You can avoid it and yes there is spell trigger that is like it only worse a lot more range and a chance to stun. You can't throw ex pots on the run anymore if you could people would still be throwing them. Yawn
With running shot getting nerfed how exactly do you kill someone who is just going to run away from a fight every time they get low? Super Nova gives players a chance to kill people who are scared to die in a video game. This game needs to get more offensive not less.
If that's your best argument, Id suggest you go practice a lot more. I have no issues killing anyone without damage potions of any kind. The high DPS nonsense needs to be removed ad player skill put back into the game.
Well for us that aren't as godly as the great Apple I pwn we need something to kill people who run away.
Except that is a false argument. Alchemy does a hell of a lot more then just give people NOVAS. It increases heal pots by 10-12 points, it increases conflags 175%, plus both damage potions are susceptible curse and corpseskin as well. Trigger is physical damage.
Explain how they are avoidable ? because we (or just I) have explained how it is not avoidable. one of us is wrong, and... we all know who it is. I'll re-quote myself.... Again.
So, I don't like comments like this, but... why should someone need to put in 18% more effort in pvp because they have something else over alchemy? by the way 18% (of 150) = 27 which is the damage of supernovas with curse. essentially, a person with alchemy & novas only needs to take away a Maximum of 123* hp, and it should be game over for their opponent.
Nova misses quite a bit against guys running away when low now if it has a screen worth of area damage that would be one thing it doesn't. So now I can't use it again for two minutes because someone ran away. Which is ok it at least gives me an opportunity to finish someone leaving a fight.
an Alchemy Mage, is not the only "pure" mage template that should be used. you're just saying things I've already said (which help mine/our arguement more than it helps yours) the only reasons to NOT have alchemy is:
Why would you use the nova if someone isn't close enough to get hit by it?
Just don't have your timing bro.
lol, you don't need my timing. you need common sense.
I'm helping contribute to their ridiculousness. I'll stop even addressing it. I just can't understand how they (besides cove, because he is actually a good player IMO) can't grasp the mechanics.
I'll work on that.
I'm not trying to offend you, I really want to see it your way...
No one has anything to say about supernovas (so far) that doesn't help my argument.
It appears to be too late.... "Warrior's Gifts" seem to have already been removed from TC1 (It's not working for my character anymore, since the evening they came out...)
Despite what the patch notes said... it always was based on Modified skill. (the patch notes were wrong, when it said it required "real skill").
It's working for me on TC right now. I had to patch.
Do you not see him telling us he is on TC to discuss changes? This is the most involved ANY Dev has been with the PvP community. If anything, you should be thanking him.
Good. Archers didn't need any new buffs.
The same way I've always killed them: With spells, which is something I've done countless times. Never once needed a Supernova to do it. Or the Alchemy skill.
Yeah, and when do people go on TC: They tell him things/don't do much testing because of lack of town buffs. Also, he's MIA for a few minutes at a time, responds when someone says his name in overworld/overhead chat, then tells us to email him before he leaves.
Interesting theory you have here I don't want to get off topic here but I've seen you pvp you can't kill someone on screen let alone if they run away. Last I'll speak on the matter back to the changes talk.
Interesting, I am always patched... and it doesn't appear to have an effect (it's a bug then, I did switch masteries and switched back at one point).
That is not what the game needs. the game needs better balancing, not more imbalances..... if the game was better with imbalances, there wouldn't be as many people quitting over the last several years everytime something they didn't like in terms of balancing came out.
Just as I've seen your group, as well as all of the other guilds on Atl, pvp. Nice job ignoring the actual point of that post though.
Just out of curiosity, were you on TC1 when Bleak was there?
That's your opinion, which is fine. But saying people will "quit" because of it is frankly not a good argument. Whenever ANYONE proposes any changes, people mention the "but people will quit!" argument. If someone's individual game is that weak, then they probably won't last very long in UO with or without the changes.
Warrior's Gift, as it was, WAS imbalanced, and also buggy.
It's not a question of an individuals game being "weak" or not. if there's only one way to play the game, what is holding peoples interest?
I like that idea. It would give players an incentive to play as melee in pvp. Currently pure melee is useless in pvp. Also think the passive bonus should be scaled to your real Weapon Skill and Tactics. That way it is more likely to benefit a pure melee than a mage just slapping on a weapon skill for the bonuses.
Anyone so over-confident to believe their opinion is "fact" often disqualifies even their own well-thought out points with their brashness.
That's fair, but personally I prefer the possibility of over-capped HPI to the DI. I don't mind HP being overcapped, but I wouldn't want DI overcapped. I hope the developers consider just fixing the buggy aspect of how it works on TC1 and give more time for testing.
I'm not over-confident though.
I was there and both he and mesanna have been very responsive to me via email. They are stretched thin so it makes sense. Honestly they should put us all in a private stratics thread or on their BS forums. That would make all of this easier
ehh. It has its uses for pvm, I suppose - would give you more HP for hard-hitting stuff like Rikktor. But pvp, when guys can already be ridiculously hard to kill? Imagine trying to fight a 165 HP 4/6 Chiv character, Stone Form/Protection Mystic, etc. They're already hard to kill 1v1, and +15 more HP independent of the cap would make them even more so.
When was Mesanna there? Unless she was hidden, the only member of the Dev Team I've seen on there recently has been Bleak. I haven't been over there for very long though, which could also be a reason why.
I never disagreed that 15 HP > 15 mana for a dexxer/melee fighter - that is why I like the new proposed change (albeit it is currently bugged on TC1).
Honestly, I am really struggling to keep this civil with you. How does this say that Mesanna was at TC, "I was there and both he and mesanna have been very responsive to me via email." I mean honestly WTF do you not get?
Yes, I would love it for my sampire. But I can see your point regarding the PVP example (although I've never encountered a "165 HP 4/6 Chiv character, Stone Form/Protection Mystic").
Mk, well I don't like it because it's imbalanced. You like it because it's useful. That is a difference in opinion.
What part did YOU not get? All I did was ask when she was there, simply because I hadn't seen her in the limited amount of time I've spent on TC in the past week.
K, after cooling down a bit, I realized I misread that last post, @Old Vet Back Again. Meh. Still no reason to act like that.
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