Adrenaline - Guild Wars Forums

Moon Requiem · Mar 30, 2005, 12:17 AM // 00:17

Bow attacks give adrenaline?

MoldyRiceFrenzy · Mar 30, 2005, 12:34 AM // 00:34

i dunno i was gonna ask the same question myself

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Loviatar · Mar 30, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

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Originally Posted by Moon Requiem

Bow attacks give adrenaline?

i dont know but why should they?
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they do see below

Bgnome · Mar 30, 2005, 12:51 AM // 00:51

last i checked, they do. however, the attack rate on a bow is generally slower than a sword or axe.

Kiwi · Mar 30, 2005, 12:57 AM // 00:57

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Originally Posted by Moon Requiem

Bow attacks give adrenaline?

Yes, they do. But like Bgnome said, swords and axes are faster.

Loviatar · Mar 30, 2005, 01:34 AM // 01:34

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Originally Posted by Bgnome

last i checked, they do. however, the attack rate on a bow is generally slower than a sword or axe.

thanks for the heads up

will make note

Freyas · Mar 30, 2005, 10:12 AM // 10:12

Attacking with any weapon will gain adrenaline. You also gain adrenaline(at a slower rate) when you take damage- if you're getting focus-fired, you'll fill your adrenaline, even without attacking. A Mo/W can get adrenaline while they're getting focused that would allow them to use defensive adrenal skills like Bonetti's Defense or Watch Yourself, even without attacking at all, or could use their wand for potshots between heals to fill their adrenaline faster. Adrenaline is gained through either attacking or being attacked, regardless of weapon.

Bgnome · Mar 30, 2005, 02:24 PM // 14:24

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Originally Posted by Freyas

You also gain adrenaline(at a slower rate) when you take damage- if you're getting focus-fired, you'll fill your adrenaline, even without attacking. A Mo/W can get adrenaline while they're getting focused that would allow them to use defensive adrenal skills like Bonetti's Defense or Watch Yourself, even without attacking at all, or could use their wand for potshots between heals to fill their adrenaline faster.

i heard this may have been changed in the last bwe.

Freyas · Mar 30, 2005, 09:31 PM // 21:31

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Originally Posted by Bgnome

i heard this may have been changed in the last bwe.

I'm pretty sure it hasn't bee changed at all- the warrior I played some during the BWE seemed to gain adrenaline from being attacked(quite slowly, but the adrenaline gain is there), and I know that the weapon you are using has no effect on adrenaline gain, other than the difference in attack speeds.

Taranis · Mar 30, 2005, 09:33 PM // 21:33

I actually never knew what Adrenalin was................still don't

Virtuoso · Mar 31, 2005, 03:53 PM // 15:53

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Originally Posted by Taranis

I actually never knew what Adrenalin was................still don't

Adrenaline is what warriors need to use most of their skills. If they hit someone, they get 1 "point" of adrenaline. If they get hit, they have a chance to gain adrenaline. There are also other skills and spells that can give you adrenaline or increase your adrenaline generation. Your character starts off a battle with 0 adrenaline and if you are not fighting it will eventually decay. When you use an adrenline skill, it takes X amount out of your current adrenaline pool. There are also some skills that will take all of your adrenline, such as "Final Thrust". Hope this helped!

-Virt

Smodo · Mar 31, 2005, 03:57 PM // 15:57

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Originally Posted by Taranis

I actually never knew what Adrenalin was................still don't

Well Virt explained the in game meaning of the word, but the real things is the extra energy you get when your scared or excited.

--Smodo

Bgnome · Mar 31, 2005, 04:08 PM // 16:08

if you wanted to talk about the real thing, we could get into a lengthy discussion about the endocrine system and sympathetic nervous stimulation, but i doubt you would be interested.

as far as i understood, you do not actually have an adrenaline "pool". each adrenaline skill builds adrenaline independently for every hit, ie you have 3 adrenaline skills on your bar, struck a foe once, then each of those skills gains 1 hit of adrenaline. if you use an adrenaline skill, each one of your other skills loses 1 hit of adrenaline. if you use a "lose all adrenaline" skill, then all your adrenaline skills are reset.

