Just a quick vid of some decent Champ vs. Champ PvP, done spontaneously with guildies.
This is mostly just a vid that I can use to explain to people who haven't played RO what makes the playstyle behind Champ so appealing to me. Since most readers here haven't played RO, essentially what's happening is this:
Champions have 3 effective damaging abilities they can use on other Champions:
A) Asura strike, essentially the ultimate attack in the game. It uses 100% of your mana, but converts it into killing power, and is almost always a sure one hit kill in PvP, especially on another champion. However, it is relatively easy to avoid, and if it is, it renders the casting Champ pretty helpless (out of mana).
B) Finger Offensive, a ranged ability which does maybe 40% of an opposing Champ's hp.
C) Palm Push Strike, a knock back melee ability. Pretty much only used to knock someone out of Pneuma, or to trick him into thinking you're going to use Asura, so he gets ready to snap dodge and possibly takes a few PPS hits.
To do Asura or Finger offensive, a Champion must have spirit spheres. Champions can also absorb their own or enemy's spirit spheres. Absorbing another Champion's spheres before he begins to cast an FO or Asura is the main defense a Champ has. Also, extremely importantly, Champs can use Body Relocate, otherwise known as Snap. This instantly moves the champ to the target location. If used at the same instant an offensive ability is finished being used on you, you negate the damage, exactly like using Vanish to immune a PoM Pyroblast in WoW.
Other defensive abilities used:
A) Pneuma, negates all ranged attacks when standing under it (the teal colored mist)
B) Agility Down, reduces the movement speed of the target (Champs also have Agility up, which does the opposite)
C) Heal, obviously heals.





Have you looked into the star wars mmo that's in development at all? It looks like it has potential, but from the videos I've seen so far it looks overly simplistic. From what I understand the videos are of lower level characters, so hopefully some depth is added into the combat as you level as would be expected.
The video has some nice duels, but why is the quality so shitty rofl.
I laughed