Videos of Mater's Blitz Round Two - Pure Paladin

[Cetus]

WGU solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKs...pr3WM74B3CFV1g

Ranks Solo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCcB...3CFV1g&index=2

[Wizza]

They are private.

[Cetus]

Whoops

Ok, were good now

[Lonnbeimnech]

Looks like it wasn't nerfed that hard, or maybe paladin really is OP enough compared to centered kensai that it balanced out, more or less.

[slarden]

One of the biggest differences between power and average player knowledge for a melee is twitching. If the game is too easy this would be one thing to remove from the game if it's even possible. I can see this being done in the video and while I have no issues with it, if the people using it are complaining about player power that is one thing to bridge the gap.

[Pescha]

One of the biggest differences between power and average player knowledge for a melee is twitching. If the game is too easy this would be one thing to remove from the game if it's even possible. I can see this being done in the video and while I have no issues with it, if the people using it are complaining about player power that is one thing to bridge the gap.

Blitz was nerfed and now you want to take that away too ? not signed.

[Lifespawn]

Blitz was nerfed and now you want to take that away too ? not signed.

it doesn't look very nerfed in the videos but maybe that's just the synergy with paladin

I too was worried that the change from last week and this week was again sledgehammer where a surgical knife is needed but it doesn't look horrible a little bump here and there to even out the trees while still leaving blitz as the top mp and I think we're where we need to be.

[Qhualor]

out of curiosity, why are all or most videos (not necessarily always yours) show how well a build works or to show proof of something in quests with no real DR breaking worries or have a lot of mobs in them like WGU and Breaking the Ranks? it is helpful to see how Blitz or whatever works in quests like that, but why not show a variety of quests that have half as many mobs, fighting undead, quests that have a buffet of mobs where it makes more sense to switch weapons for better dps, the quest has a lot of breaks in between fights, videos with a full group, etc?

[Cetus]

out of curiosity, why are all or most videos (not necessarily always yours) show how well a build works or to show proof of something in quests with no real DR breaking worries or have a lot of mobs in them like WGU and Breaking the Ranks? it is helpful to see how Blitz or whatever works in quests like that, but why not show a variety of quests that have half as many mobs, fighting undead, quests that have a buffet of mobs where it makes more sense to switch weapons for better dps, the quest has a lot of breaks in between fights, videos with a full group, etc?

Don't know, if you want other contexts then make some - I tackled the two hardest quests in the game to solo as a demonstration.

[Qhualor]

Don't know, if you want other contexts then make some - I tackled the two hardest quests in the game to solo as a demonstration.

that's a good idea. never done a video before, but ill look into it. be nice to see how things work in a completely different scenario.

[Severlin]

Loved the videos.

Sev~

[moo_cow]

WGU solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKs...pr3WM74B3CFV1g

Ranks Solo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCcB...3CFV1g&index=2

A non masters blitz of wgu would be nice to see the comparison. Nice speedy run though, nicely done.

[wiliamsane]

Looks like it wasn't nerfed that hard, or maybe paladin really is OP enough compared to centered kensai that it balanced out, more or less.

Well... I can see only great synergy between improved paladin , twich skils , glancing blows and blitz on top of that .. which from what i saw might be too strong ... But Blitz alone , without these combined is not so op , imho not even close to op or its former power.

[maddmatt70]

I am fan of twitching and the like, but hate the old blitz. Player skill is a good quality to reward, but not at the expense of team play.

[ReaperAlexEU]

WGU solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKs...pr3WM74B3CFV1g

Ranks Solo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCcB...3CFV1g&index=2

have you compared blitz to divine crusader?

[the_one_dwarfforged]

that asf is just brutal. but yet another advantage for robots, can instantly de and reequip docent. smh.

also your tactics looks really ineffective compared to monksei.

[Cetus]

that asf is just brutal. but yet another advantage for robots, can instantly de and reequip docent. smh.

also your tactics looks really ineffective compared to monksei.

Yea, not sure what was going on there - with an 80 strength I still have a 76 DC.

Either extremely unlucky set of rolls or mobs saves got boosted

[mikarddo]

Loved the videos.

Sev~

Does this mean that you think twitching is working as intended? It certainly is an odd mechanism so it would be good to know if the dev team considers it WAI or not so that may be included correctly into the balance considerations.

[Cetus]

Does this mean that you think twitching is working as intended? It certainly is an odd mechanism so it would be good to know if the dev team considers it WAI or not so that may be included correctly into the balance considerations.

Whats wrong with twitching? This is just a word thrown around to describe dynamic combat

[slarden]

Whats wrong with twitching? This is just a word thrown around to describe dynamic combat

Nothing is wrong with it although it's arguably a game bug. It allows people that know about it to get bonus damage that is unavailable to the majority of players that don't know about it.

Wrong? no, but since people are complaining about the game being too easy it makes sense to start with things that add to player power that most players don't even know about

1) exploits
2) favorable game bugs
3) twitching

I don't know if the devs can even do anything about it so it doesn't matter what the players think - it may not even matter what the devs think if the effort is to great.

However, perhaps a video to explain how to do it would be useful to the community so everyone understands how to do it if they wish to do it.

Just in the small amount of testing I did it make a difference and likely haven't optimized it since I primarily play casters. Although I plan to play a melee when U23 is out and will of course use twitching.