Detect pots in dueling.

LuminaLilly

I dueled this cat in auri don who perma stealthed and LOS the wayshrine.

I used a detect pot and lit him up. The then proceeded to call me a trash 1 star.

Detect pots are great for perma stealthers. What are the communitys thoughts of these nifty pots?

Reverb

If his idea of dueling is cloak and los, and he gets upset when someone counters that, he has nothing to stand on when calling anyone 'trash'.

Gothren

that was a trash nb lol.

Waffennacht

It won't end, if they cloak constantly and you're trying NOT to use something like detect pot, they will cloak and cloak again until you lose or give up.

I would much rather win with a detect pot then have my build get a hard time for losing because of a constant cloaker.

The only thing I consider unacceptable anymore in duels is using LOS

Vapirko

Waffennacht wrote: »

It won't end, if they cloak constantly and you're trying NOT to use something like detect pot, they will cloak and cloak again until you lose or give up.

I would much rather win with a detect pot then have my build get a hard time for losing because of a constant cloaker.

The only thing I consider unacceptable anymore in duels is using LOS

But what if someone is using say, soul assault? The only legit counter to that is los. You can blow all your stam trying to block it and heal.

IcyDeadPeople

Nothing wrong with incorporating special rules, just agree on them before starting. Otherwise it's all permitted.

Waffennacht

Vapirko wrote: »

Waffennacht wrote: »

It won't end, if they cloak constantly and you're trying NOT to use something like detect pot, they will cloak and cloak again until you lose or give up.

I would much rather win with a detect pot then have my build get a hard time for losing because of a constant cloaker.

The only thing I consider unacceptable anymore in duels is using LOS

But what if someone is using say, soul assault? The only legit counter to that is los. You can blow all your stam trying to block it and heal.

If we're dueling and you lose to just a SA because you couldn't LOS, you should not be dueling with that build. It's clearly too squishy to be in open combat

Edit:Also personally, I wouldn't have a problem if you walked back the moment SA broke

thankyourat

Some nightblades mainly stam nightblades cloak entirely too much to the point where they aren't evening applying enough pressure to kill you. I don't see the problem with detect pots. I duel with mark target myself

Lexxypwns

thankyourat wrote: »

Some nightblades mainly stam nightblades cloak entirely too the point where they they aren't evening applying enough pressure to kill you. I don't see the problem with detect pots. I duel with mark target myself

My favorite is marking a stamblade and dumpstering him in 6 seconds, getting the hate tell, switching mark for ele drain, rematch, pop a detect pot and kill him.

out51d3r

My thoughts:

If it increases your odds of winning, use it. It's up to the devs to balance the game, not the community.

DDuke

Det pots are perfectly fine (well, except maybe when getting Xv1'd by people using them).

The problem is that you aren't really alerted that your opponent is using them, which leads to the NB wondering if it's just cloak being buggy (as usual), or if your opponent is using the potions.

D0PAMINE

Its a legitimate tactic and a legitimare counter strategy. You got the upper hand, nothing wrong with what you did OP.

Takes-No-Prisoner

Reverb wrote: »

If his idea of dueling is cloak and los, and he gets upset when someone counters that, he has nothing to stand on when calling anyone 'trash'.

^^^^^*

If the guy was a real man he could of faced you head on.

Me personally, about potions, I go with gentlemen's agreement.

Anrose

If a Nightblade is going to duel using cloak, then they have no right to get salty when their opponent uses a detect pot.

revonine

Sounds like he was just salty. He was LOS-ing in the first place in a duel so whatever he deserved it.

Beardimus

If there were rules in duels there would be, well - rules. But there ain't.

Anyway cloaking is worse lol.

Ignore all comms from people you beat, best way.

scipionumatia

detect pots are always on my circle. Glad you destroyed him. maybe he'll learn a lesson

Hurika

The answer depends on how you answer this:

Do you think resource poisons are valid in duels?

Either they (poisons/potions) are fair game (detect to counter cloak, resource to counter perma shield or spamming bol, etc) or they aren't. Would seem hypocritical for someone to say they can use resources to counter your defenses but you can't use them to counter theirs. Not saying you said that but the answer should be consistent.

LOS in a duel is crap. Stealthing to reposition, stun, avoid an attack, get a crit hit are fine - stealthing to avoid loosing a fight you simply can't win is not.

I would say there's not a 1 size fits all answer.