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« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2003, 04:24:38 pm »
Well, if they fly...thy\'re harder to hit(unless seeking magic is used), but they also can\'t do much either. I think  they\'ll have many downsides while flying, so I don\'t think they\'ll be so usable for RP flyin\' archers or mages.

Breathe underwater suonds quite fine, although i don\'t know how they can swim...just look at their wings, way too  much traction.
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« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2003, 04:34:39 pm »
I dont think that flying during a battle would be useful, it would be just as hard to aim at the enemy. Maybe they could hover, but they wouldn\'t be able to do so for long.

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« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2003, 05:22:57 pm »
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Breathe underwater suonds quite fine, although i don\'t know how they can swim...just look at their wings, way too  much traction.


Many birds/birdlike creatures use their wings to swim. Like penguins. :) Besides, Klyros\' have that skin between their feet which is good for swimming.
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« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2003, 05:31:35 pm »
Penguins, yeah. :) A perfect exmple! :D

I don\'t think their skin will suffice, look how big those wings are and they cannot fold them up like those watery birds.

And if they unfoldedly tried to swim they could get seriously hurt.
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« Reply #19 on: October 24, 2003, 07:40:22 pm »
i think they would have an easier time trying to swim, than to hover.  do you know the kind of power and effort required to hover? flying in a line is easy, but unless you\'re a helicopter(they have wings, the wings just fly in circles-rotor) hovering has to be done like a hummingbird.  If that was the case, a klyros would have to weigh next to nothing, which would make em so flimsy as to be usless in combat, etc.  swimming can be accomplished by most critters, at least enough to get where they\'re going.  just my two trias,

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« Reply #20 on: October 24, 2003, 07:49:42 pm »
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lKlyros arn\'t that powerful, as they can\'t wear heavy armour, so they\'ll be quite bad in close combat.


I don\'t think many people would use the klyros as warriors because they are clearly bent towards a paths that involves magics:

\'Thanks to their body structure, the Klyros are fast in all three elements: air, water and earth.\'

And magicians prefere not to wear heavy armour
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« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2003, 10:56:23 am »
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Besides, why choose Klyros over Dermorian/Nolthrir, when they give better Wis/Int/Chr bonuses (the stats which will be used for spellcasting)? Just a question.

They wont be \"teh uber caster\".
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Thanks to their body structure, the Klyros are fast in all three elements: air, water and earth.

I think that means that they will be able to move in all of the three elements.
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« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2003, 03:50:02 pm »
So............Earth refers to walking?

NO irony intended.

I thought this ment that they would be fast learners in the BLue, Brown and azure ways
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« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2003, 04:56:28 pm »
I assumed that it meant that they were comfortable in all of the elements. I could be wrong though.
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« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2003, 04:59:10 pm »
lets wait untill the Devs come and help us out with this issue.
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« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2003, 09:18:36 pm »
I think that if everyone picks the klyros, they will be in for a dissapointment, I think that the devs have already balanced out the races, since this would be what would attract or drive away most people (you mean, there are CAT PEOPLE??!!??). I think that their fraile body would give them less endurance/hp/overall strength though

 I couldn\'t imagine why a klyros couldn\'t master a light spear, or dagger, and a little magic to become an effective ambush, assasin.

Although they wouldn\'t be Uber Disgusting Mages Buffed to all Synapses, they would be effective if the player knew what he/she/it was doing. Magical items/training can make for a great Dwarven mage.

Also, lets say a Demorian and a Klyros go one on one, I think the speed of the Klyros could be an added plus to make up for the lack in Uber Disgusting mental prowess.

In spite of that, I wouldn\'t pick them, I think they would be too weak, i want speed and power, so I think the Endukai would be best suited for that....I think

I hope the devs can give us some comparison to the power and usefulness of the races\' abilities before having a whole bunch of useless accounts.
 

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« Reply #26 on: October 26, 2003, 09:40:21 pm »
On that note:
How about the Endukai, lots of people will choose them, usually to be assassins using the azure way. I was gonna go that way but when i realised this i changed my mind. I\'m still prob going to be an Endu but maybe not an assassin.
It just too tempting though.
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« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2003, 03:49:55 pm »
Why all this assassin stuff, when it\'s already been cleared that there will be limited PvP? I mean, okay, let\'s all choose to make the ultimate PvP character that we can use for nothing. What an exceptional idea *Sarcasm*. :P
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« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2003, 07:16:58 pm »
I\'m just telling you what i\'ve heard.
Anyway an assassin could just as well kill monsters
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« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2003, 07:55:11 pm »
The assasin aspect is obviously going to be useful agains monsters, go read the assasins skills in the players guide.

A pvp character would not be very useful in PS, I agree since it is based on role-playing and not on pvp.

Sneaking up on a labyrinth spider would be just as useful in battle as sneaking up on the left flank of another party.

I see the assasin thing implemented like ninja skills, and Klyros seem well suited for that purpose.