Broadsword's AS is so stylish. Drool. And oh-em-gee... MA's new one is... is... <glee!>
Virtue:
Miserya - 50 EM/ELA Brute (Perma-shelved)
Adriana Rayne - 42 Katana/Dark Scrapper
Cyberpulse - 26 Super Strength/Willpower Brute
Steel Heart - 24 Invuln/Super Strength Tanker
Assassin's Blow/Slash video courtesy of Aisynia.
I still don't understand the weakness of BS's animations. I look at Assassin's Slash and I see Assassin's Poke. It lacks that visceral ruthlessness of animations like Assassin's Claw where you stab then rip the claw out while spilling the victim's insides on the floor.
Martial Arts AS looks a lot like the old ET animation.
Without the silly pom poms.
You know what, I think MA is liquid sex from now on.
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Assassin's Thrust would be a better name for it I think.
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Originally Posted by Leo_G
And although Broadsword's AS is named Assassin's Slash, it is still an impale/stab animation.
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He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
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I think I know why they didn't call it that.
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Originally Posted by New Dawn
Assassin's Thrust would be a better name for it I think.
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Wavicle, Energy/Energy Blaster, dinged 50 in Issue 4, summer of 2005.
@Wavicle, mostly on the Justice server.
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Originally Posted by New Dawn
Assassin's Thrust would be a better name for it I think.
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Originally Posted by Wavicle
I think I know why they didn't call it that.
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And then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips
And bring your knees in tight
It's the Assassin's Thrust that really drives them insane
Let's do the Time Warp again.
New story arcs coming soon (ARC IDs will be aded when I finish the arc):
So, you want to join the Hellions? (level 1-14 Villainous arc)
Sparks & Steel (level 5-20 Heroic arc)
and
So you want to join the Skulls? (level 1-14 Villainous arc)
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so its what claws looks like just without claws?
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Originally Posted by Leo_G
Good news though: Martial Arts gets an alternate animation for its Assassin's Blow attack. It's called Fist of Annihilation and your character leans back, draws back his right arm while the left arm is out infront of you followed by you striking the foe with a flat-palmed punch with the right. Someone else described it as Practiced Brawler followed by a punch.
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No it's not, check the video in my 2nd post.|
Originally Posted by Solo_One
so its what claws looks like just without claws?
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PS: Claw's AS animation has you crouch low with one claw behind and above your character then sink that claw into the foe, ripping it out then holding that stance. MA's doesn't have a crouch.
Why would you crouch if you are invisible anyway? Angle?
awww so your saying BS will be nothing special?
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I heard that your biggest and most powerful muscles are in your butt, so maybe you crouch for extra power not just from your arms but your legs too?|
Originally Posted by Ethric
Why would you crouch if you are invisible anyway? Angle?
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Originally Posted by Blpup
awww so your saying BS will be nothing special?
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*imagines Assassin's Cleave for Battle Axe*
Ahh, now that's an Assassin's Strike....
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Originally Posted by Ethric
Why would you crouch if you are invisible anyway? Angle?
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Seven years of heroism. Seven years of friendships. Seven years of saving the world. Seven years of virtuous selflessness.
You will return, for you are the mighty City of Paragon, the City of Heroes.
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Originally Posted by Dr_Unholy
Broadsword's AS is so stylish. Drool. And oh-em-gee... MA's new one is... is... <glee!>
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Whatever developer came up with that animation needs fired. It looks EXTREMELY weak and fairy-like....it's DEFINATELY NOT what I expected Broadsword's AS to look like...not by a LONG shot. It's horribly ugly...and I hope it's changed before live. I'd take just a duplicate of Ninja Blade's AS animation for a temporary fix even....it's that bad.
Also, Broadsword in general leaves very little to be desired...imho...at least in pvp...it's a pretty crappy set so far. HS, your best follow-up to AS, only has a 50% chance to deal double damage and trust me...it misses that critical PLENTY it seems. Disembowel is NO substitute either. Furthermore, when all of the BS powers were ported over...they got severly nerfed, it appears, as I was actually expecting a bit higher damage values when I did my "port-over" calculations before Closed Beta. The values we ended up getting...are MUCH more watered down than what I anticipated. The 50% chance to crit on HS is just the cherry on top...