Dreamsmith · Mar 31, 2005, 04:12 PM // 16:12

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Originally Posted by Virtuoso

Your character starts off a battle with 0 adrenaline and if you are not fighting it will eventually decay. When you use an adrenline skill, it takes X amount out of your current adrenaline pool.

Actually, that's not how it works. You don't have a "current adrenaline pool". When you use an adrenline skill, it is dimmed, and remains so until you gain enough adrenaline to use it again, but there is no common pool that adrenaline skills pull adrenaline out of. Rather, each adrenaline skill requires a specific amount of adrenaline gain to recharge. If two adrenaline skills are recharging, and you gain a point of adrenaline, both skills get a point closer to being recharged (just like if two enegy skills are recharging, and a second ticks by, both skills get a second closer to being recharged). Adrenaline skills have no activation cost at all, but they do require adrenaline to recharge, and if you use an adrenaline skill, the others are set back in their recharge by one.

Adrenaline is a game mechanic quite unlike energy. (Otherwise, what would be the point?) Adrenline is not like energy for adrenline skills, it's like seconds for adrenaline skills. It's not that adrenaline skills require adrenaline instead of energy to activate, rather it's that adrenaline skills require adrenline instead of seconds to recharge. Each hit you make is like a tick of the clock for recharging adrenaline skills. You don't have an adrenaline pool (although each individual adrenaline skill could be thought of as having its own, private pool).

Mar 30, 2005, 12:17 AM // 00:17	#1
Moon Requiem Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Mar 2005	Adrenaline Bow attacks give adrenaline?

Mar 30, 2005, 12:51 AM // 00:51	#4
Bgnome Elite Guru Join Date: Feb 2005	last i checked, they do. however, the attack rate on a bow is generally slower than a sword or axe. __________________ [quote=Sausaletus Rex]...When you respond to a thread in [Q&A] make sure, and I mean damn sur

Mar 30, 2005, 10:12 AM // 10:12	#7
Freyas Champion of the Absurd Join Date: Jan 2005 Guild: Spirits of War Profession: Mo/W	Attacking with any weapon will gain adrenaline. You also gain adrenaline(at a slower rate) when you take damage- if you're getting focus-fired, you'll fill your adrenaline, even without attacking. A Mo/W can get adrenaline while they're getting focused that would allow them to use defensive adrenal skills like Bonetti's Defense or Watch Yourself, even without attacking at all, or could use their wand for potshots between heals to fill their adrenaline faster. Adrenaline is gained through either attacking or being attacked, regardless of weapon. __________________ Freyas- Spirits of War ~The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity

Mar 31, 2005, 04:08 PM // 16:08	#13
Bgnome Elite Guru Join Date: Feb 2005	if you wanted to talk about the real thing, we could get into a lengthy discussion about the endocrine system and sympathetic nervous stimulation, but i doubt you would be interested. as far as i understood, you do not actually have an adrenaline "pool". each adrenaline skill builds adrenaline independently for every hit, ie you have 3 adrenaline skills on your bar, struck a foe once, then each of those skills gains 1 hit of adrenaline. if you use an adrenaline skill, each one of your other skills loses 1 hit of adrenaline. if you use a "lose all adrenaline" skill, then all your adrenaline skills are reset. __________________ [quote=Sausaletus Rex]...When you respond to a thread in [Q&A] make sure, and I mean damn sur

Mar 30, 2005, 12:34 AM // 00:34	#2
MoldyRiceFrenzy Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Guild: Confusion in The Ranks[tArD] Profession: Mo/W	i dunno i was gonna ask the same question myself (\_/) (^^) o(")(")

Mar 30, 2005, 09:33 PM // 21:33	#10
Taranis Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2005	I actually never knew what Adrenalin was................still don't