Question about Evasion

[Spirestone]

Hello people.

I'm wondering how effective Evasion is at stopping adjacent enemies from attacking you when you have 1/2/3 or 4/4 skill points into it.

Does it stop enemies completely at 4/4? I'm trying to figure out what to put my remaining skills into on Berserker... Either Evasion so I always attack first, or 2/2 Combat Speed. Having six attacks is nice on Spirestone, though I'm not sure if I really even need it.

Any input on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Sarumar]

Usefullnes of evasion will change in next vetsion of AT, because there will be aggressive monsters...

Currently evasion is one of the best skill in game. Monsters have two way to got first strike:
-they accidentally try to move space where you currently are... Funn part is... monster can move only in four directions
-monsters have 15% chance (per round) to get first strike when they are next of player. So with level 3 evasion.. they cannot attack you without moving in to your space ..


good hunting

[Spirestone]

I understand. Thank you for the explanation.

Do you have anymore information about the aggresive monsters? Will they have more of a %chance to attack us, or will they just ignore the Evasion skill?

If they have more of a %chance, I will most likely take Evasion. If they ignore the skill, I more than likely will spend the points elsewhere, as I dislike having useless skills.

[nyktos]

Do you have anymore information about the aggresive monsters?

concrete details are still a ways off, we stopped testing Aggressive Mobs to finish v0.6.12...
the last test version was pretty buggy & all the enemies just ran at you all berserk.
so, our next step is to break them down into groups to "act differently".

some will have a pack mentality, others wont care about the conflict around them...
but really ~ if we can get this "feeling right" Evasion will still be a valuable skill!

at the moment, Evasion is a little over powered in my opinion...
as we can just abuse all these half confused monsters as we dance circles of death around them.



and welcome to the forum!

[ncer]

all the enemies just ran at you all berserk.

That sounds like fun!

[Sarumar]

all the enemies just ran at you all berserk.

That sounds like fun!

and with cleave 4 it just makes grinding easier

[nyktos]

aggressive monsters will make Cleave more useful,
and as i have said in the past...

mob traps [like what we see in the iqhan cave]
are easily circumvented with Cleave...

(those three guys at the fence that force you to fight them simultaneously)

i digress...

Evasion + Cleave vs. Aggro Mobs?
perfect combo - IF that's how you want to build.

[Wyrmspawn]

Since Tek isn't here to support bc, I'll just step in and do it for him. When all the monsters run at you, berserk, it doesn't really matter if they can't hit you anyway. Tek's gonna have a field day over those mobs. Is better start building some bc builds, then.

[Mino]

The monsters get tougher with each update, and with the way AC and BC work there's always a chance you'll get hit no matter how much BC you have. I also think BC is important but I'd still rather be able to attack first and then hope to block their attacks if they're still alive.

After I get my 2nd level of cleave I'm thinking about getting level 4 of evasion just to max it out.

[nyktos]

if i was a weapon, i'd be the quickstrike dagger...