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Duelist Flurry in PvE vs constant AOE
archomental
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 138 Bounty Hunter
After running all T2s and Castle Never, my biggest complaint
is that Duelist Flurry locks you into an attack in which you
cannot break it off.
Considering that AOEs by mobs is WAY TO MUCH in this game,
many times you cannot dodge out of a cone or AOE attack
when you have 1 second to do it.
In mass mob packs, 50% of the time is trying to stay out of the
AOE while at the same time trying to setup Duelist Flurry.
Anyone else feel that AOE is way to frequent in trash pulls? Most
the battles seem completely melee unfriendly.
is that Duelist Flurry locks you into an attack in which you
cannot break it off.
Considering that AOEs by mobs is WAY TO MUCH in this game,
many times you cannot dodge out of a cone or AOE attack
when you have 1 second to do it.
In mass mob packs, 50% of the time is trying to stay out of the
AOE while at the same time trying to setup Duelist Flurry.
Anyone else feel that AOE is way to frequent in trash pulls? Most
the battles seem completely melee unfriendly.
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There are things like Impossible to Catch that let you manage aoe better and Bait and Switch which let you take advantage of the damage.
But in general, I do agree that things are overly punishing for melee, which seems to be a common trend for MMOs in general and shows that there hasn't been deeper thought applied to the combat design.
Has anyone else noticed this?
not arguing, just stating that for sure 50% of the time I pound roll and it wont work
at certain points during the rotation of DF.
Sometimes it chews through several clustered add's, sometimes it does not.
Sometimes the third attack locks onto an enemy behind me, sometimes it does not.
Sometimes it gets me stuck in a ceiling or wall, sometimes it does not.
DF is why I have Deft Strike on my bar at all, by the way. You can't get rid of it, just in case you glitch into something.
Stupid thing is that if i use shift+a,d,s,w i can fail, but if i use aa,dd,ss,ww i dodge every time - that is my experience. Yesterday i was 5 times in row in Spellplague and i checked this on last Boss (dps-ed him all the time and dodge his 1hit AoE every time).
Problem could be AoE stun from big trash mobs, but that is not cose u cant dodge - it is because of possible delay. Anyway dodging away from trash mobs is stupid cose u loose dps - all trash mobs with AoE have casting time and u should enter stealth, do DF combo and cast dazing strike while in stealth - u will stop mob cast every time and u will not loose dps... It is easy when u get used to it ...
And yes, u can dodge while doing third part of DF combo whenever u want but u should do this only on Bosses
Or into a wall. Or a ceiling. Or a rock.
It has it's issues.
Still, why dodge when you get a five second damage/cc immunity from Impossible to Catch?
I like to dodge easy stuff and save ITC for oh**** moments myself. Plus if it's on cooldown it's a good habit to be able to dodge incoming damage.
Fire Dots in Kurrundax, those massive Jaws (i believe they are called sth like that) in Spellplague with their hard hitting aoes, several Stuff in CN and lot more of stuff.
Knowing meanwhile most castimes of the mobs and can dodge them just in time while mostly doing a full DF = more DPS imo (ofc if ItC is up it comes first for extra dmg while eating the hit and for some rather good extra AP).
OT:
Never really had issues with dodge while 3rd DF hit, only thing that sometimes happen are small position resets which can cause problems.