The Battle Regimen LOVE thread

[Arcell]

I'm glad to see this thread pop up, battle regimens are really useful but most people don't take the time to understand how they work. They don't get it right on their first attempt and assume it's broken or that skillchains were better because they don't understand BR.

One interesting thing I found out last night, which I'm not sure if it was mentioned, is that you can get 2 debuffs out of a single battle regimen.

phys atk + phys atk + phys atk + magic atk = physical and magic defense down

After that stacking 3 weapon skills and then a spell yields tremendous results. I've seen others here make great use of it, 2k+ damage, now THAT'S nuking.

Every time I teach someone how to properly use BR, they end up loving the system. A few of us were fighting Kokoroon last night and decided to teach 2 other members mid-battle about it. Worked out spectacularly! It really adds a bit of depth to the combat system and speeds up certain fights.

[Ayerc]

One interesting thing I found out last night, which I'm not sure if it was mentioned, is that you can get 2 debuffs out of a single battle regimen.

phys atk + phys atk + phys atk + magic atk = physical and magic defense down

More so, you can "piggy back" on the first combo.

Normal Attack > Normal Attack > Magic Attack = Physical & Magic Def down.

As long as all three hit, you'll get both debuffs.

Actually, only 2 will do it, the key is they have to be from different classes....

Good to know, I wasn't 100% sure on only using two WS to trigger the bonus. Thanks for the clarificaiton.

[Rydin]

One last point...

A well timed BR wastes absolutely no time at all. Not even a fraction of a second.
Take this example:
2 exact characters... same stats, same gear, same class, level and rank....

Character X spams light slash until his stamina reaches zero... and keeps spamming so as soon as he has enough stamina to do another light slash, he does

Character Y spams light slash until he is out of stamina, but then waits the 10 seconds for his stamina to refill completely. The instant his stamina is full, he resumes spamming of light slash

Freeze frame the second Character Y has emptied his stamina for the second time. You will notice the 2 characters have done the exact same number of light slashes....

A good BR works the same way.... yes you can't attack for 3 seconds... but no stamina is wasted... once you get done, you can launch several attacks in succession and build TP again relatively fast because your stamina gauge will be higher
No actual stamina is lost.. I repeat NO ACTUAL STAMINA IS LOST as long as your BR doesn't take a long time
I was able to tank all pre-patch NM's just fine while participating in BR, as were the healers in our party

[Rydin]

All I can say is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzduPKYz3uk