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Brawling in POTBS, New Dev Log
Pirates of the Burning Sea Vault - The Ultimate Resource — ... There's a new Developer Log up on the official Pirates of the Burning Sea site. Is Brawling effective? How can you maximize your brawling skills? Read on! In my original plan for avatar combat, there were two supplementary skill lines that any fighting school could take. For various reasons, we ended up having to cut one of those lines, leaving us with only the Black Powder optional skill line. Unfortunately, there was some functionality I really liked in the removed skill line; also, with only one optional line available, characters were by definition less diverse and less ...

PotBS: The Art of Brawling
WarCry Network : Latest News — The art of brawling, arguably a great pirate skill, is the subject of an article at the Pirates of the Burning Sea site. The complicated nature of implementing such a thing is a terrific read so be sure to keep going: In my original plan for avatar combat, there were two supplementary skill lines that any fighting school could take. For various reasons, we ended up having to cut one of those lines, leaving us with only the Black Powder optional skill line. Unfortunately, there was some functionality I really liked in the removed skill line; also, with only one optional line available, characters were by definition less diverse and less ...

Brawling changes hit Pirates of the Burning Sea
Massively — Filed under: Fantasy, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Game mechanics, PvP, PvE Pirates of the Burning Sea is a title that's been undergoing some major overhauls in terms of game mechanics. Flying Lab Software has been revamping the game's combat systems, both those of ship-based combat and avatar combat. We've mentioned a few of those changes in the past, such as the introduction of new NPC archetypes but the latest issue they've been tackling is how brawling works in PotBS. A developer log this week, from Isildur, explains the situation with skill lines (as well as optional skill lines) and what was involved with ...