by Kirk-Barb Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:03 pmWell I finally got up the nerve to try it in PVP. I've been practicing on NPCs.. and practicing.. and practicing. I kept practicing even after I could do it unerringly against axe, sword and spear. Mostly to build up my confidence that I could pull it off in PVP.
I'm lvl 12, basic warrior armor +6, long sword and heater shield +10. I'm hosting in the undead burg, helping those in need in killing the taurus demon and fending off griefers. I get invaded by a toon in partial enchanter armor armed with electric shontel and shield. How did I know it was electric. I had seen the guy kill a host as I was just showing up to help. He had then used it on me as I spawned in and killed me in one hit before the host had completely died out. Ouch! So I knew my choices were try and block...die, miss a parry... die, or get a parry and have a shot at victory. We square off and he begins beckoning me with a gesture to come closer. I know better, and instead hit him with a fire bomb. That motivates him and he charges towards me. He knows and I know that any mutual simultaneous hits are in his favor. I need about 10 to 15 hits to kill him. He only needs one at the most two to kill me. I know he will come in swinging. I hold my shield up in block position and resist the temptation to spam parry, because I don't want to tip him off. Just as he reaches his attack range I go for the parry. My first attempt whiffs...... to early, but my second catches perfect and like clockwork the riposte follows. As a loud....YES!!!!!.... echos about the house, I watch as his form flops about the floor and find that I did not kill him. He will be getting back up. Now what? Back off, try to get the two or three more hits needed to kill him from a distance... or go for the throat as I'm sure a two hit combo should do it as well. I figure he would try to ninja flip away to regroup so I go for the throat. Instead he comes off the floor swinging and we exchange hits with me dying and him still standing with a health bar that looked empty, but wasn't.
Not the way I wanted it to end, but the ice is now broken and I will be doing the parry/riposte a little more often in PVP. Who knows, maybe I'll get a backstab worked in there as well.
I'm lvl 12, basic warrior armor +6, long sword and heater shield +10. I'm hosting in the undead burg, helping those in need in killing the taurus demon and fending off griefers. I get invaded by a toon in partial enchanter armor armed with electric shontel and shield. How did I know it was electric. I had seen the guy kill a host as I was just showing up to help. He had then used it on me as I spawned in and killed me in one hit before the host had completely died out. Ouch! So I knew my choices were try and block...die, miss a parry... die, or get a parry and have a shot at victory. We square off and he begins beckoning me with a gesture to come closer. I know better, and instead hit him with a fire bomb. That motivates him and he charges towards me. He knows and I know that any mutual simultaneous hits are in his favor. I need about 10 to 15 hits to kill him. He only needs one at the most two to kill me. I know he will come in swinging. I hold my shield up in block position and resist the temptation to spam parry, because I don't want to tip him off. Just as he reaches his attack range I go for the parry. My first attempt whiffs...... to early, but my second catches perfect and like clockwork the riposte follows. As a loud....YES!!!!!.... echos about the house, I watch as his form flops about the floor and find that I did not kill him. He will be getting back up. Now what? Back off, try to get the two or three more hits needed to kill him from a distance... or go for the throat as I'm sure a two hit combo should do it as well. I figure he would try to ninja flip away to regroup so I go for the throat. Instead he comes off the floor swinging and we exchange hits with me dying and him still standing with a health bar that looked empty, but wasn't.
Not the way I wanted it to end, but the ice is now broken and I will be doing the parry/riposte a little more often in PVP. Who knows, maybe I'll get a backstab worked in there as well.
Of course I could stay the course and just go for a double and then I'll have something to post in the future.
