in that case I agree with you keep the spell aim and win awards.

[Drew]

Acquire currency, procreate with ladies.

[Drew]

So I finally got my second blink gladius! Got my first set of consecutive flares while clearing out the path for escort task:

>mstrike
You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
With instinctive motions, you weave to and fro striking with deliberate and unrelenting fury!
You swing a swirled black-blue gladius at a frost giant!
AS: +403 vs DS: +181 with AvD: +35 + d100 roll: +42 = +299
... and hit for 78 points of damage!
Spinal cord damaged by smash to the back.

Your black-blue gladius suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!

Dozens of long thorns suddenly grow out from the ground underneath a frost giant! Several of the thorns jab into the giant!
... hits for 20 points of damage!
... 45 points of damage!
Shot destroys eye and the brain behind it!

The frost giant cries out in cold agony one last time and dies.
The deep blue glow leaves a frost giant.
The light blue glow leaves a frost giant.
The powerful look leaves a frost giant.

You swing a swirled blue-black gladius at an arctic titan!
AS: +417 vs DS: +207 with AvD: +28 + d100 roll: +85 = +323
... and hit for 68 points of damage!
Great shot penetrates thigh and shatters bone!
The arctic titan is knocked to the ground!
The arctic titan is stunned!

Your blue-black gladius suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!

Dozens of long thorns suddenly grow out from the ground underneath an arctic titan! Several of the thorns jab into the titan!
... hits for 39 points of damage!
... 40 points of damage!
Strike punctures throat and ruins vocal cords!
The arctic titan screams evilly one last time and goes still.

Your flurry of strikes leaves you off-balance and out of position.
Roundtime: 5 sec.
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[ MStrike Cooldown: +0:01:00, 0:01:00 remaining. ]

Nice way to clear a crowd! More logs to come.

You are holding a swirled blue-black gladius with a limpid eye staring outwards from the pommel in your right hand and a swirled black-blue gladius with a nettled eye staring outwards from the pommel in your left hand.

[BriarFox]

Frickin' awesome.

[Drew]

First consecutive on a like level critter:

>mstrike elem
An earth elemental lumbers to its feet!
>
You concentrate intently, focusing all your energies.
You explode into a fury of strikes and ripostes, moving with a singular purpose and will!
You swing a swirled blue-black gladius at an earth elemental!
AS: +402 vs DS: +132 with AvD: +7 + d100 roll: +81 = +358
... and hit for 26 points of damage!
Wild slash bounces off the back of the earth elemental's hand.

Your blue-black gladius suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!

Dozens of long thorns suddenly grow out from the ground underneath an earth elemental! Several of the thorns jab into the elemental!
... hits for 37 points of damage!
... 35 points of damage!
Well placed shot pierces knee, that hurt!
It is knocked to the ground!
... hits for 30 points of damage!
... 30 points of damage!
Well placed strike shatters a rib!

You swing a swirled black-blue gladius at an earth elemental!
AS: +388 vs DS: +68 with AvD: +7 + d100 roll: +2 = +329
... and hit for 25 points of damage!
Blow leaves an imprint on the earth elemental's chest!

Your black-blue gladius suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!

Dozens of long thorns suddenly grow out from the ground underneath an earth elemental! Several of the thorns jab into the elemental!
... hits for 14 points of damage!
... 30 points of damage!
Strike pierces forearm!
... hits for 13 points of damage!
... 35 points of damage!
Slash across back of hand, tendons sliced!
... hits for 40 points of damage!
... 30 points of damage!
Strike pierces forearm!
The earth elemental shudders heavily as its heavy earthen arm falls to the ground!
The earth elemental shudders violently for a moment, then goes still.

Your series of strikes and ripostes leaves you winded and out of position.
Roundtime: 5 sec.
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[ MStrike Cooldown: +0:01:00, 0:01:00 remaining. ]

So they are turning out to be pretty deadly so far!

[inso]

Are those longs scripted to show when the eye is closed? Not that anyone really uses the poke feature enough to warrant it, just curious.

[Drew]

Nope, that would be pretty cool though.

[Ayamei]

Acquire currency, procreate with ladies.

and burn foliage?

[Drew]

Burn foliage every day-ay.