Why would this belong in New Recruits?

kraanx u must be new or sumthin we the best mane

It also seems silly that the monsters still try to fight you everytime. They should just stand still when they spawn.

I truly cannot comprehend why you would want to use shield bash, a move Nick said was risky, should be the be all end all solution to your problems. Shielding is faster than using bash, and safer.

Actually, how did you even play this game before the shield bash update?

You sure? I mean, you can't shield bash to block, and use sprites when doing other stuff.

It's a huge handicap.

You can attack while a sprite is attacking. As you approach the enemy, use the sprite skill, then attack.

Just .. experiment? Take a moment to think about what you're doing and adapt accordingly. Not every moment needs to be sword swinging, you should know how to kite and strafe safely. When you can't get in to attack, you can use your sprite.

I did, and I am, like the others who posted here, of the opinion that you don't need to be able to use sprite skills while charging. I do just fine without it and I believe the mechanic is fine without it, and offered alternatives.

Charging your weapon is meant to be a risky behavior for greater payout since it leaves you open to enemy attacks, being able to attack WHILE charging or combo it with your skills (such as the Maskeraith's invisible skill, or the Seraphynx's bubble shield) would leave you fully protected.

high risk high reward attacks thusly become no risk high reward attacks. Where's the fun in that?

Logically, how do battle sprites evolve into only three different types? How come they each have different skills even though their energy readings are the same? Nonetheless, I will reply to your question.

A shield bash was meant for the offensive use of shields, other than bumping. To my best guess, it was added in order to aid knights who had somehow gotten themselves stuck in a corner but do not have the ability to shield bump out of it. Or, it was to give knights who had taken no status equipments and require that slight bit of advantage in taking down a particularly tough monster/group. But if you truly want to question why something work the way you want, nobody can stop you. But it is the devs who choose how something works, and I see nothing wrong with the shield bash mechanics.

We don't need it. You might want it, but you don't need it. This thread deals with the same question you have, namely why can't certain actions take place while using a sprite ability. If you wish to argue the logic of using a voice command, my knight doesn't have a mouth. Or perhaps you want to add some sort of connection between the sprite and your knight. Well, that technology hasn't been developed yet.

Is your logic satisfied?

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Firstly, it's not about the cooldown (I think anyway). For things like Maskeraith's shadow cloak getting hit or attacking cancels it, so being able to use it while charged up kinda conflicts with that. This is probably the most prominent example I can think of.

On the shield, why not take a second opinion?

Let's look at it this way. Our shield is nothing more than a generator. It generates that energy shield around us. Even if we're not facing the impact our behinds are still saved by that energy shield/dome. And when this dome breaks, the shield can't protect us at all, even if we face forward.

I don't see the same energy dome when the shield bash is performed. Think of it as it uses the energy from the dome to charge forward and knockback/stun enemies. However, without that dome, the shield protects against nothing.

@addy when you train a dog do you point to tell it to do actions or do you tell it to do something? Also that's why there are cooldowns to make that [omgbadwords] not over powered.

mmm, you didn't even read my post, but try again next time luv. <3 You're comparing a fictional floating dragon/cat/ghost robot to a real-life dog and really just whining about everything not being 100% what you want, not even momentarily considering the ramifications of the skill working the way you think is best. The devs likely considered your option and for whatever reason they chose to make it this way. Several of us gave reasons why it can't be that way but oh no it's a dog it has to do exactly what we tell it to do and when otherwise it's GARBAGE, right

also way to get by the filters I'm pretty sure that's enough to get you temp-banned :O

That link is bad, I am bad, and I should feel bad.

Fixed it

Its for balance purposes. To change either of those things would interfere with game balance. I think the devs know what they're doing in this case.

We don't have mouths. Our gear might have mouths, but we don't. And if we do, it's not function. We communicate with each other through the comms implanted in our heads. Or elsewhere. And we havne't have the gear to communicate with the little sprites.

But nothing says we have the vocal cords available to produce sounds that can be considered language.

But logic...

D:

@demonicsothe - You cannot comprehend because you are simply under my level and i'm fairly certain i'll out play you in every aspect of this game.

I got 50k Cr on Demon.

~Luke