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PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:38 pm 
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If defensive makes casting take longer why does aggressive not make casting faster?


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Yes, I am pretty sure that stance aggressive casting is faster than stance neutral casting and that stance neutral casting is faster than stance defensive casting.

zapping/brandishing/reciting isn't affected by stance, though.


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Na, stance aggressive and neutral casting are the same.


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Is there any advantage to being mood aggressive as a caster?


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jhorleb wrote:
Na, stance aggressive and neutral casting are the same.
My sorc in stance aggressive was faster than Akiko in stance neutral, with both of us casting dispel magic....


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Felgus wrote:
jhorleb wrote:
Na, stance aggressive and neutral casting are the same.
My sorc in stance aggressive was faster than Akiko in stance neutral, with both of us casting dispel magic....


Dulrik explicitly said otherwise at one point or another. But now I have to see for myself!

[Edit] This is what I was talking about:

http://www.shatteredkingdoms.org/forums ... e&start=40

Dulrik wrote:
If I were to add spellcasting bonuses for aggressive stance, I'd also have to add spellcasting penalties. Currently there are none.

PS. I'll add I still don't feel it makes sense. The benefits of the stances are all physical.


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Oh, and as far as I know there are no benefits to being in aggressive stance as a caster.

I use it once in a blue moon with my priest to chop off a NPC's arms, but that's about it.


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jhorleb wrote:
Felgus wrote:
jhorleb wrote:
Na, stance aggressive and neutral casting are the same.
My sorc in stance aggressive was faster than Akiko in stance neutral, with both of us casting dispel magic....


Dulrik explicitly said otherwise at one point or another. But now I have to see for myself!

[Edit] This is what I was talking about:

Dulrik wrote:
If I were to add spellcasting bonuses for aggressive stance, I'd also have to add spellcasting penalties. Currently there are none.

PS. I'll add I still don't feel it makes sense. The benefits of the stances are all physical.

I'm just saying what I witnessed in-game. It's possible that Akiko was in defensive stance and just didn't realize it. *shrugs*


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Wasn't saying you were wrong - I still intend to test it. It could have either a) changed since Dulrik's post or b) work differently than D thinks it does.

Also, as I was reading through oldies but goodies, I found this:

Dulrik wrote:
Stance isn't like mood where you could set it and forget it.


D made a Ron Popeil funny.


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jhorleb wrote:
Wasn't saying you were wrong - I still intend to test it. It could have either a) changed since Dulrik's post or b) work differently than D thinks it does.

Also, as I was reading through oldies but goodies, I found this:

Dulrik wrote:
Stance isn't like mood where you could set it and forget it.


D made a Ron Popeil funny.

I don't get it. I always just set my stance once and then forget about it....


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