Friday with Means - October 9th, 2009 - Parry and Riposte - Back from the dead!

**Mereditche** · Oct 16th, 2009, 15:58:01

First!

(crap, to fast

)

**Windguaerd** · Oct 16th, 2009, 15:59:43

Originally Posted by Ebondevil

Catgirls are, or were, on test already, go check them out :-P

Wait... they added a catgirl costume? cause that would be awesome beyond.... awesome, anime ftw!

**Klod9000** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:00:51

Originally Posted by Mereditche

First!

(crap, to fast

)

Can I has yer GF's phone number?

**Ebondevil** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:01:35

Originally Posted by Windguaerd

Wait... they added a catgirl costume? cause that would be awesome beyond.... awesome, anime ftw!

I believe that's pretty much what I said yes, though I haven't been there for a couple of days so I'm not sure if they're still there, however there were half a dozen catgirl NPC's hanging around ICC recently.

**Obtena** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:52:17

I'm sharpening my pitchfork right now ... in preparation for Oct 16th FwM.

**Wrangeline** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:54:23

Originally Posted by Obtena

I'm sharpening my pitchfork right now ... in preparation for Oct 16th FwM.

There's a new forum section now for discussing the upcoming profession changes

Something tells me that forum section will explode.

**Anarrina** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:54:53

Originally Posted by Wrangeline

There's a new forum section now for discussing the upcoming profession changes

Something tells me that forum section will explode.

Shhhhhhhhhh.....

**Wrangeline** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:55:46

Originally Posted by Anarrina

Shhhhhhhhhh.....

Arf sorry! >.<

**rustinel** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:56:24

Originally Posted by Anarrina

Shhhhhhhhhh.....

Mods should probably get a raise.

Or counselling...

**ninor** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:57:47

I think the AO team killed each other while fighting over new PVP balancing...

**Wrangeline** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:58:27

Originally Posted by ninor

I think the AO team killed each other while fighting over new PVP balancing...

Yep and now the players are queuing up to stomp on the remains!

Means must have testicles the size of basket balls.

**sultryvoltron** · Oct 16th, 2009, 16:59:45

Means and Co. Must be seeing these new posts and imagining us all like Pavlov's dogs that haven't been fed in a whole week going ravenous at the sound of a bell.

**Jenshey** · Oct 16th, 2009, 23:58:18

Originally Posted by Suicidal

I'm glad you liked testlive (did you go after I asked you if you have been on test? :P)
About having a chat with developers, many of them hang around on test and unless you start to annoy them with stuff, they don't bite.. and they know how to use chat

Yes you reminded me to go there and it was very different from the days of Znore

**Windguaerd** · Oct 17th, 2009, 01:35:30

Originally Posted by Ebondevil

I believe that's pretty much what I said yes, though I haven't been there for a couple of days so I'm not sure if they're still there, however there were half a dozen catgirl NPC's hanging around ICC recently.

Screenshots plz!!!!!!

**Questra** · Oct 17th, 2009, 11:04:13

Originally Posted by Kintaii

Parry will work vs. ranged

More exclusive melee love, just what all those evade profs need.

**mrkline** · Oct 17th, 2009, 19:05:56

Just to be clear will parry be usable with a bare hand MA? As "(and having a martial arts/melee weapon equipped) " confuses me a tad. Does the OP mean (and having a "martial arts"/"melee weapon" equipped) OR (and having a "martial arts"/"melee" weapon equipped).

**Wrangeline** · Oct 17th, 2009, 19:11:32

Originally Posted by mrkline

Just to be clear will parry be usable with a bare hand MA? As "(and having a martial arts/melee weapon equipped) " confuses me a tad. Does the OP mean (and having a "martial arts"/"melee weapon" equipped) OR (and having a "martial arts"/"melee" weapon equipped).

MA is included.

**mrkline** · Oct 17th, 2009, 20:02:01

Originally Posted by Wrangeline

MA is included.

What I mean is will the use of parry need the use of a weapon or could a weapon-less MA use parry with his bare handed attacks?

**JampeSL** · Oct 17th, 2009, 21:48:14

Originally Posted by mrkline

What I mean is will the use of parry need the use of a weapon or could a weapon-less MA use parry with his bare handed attacks?

And that is what the answer meant. It was answered already earlier in the thread too.

**Ulltima** · Oct 17th, 2009, 23:41:53

Originally Posted by JampeSL

And that is what the answer meant. It was answered already earlier in the thread too.

This.

But, to clear up any confusion (and hopefully not confuse the masses while I'm at it!) here's a more detailed explanation.

Whenever you do not have an item equipped in your hands, the game uses your Martial Arts skill to determine what QL of a "Martial Arts weapon" you actually use should you choose to fight something. That way you can "fight unarmed" instead of using a rifle/pistol/whatever.

The main difference between Martial Artists and everyone else is that MA's use a better set of "MA Weapons" than everyone else. I forget exactly how the progression goes from best to worst, but MA's are at the top of the list when it comes to "MA Weapon" usage. I think Chronita's guide described it best.

So, if you were to do some digging through any of the database dump websites out there, check out melee and martial arts weapons. Check for the "Parry" and "Is Parriable/Can Be Parried" flags. These will be your clues that Parry skills will apply.

If I misspoke about any of this, please feel free to correct me. My leet theory-crafting skills are a little rusty for AO.

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