Skill Monitor

Ashleigh McMahon

Ashleigh McMahon

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2005

North East England

WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld]

Mo/Me

30 Sep 2005 at 17:04 - 1
"The skill monitor now displays skill warm-up using a progress bar.

The skill monitor now uses animations to indicate when a skill completes successfully or is interrupted during casting. "


What do these exactly meen? Is the skill monitor the mini icon that shows you what skill the enemy is using?

What animations ? How does it show when a skill is warming up?

Please answer.

Best Regards, Ashleigh.

Eomer Brightblade

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Montr??al, QC

Watchknights of Elm

W/N

30 Sep 2005 at 17:07 - 2
why you dont log into the game and see by yourself?

Ashleigh McMahon

Ashleigh McMahon

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2005

North East England

WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld]

Mo/Me

30 Sep 2005 at 17:20 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eomer Brightblade
why you dont log into the game and see by yourself?

Sorry, I forgot to note that I don't have access too the game right now.

Regards, Ashleigh.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

30 Sep 2005 at 17:23 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashleigh McMahon
What do these exactly meen? Is the skill monitor the mini icon that shows you what skill the enemy is using?

What animations ? How does it show when a skill is warming up?
The icon now has a progress bar next to it that shows the activation time of the skill being used. Furthermore, multiple skills can show at the same time, the icons can stack, showing an ongoing stance such as Whirling Dervish being used while the ranger plants a trap, so you can have an idea of what may/may not work to interrupt and/or hit your target.

Arturo02

Arturo02

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

See that third planet from the sun?

Sacred Forge Knights

R/Me

30 Sep 2005 at 17:24 - 5
yes, it's the thing that shows what the target is using.

A very interesting dynamic added to the game. No more counting out a target's skill usage in your head to try and avoid an interrupt. Or vice-versa.

eddycurrents

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Dark Angel of Rising Chaos

W/N

30 Sep 2005 at 18:43 - 6
Seems like a way to reel in more casual gamers. Instead of having to anticipate what someone will do (strategy anyone?) you can just click on them instead.

Breaks the whole fantasy RPG immersion thing, y'know? Fighting looks more like Mortal Combat than Lord of the Rings.

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

30 Sep 2005 at 18:58 - 7
I really like it...it helps a ton with interrupting skills, especially in PvE. The whole "fade in fade out" skill ID of old was way too hard to predict.