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Re: Team battle

Da Boss — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 14:50:47 +0000

One opponent must attack Issachar. Think of it as needing one hero to keep the monster busy - tanking, if you like.

The other hero can also attack Issachar (and follow the usual team battle rules, rolling for attack speed etc) or attack the shrines.

If a hero chooses to attack the shrines, they do not need to roll for attack speed. Their attack automatically hits, so they just roll for damage.

You can make your decision at the start of each combat round as to what each hero does. Heroes can swap roles, both attack, one attack and one support etc.

Tactics-wise, you would probably want your fastest hero on Issachar, while the slower hero destroys the shrines and activates the buffs. Then you can both pummel the monster to death at the end.

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Re: Team battle

Padok — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 10:29:52 +0000

When we battle with Issakhar I confused. The text is "In this combat, one hero must be attacking Issakhar at all times". Does it means when the support hero smash the shrines he can not roll for attack speed for the duration of the combat and only one can beat Issakhar? Or the two heroes can change who will attack next round and they can not roll for attack speed both in one round?
I wait for help before I beat Issakhar with cheat

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Re: Team battle

Da Boss — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:27:15 +0100

Added the team battle rules to the downloads page:

http://www.destiny-quest.com/downloads/

(Re-uploaded after tweaking some of the text...)

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Re: Team battle

Tatties — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:01:49 +0100

I got that impression too but could be generic for "rogues". From what I read there I'm making some assumptions and wild guesses:

1. Our regular passives are back and some new ones as well - gouge?
2. Runecasters let heroes reuse abilities
3. New abilities for team battles. Linked to path? Stagger ability for warriors? Backstab for rogues?
4. More heal spells and buffs?

I'm not clear on aggro management. I don't see why you wouldn't want both heroes just fighting all the time. Unless one hero had poor speed but both attacking still makes more sense.

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Re: Team battle

Redoubt — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:22:47 +0100

thief new career?

That would be v. cool

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Re: Team battle

Da Boss — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:08:43 +0100

Heroes can only use the potions and items from their own backpack.

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Re: Team battle

eXiled — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:51:54 +0100

Better hope they don't count then!

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Re: Team battle

Rithe — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:50:10 +0100

I didn't keep track of my potions for my LoS hero after finishing the new quest. The way it ended made me think that I shouldn't worry about it.

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Re: Team battle

eXiled — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:48:38 +0100

Question for Da Boss. Do the heroes have access to each other's potions? I was wondering if they got to swap them or share them out before the fight or whether they could pool them so they both could use?

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Re: Team battle

Rinzler — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:30:06 +0100

Quote: I even seen thieves backstab so hard I thought I saw damage numbers flashing above their heads.

lolololol!

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Re: Team battle

Da Boss — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:28:27 +0100

Captain Sanders shares his experience - sign up now for a 'Team Battle' masterclass you'll probably rather forget!

http://www.destiny-quest.com/news/talkin-tactics/

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Re: Team battle

Tatties — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:38:51 +0100

I wonder what kind of health they will have. Must be quite high to withstand that amount of potential damage!

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Re: Team battle

Rithe — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:50:04 +0100

Round 1: 2 Heroes attack. 1 hits.
Round 2: Other hero attacks, hits.
Round 3: Death of enemy due to massive passive damage.

Sounds good to me

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Re: Team battle

Epsilon — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:53:36 +0100

Did I read it correctly that passives stack? Wow a pair of rogues are going to do some sick damage:bleed, venom, disease, barbs, thorns, fire auras. About 14-16 damage a round!

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Re: Team battle

Da Boss — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:16:33 +0100

Yep, combat runs very similar to normal combat - you just have an extra hero and their abilities to juggle.

Having said that, each Team Battle encounter is different. So, the combat phase may differ a little depending on the foe you are fighting.

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Re: Team battle

Rithe — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:03:26 +0100

Speed-wise, that round sounds like a fairly normal round. But, instead of only 2, you can have 3 rolls. Each hero would apply speed skills to himself only. And then whoever has the highest speed roll (hero1, hero2, opponent) is the one who attacks. So, you actually have a better chance of hitting with 2 heroes.

~~As for modifiers. Am I right to say that the support hero can only use modifier skills? I wouldn't be able to use a speed skill on the hero attacking?~~

Edit: my question is null and void. I had the page open for a while and missed that Da Boss answered. Scratch that.

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Re: Team battle

Da Boss — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:49:23 +0100

If both heroes choose to attack then, yes, they can both use speed abilities. If they were both to use an ability like knockdown, then they would essentially eliminate the opponent from rolling any speed dice. (That would use up two abilities though, remember!)

If a hero is in a supporting role, they cannot use any speed or combat abilities - only modifier abilities.

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Re: Team battle

Tatties — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:47:10 +0100

Good to get a clearer picture of how the team battles are going to work. I specially like the idea of having support and attack heroes. I suppose this will allow for healing careers to stay out of the line of fire while they heal and buff the other hero?

The overview you gave has left me confused about speed abilities. If both heroes are choosing to attack can they both use speed abilities? If they both had knockdown for instance could they remove both dice from play? Also if only one hero is attacking can both heroes use speed abilities still?

I assume all this will be made clear when we see the full rules. Can't wait!

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Re: Team battle

Da Boss — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:51:06 +0100

The battles are designed (and balanced) around using a hero from HoF and a hero from LoS. There are also narrative reasons for this too.

There's nothing stopping you using your LoS heroes (if you have them) to help each other out in the Team Battles - get some nice bonus loot!

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Team battle

Blades7 — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:20:34 +0100

Will you be able to team up two heroes from Bk2 to fight the epic bosses or are you restricted to only to have a Bk1 and Bk2 hero? I was planning on playing through Bk2 with my younger brother and then we could join yup heroes for the team battles. We will be able to do this ?

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