Stake

[Ardghal]

More of a question than suggestion. Were there ever higher levelled stakes put in the game for Slayers? If not, there should be.

Also, I think stake is next to useless. It's nice and all, BUT the vampire being staked has to be asleep in order for the stake to work. I don't find that fair at all. That makes it all but impossible to pull off. How many vampire mobs in the game are asleep? How many vampire players are asleep in PK?

Granted, stake needs to be hard to pull off considering its power, but hey let's make it so that it can actually be used eh?

Now I do realize you can blackjack or cast sleep if you sneak up, but it just seems like you should be able to stake while a vampire is awake somehow too.

[Belexus]

Since the stake when they're sleeping has a super-high rate of success (I've heard from players something like 99%) maybe have it so if you try it when they're alive the rate of success is MUCH less, and in fact you can suceed without killing them. Maybe do a decent amount of damage instead.

[Nibelung]

Sounds like a backstab.

In reality, it is a backstab. And a frontstab, sidestab, etc. :) Should have the same type probability as backstab, but deal in the proper damage that a stake should.

[Belexus]

Yeah it does sound like a backstab, but the range of damage would vary greatly, discouraging people from using it on awake vampires. And that's a good idea about the same probabilities as a backstab, but I think it should be less than a backstab. Less of a chance to hit them, and less of a chance to do decent damage.

[Darigaaz]

Wait.. so… you want it to have less chance to hit and less damage? .. Then why would anyone want to use it instead of backstab?

[Belexus]

Exactly, why would you? You wouldn't. You'd want to hit them when they're sleeping. It's pretty simple logic that an awake fampire would be more wary of a stake than say… a sword. Just seems pretty obvious to me. A stake doesn't have to be that much less than a backstab, or that much less damaging, I just think it should have a larger range. Say the chance is slightly less, but you can do from very little to a crapload of damage with it, instead of a pretty steady amount. More fluctuation.

[Mittens]

I think the damage of stake should have a linear relationship with the level of the slayer. IE, if you're a level 120 slayer or a remort slayer I'm pretty sure you know damn well where a vampire's heart is, so chances are you're gonna take it out. (On sleeping vampires) On awake vampires, it would be extreamly hard to accomplish but if it hits and you're a high level slayer chances are it should have hit them in the heart. Just think about level as experience, which it is, and if you're as experienced as you can get you can pull this stuff off. Then again, the vampires level should be a significant factor as well because they tend to avoid getting staked in the heart, and have more experience doing so the higher level they are (theoretically).

[Ardghal]

Also, something else I thought of. Unless things have changed, the stake can be used as a normal weapon, but it does next to no damage. Maybe that should change. After all, stakes are sharp and pointy things. I could see someone slashing about with it, and piercing, maybe even parrying.

[Ertai]

What about for stake trying this:

Staking a sleeping vampire would stay the same

Staking a vampire that is awake would have similar effects of staking a sleeping one (based on Level as suggested by Mitten) but not only a high probability of missing, but a chance that the vampire could grab the wrist of the aggressor, sucking lifeblood from them (paralysis and/or massive damage) so there would always be a big chance of it turning around on the agressor, yet remain a threat to vampires

eRT

[Ardghal]

Mmm… Sounds dangerous Ertai...

I like it.

[Belexus]

That was basically what I was trying to get at. I didn't want it to be just like backstab. Having other factors like that will make it unique and worthwhile.