Code talk: Attacks

Jun 10, 2012 21:46

Today’s topic: ( Attacks! )

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mors_rattus June 11 2012, 02:01:44 UTC
Are you limited in flag choice for free attacks?

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parasaurolophus June 12 2012, 22:16:39 UTC
Your average level 5 Special will do the same amount of damage as a level 5 Free, but will have more slots for Flags. On the downside, it will cost more Mana.

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mors_rattus June 12 2012, 22:17:33 UTC
Mm. I hope the tradeoff makes it worth it to continue to use varied Frees over just using the same Specials all the time, because the latter seems really boring to me.

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parasaurolophus June 12 2012, 22:19:17 UTC
It should be.
If nothing else, Frees allow you to pick your Flag on the fly, whereas Specials are set.

I suppose if someone wanted to be boring, they could use mostly Specials and not many Frees, but they'd be limiting themselves both in Mana efficiency and in variation.

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mors_rattus June 11 2012, 02:19:14 UTC
(At least, unless there are good mechanical reasons to use the less effective stuff.)

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doomlimit June 11 2012, 02:30:16 UTC
I internalized something so much I didn't even tell Mokona about it when he took over! The sign of a great designer.

No, you can't put Banish or Purify on free attacks. Roughly, conceptually speaking, 90% of instances of those should be on Finishers. Some lucky few will have them on Specials. Some /very rare/ people (I can think of one FC offhand) may have an ability that lets them put it on a Free. Those latter few will, yes, be very mean to the powers of Darkness, but it is also, so to speak, their personal superpower.

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