Attacks and Relations

• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2010-12-06 05:54
  I've been thinking about how attacks are calculated, and how certain attacks have different effects.
  
  I've realized...
  
  1. There are 2 sorts of attacks, bashes and slashes.
  
  Slashes have the -moment- when you hit an enemy, and bashes just go right through.
  
  2. Each attack has different calculations for damage and 'push.'
  
  Push is what's needed to throw things far with an attack, and what's used for boss break-offs.
  
  
  Attacks with High Push are usually bashes, and are also usually hard to aim.
  
  
  
  Any thoughts?
• babohtea wrote on 2010-12-06 06:40
  I don't really understand your first point, but I always assumed that break offs were based off of damage to an area.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-12-06 06:48
  No, hammer fiona makes this entire thing flawed.
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2010-12-06 06:52

  Quote from Cucurbita;238717:

  No, hammer fiona makes this entire thing flawed.

  
  
  I sort of got all of this from my Hammiona. I was just messing around in Ruins King, and Butterfly swing and whatnot.
  
  Butterfly swing is both high damage and high push.
  
  (I probably should have worded 'push' as knockdown, instead.)
  
  Counterattack is more push/knockdown, so you see monsters fly away farther, less damage, but you break equipment with this also.
  
  Shield bash is mostly push, and its one of the easiest ways to break equipment off of monsters.
• heretic304 wrote on 2010-12-06 18:12
  You might have to give even more categories to the attacks as well. Like how certain hits will slow your combo down while others barely put a dent in your attack speed. For instance, Hammer 2 slows down significantly the more enemies are hit by that strike, while butterfly swing is nearly instant no matter how many enemies you swing through.