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Has there ever been any consideration to implement mstrike in any form for UAC? It would make more sense to use a quick combination of strikes with unarmed attacks versus a claidhmore or any weapon really. It would be even better if such an attack could automatically progress through tiers on succesive strikes when given openings with enough skill in MOC, CM or UAC masteries. Almost all combat styles allow for increased damage potential through skill based training or using limited resources/cooldowns whether using mstrike or higher level spells to frontload damage when needed. UAC doesn't have this option but this might be a step in that direction.
Also, if that isn't an option, perhaps combat manuevers with a similar purpose for attack combinations are introduced to heavily favor tiering up with enough ranks or UAC masteries? Even limiting the tier up to 'good' would be nice but with heavy training, cman points or good endrolls you should have a chance for 'excellent' results. The fact we can have skills like shield strike for a shield bash and an attack but not a simple 1-2 punch combination, like the absence of mstrike, makes me scratch my head.
Monks have krynch and flurry.
These are in theory decent alternatives to mstrike. In practice they: i) cost cman points to acquire, ii) use up the martial stance, iii) show virtually no improvement with training beyond about level 15. In consequence they provide decent alternative functionality till about level 25, but are really pathetic compared to a martial stance boosted mstrike at high level. In order to get the sort of functionality from krynch in a swarm that a warrior gets from mstrike at high level, the critters have to be so feeble that they provide little if any learning (I've had it work effectively in temporary hunting grounds where the critters are very weak for their level, but not in regular hunting grounds). Krynch does have uses outside of a swarm e.g. grizzled AG tasks which it remains valuable for at high level as well as low level, but its feeble compared to mstrike for swarm situations once you get to mid-level and the higher level you get, the worse the comparison gets.
These are in theory decent alternatives to mstrike. In practice they: i) cost cman points to acquire, ii) use up the martial stance, iii) show virtually no improvement with training beyond about level 15. In consequence they provide decent alternative functionality till about level 25, but are really pathetic compared to a martial stance boosted mstrike at high level. In order to get the sort of functionality from krynch in a swarm that a warrior gets from mstrike at high level, the critters have to be so feeble that they provide little if any learning (I've had it work effectively in temporary hunting grounds where the critters are very weak for their level, but not in regular hunting grounds). Krynch does have uses outside of a swarm e.g. grizzled AG tasks which it remains valuable for at high level as well as low level, but its feeble compared to mstrike for swarm situations once you get to mid-level and the higher level you get, the worse the comparison gets.
