Serious Concern, Need Help; MCH not welcome to Alexander

[Duelle]

You make a good point. Though I personally never used Leg Sweep or Blunt Arrow (for example) outside of when and where I needed to use them. And I've never had issues performing as a DPS.

If it's a matter of conditioning, then I never conditioned myself to utilize skills unnecessarily in the first place. And I'm pretty sure I'm not doing anything so special that others can't do either.

The deterrent for that sort of behavior is making those abilities deal 0 damage (it's a no-brainer, really). That would instantly remove them from damage rotations; it's sort of why games like WoW have the utility stuff (stuns, interrupts, incapacitates, fears) deal no damage at all.

Doesn't help that guides tell you to use those skills on cooldown.

[Atlaworks]

The deterrent for that sort of behavior is making those abilities deal 0 damage (it's a no-brainer, really). That would instantly remove them from damage rotations; it's sort of why games like WoW have the utility stuff (stuns, interrupts, incapacitates, fears) deal no damage at all.

Doesn't help that guides tell you to use those skills on cooldown.

Why does firing a blank do damage anyway

[Dualblade]

Why does firing a blank do damage anyway

The fact that a guy got so close and fired made them flinch back and hurt themselves even though it didn't actually do anything?

[Rhykin]

Why does firing a blank do damage anyway

Ammunition minus bullet plus a cap to allow pressure to build enough to make a gunshot noise equals a cartridge that can still PUSH a bullet down the barrel and across the intervening airspace.

At least one actor has injured themself on a set by putting the barrel of a functioning gun to their head and squeezing the trigger with a blank loaded.

[Cakekizy]

Why does firing a blank do damage anyway

Obviously you've never seen damage a blank can do. I have witnessed blanks creating 3 inch diameter holes in targets and heard of actors being killed by blanks they thought were harmless.