How Does Focus Work...?

bLuIShbLuISh Join Date: 2003-05-21 Member: 16559Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">im not a 3.0 pt, so i gotta ask here</div> i just saw this post about sc's coming back supposedly because of "focus" now, what does focus do?

thanks
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  • BattleTechBattleTech Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4137Members
    edited January 2004
    Increase's your atk dmg. but decreases your atk spd.
    Level 3 would give you 100% more dmg, but you'd attack 112% or 120%(?) slower.
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  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    Level 3 focus ( three chambers) will triple your first weapon damage points, making it three times slower.
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  • BattleTechBattleTech Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4137Members
    edited January 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin--MrMojo+Jan 5 2004, 06:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrMojo @ Jan 5 2004, 06:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Level 3 focus ( three chambers) will triple your first weapon damage points, making it three times slower. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's double dmg.
    So a skulk will do 150 and an Onos will do 180.

    Triple Skulk damage would be 225 and that'd be like 2 bites to kill a HA.
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  • MavericMaveric Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
    please note that this only affects the first weapon slot. this means that:

    Skulk Bite
    Gorge Spit
    Lerk Bite
    Fade Slash
    Onos Gore

    are all effected by this upgrade.
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  • RooKRooK Join Date: 2003-10-15 Member: 21694Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maveric+Jan 6 2004, 12:45 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maveric @ Jan 6 2004, 12:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> please note that this only affects the first weapon slot. this means that:

    Skulk Bite
    Gorge Spit
    Lerk Bite
    Fade Slash
    Onos Gore

    are all effected by this upgrade. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    geez...

    talk about bringing the term "battle gorge" to life

    I wonder if his damage will be the same (base) as 2.01
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  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    Bwahaha...a 3x damage Gorge? Talk about awesome!
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  • lljkWhimsylljkWhimsy Join Date: 2003-04-25 Member: 15829Members
    IIRC, Gorge spit was moved to slot 1.

    Expect Gorge Rushes like you've never seen them.
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  • Roger_DodgerRoger_Dodger Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14392Members
    Good luck nailing your single high powered gorge spit shot on a rine before you die <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I also thought it was double damage too not 3x.

    So an unupgraded rine will fall in one bite supposedly if i remember correctly. Armour upgs make this upgrade quite unreliable though as rines will take multiple bites to kill with focus, so because of the cooldown time between bites timing your shots to hit seems a bit of a challenge, especially while trying not to die.

    - RD
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  • MajinMajin Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
    Its an antipersonal wep, its worthless vs structures.
    You can kill a LA marine in 1 bite and a Level 3 armor marine in 2 bites
    HA... well I can't say I have ever seen a skulk live long enough when taking on a HA marine by him self to get the needed 4 bites or whatever it is.

    It slows down your atk speed but increase the atk power. Its a bit of a crummy trade off, but classes like the lerk benifit from it due to the fact that you are most times diving to get the bite, flaping away and diving to get the kill.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    Wait 120% slower? I thought it made more damage increase than RoF decrease :/

    Like 60% slower for 100% more power
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  • nightdragonnightdragon Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11848Members, Constellation
    edited January 2004
    <Ignore me>

    No the speed decreases more than the damage increases. Sort of like a This is what you get for wanting more damage!! Sorta thing.

    <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MajinMajin Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
    Its well worth it though for the obvious reason you get better at ambushes and when you do they pay off in RES!
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  • ZERGZERG Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13132Members, Constellation
    Focus is a finesse ability. It's best used on level 0 marines or marines with their armor depleted. Otherwise, your best chance is hit and run with leap+bite, blink+slash, or lerk bite/flight. If you are good at that, you'll be pretty unstoppable. Focus does nothing but make the onos worse so don't bother dreaming of focusgore. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    So

    I can go gorge with a friend or two, drop 3 sens and snipe the marines to death baring that the shots hit?
    lol

    A SNIPER <!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'><!--endemo--> ! is on the cliff!
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  • MajinMajin Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
    LOL
    You all joke about the gorge and Focus for Spit.
    But you can drop a marine in 3 spits!
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  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    <b><u>GORK ON TEH CLORF OMG</u></b>
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Align+Jan 6 2004, 02:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Align @ Jan 6 2004, 02:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <b><u>GORK ON TEH CLORF OMG</u></b> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Who did not see this coming?
    Raise your hand so I can back-hand you. lol
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Majin+Jan 6 2004, 01:51 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Majin @ Jan 6 2004, 01:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> LOL
    You all joke about the gorge and Focus for Spit.
    But you can drop a marine in 3 spits! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Doesn't it orignally take 5-6 to kill a full hp/ap vanilla marine?
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