We needed to be a little more specific about some of the style changes (another article will be up shortly about this):
In addition to the item in the release notes about combat style changes (i.e. that style damage now scales up as you rise in level), there were two other changes:
- Sidewinder in the piercing list is now based off Tarantula, not Black Widow. All combat styles (except previously for this one) in the game that are "chained" styles require an opening of some kind (i.e. block, parry, etc.). Sidewinder was the only chain style in the game that did not require an opening move, and as such has been changed to require a previous style that in turn requires an opening move.
- The Executioner and Defender's Faith polearm styles for Albion Armsmen have been swapped. Previously, Armsmen could find themselves in a situation where they had enough specialization in Polearms to receive Executioner but did not yet have Parry (the opening that is required for Executioner). Now, Armsmen will get Defender's Faith at eight trains in Polearm, which has no opening move, and then Executioner at ten trains, when they will almost certainly have Parry.
In general, we make changes like these because players report that they did not get a style when they should have. This happens because the game will not give you a combat style if you do not have the opening skill required for it. This means that an Armsman who does not have Parry, will not receive any styles that require Parry as an opening (i.e. Executioner). As more players report problems like this, we will make similar changes.
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