Dominator Martial Assault: Spinning Kick

[Anderoth]

This may not be a bug, but it feels like it is. I looked and looked and could not find another cone in the game that is marked as "Target: self". Because of this one difference you can fire off the attack standing alone with no enemies and it will activate. You can move into position in front of enemies and fire off the attack and I assume because of latency, it hits nothing. When moving you can never use the attack right away. It's cumbersome and frustrating to use compared to any other attack I have used. Also because of the no target required is can not be queued up to attack like other melee attacks.

 

I am hoping this was an oversight by whomever created the power. Bug or not I would like to request it be changed to work like all other cones in game and require an enemy target.

 

[Rudra]

Here you go. another cone with a target of self:

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=incarnate.judgement.vorpal_total_core_judgement

 

All the vorpal cones are self targeted and function as described.

[Anderoth]

Ah, I never looked at incarnate powers. Thank you for pointing that out! However I don't think you were directly disregarding my argument. I 9ft melee cone doesn't feel the same as 80-120ft long range cone. Being a tab-target, non-action MMO, using spinning kick feels like an action MMO ability, but janky. I just hope one of the Devs agree and it can be changed. I really want to use spinning kick and enjoy it.

 

 

[Ridiculous Girl]

12 hours ago, Anderoth said:

I looked and looked and could not find another cone in the game that is marked as "Target: self"

there are several self based cones, though the others are non-attack types like soothing wave and regrowth.

[lemming]

And with the cones, one of your complaints is that it you don't have to have a target to fire it off.

 

Check all the PBAOEs.  (the number of times I've done a Dragon's tail because I double clicked it earlier...)

[Hedgefund2]

FWIW (little to nothing) I agree that this is "janky".  The difference between this and a PBAOE is that you not only have to align  yourself in the right direction, you have to make sure you're within proper distance.  With PBAOEs, if enemies are close that's good enough.  With other cones you won't be able to fire the attack unless you're in range.  This would be much easier to use if it worked like other melee cones.

 

So I sign this petition.

[Rudra]

23 hours ago, Anderoth said:

 I 9ft melee cone doesn't feel the same as 80-120ft long range cone.

Well, yeah, one is a melee cone and the other is a range cone.

 

23 hours ago, Anderoth said:

Being a tab-target, non-action MMO, using spinning kick feels like an action MMO ability, but janky. I just hope one of the Devs agree and it can be changed. I really want to use spinning kick and enjoy it.

I'm not sure I'm following this. What is stopping you from enjoying it? You have the freedom to be wailing on an enemy, decide to turn and blast flankers with the cone, and your next attack will turn you back to your primary target to resume smacking. You also have the freedom to position the cone to catch as many targets as you can without the game shifting your attack to a less optimal angle because your target and his/her/their/its allies aren't sufficiently squeezing together for an optimal attack.