Tristan Delaney

Sweet stuff. I am going to drain the SP from my Curved Sword skill (and as a direct result lose katana and regain the SP from that ;D) and shall be taking that sweet Wild Dance.

Claw weapons and fist fighting is one of my favorite things, so that it's somewhat combined with martial arts just hits all the right buttons for me!

One question though. As far as the actual claws go, how do they affect martial arts abilities if at all? Example, I am using the claws and want to use a martial arts sword art(Example the 6x1 aoe since claws lack many aoe options). Would the sword art benefit from the +3 damage of my claw weapon enhancements, or would I need a +3 damage gauntlet/handwrap for that?

In my ideal world I can use the claws to boost both the actual weapon skill and the martial arts damage, rather than need to have two gauntlets equipped. You know?

You would need a gauntlet hand wrap and to unequip the claws. Because exclusively martial arts on its own is barehanded and well...claws are weapons.

Makes sense, thanks for the answer, I'll follow that :)

I do have to disagree with the unequipped thing somewhat though because of technicality, as with Kirito when he used martial arts to kill that one man. He didn't so much remove his sword so much as have it out of his hands. So yeah, dropping the sword and then using a martial arts would be suitable, but I agree with a claw weapon that would be very inconvenient to do, so your point remains correct. If I was still using Katana I would debate stabbing my sword into the ground, or even sheathing it, and then using a martial arts sword art would be possible.

I can make stuff.

I have Jevi making my Odachi but I rarely see her on and last I know she had run out of mats, despite me PMing her asking if she needed more. Honestly want that weapon for the RP pros it will bring. If it doesnt get done in another week or two, I'll probably have you make the Odachi, Mack. :) Since you can make stuff.

Aww snap!

Regen got buffed! +9 HP!

For me..

10/10 image

Nice work man! XD

Lord of the Sea, I see.

Pass them one of Mari's Obsessive Allure potions when you're at it XD

Genius!

Sign me up.

HE'S MINE!

Also, you forget my special One Man Army Skill...

Sussssh don't mention unique skills Mack or Zero will move the release date back again xD

I'll be willing to give away any potions that could be useful to the clearing team in their fight. I wish everyone the very best of luck.

Wicked~

Looking very nice now, nice job guys! 

Only...Sharp Nail is only costing 6 Energy? O_O, I thought it was 12

whoops. fixed.

It requires both a weapon and unarmed, so if they had the right skill levels in both martial arts and their weapon skills, they could.

I am a little confused on the logistics of a sword art where you throw the sword since there used to be a huge RP debate about throwing weapons and how that constitutes what the follow up post action can do or if throwing the weapon would even allow the weapon to hit a target and do damage.

Because sword arts are automatically executed by the system. This is a cannon form of sword art as seen with <<Meteor burst>> 

Hmmm I see your point, That does make sense. Gah I dunno *scratches head* TRISTAN, clarify please <3

I believe what Teayre said is correct, but Tristan can clarify. This situation actually occurred when Oikawa and I were dueling, as his shield and my sword had Paralyze. I scored a critical hit on him, but since his shield triggered on a 9-10, it was a "simultaneous" paralyze effect. So that time a "round" went by with neither of us taking an attack, similar to this where a Paralyze weapon triggers on a Parry.

If that is the case, then Parry would function similar to the Paralyze enhancement on a shield, where it triggers on a hit. If that is the case, then the attack would be stunned for his next post, giving a evasion free attack for the defender on their post immediately following the Parry. In terms of Paralyze, I normally RP it as ending on the post of the trigger...er (If I Paralyze an opponent, then the effect ends effectively on my turn). So then in this case, weirdly, the attacker is the triggerer, so the effect ends effectively on their turn:

P2 Parries -> P1 Attacks and is Stunned (Effect "Starts") -> P2 Attacks / No EVA for P1 -> P1 foregoes turn (Effect "Ends") -> P2 Attacks Normally

Note: Seeing that flow can be a bit confusing, as it doesn't trigger in a fashion that has happened in the past, because it effectively doesn't trigger on your "turn." However, I think people that had Paralyze on their shields in the past probably had a similar scenario.

