Skillchains

[Miruyasha]

Do newer players even know what they are? I was helping a friend in Garbage Shitadel and did a fragmentation (Y > G) and a nearby party was like "Omfg what did you do to it?"

I blame ToAU for sorta ruining the sc system with colibri. Since they mimic magic its useless for blms to burst off anything cuz its just gonna get reflected. But given our natural job tendencies, I find all too often that sam's just sorta fall by the wayside.

Am I the only one who's noticed this? I know I'm not...

 

[Auron X]

It took me awhile to figure out what they were but I found out in like the dunes, but my "mentor" who taught me about this game was a Samurai so I learned about them quickly but your right. People don't want to make skillchains anymore because it slows down kills when you hold TP in ToAU.

 

[Mistra]

When I played on Mistra and was leveling up, skillchains were perceived to be the only real way to kill a mob fast enough to continue a chain. Invites were based on what skillchains the job could offer, instead of overall damage.

Game just ruined it's own mechanic in a party environment, imo. No reason to skillchain when it's easier to just get another melee and whack at it, instead of attempt some coordination.

 

[Miruyasha]

I was in the same boat, organizing sc's back when I was lvling war in dunes. Performing sc's took teamwork and timing. It'd be like, accept invite, look at setup, figure out sc/mb. Now its just "use whatever ws is the strongest".

 

[Auron X]

The only time you use SCs is in endgame now on a mob like JoL which by then I hope you know what a skillchain is. And ToAU is all about whatever weaponskill is strongest to keep the chain going and maximize your exp/hour.

 

[Miruyasha]

Well since for the most part once you start xping in ToAU you fight colibri in various forms (lesser, greater, etc.) or imps. I just can't stand the system being in place (sc's i mean) and people being ignorant for the most part.

 

[Gohaan]

SC were the only reason I got invites as THF, Now blah they (SC) are non existant if I dont know a person in the pt saying hey invite Gohaan I dont get an invite lol

 

[Bajaratt]

They're not efficient for getting exp, so most of the time you never do them in a party. What's worse is when you have someone(usually the leader) who insists that you MUST do a skillchain, when there's no one in the party to do a magic burst.

It used to be everyone HAD to do a skill chain, but once people started parsing and learned that SC's weren't as effective, they stopped. This happened a good while before ToAU, ToAU just made it a necessity with imps and colbiri. If they want SC's to come back in exp, they need to dramatically increase their damage or provide some kind of useful additional effect to make them worth sitting on TP to do.

 

[Achates]

About the only reason I see to skill chain anymore is when I use the SAM JAs to pull a quick self skill chain. Mostly for fun, never for efficiency.

 

[Euphacent]

It'd be pretty cool if they made skillchains have additional effects like evasion down, defense down, accuracy down..