I'm a very off-and-on Dragonrealms player and came back recently to see combat mechanics once again tweaked to my extreme disadvantage.

While hunting in gryphons, I lock my main weapon and then hunt with about 6 lower range weapons. My recent problem has occurred with all the weapons, but I'll use 2HB for my example, as it was the most effective before the latest changes.

I have enough skill in the weapon to knock the creature down to the ground with a stun, so it is prone, senseless, and completely helpless, right? One or two more killing blows should do it, right?

However, now gryphons are consistently dodging my attacks while -stunned and prone,- despite the fact that I am using the same weapon that put them on the ground in the first place.

What. Is. Up?

Also, a year or two ago, defensive penalties were nerfed for conditions such as immobilized, prone, asleep, etc.

It sucked for people who relied on using these effects for backtraining (immobilize with magic, swing with backtraining weapon), and kills the immersion a bit (how the heck can a sleeping creature dodge?!), but it was probably better for game balance. Maybe.

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I can understand that, but this has only happened within the last few months. Before that I never had this problem last year.

>>Personally I think they were fine beforehand... I never noticed that much of a gap detween their defenses and attack power. Even where that gap existed, it kinda makes sense... think of large animals - bears for example. Lots of stamina, not so much evasion. Stronger in terms of attack than defense. That's what natural critters were before, and are no longer.

what? that's always been the problem with natural critters. not teaching offense anywhere near as high as they teach defense. now they teach higher...

~Arwinia

The Empath spellbook is a riddle trapped in an enigma hidden inside a lot of suck.-Armifer

>>I did figure they'd teach higher now, though, so I'm moving back to black leucs to see how they teach under the new system.

You may be pleasantly surprised

~Arwinia

The Empath spellbook is a riddle trapped in an enigma hidden inside a lot of suck.-Armifer

It's just two hunters and there's about six leucs most of the time. They're also teaching weapons far better than they were when I left - I can't say I'm thrilled to be bumped back here after the swarmy goodness of gryphons, but the reasoning behind the change is sound and the alternatives are obviously out there, so I don't expect a change back.

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Thanks.

Time out... I haven used irony in sooo long...

I ask because in my case it seems as if a wolf stuns me and suddenly it is bring your cub to bite Vieque day... by the time I am out of the stun (or should be) I am dead.


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