Close combat ?

[jackmor]

Ive been leveling my close combat which is about as hard to do as casting. Ive got it up to 80 and aside from the sp there doesnt seem to be any plus to it. Except for keeping the mob busy, while casters have time to land some hits to level its a pretty crapy skill as far as I can tell. The stanzas dont help at all. Ive tried every combo I could think of but just regular fight seems to work best.

Im going to get it to 100 just to see what happens. Then Im going to work on 1h with a shield and see where that gos.

Will you guys to fill me in on the bennies of this skill. I would realy like to hear from somone with more experiance.

[piknik2]

ummmmmm, it holds agro really well if you can stand all the 'too far from target' messages.

[jackmor]

ummmmmm, it holds agro really well if you can stand all the 'too far from target' messages.

It did but, recently I have been loosing agro more than before. Im not sure if its a tweek or not.

[xenofur]

with close combat, do you mean barefisted or with daggers? *has plenty exp with daggers upto lvl 63*

[jackmor]

with close combat, do you mean barefisted or with daggers? *has plenty exp with daggers upto lvl 63*

Oh sorry, your right I should have said WITH daggers. Heh You would probly need to know that. lol Thanks

[sathla]

I'd like to see a barefisted CC player, I'd buy myself a ticket for the lollercoaster for that.

Daggers on the other hand don't do alot more dmg than barefisted does it seems.

[madnak]

Daggers are incredible in PvP. What mage can cast through daggers?

[xenofur]

ok, i'm equipped with a quite high armor and jewels, so my hp lies at around 2000, my stam is unboosted and is at 700, i usually use: inc dmg, inc dmg after dodge, inc dmg after critical and these mixed in: heal aura, self heal, speed run and invul
very important is also standard attack for the cases where the mob gets lucky and hits me often while i can't score criticals
also use item enchantment since my knifes are carrying ice *thinks* 6(or something along those lines) for emergency cases
now my knifes are both like this: http://exekutor1.ex.funpic.de/futallaby ... hp?res=447
when doing a dpm calculation i find that i am doing similar damage as a 2hd pike user, but i have the benefits of of a higher dodge, higher chance for criticals and more flexibility, esp. in situations that require high damage output, since i can use enchantments as fast as i can hit with my daggers, no matter what time credits were used
disadvantages are less damage on bird-like mobs and kitins

[amcyr]

Don't you find your stamina gone in no time?

Whenever I use dual wield (or even 1H), I find I run out of stamina way faster than when I 2H, for basically the same amount of damage. Sure I may get the extra dodge in now or then, but the stamina drain is still enormous.

[techlord]

Don't you find your stamina gone in no time?

Whenever I use dual wield (or even 1H), I find I run out of stamina way faster than when I 2H, for basically the same amount of damage. Sure I may get the extra dodge in now or then, but the stamina drain is still enormous.

as u should.. 1h vs 2h ... 30% less damage but about 50% more speed... = more hits = more stamina used...