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ChrisJSY said:
I don't see any indication when the skill is ready you just have to press the button at some undetermined time ? Like, when the animation has finished, or .5 seconds after, 1 second, what? There's just a button, and some "energy/actions points bar"? Genuinely curious.

He reviews a lot of stuff and likes a lot of games but comparing it to everything else I'd say he was showing how extreme they take some things, unnecessarily. Yes, like running distances for YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE IN THE GAME.
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Basic skill like that one, which is essentially you're staple "attack" skill there is no cd. You just wait until you have used the ability then attack again. Spamming like he did gets you nowhere fast, you can be a lot more efficent and get more attacks in if you time it correctly.

Better, more powerful skills need not only ap's but tp's which you build through normal attacks and also have a cd. It probably sounds more complicated than it is but it is certainly better than sitting spamming a single skill all the time.

Plus if you train up as another class as well you can combine their skills into your own. But thats a whole different story :p
 
No1newts said:
Spamming like he did gets you nowhere fast, you can be a lot more efficent and get more attacks in if you time it correctly.
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So let me get this straight, there's no cd but you need to wait for the animation, no indication when it's ready again but you need to "time it correctly". From what I can see spamming does work, because as soon as it's available to use, it gets used.

Don't tell me there's some hidden mechanic that makes button mashing slow down your attacks because frankly that sounds made up.
 
ChrisJSY said:
So let me get this straight, there's no cd but you need to wait for the animation, no indication when it's ready again but you need to "time it correctly". From what I can see spamming does work, because as soon as it's available to use, it gets used.

Don't tell me there's some hidden mechanic that makes button mashing slow down your attacks because frankly that sounds made up.
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Read the whole thing.

It's ready when the action has been carried out and completed. There is no great big warning light saying cd complete. Yes I suppose you could just sit there and slap the keyboard as you do on a wow raid but on anything other than the first few levels when content us easing you into thegame you are nit going to get far hitting one action button.

As I said read the whole of the above and it is a lot more conplex than that
 
No1newts said:
Read the whole thing.

It's ready when the action has been carried out and completed. There is no great big warning light saying cd complete. Yes I suppose you could just sit there and slap the keyboard as you do on a wow raid but on anything other than the first few levels when content us easing you into thegame you are nit going to get far hitting one action button.

As I said read the whole of the above and it is a lot more conplex than that
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Alright, from what I've gathered from videos is that there's either an internal timer or you need to wait till the animation is completed for this first skill, but you failed to mention that other skills do indeed, have a cooldown and timers on the screen. (Unless they removed that, but videos indicated they have not).

Why do you bring up other MMOs in defence, like you needed to justify it?
 
ChrisJSY said:
Alright, from what I've gathered from videos is that there's either an internal timer or you need to wait till the animation is completed for this first skill, but you failed to mention that other skills do indeed, have a cooldown and timers on the screen. (Unless they removed that, but videos indicated they have not).

Why do you bring up other MMOs in defence, like you needed to justify it?
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Im on my I-phone and have troubles copying and pasting but if you read it undid say that any abilities other than the basic ones do have a CD. By that I meant it's a visible cd. Apologies if I didn't make it clear enough. It was not as a defence more of a comparrison. Last 2 mmo's I have played are wow and aoc and it's wow in which you.bash as the guy implied. Just trying to make it a little clearer for you bud. Pity they don't have free trials up yet as you could have seen it for yourself.

Completed a public quest last night and I must admit it was terrible. Not the quest itself but the fact it does not put you in a group for it. There was 20-30 odd people just running screaming in every direction, players and mobs dying left/right and centre and agro tables all over the shop. Most annoying though was a lot of players just tagged along done nothing at all, not even drawing their weapon even, and then collecting the reward. Would be great in a proper group though.

@ indie & neo. Are either of you in a linkie? Really want to find one as I'm getting fed up solo playing :(
 
yet another question...

Want to get my hands on fletchery training from the Carpenters guild.. but need to do guildquests to get guildmarks to buy it!... how do i get/do guildquests?

EDIT: i've found out now :D need to be physical level 20 to earn guildmarks from the standard battleleves... apparently!

Now... to find out about factionleves and how to do them!
 
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allday247 said:
been playing this very slowly but have a question.
Are there leves for specifc class guilds? e.g Pugilist?
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Yep there is.. you unlock them at level 20 (i think) once you reach that, speak with one of the NPC's in your specific guild and i guess you'll be given quests!

just know this from what i've read.. i've not actually tested it!
 
Oh also yesterday i was in a group doing some leve quests. (3 ppl)
I was lvl9, the other 2 lvl8.

We did about 3 quest but i noticed my Pugilist wasnt really gaining any EXP. I couldn't have hit the EXP cap already could i?
 
Indie said:
yet another question...

Want to get my hands on fletchery training from the Carpenters guild.. but need to do guildquests to get guildmarks to buy it!... how do i get/do guildquests?

EDIT: i've found out now :D need to be physical level 20 to earn guildmarks from the standard battleleves... apparently!

Now... to find out about factionleves and how to do them!
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Yeah im yet to venture into the murky world of working out how all the factions and that work. I've got 11 points with one of them, then 8 and 6 with the others. The one with 8 points is my apparent best rep faction, then the 6 pointer then 11 points last :confused: Obviously something I dont know about yet :D

Indie which gathering prof do you need for levelling LW? I need to get myself some new armour before I go nuts, sick of getting serious damage of poor(ish) mobs cause my armour sucks.
 
allday247 said:
Oh also yesterday i was in a group doing some leve quests. (3 ppl)
I was lvl9, the other 2 lvl8.

We did about 3 quest but i noticed my Pugilist wasnt really gaining any EXP. I couldn't have hit the EXP cap already could i?
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Very much doubt it. Perhaps you are just doing leves which are low for oyur level?
 
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