Abs-TP Discussion

[tdh]

Re: Abs-TP Discussion

I finally bought my Hauby, so I got to EXP as DRK the other night. So it was my 1st time having it outside of farming.

I'm still adjusting to when to cast it. Every time I went to cast the damn thing, the Puk would use it's TP! So I was basically wasting the MP. (33MP for 8TP when I could have actually hit the damn thing, and gotten 13.5% TP from the hit.)

Another thing I noticed was my Absorb-TPs don't seem to prevent the mob from using TP. I opened a skillchain with Vorpal Scythe, and as then I started casting Absorb-TP. THF fires off Viper Bite, and just as Distoration was finishing, the spell landed. Drawing back 96%TP. Not 2 seconds later the Puk did that annoying knock back TP move.

Thus for, I've found that it helps me keep up with TP and still cast the spells I need to cast for the party. Absorb-AGI, or if I find a mob I'm having problems hitting, it helps me recover. But I'm questioning if it's actually lowering the mobs TP.

[Aeni]

Re: Abs-TP Discussion

Another thing I noticed was my Absorb-TPs don't seem to prevent the mob from using TP. I opened a skillchain with Vorpal Scythe, and as then I started casting Absorb-TP. THF fires off Viper Bite, and just as Distoration was finishing, the spell landed. Drawing back 96%TP. Not 2 seconds later the Puk did that annoying knock back TP move.

Well, if you read the responses above in this thread, people are saying that mob's get TP at a rate of roughly 50-100 per tick depending on who you're asking (Assuming 3 melees and 2 mages pounding it and assuming the mob attacks once or twice every tick)

Unfortunately 96% is a drop in the bucket according to the responses above.

Here's how I think Abs-TP should be used:

1. About 4 ticks into the fight, use it (You should get a minimum of 25% as long as the mob doesn't use any abilities, which they normally don't at around 90-100% of HP)

2. Use it if timer is up to "catch up" if you're running into bad luck with TP gain.

3. Use stun during SC, not Abs-TP! <caveat emptor: save stun if fighting gobs though> If you're closing or opening, stun after the first WS.

In end game, you use it the way a SAM uses Meditate. Even if there's TP mob lying around, better to get the quick 100%, SATA+Spin and go do it again in another minute or so.