Anyways...if you're a fan of the big ol' sword...Broadsword will be fine no matter what (concept wise) but personally...I was not impressed AT ALL.
And yea...pretty much no prolif's/updates/changes to our Patron Powers (only SoA's got a tweak...sorta...) ...yet for some reason...the dev's thought it'd be REALLY cute to give Scrappers MELT ARMOR as well as yet ANOTHER PASSIVE +Regen/+Recovery POWER! HAHA! OMG, seriously, could they prove their bias any more openly!?! In that they baby their Heroes and kick their Villaisn? Just take a quick gander at all the FUN NEW toys that Heroes recieved in their ALREADY POWERFUL (<---key word there) Epics!!!! But bah...that's a rant and a fight for a different thread and a different day....carry on....
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Wow, and they said *I* was whining...
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Originally Posted by DarkMaster
Broadsword's AS is absolute garbage animation wise.
Whatever developer came up with that animation needs fired. It looks EXTREMELY weak and fairy-like....it's DEFINATELY NOT what I expected Broadsword's AS to look like...not by a LONG shot. It's horribly ugly...and I hope it's changed before live. I'd take just a duplicate of Ninja Blade's AS animation for a temporary fix even....it's that bad. Also, Broadsword in general leaves very little to be desired...imho...at least in pvp...it's a pretty crappy set so far. HS, your best follow-up to AS, only has a 50% chance to deal double damage and trust me...it misses that critical PLENTY it seems. Disembowel is NO substitute either. Furthermore, when all of the BS powers were ported over...they got severly nerfed, it appears, as I was actually expecting a bit higher damage values when I did my "port-over" calculations before Closed Beta. The values we ended up getting...are MUCH more watered down than what I anticipated. The 50% chance to crit on HS is just the cherry on top... Anyways...if you're a fan of the big ol' sword...Broadsword will be fine no matter what (concept wise) but personally...I was not impressed AT ALL. And yea...pretty much no prolif's/updates/changes to our Patron Powers (only SoA's got a tweak...sorta...) ...yet for some reason...the dev's thought it'd be REALLY cute to give Scrappers MELT ARMOR as well as yet ANOTHER PASSIVE +Regen/+Recovery POWER! HAHA! OMG, seriously, could they prove their bias any more openly!?! In that they baby their Heroes and kick their Villaisn? Just take a quick gander at all the FUN NEW toys that Heroes recieved in their ALREADY POWERFUL (<---key word there) Epics!!!! But bah...that's a rant and a fight for a different thread and a different day....carry on.... |
The common sense question of the day is, "Why does the Broadsword AS stab when all of the other BS attacks slice/chop?"
Branching Paragon Police Department Epic Archetype, please!
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Because the BS animations are recycled from Mace/Axe sets which cannot stab. It's a real hit to the believability of all the animations of BS, not just the AS.
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Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer
The common sense question of the day is, "Why does the Broadsword AS stab when all of the other BS attacks slice/chop?"
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Unfortunately, the only new powers Stalkers will get are those within the Broadsword set (no new PPP powers).
From discussion on the test boards, I also learned that no, Broadsword is a duplicate of Ninja Blade and not unique in any way. No replacing parry with whirling sword or whatever. It's the same line-up as NB. And although Broadsword's AS is named Assassin's Slash, it is still an impale/stab animation.
Good news though: Martial Arts gets an alternate animation for its Assassin's Blow attack. It's called Fist of Annihilation and your character leans back, draws back his right arm while the left arm is out infront of you followed by you striking the foe with a flat-palmed punch with the right. Someone else described it as Practiced Brawler followed by a punch.
Also, Spines get thorn, metal, crystal and slate custom options along with color customization so go out and make some spines stalkers!