Knight's non-spring life

[Geev]

Originally Posted by Zas_

As a hunter, i can tell some knights do fairly well versus us, just run behind a rock or a tree and wait.

The main issue, imho, is Confuse(3-5), because a suprised knight will not be able to buff, and may die before confuse expires if no tree/rock/fort is around.

Jah, Confuse is the big one. We don't need spring -- we're in plate armor for god's sake. Just thankful we don't have a movement penalty, which by all rights we should have, given our encumbrance.

Even after engagement, with a fully buffed knight, the archer can break off the fight at any time, e.g., stun and run. This is not true for the knight. In an open field with no cover not sure why anyone expects to win 1 v 1 vs hunter. It's true, knight will simply be kited unless he can find cover. Even in defensive stance you can only hold out so long. Night did a 253 critical on me in DS yesterday. (at least the icon under the health bar said I was in DS). Still, if I want to try to survive and not win I usually can (about 60-70% of the time).

There is a separate thread which discusses the op-ness of confuse.