Thursday, June 12, 2008

June 12th Patch - notes for barbs

Well, today is patch day. Got some nice changes coming in for our Berserker spec'd brethren:

Barbarian

  • If a Barbarian performs a unarmed attack after executing their No Escape ability they should no longer slide around without animating their legs.
  • Unstoppable should stop functioning when the feat is untrained
  • Finishing Blow damage boost after charge should always cancel (even when missing the target) - Finishing blow should scale like this : 1 point = 2x damage, 2 points = 3x damage, 3 points = 4x damage.
  • Decapitation feat should scale better when more than one point is spent in the feat.
The last two are the most important. It seems now that Finishing Blow should have finally achieved is permanent resting place, and it sounds pretty sweet. Decapitation will have to be tested to see how much damage it's actually doing these days. I'll let you know when I hear anything.

Nothing else in the notes caught my eye.

Full Notes: http://forums-eu.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=41537

6 comments:

Scott said...

Haha, I haven't tried it out yet, but I hope they improved it.

I had a quick question, I don't really know how else to contact you, or if theres a certain place to ask questions...but anyways

lets say you have 2 weapons, a 2h edged and 2h blunt, with same exact stats, same exact dps, but the blunt weapons have less damage range compared to the edged weapons, where they have higher max/min and blunt is more consistent i would suppose. Which would you suggest?

Gokex said...

If the DPS is the same, then it would be preference for any long duration fight.

For short fights, though, I'd go with the one with the higher range in hope of better burst.

Besides here, I'm usually staring at the AoC Barb forums (link on the left under Other AoC Sites/Blogs).. posting there or here should get a quick response :P

Scott said...

hahaha, ya Im always reading the forums as well, go under the name Ballanor, just dont post very much. Figured this would warrant much less forum trolls haha =P

Anonymous said...

How's your DW build coming along?

Gokex said...

Scott: Definitely, I'm hoping it stays relatively civil here haha

Anon: Pretty well, I feel like I've got a pretty solid grasp on the playstyle at the moment, I should have a feat guide together sometime in the next few days :)

Anonymous said...

Awesome! Can't wait. Big fan
// Anon