Calrex explained it well enough.

Oh that is good news tristan. 

So I got it right without knowing the person's name?

I'll treat it as a partial answer and share half the PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE with you <3

warning response wall of text. 

Yeah and not to mention that with these debuffs not affecting floor bosses Performers also wont get the same commission work as alchemist usually get whenever there's a floor boss. who are already taking more col from performers directly since we have to literally pay them to get recording crystals. And god forbid performers would ever be allowed a decent place among the big three professions. A good idea would be to allow a bit more lead way with the case of debuffs while it does provide the performer with a little variety so that were not just crappy alchemist, it also isn't worth all the trouble. since there's already no way to sell anything less than perfect and people would never use something that only last 4 turns that requires a post action to use lets be honest. A way i see of balancing it out would be to stay with the current not so useful by comparison enchantments but make them not cost a post action so that there's at least a trade off (its also technically a "crystal anyways"). aside from that the performer profession really hasn't been treated too fairly for how hard it is to level with it currently costing col to level rather than profiting col like a alchemist, tailor, or blacksmith.

Okay a few things.

1. The reason they last 4 turns is because they are powerful. Giving an enemy a huge debuff in one stat or making an entire party have reduced stats is more than an alchemist can achieve. You don't see any alchemy or such which boosts your evasion or accuracy, which is in the end the effect these things have.

2. We've gone over this in the support thread. Materials are what the Performer uses for crafting. Recording crystals are just there for anyone to record with, such as sending a Sachi-esque message. I'll be rewording this in future.

3. They do not affect floor bosses due to their sheer power. However you neglect the fact that boss rooms can have mobs which you can decrease the abilities of. Making the dregs worse is a good way to make your own life much easier.

Speaking of which about Mats with performers. I had the idea, but was not sure if I should implement or not. I had the idea of the mats performers find as being "Influenced based" What I mean by this is like this.. Unless your "craft" involves you creating new instruments each time, then how really would it work. So what I came up with is a system of influences. For example, you find a bunch of flowers and you pick one, but instead of using the flower specifically, it would be used more as an influence for a song. Same thing with fighting mobs, what possibly could come from the carcass of a dead monster that you could use in crafting a song? Again, the fight itself could act as an idea for a song you may want to write. 

Just a basic idea I had.

I would assume down, I think that's how it normally works. Still, Tristan will correct me if I'm wrong. :)

Yeah, I am assuming down until told otherwise, but always better to be sure with new rules. :)

Down,  much like everything else.

I mean, that thought had crossed my mind. So I wouldn't be super upset, but that's why I asked. Even if it's just a consideration I appreciate it, so thanks for looking into it Tristan. :)

I'd like to point out Katana requires a bit of dedication and time, not to mention extra SP, while Martial Arts just required you complete a quest. Katana is slightly better equipped to make the effort put into it worth the time.

And you guys are making fair points. It's not that I disagree, nor is it that huge because ultimately Emerath's real skills will be focused on healing and other support type things. But I just thought having something a bit more well rounded to start his career and have a good solid combat backup while I work on building his first aid skill would be nice is all.

Canonically, crystals were not possible to obtain in the lower levels of Aincrad.  Though, it isn't said when they were available, or if players could create crystals themselves.

Well this sucks. What does status update do? I found it confusing.

What's interesting I was actually thinking earlier today about why you would ever use a potion (or make one) over a crystal. And now I know why. There was a rule that everyone ignored. And in comes the rule changes. I'm fine with it. Makes the option between crystals and potions an actual option.

You can add more furniture and such and can buy more rooms, but not more floors.
They can, but decorative only.

Makes sense, makes sense. Any limitations on floors? Some crazy mofo might save up money to be as high as the dungeon tower xD

Only your Col amount ;)

You should see Tristan and my duel. Half of it was parrying, the other half was Tristan's shield exploding on me XD

Pfft! But now you won't even do damage during that standstill xD It will be hilarious none-the-less!

Parry was stupidly broken (similar to block) in the summer duels. I like how that is changed in duels to give damage dealers a chance XD.

Woot! Thank you Zero-sama!