Hammer Warriors: The New Stance Tank?

Rilder

Rilder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mystic Shadow Soldiers (MSS)

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There are 2 skills I knoticed while browsing through the skill trainer listing

Renewing Smash Hammer attack. If it hits, Renewing Smash deals +X damage and all of your Warrior Stances are recharged

"On Your Knees!" Shout. If any adjacent foes are knocked down, all of your stances are recharged.

So it looks like Hammer warriors will be a killer stance tank now, being able to keep up there favorite stance damn near forever as long as he is fighting.

lord of shadow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

London

Currently looking

apart from the fact you cant attack if ur holding book/keg/gear
and the fact that hammer means no sheild

Rilder

Rilder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mystic Shadow Soldiers (MSS)

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Well you shouldn't need a book/keg/gear everywere, and if you got a stance up a shield wont do much anyways... besides hammers rule.

LightningHell

LightningHell

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Hong Kong

Guildless

Mo/

H4mm3rz 0wnz j00.

Yes, this will be fun...don't let the developers know. Shh...

Magnus_1

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/Me

"On Your Knees!" wouldn't even require a hammer. You could use Whirlwind or Gale if you're a W/E to achieve the same effect.

nitrile

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

You shouldn't need a keg/book/gear _anywhere_.

These are interesting new skills. Shields of the "recieved damage reduced by 2 while XX" variety are missed whenever using a hammer. This could make it quite possible to maintain stances that more than compensate for it.

M I D G E T S

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Most stances have 30, 45, 60 second recharge. Hammers are for tanks in Factions.

Tuoba Hturt Eht

Tuoba Hturt Eht

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Deimos Tel Arin [CCTV]

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Wild Blow = gg stances

Rilder

Rilder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mystic Shadow Soldiers (MSS)

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuoba Hturt Eht
Wild Blow = gg stances

ummm dont you actually have to hit with wild blow to cancle out the stance??? so doesn't that defeat the purpose of the skill?

SparhawkJC

SparhawkJC

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Amazon Basin

R/Me

You can't block or evade wild blow, so stances don't work against it. Blindess is another thing however.

Minus Sign

Minus Sign

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by lord of shadow
apart from the fact you cant attack if ur holding book/keg/gear
and the fact that hammer means no sheild
Gear tank means no shield too. With Balthazars up and a little smite, I can see these skills making their way into farms. Infinite Glad's Defense=ouchies in PvE.

Eclair

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Minus Sign
Gear tank means no shield too. With Balthazars up and a little smite, I can see these skills making their way into farms. Infinite Glad's Defense=ouchies.
Actually, so far in these areas, I'm not so sure Glad's defense would be so good. Most of the groups I've seen have been VERY mixed, seems like A-net is really gonna make solo farming harder.

I haven't see any all melee groups yet.

The Real Roy Keane

The Real Roy Keane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

Dublin, Ireland

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rilder
ummm dont you actually have to hit with wild blow to cancle out the stance??? so doesn't that defeat the purpose of the skill?
Wild Blow:
'Lose all adrenaline. If it hits, this attack will result in a critical hit and any "Stance" being used by your target ends. This attack cannot be blocked or evaded.'