Fixing sneakers..

[Ark]

Ok, I am attempting to even the odds a little for sneakers vrs plate tanks.. I've tried adding +BS acc to the races and classes that have stealth, but they still just don't ever hit. With my level 40 test chars, my halfling thief with a JAL has hit my human warrior (ac 95) with a backstab exactly twice out of about 50 attempts. This just seems a little sick, and I want to bump the percentage up so that a thief can hit a tank of equal level roughly 40% with a backstab.. Otherwise it seems that BS will be completely pointless in PVP. Any suggestions from anyone who's actually managed to balance out pvp on thier board? Is 40% too high of a goal, or too low? I don't want to just keep pumping +BSacc onto classes, as it'll make thieves TOO overbalanced (10kg weight on a 1g scale as per Metro standards?)...



- Ark

[Blunt]

don't go equal lvl go equal exp

[deca]

bump

[Platinum]

Bad idea #1 - using a JAL vs 95 AC..

Good idea #1 - try a fangblade

Good idea #2 - You said you added +85 accuracy..make sure thats BSaccuracy and not accuracy..neither cross-effect.

Good idea #3 - I would go same level over same exp, as a thief and warrior aren't TOO far from each other, hell you could just make the thief gnome and he'd be even to your human warrior.



Now..also consider..the tank must have been heavy on encumberance, right? I would certainly think a level 40 with that AC would be..not many tanks have that AC at that level, and not many tanks travel heavy. They'll sacrifice somewhere to go less on ENC and lower AC a bit.



For best testing, probably should use 85 AC on the warrior at the most.



+85 BSAccuracy is a lot..I would think you'd land more then 2/50.

[Reckless]

wait for N to come out which should address backstab issues in pvp.

[deca]

imt ryign to have balacne now, not when n comes out

[Reckless]

it's a fruitless endeavor. It's a problem with the combat system and will only lead to errors if you try to circumvent it I imagine.

[Platinum]

Yeah, I'm not quite big on PVP..but when I was running through portals on my bbs, I could't even land a BS on a non-decked mage..and my char was decked, bsing 80% while scripting the hardest spot in the game=/



I hope N fixes that..

[Reckless]

N is allegedly going to be out at the end of the month, but they still haven't worked out the regen dying problem.