evasion overpowered?!

[SirGrindsalot]

ridiculous .. why would this be overpowered, if it's such a pain in the butt to use it?

the time you spend dancing i would be grinding; in the hours it took you to get to remgard at lev 20, i'd be there, lev 30, with higher stats than yours.
besides, if a spider ever spawns next to you you're done.

[Wyrmspawn]

Evasion is the skill that makes it possible for builds with no bc to become invincible. By becoming the first to hit, offensive builds will guarantee that the enemy would die before it has a chance to retaliate. So, in a sense, it is a little overpowered. But when intelligent monster movements are implemented, evasion would only be a usefull skill, and not half so overpowered. So I guess since it's going to be tweaked anyway, there's no need to worry about if it is overpowered.

[Pyrizzle]

Evasion is the skill that makes it possible for builds with no bc to become invincible. By becoming the first to hit, offensive builds will guarantee that the enemy would die before it has a chance to retaliate. So, in a sense, it is a little overpowered. But when intelligent monster movements are implemented, evasion would only be a usefull skill, and not half so overpowered. So I guess since it's going to be tweaked anyway, there's no need to worry about if it is overpowered.

Well put!

With the NPCs being able to move at you in the future (during combat) evasion will not be as useful anymore when you start getting swarmed.

For now it is a bit overpowered (imho) but it's not something that will be a problem down the line.

[fiernaq]

...I thought evasion was being adjusted to compensate for the change in monster AI swarming? Something along the lines of reducing the chances that the monster "spots" you so it ignores you because it doesn't see you. That would make it so that with Evasion (4) you might enter an area full of monsters and only a few of them come towards you to attack.

[Taledus]

+1 fiernaq, I have to agree. Perhaps a bit more clarification of the upcoming NPC AI could be arranged?

[fiernaq]

Or at least clarification on how evasion is being changed so that it once again fits into the game based on the changes being made to the NPC AI.

[Sarumar]

Or at least clarification on how evasion is being changed so that it once again fits into the game based on the changes being made to the NPC AI.

+1 on this post and some earlier thougts too..

[Pyrizzle]

I'm not sure how the Ai will be changed in the future at this moment.

I'll keep my ear to the ground and when i find something i can share I will let you guys know here.

Happy hunting everyone!