I've noticed that if you step about halfway into an enemy, they turn around so they can move away, and you can get a backstab in.
Intended? Bug? OP? Discuss.
Backstab
Quote | Slask posted on 03.08.10 | 16:17I've noticed that if you step about halfway into an enemy, they turn around so they can move away, and you can get a backstab in.
Intended? Bug? OP? Discuss.
It's not really a bug, just a sneaky technique.
I have dabbled with it in the past but decided to stick with Disembowel, as stepping through has a high failure rate. The mob sometimes doesn't fully turn around, or moves to the side, so it can be rather unpredictable.
Whether it is OP or not I can't fully say, considering Backstab can be blocked, parried, dodged and just plain ol' miss. Personally I think that needs addressing first, as an attack designated to be from behind the target should be harder to defend against.
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Yeah, particularly with smaller enemies, it's harder to do. And your autoattacks also stop while you're trying to pull it off.
I don't have a problem with backstab missing, as when it does, you keep your charges. Hemorrhage on the other hand, gets dodged and takes all your charges. I'd much rather have that fixed first.
Yeah, it's sooo much better just to stick with the simple Disembowel.
Easy. Good damage. No need to fret around to get it done.
And if PvP ever comes out, Backstab will be pretty tricky to pull off.
Ditch Backstab (or Hemorrhage) and regain some of your ability points.
Quote | Enfu posted on 03.17.10 | 21:48Ditch Backstab
Nevar.
"My question is: When do we stop hiding behind the "this is beta" blanket? EE stopped being in beta when it started accepting money from it's players." - Zod Deepfury
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Quote | xMasquerade posted on 03.17.10 | 19:47
Nevar.
But how often can a regular player pull that off, huh?
Only the Pros can successfully perform it on-demand everytime. *coughlikemecoughbackstabrulescough*
The only benefit of backstab is the extra damage, which is not worth the difficulty it requires.
The obvious winner is Disembowel.
My non-critical Disembowel:
My non-critical Backstab:
Pretty big difference for just an extra half-step. =o
"My question is: When do we stop hiding behind the "this is beta" blanket? EE stopped being in beta when it started accepting money from it's players." - Zod Deepfury
"Sometimes I'd like to ask God why he allows poverty, suffering and injustice when He could do something about it" "Well, why don't you ask Him?" "Because I'm afraid He would ask me the same question" - Anonymous
I hate to argue about a topic we both agree on. *coughbackstabpwnscough*
But as many people pointed out already, they've tried performing backstabs and have failed.
It's diffificulty level is apparently above 9000; otherwise everyone would be using it by now.
With a fully charged disembowel you can easily kill most mobs, and that's what counts anyways.
If everyone suddenly switched to backstab, we'd have a lot more frustrated rogues in addition to those who already complain about the bugged auto-attack.
Leave Backstab for the players who can actually do it well. *coughyouandmecough*
I would never ditch backstab its alot better (by better i mean more damage) then disembowel critical or not.. And it looks awesome too :p
if you actually stop and study the npc mobs movement you cant fail a backstab
i would think
although i have only used backstab once lol
