Special Tactics

[BRP]

They seemed to have become common knowledge, but I need to make some confirmations for the BG-Wiki. This thread is for any and all special combat rules that only apply to Pankration(like sleep and side attacks for example).

[Ruth]

Blink in Pankration is 4 shadows. Like Zepher Mantle from Puks.


Edit: Instant Blink*, don't know about White Magic Blink.

[Thistle]

Originally Posted by Ruth

Blink in Pankration is 4 shadows.

Insta-Blink is one shadow per ten levels. So when your blink is level 1-10, you get one shadow. 11-20, two. 21-30, three. 31-40, four. 41-50, five.

[Asdra]

What Thistle said, but a couple days ago, I saw something that made me have to do a double take....an acrolith had 8 shadows from its blink. I went back and counted the shadows several times after the fight, and the opponent didn't have any shadows at all, so only the acrolith had shadows.

[Thistle]

Originally Posted by Asdra

What Thistle said, but a couple days ago, I saw something that made me have to do a double take....an acrolith had 8 shadows from its blink.

Few days ago, some guy bitched at me that his mob was up against something with ten shadows, and that it wasn't a NIN or WHM mob (hadn't recast, only from insta-blink). I told him it was impossible (he had tried to give me a lot of false info in the past, not on purpose so much as just that he hadn't known better). Perhaps there is some trick to get more?

[Asdra]

I don't know. the acrolith was fighting a mandy, and after 5 shadows, I was like "hah! now we'll see how it goes!", and 3 shadows later I was like "wtf ".

No clue how it would be done, and its the only time I've seen more than 5 shadows.

[Thistle]

Could be a bug, of course...

[Asdra]

Always possible. No way we'll know for sure, until someone does it somehow and posts about it!

[BRP]

Need more love concerning special tactics before I complete my Pankration page ;/.

[Thistle]

Originally Posted by BRP

Need more love concerning special tactics before I complete my Pankration page ;/.

I can't think of any you probably don't know already. Some mobs can't turn around, attacking from the side is "sneak attack", there are new en-things (sleep, dispel). The tnl is always 200, no matter what level you are.