Speed boost for Chief Bandit.

i've seen other v62 videos and servers have assaulter faster (you can chain them with other skills faster), an example is, being able to jump off a mount in HT at the top and get out the mount and assaulter across.
i've also seen assassinate/Bstep for after an assaulter alot faster than now. there is a distinct pause after using a skill.

 

think hes talking about the 3rd job skill "assaulter", where you dash and cut through mobs. i was just referring, saying ive seen assaulter be able to be used after bstep/other skills. but theres a pause after using assaulter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwI5Uy19Thk , this could be used as an example as well. being able to assaulter after dismounting. we've tried having our shads attempt this, but there is no timing to do it after using a different skill.
it would be cool to see Assaulter be utilized more for mobility.

 

i believe some shads are glad of the reverted Assassinate

 

Seems like a nice quality of life buff to make it feel a little less clunky(?) when chaining attacks.

 

Nate has more damage the longer you charge it. The original was 12 seconds, but the buff/nerf capped the damage at the original 8 seconds, instead of having the original 12 second charge damage at 8 seconds. (that is, after the revert, I've been able to hit damage cap whereas before, I was nowhere near that)

(On another subject, plz buff nate)

ASSAULTER on the other hand, YES ALSO BUFF. I find that I don't really use it other than at Shaolin to avoid the stairs. Even if we ignore using it as an actual attack, from a mobility standpoint it's kind of uhhhh bad. If Neckson intended it to be the shad version of flash jump, that's a big ol yikes. It's probably why after bb assaulter gets replaced with fj anyway.

 

Thumbs up for buffing assaulter!
The pause after using it makes the skill not very useful as an attack skill in combo with other skills.
From mobility perspective it's also not very useful because you need a monster to use it (so impossible to use in towns, but that is the skill property so cannot be changed I guess) and the pause makes the movement actually pretty slow anyway (and you can get hit in this window when you are unable to move/use other skills).
I find myself using this skill only rarely and only in cases where there in an upper platform I would need stairs to reach but can use assaulter to "teleport". So yeah pretty rarely.

So I would be very happy if something could be done with the delay time for this skill <3

 

OP said +2 speed, which I assume means going from 900ms to 720ms, basically parity with Savage Blow, so not an unreasonable ask.

Sure why not.

 

im so confused on this now. we're trying to support your assaulter issue. keep it on topic and not be biased please xd

 

I dont see a problem with assaulter as it it right now. it's not really an attacking skill but a mobility one, used to get to higher platforms or jump from one platform to another that has a monster on it horizontally.
at the same time I dont see an issue with decreasing the delay after using the skill, besides the fact that it wouldnt be as 0.62v. the skill is kinda weird to use as an attacking skill since youd have to go back and forth between the monster, which doesnt work well in big monsters (assaulter at zak anyone?). The change wouldnt make shadowers too mobile/strong so imbalance isn't an issue here.

 

you can chain the skill with other skills. such as: assaulter--> savage blow or Band of Thieves. Assaulter stuns mobs as well. it doesnt have to be used in big groups of mobs

 

its also a fun skill to use. its like having Grenade on corsairs, when the skills damage is trash, but its fun to use during wings.

 

The only nerf assaulter ever had years ago was the removal of it being used on the airship

 

I’ve always had this issue with assulter too! Even if the damage had to be reduced, the attack speed boost would bring out its real functionality and make the CB skillset so much smoother without feeling inherently different. I support this!

 

Bumping because assaulter is basically only useful as a mobility skill now. It's delay is very high for the damage output (max level is roughly what savage blow is). With a lower delay it could be an alternative to using savage blow in 3rd job.