Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Coro" data-source="post: 5381458" data-attributes="member: 87452">@<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=95263" target="_blank">Kyidro</a>Thanks for playing and posting your thoughts! Points addressed below:Your comments have mirrored a lot of other messages and emails I've received that seem concerned that you can't get momentum every turn. You should not be able to get momentum every single  turn against a single enemy without a penalty - that's completely intentional. You're really supposed to be jumping from  enemy to enemy (which will usually let you use momentum almost every  turn, if you're clever).Regardless, you will not deal as much damage as other strikers against a  single target unless you are willing to provoke some opportunity attacks  against it. But other strikers can't wear hide, don't have reach weapons, can't ignore difficult terrain, and don't have a drake to help them with flanking and taking opportunity attacks. It's a trade off. The idea here is that you will be attacking multiple enemies at once,  jumping back and forth and using your reach weapon and your pushes to  give you room for your next jump. If you don't like this and don't want  to spread out damage ever, then use Boost and your encounters to stay on the same enemy while keeping distance and momentum for the bonus damage. But again, you will not compete with a ranger or rogue or warlock's  capability to deal their bonus damage every single turn. That's why  yours is higher and why momentum gives you an additional effect. Think of yourself as a more durable and mobile striker with a bit of controller. (Also, you have a drake that is essentially a opportunity attack-taking machine; use it to harass ranged/magic users or wait between you and an enemy that's after you).Anyway, here's an example of how to gain momentum against the same target over and over with at-will attacks, which is possible, though you will provoke opportunity attacks during it:Turn 1: Use Leap to move in with momentum, use Jump. Apply bonus damage from momentum and use Jump's bonus to push target back.Target's turn: Target moves adjacent to you and attacks.Turn 2: Use Leap to move 2 squares, but stay within 2 squares of your target. This provokes an opportunity attack from the target. If you are still adjacent to the target after your move, use Jump, Vaulting Strike, or Spinning Kick to move the target or reposition. If you are within 2 squares, use Bracing Strike or Piercing Thrust. Apply bonus damage from momentum.Target's turn: Target moves adjacent to you and attacks.Turn 3: Repeat turn 2.You can do this indefinitely, as long as you can take the opportunity attacks. Leap gives you momentum, you don't have to be jumping toward  the target. You can jump past the target or away from it and swing  around to do your damage (the idea is that the Dragoon knows how to take  any energy from its movement and redistribute it in another direction). So if you are willing to provoke opportunity attacks, you can gain momentum against the same target every single turn with this, and it doesn't take any of the following into account:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using Boost each encounter.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using one of the several utilities that give you momentum.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using any of the many encounter powers that move enemies back and slow, push, or knock them prone, so you can escape.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Attacking a target that the defender has marked or positioned.</li> </ul>If you take the +4 to AC bonus against opportunity attacks feat (which I'm thinking about using to replace the Skysoul AC bonus), then, combined with your hide armor, you'll be able to toss in your momentum damage almost every turn. Personally, from my own playtesting and watching others use it, my favorite part of the class is that each turn you basically choose to deal damage, or find a better position - but that's just me.Hope this helps!</blockquote>

Verification