Warrior non-prime improvements

[Weasel]

Thanks Krom for enhancing Warrior a little, particularly for non-primes. Note for Warrior primes not too happy with their lot at the moment, this is apparently designed as a first set of adjustments, so to me that infers more is coming..

For those who missed it, here's the basics (correct me if I'm wrong):

[b:1bpyfwwx]For Warrior primes :[/b:1bpyfwwx]

- frenzy duration increased a bit at higher levels (mine at 5x40 is now 90 seconds)
- frenzy now adds damage to non-melee attacks as well (backstab, deathgrip, deathtouch, wraithtouch, strike and circlestab) at ~50% of what its regular damage bonus is.
- berserk now adds damage to non-melee attacks, but at roughly 2x the rate of frenzy (still has 2.0ac penalty though).

[b:1bpyfwwx]For Warrior non-primes :[/b:1bpyfwwx]

- small boost to melee damage (physical attacks, not kick, backstab etc).
- frenzy duration increased a bit at higher levels.
- frenzy now adds damage to non-melee attacks as well (backstab, deathgrip, deathtouch, wraithtouch, strike and circlestab) at ~50% of what its regular damage bonus is.
- berserk now adds damage to non-melee attacks, but at roughly 2x the rate of frenzy (still has 2.0ac penalty though).
- minimum hp bonuses at tertiary and quad levels. For tertiary you will never get less than 4 hp (not much different than now), for quad you will not receive less than 2 hp per level.

So there you have it. For primes, the main thing is the frenzy stab bonus imho. Substantial improvements for non-prime Warriors. Also may make Thief primes think again about excluding warrior from their classo, although yet to ascertain just how much an improvement it is.. stabbed a couple of mobs and little apparent difference, but too soon to tell really.

[*juggleblood*]

I have never used berserk because for some reason you cant get a critical hit when berserk is up. So frenzy much better, even from a damage perspective.

Has this changed?

[Medios]

[quote="juggleblood":21em802n]I have never used berserk because for some reason you cant get a critical hit when berserk is up. So frenzy much better, even from a damage perspective.

Has this changed?[/quote:21em802n]

True Berserk is hindered by -2 ac and no critical hits.

When I was testing it with Dogs both skills averaged out almost the same. Frenzy did less melee dmg but got critical hits which brought the avg up. There should not be a double penalty here.

[Leaf]

It would be pretty good to get critical hit to work with berserk. Was this
a bug that was over looked?

Mikey now has a very strong gripper, since bersek helps grip/touch.

[brady]

I thought you had to be engaged to berserk. No?

[Rynquald]

Nope, you can berserk whenever, I do it before shifting all the time.

[Weasel]

Krom will the frenzy / berserk damage bonus apply to broadside & flail too please?

[Yasik2]

[quote="Weasel":1erpoed4]Krom will the frenzy / berserk damage bonus apply to broadsword & flail too please?[/quote:1erpoed4]

At this point i wanted to make a correction about skill name being Broadside, not Broadsword (which is an item), but honoring our agreement i will NOT do it.

[Weasel]

[*Krom*]

Ill take a look and see what we think.

[Tap]

When we get done taking a look, can we scatter some of our tokens for those pesky mortals?

[Weasel]

[quote="*Krom*":3fhfj1ej]Ill take a look and see what we think.[/quote:3fhfj1ej]
are you turning schitzo on us?

[Assirian]

melee damage could be low, but it is noticeable.
Now i can brutally with berserk

thanks Krom

[Weasel]

Krom have you considered yet adding the frenzy / berserk damage bonus to broadside (and I guess flail if anyone uses it)? Seems kinda weird having a Warrior skill improvement that mostly applies to Warrior non-primes.

[Zukt]

How bout fixing charge to be useful? Currently theres a full round of lag and the cleric supps that are mounts dont do anything useful like autoassist while riding.

Making qilin something more than just a horse would be useful. Perhaps it autoassisting on a charge and doing the peri cure proc while mounted.