question about sneak+trick

[infamous gsx]

I dont have the game yet waiting for the ps2 version to come out. But i wanted to know how you combine trick with sneak if trick is suppose to be done behind the enemy and sneak is suppose to be done behind your party memeber?

[DJplaeskool]

Simple, stand behind a party member whose behind the monster...

ex.

X = THF
M = Monster
A = Tank 1
B = Tank 2

A <M B X

Monster is facing A, THF behind B, stack sneak and Trick, and boom...
massive dmg bonuses and hate is (more than likely) transfered to B...

X A M> B

Move around to other side behind A, rinse, repeat...

[infamous gsx]

Another question just poped into my head I just read that sneak and trick are dex and agi based so if your a war/thf and you combine beserk with sneak and trick adn a ws will the damage not be that high unless you have alot of +dex and +agi items from a hume?

[DJplaeskool]

Beserk won't alter the bonus damage at all for sneak or trick, but it will up the actual and WS damage (WSs must be physical based to work with fuidama), so in the end, it will have some bearing...

with +dex and +agi equips, you will notice some increase in fuidama performance...I've even PTd with THFs who go through full equip change macros such that everything they change has either dex boost or agi boost in order to maximize their potential...

[Kafeen]

You sure about that? My sneak damage does up by around 30 if I use boost first.

[DJplaeskool]

as I said, boost or beserk won't alter the bonus multiplier, but it will increase the actual damage for regular attacks and WS, so it will affect it in the end...

Think of it this way...
(control figures for sake of argument)
w/o boost: 1 x 2 = 2
w/ boost: (1+1) x 2 = 4
the multiplier remains, but the result is increased due to the increase in base damage...