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(sorry for the quick ms paint job i did, i just wanted to show what this would look like)

Ok, as most of you know, a new aspect to combat, Initiative, was added when CR 2.0 was introduced. While it has the potential to add another element to combat, it is useless as of right now except for when you use desperation. Seeing as how desperation only lasts 10 seconds, and it only gives 10 points to Initiative (unless you are below half health), there is no reason to try to get a high Initiative bonus. Even if you got a, lets say, 30% bonus, that only adds a meager 3 points of Initiative and even then that 3 points is only for a short 10 seconds. Sure, when you use this ability below half health, you get more Initiative, but still, it's for a very short period.

What I suggest, is to add Initiative as a stat to each of the combat styles. This would add another aspect to combat and another variable to be introduced into building ones loadout. Seeing as how "Initiative" refers to being the one to "take the leading or first action", I would think more offensively minded classes would get a higher amount of points in the ability. Doesn't seem like Initiative goes too well with a defensive mindset, but maybe that's just me.

I also am not sure what a good amount of points to give would be. I put 40 here in the Karate Style. Karate is pretty offensively minded, so I guess it would be one of the higher ones, but I basically just picked 40 because that is close to what other attributes give.

Anyways, I think this would add a nice little aspect to combat, and give us more to consider when making personal loadouts.

Discuss....

great night of pvp tonight everyone!! zion had 11 people at one point. mechs had 7-8 at their highest point. it was lots of fun for everyone!

Well I just noticed that we set a record for the most users online on the forums on 12/24/06. The previous best had been the day of the Monolith-SOE transition. So, I guess that's some good news. Maybe we have more people still here than everyone thinks.

As said in title, looking for a Zion org key at a reasonable price. Post here or send a /tell in-game to DJSPARTAN.

Guys Im tired of all the Syntax/Vector hostilities that currently exist. It is getting to the point of where it is ridiculous, I hope you would all agree. I personally promise to try my best to stay as friendly as I can here on the forums as well as in game. I hope everyone else will do the same.

Lets have a respect for each other here. Most of us arguing are the very best players on Synatx and the very best players on Vector. Myself included, we have pride issues about not wanting to say others are better than us. But we can keep this friendly. I know personally, I would love the chance to fight Regulus, as it appears he is considered you alls top MA, as I am on Syntax. But I want it to stay friendly between us. If we ever get QA up, Im going to be respectful towards him as I hope he will to me.

Guys, way too many threads have been locked already. Lets all be more mature here, and just remember that this is a video game and we are all acting like a bunch of kids. I hope we, myself included, can begin to act more responsibly and grown up towards each other.

Just sharing my thoughts,

Spartan

Ok, when looking at the three styles in the MA tree, its obvious that karate got the short end of the stick here. You hardly ever see anyone using it, and for good reason. Everyone is either kung fu because it has good accuracy, or aikido because it has good defense. Karate has the lowest defense of the 3 and is tied for the lowest accuracy with aikido.

To compensate this, karate is supposed to do more damage. Well this is hardly the case. Karate gives 29 points of melee damage, but kung fu gives 27 and aikido still gives 26. Wow!! a whole 3 points of melee damage over aikido. Martial Arts Prowess gives 25 points!!! And karate gives a whole 2-3 more points over the other trees. For the most part, this is hardly noticeable.

So i guess to balance this out a little, maybe karate should give more like i dunno 35 points melee damage? That would be 9 points over aikido and 8 points over kung fu. This is definiely fair, since aikido has a 12 point defense advantage over karate, and kung fu has a 10 point accuracy advantage over karate. This seems like we could get more people using karate some this way.

Anyone else have anything to say on this?

It seems as tho this ability is bugged. I dont think it takes into account the initiative bonus. Heres a screen showing it: See it still only gives 10 points although my bonus is at 38%.

Message Edited by Spartan1818 on 05.28.2006 08:56 PM

Woo hoo i cant wait SMILEY

I was just looking at different collectors items and when i saw Taggart's Pipeline, it made me think of something. That shirt gives 4% virall accuracy, then Squad Leader's Shirt gives 4% ballistic accuracy. Unfortunately, as far as I've seen, there is nothing that gives 4% accuracy bonus to Melee or Thrown. I know its not a huge difference, but it sure would be nice if all could have one 4% item.

The timer on this item has been bugged for quite some time now. It's one of those after you use it, the next time you try it says, "You Must Wait 1 More Seconds to Use Prison Mastery Device Again." The timer says 120 seconds and i just tested it and it was at just about 6 minutes later when it finally let me use the item again(or 5 minutes and 30 seconds from when it wears off).

Just wanted to make sure everyone else was experiencing this as well, cause i would like to get this fixed since it is a very useful item and I would like to be able to use it more consistently, or even if it stayed at this long at least fix a timer so we have idea of how long before we can use again SMILEY

Ok we got the PvP all stars thread, lets start up a class specific thread for CR 2.0. Post who you think is best in each class not PvP only but in dueling as well.

I am looking for a pair of pants with some decent IS regen. If anyone finds any let me know. Contact DJSPARTAN in game or post here. Thanks