Augment skills in olympiad!

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Does anybody else think it is totally rediculous that you are allowed augment skills in the olympiad? I just watched a prophet hydroblast their opponent to death while they were rooted.

really shouldn't be allowed to use the skills in olympiad =(
i just watched another 4 fights, and in 3 of them people had augmented weapons and dominated...are augments the new buff sticks required to beat your opponents? :(
1. Olympiad is broken and a waste of time
2. Who cares

i just watched another 4 fights, and in 3 of them people had augmented weapons and dominated...are augments the new buff sticks required to beat your opponents? :(


The simple answer is yes. if youw ant to have something mroe to hwine about the focus buff from augmentations stack with actuall focus. one of the prophets on our servor recently picked it up on the forgotten blade they buff with that then when the match starts use the augment buff focus and switch to the drac. Very nice crit rate.
awesome, now theres a reason to play a buff class again, nukes ftw
sps doesnt work with those nukes though :(
Anyone know the reuse time on those augment spells and the range? We going to start seeing tanks use UD and start shooting spells? :p
It is exactly the same power and range as a SPS of the level of the stone that created the skill. For fathips on Hindemith, that nuke is a lvl 70 hydroblast I think. The reuse time is long and cannot be changed, but damage is a function of matk. Blessed have no effect. Yes, a tank could UD (Vengeance and UD) and have a full minute to nuke you at 900 range. Fortunately, the skill is matk dependant so most tanks wouldn't hurt you. Maybe an SK.
Yeah, it might be helpful to a tank to use while in UD, but it won't win it if there is a long cooldown and no blessed, oh well!
A loooooong time back I made a post about the Olympiad and fairness of play during the period of these matches. I even made some suggestions.

Even then it was clear that the best available (over-enchanted) skills and/or equipment would play a major role in the winnings of these matches.

I am therefor not at all surprised to see that augmented weapons broaden the gap between fair play and zerking the Olympiad.

Unfortunately this seems to be invisible to those that created the hero-system as we have it to this day; a gimped system we call the Olympiad.

I for one always assumed the Olympiad was about matches where skillful play and "good luck" to some degree would dictate the outcome of a match.

I am no noble yet. But even if I were I would most likely not take part in the Olympiad unless the system gets a major overhaul.
i'd be more worried about the ppl going in buffed atm

sps doesnt work with those nukes though :(



it doesnt matter. i met my clanie lvl 79 hierophant in olympiads on my lvl 78 ghost sentinel. i have +3 tateossian set jewelry and +6 queen ant ring, thus a very nice m.def.

it was a fun match but the augment hydroblast was hitting me for 602 dmg, although i had very high m.def. and hes a prophet. i think it even has 900 range and basically no cooldown.
yup 900 range cool down = to cast time
Pff Sultan's mdef obviously sucks ;)


sps doesnt work with those nukes though :(



it doesnt matter. i met my clanie lvl 79 hierophant in olympiads on my lvl 78 ghost sentinel. i have +3 tateossian set jewelry and +6 queen ant ring, thus a very nice m.def.

it was a fun match but the augment hydroblast was hitting me for 602 dmg, although i had very high m.def. and hes a prophet. i think it even has 900 range and basically no cooldown.



I'd back that up.

A level 46 (lol..) stone gave Hydroblast and the **** thing was still hitting me for 304 damage in top A jewels. (Granted I'm a HE so my m.def isnt that hot, but still... 46 stone?)

On a dwarf none the less :) Little bastard has a ranged attack now!
bwahahahah! revenge of the dorfs!
Well for me just seems it's ending with the ranged problem, now everyone will be doing ranged attacks...
Now in the olympiad it wont matter what class you are, but what augment skill you have. Most classes with a ranged nuke augment will do fairly well, while reuse time, invulnerability and healing skills will do better for others. For example, Im sure a dwarf with a ranged nuke that deals 300-400 damage in the olympiad can beat alot more classes because while spamming that skill, and having very high HP and P.Def, will decimate most nukers and archers and probably alot of other classes as well.


Now in the olympiad it wont matter what class you are, but what augment skill you have. Most classes with a ranged nuke augment will do fairly well, while reuse time, invulnerability and healing skills will do better for others. For example, Im sure a dwarf with a ranged nuke that deals 300-400 damage in the olympiad can beat alot more classes because while spamming that skill, and having very high HP and P.Def, will decimate most nukers and archers and probably alot of other classes as well.



cant kill what you cant hit