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Hand to Hand

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:55 pm
by windblown79
Has anyone gone far enough into Close Combat to know what's in the Master Hand to Hand skill tree?

I'd like to make a hand to hand character, but don't want to spend the effort if there isn't some worthwhile payoff.

Thanks :)

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:18 pm
by anemian
I think magic amplifiers count as fist combat. I just know that I heard it in Universe chat so it might not be right.

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:21 am
by sidusar
A select few crazy people have mastered the Hand to Hand skill, yes. ;)

Not me, I'm not crazy enough, but I do know there is no such worthwhile payoff. No special technique that becomes available at level 250, no sudden exponential increase in your damage output after level 200, nothing. It does ofcourse scale with level as does any skill, but there's no point where it suddenly becomes much better (as elemental magic does with the racial spells at level 125). For Hand to Hand combat, what you see at 50 is what you get at 250.

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:45 am
by ajsuk
Bah, being lvl 249 and able to nerf everyone's xp by punching a plod on the nose has gotta be a special skill. :p

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:04 pm
by fiach
LOL that actually happened one night, the plods went amok and ran into the mages, one of whom had 250 in CC, he double clicked on one of the plods by accident and punched it, XP nerfage ensued of course, incredibly cool IMO :)

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:57 pm
by sidusar
Some consider the ability to be in parry-mode while casting or the ability to win any naked fistfight a "worthwhile payoff" too. :p

But I think you get my point. :)

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:08 pm
by murmadog
beware, monks hides around us... :D

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:25 pm
by acridiel
murmadog wrote:beware, monks hides around us... :D
Nonono, must be Chuck Norris revenge :D ;)

Or Bruce Lee. (*lol* now that´s creative 0ô!!)

CU
Acridiel

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:30 am
by windblown79
Thanks for the information, Sid :)

That's what I was afraid of. Old game lore talks about "Kamic Fist" practicioners, but it looks like something that was never really implemented.

Maybe someday...

Re: Hand to Hand

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:10 pm
by sidusar
Kamic Fist hmm? I believe that's one of the titles still in the Ring system. Along with dozens of other titles which all hint at things that were never implemented. ;)