Serious gameplay issue (not whining, Raven pls consider)

[EZ|Lestat]

Hi I'm just bringing this up because I've not seen any mention of it so far. (tho I might have missed a thread)

 

Saber defense appears to be a passive skill that is always active, whether your lightsaber is drawn or not. What this means is that in FFA, against an opponent holding a gun, each slash with medium will deliver 30 dmg if it connects. By comparision, in Jedi Master mode the same slash will either be a killing blow or will leave your opponent with less than 20 health.

 

Now I think the increased blocking in the new patch is good because parries and such are much more effective now, but for someone holding a gun to be able to resist a lightsaber just makes very littles sense. Also it makes lightsaber-only combat on a FFA server much less practical than it should be.

 

What i propose is that perhaps in the next patch, Saber Defense should be a skill which, like Saber Offense, is only active when the player is holding a lit lightsaber. Should do wonders for FFA gameplay.

 

I don't know if Raven is in the habit of posting acknowledgement when they read these things, but err.. if you do please reply and let me know I've been heard.

 

Thanks for the great game, btw.