Combos?

[PerpetualNomad]

Could someone explain to me how to make combos? What am I missing? I tried doing what the player guide told me, but it doesn't seem to create the combos that I am trying to use.

[Newgunden]

Press two glyphs glowing green together.
You need make a deck with skill glyphs.

[Catnip Games]

Hi there PerpetualNomad -- welcome to the community! :) I see you mentioned some questions about the deck system/combos above.

There's 3 ways to initiate a combo, but please keep in mind that to combo skills, at least one of the skills must be unlocked in your combat bar. You can drag and drop them together, you can initiate a hotkey (Start Glyph Combo in your key bindings) then select the two hotbar hotkeys, or my favorite which is to hold one hotbar hotkey and while holding, press the second skill's hotbar hotkey which is part of the combo.

Also, I've linked 4 very short tutorials made by a community member which are phenomenal and really show players the basics of the deck system. You can make it simply and lock all 10 glyphs so the bar behaves like other games, or you can unlock slots for a more dynamic (and MUCH more versatile) approach.

Some skills/items can only go in the non-combat utility bar, some skills/items can go in both the combat and non-combat utility bar, and some skills can only go in the combat bar.

Press K for all your skills, L for all your glyphs and combos and Y for deck building. Experiment with dragging things around, from most of those areas, you can populate your bar directly, or you can adjust inside your deck building interface (Y).

Here are 4 great 2 minute videos to teach you the basics of deck building and combo use:

Locked Combat Bar:
https://youtu.be/hBrJRv8xtl0

Unlocked Combat Bar:
https://youtu.be/9FyNLXzBhwI

Hybrid Combat Bar:
https://youtu.be/EFAgqQCC1MA

Combos:
https://youtu.be/YmtYyWOXez4

[RakkSixx]

Honestly the glyph/combo system was not really worth it for me. Too much trying to build a good deck and micro manage. Easier to play the old school hotkey bar abilities and you really not losing any enjoyment.

[bparry]

Originally posted by RakkSixx:

Honestly the glyph/combo system was not really worth it for me. Too much trying to build a good deck and micro manage. Easier to play the old school hotkey bar abilities and you really not losing any enjoyment.

haha this is how I play good old lock deck. I do have a few decks though with at least 1-2 unlocked for specific encounters. watching some of the streamers though with unlocked can be amazing to watch... but I dont have that dex in my hands to do what they do lol. They make it look so easy.

[Stupid Noob Gamer]

Originally posted by RakkSixx:

Honestly the glyph/combo system was not really worth it for me. Too much trying to build a good deck and micro manage. Easier to play the old school hotkey bar abilities and you really not losing any enjoyment.

Maybe if the combos were more impactful / powerful. But as it stands right now locked deck for me too.

[NemesisofdaCancelPigs]

tried both, and the carpal tunnel combos and decks cause might not be worth the effort. it's truly innovative but clunky and ridiculously hard to manage, very doubtful anyone uses it in pvp. maybe 2 slots 1 to feed a certain ability, but otherwise, no way someone would use the deck system to pvp it would kill you.
edit: i have found a use for it personally, i use the last two spot open for deck and place my buffs in there, so i dont have to swap. so i can fit 3-4 in each. its unorthodox, yes, innovative, and clunky, not sure if its just better to swap entire bars, not sure.

[bparry]

Originally posted by Stupid Noob Gamer:

Originally posted by RakkSixx:

Honestly the glyph/combo system was not really worth it for me. Too much trying to build a good deck and micro manage. Easier to play the old school hotkey bar abilities and you really not losing any enjoyment.

Maybe if the combos were more impactful / powerful. But as it stands right now locked deck for me too.

combos are based on the school attunements used in the skills. the higher your attunement the more powerful. I can tell you at adventure level 130+ they start to get a lot more powerful :)

[Chocbomb]

I haven't played this game in almost 2 years and people are still asking how to use that combo system.

Game mechanics 10/10, to the bitter end.