Never really been interested in spar as majority of times i played it was just because few from guild were playing and that there was this imaginary delay(not blink) that only ever occurred in battle arena.. Anyways so your saying in short[not exactly had time to read]-that once hit(blink happens) but if you move around for little bit it will keep on blink yet if use sword it will knock you off blink? and basically pc players have better time with this feature?(if they used to pc obz)  

noob's should learn blink though spar experience, if you don't know how to spar using blink take this L like Carolina did last night.(no offense Fulgman)  

Posted by G Fatal

so your saying in short[not exactly had time to read]-that once hit(blink happens) but if you move around for little bit it will keep on blink yet if use sword it will knock you off blink?

You'll continue to blink while moving as long as you never let up on 1 of the directional keys you pressed from the moment you started moving after you take a hit. Swinging your sword also ends your blink.

PC players should find it a lot easier because a keyboard gives you a better feel for that and keyboards also allow you to strafe (holding down 3 keys).  

Posted by Thallen

You'll continue to blink while moving as long as you never let up on 1 of the directional keys you pressed from the moment you started moving after you take a hit. Swinging your sword also ends your blink.

PC players should find it a lot easier because a keyboard gives you a better feel for that and keyboards also allow you to strafe (holding down 3 keys).

Ah right nice never knew this, well knew about blink but didn't realise it was like that always ended up just swinging sword straight away lol  

Blink probably has very little significance in PKing, but a lot in towering.

When I used to tower often, I was usually designated blocking the door at Sardon's (before the hall and spawn changes). Door blocking is essentially just using your maximum length of blink so that it takes an opponent a full 10 seconds (5 full blink lengths) to kill you a single time. A lot of people claimed that was "chat blocking" or "lag blocking," and that's when I realized that most of the tower community has no idea what blink actually is.

I've been warped and warned for using blink properly at towers several times, even banned for it once (I think). In a game with mechanics as simple as Graal's, I feel like everyone should know what it is.

Posted by Zetectic

they were all good examples but #8 damn #GodModeMysterySolved

I should have used a different clip, because that one is sort of confusing. I don't know what causes it yet, but sometimes the visual effect of your blink ends but your blink itself (the vulnerability) doesn't.

I actually think I'd have still hit him without being hit even if I wasn't blinking, because he swung early and (I believe) only the first frame of your sword registers a hit on iClassic. You might notice sometimes you can walk through someone's sword if you move in after the exact moment they swing. I'll do another guide regarding that sometime. I have a lot of information about hit detection and directional weaknesses that pretty much debunks any "long sword hack" theories.  

Going diagnol increasing blink right?
But strafing and standing still make blink last longer than diagnol right?
And also does strafing make blink last longer than if you were staying still?  

why is it so that some people can walk through you when they're blinking similar to how you can walk through people in the new version of Sardon's?  

Posted by Kuz

Going diagnol increasing blink right?
But strafing and standing still make blink last longer than diagnol right?
And also does strafing make blink last longer than if you were staying still?

The maximum duration is 2 seconds regardless. If you were to strafe in place or just stand still, you'd get the same duration of blink. The advantage you get out of moving diagonally is that you're technically moving around ~40% faster than cardinally, and you're holding down 2 keys (so you have flexibility in choice of which to release without canceling blink).

Posted by Kosiris

why is it so that some people can walk through you when they're blinking similar to how you can walk through people in the new version of Sardon's?

This is something I was thinking about earlier. I never mentioned the "ghosting" effect in my original post. I don't experience that while using blink in spars, so I think it's something that must only occur in PK zones.

I believe some script that staff added alters this. There are areas of Destiny's tower where you can move through everyone, and then areas where you can't. But, in every PK area, I think you can move through people while you blink. I believe it's for only the first ~0.5 seconds of your blink though, and after that you can't move through players. I don't think it's that way in spars, but I'll have to check to be sure.

Sometimes I'm able to move through my opponent in spars even when I'm not using blink. That's kind of frustrating because I like to circle my opponents a lot and some of that requires nudging up against them. I think it's all caused by glitches that have to do with scripting, probably scripts that are set to trigger once you reach 100 AP or scripts in zones where you don't want players able to block doors.  

How often do u use blink to hit people in spar?  

Posted by Neil

How often do u use blink to hit people in spar?

Ideally you want to trade on every hit you take.  

Posted by Neil

How often do u use blink to hit people in spar?

Most good sparrers won't let you get away with it, but it's really useful against newer players. More than using blink itself, understanding blink and what causes the cancels is what helps me spar well. I spar very offensively, staying as close as I can and circling opponents. As soon as I see someone change direction or swing their sword to cancel their blink, I know I can hit them and string together a combo. So, just my understanding of blink probably accounts for an average of about 2-3 hits per spar if I had to take a guess.

It's not really something you can force or expect to do every spar, you just have to be conscious and use it when it's there. Some players like Brett and Dante seem to rarely even take advantage of it and they still do really well.  

Is there a way to tell if someones going to use blink also, whats the strategy for sparrers that decide to stop moving and wait for you to hit first, they like attack, miss, and wait for you and if you miss they hit you perfectly.

I know how to use blink and I've gone through that business regarding walking through people but this strategy some people use irritate me and always gets me because I expect an intense fight.  

Posted by Livid

Is there a way to tell if someones going to use blink

If someone's trying to use the 2-second blink window to their advantage after they're hit, they'll do one of the following:

1. Run directly at you, either straight or diagonally, to maintain their blink
2. Sit completely still and depend on you to move towards them

You can counter the first by just juking or running from them for 2 seconds. You can counter the second by just keeping your distance from them if you recognize them not moving after they've been hit.

Posted by Livid

whats the strategy for sparrers that decide to stop moving and wait for you to hit first, they like attack, miss, and wait for you and if you miss they hit you perfectly

If you're talking about sparrers that refuse to attack you until you've swung at them, there isn't really much counterplay to that. If they're sparring like that, I'd be sure never to double slash or spam. Be sure not to move in an obvious pattern.

This is why a lot of people think delay is OP, because delayers have to spar defensively and they'll rarely be the one making aggressive/risky moves in a spar. It's frustrating and annoying, but unfortunately the more defensive player usually dictates the speed of the spar. I'd just focus on being as precise with your swings as you can and train yourself to never spam your sword against people like this.  

hey thallen can u teach us how to fight the kind of noobs (actual noobs) who run and hit at the same time. Idk how but they manage to hit me a lot and I wanna know how to avoid their lame hits  

Just tested your claim that pressing multiple keys at instant of movement (diagonal or strafing) and then letting go of all but one of those keys maintains your blink.. That doesn't seem to work.

I tried diagonal movement and strafing to start my movement and letting go of any keys (but not all of them of course) still cancels blink.

Am I misunderstanding, or is this a case of the blink animation stopping but your blink still staying? I was skeptical when I read that particular point because I've never known or seen that, and when I tested it it didn't seem to work.

edit: in case I'm not being clear...

If you enter a moving strafe, you're holding down 3 keys. For example, a downwards strafe is left+right+down. You'll be able to maintain your blink letting go any 2 of those keys, as long as you continue to hold down 1 of them.