Tenderfoot Thahd veroth Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 In Geneforge 2, this skill ruled. I just downloaded Geneforge 3, and I found the skill to be mediocre. With level 9 Parry in G2, I'd be blocking projectiles and swings left and right; in G3, it does jack. How is a Guardian suppose to go toe to toe now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 You might want to take a look at two threads on exactly the same thing: Parry nerfed and Parry not so nerfed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Hawk King Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Nice to see you changed your name back Kel the thurylandon was getting disturbing (if it was different than the way I wrote it sorry but I should have been in bed over three hours ago) (but it was still funny ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Here's an idea Kingkelthuryl Hawkandon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Hawk King Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Quote: Originally written by VCH:Here's an idea Kingkelthuryl Hawkandon. Maybe I will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 To summarize those earlier threads: Parry is different now. There are no Ripostes. Your chance of totally blocking an attack, with that 'tching-tching' sound effect and all, is now about what your Riposte chance was in G2. It happens quite rarely until you get to very high levels in the skill. So it isn't the skill's main effect any more. What Parry does now, mainly, is act as weightless armor. It invisibly reduces the damage you take. This is pretty good, actually. So the bottom line is that Parry is an effective skill, which Guardians especially should take advantage of. It just isn't the gamebreaker it was in G2. And it definitely is not worth sacrificing all your other attributes, when you are initially building your character, just to start the game with a ridiculously high Parry. In G2 that was the dirty trick that made Guardians extremely easy. Doing the same thing in G3 will probably leave you suffering badly on Harmony Isle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Did we ever conclude whether the "weightless armor" effect reduces damage from all attacks, or just the plain physical ones that regular armor is good against? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Igor Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Parry was insane. I was getting 50% parry rate in the GF2 demo, using an Agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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