Huntsman and Duck Duck Goose

[svartalv]

Alright I just installed the Early Access of DOS2 and naturally went through the character creation.

Something I quite quickly noticed was the Talent for avoiding Attack of Opportunity (Duck Duck Goose) was "locked" behind one point in the Huntsman Skill.

As I see it this Talent is somewhat mandatory in most cases which makes one point in Huntsman also mandatory.

Is it just me or is this quite annoying?

[HugsAndSnuggles]

You can just teleport away, or, you know - kill/cc whatever's in range. So, not more mandatory than, say, one point in all defense skills (since everything above that is not worth the investement) or aerotheurge/warfare to get rid of enemy armor faster.

[Gasarakii]

I didn't out a point in it on first play through, maybe ill check it out on my next, could see my wands spreading fire and such to myself with it though.

[Duckman]

I've never had problems with AoO in my first playthrough, why do you tihnk it's mandatory?

[fauxpas]

I'd argue that Necromancy is more of a "must have" than avoiding aoo.

[kbot]

It's such a massive advantage. Difficult to not take it on my characters except for anyone in heavy armor. I'm really surprised it's left as-is from DOS;EE.

If a character is in a bad situation (surrounded, especially by dudes with two handers) you can either a) stack multiple forms of CC, which may not work due to some npcs having their armor/mage shields up, to get a character out of AOO range (basically a costly investment in a possibly successful solution) or b) just walk away from them thanks to a 1 talent 1 point investment in Duck Duck Goose.

[toe knee]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

I'd argue that Necromancy is more of a "must have" than avoiding aoo.

i found necromancy to be super underwhelming, unless you are referring to a talent that requires it in which case i probably didnt get it anyways