01-13-2007, 03:12 PM
[SIZE="3"]BASIC KNOWLEDGE. Read Dramatics and Makas guides for more advanced tactics.[/SIZE]
Defensive:
Everybody heals different as Juggo stated. Best way however is to feel yourself how low you can go on HP, and still survive a dump. If you know you are low on mana, can't use a gheal scroll if needed, having used a potion recently, and believe the enemy is FSing hidden, then it's a BAD time to use bandages, but a good time to use a regular heal, since that will give you better odds to survive the heal. However if you have a lot of mana and know that even if your bandage fails, and he still FSes, you'll still be able to heal up with good timing, or a gheal potion potion or whatever, then it's a good time to use a bandage and save some mana which you will need for your offensive attack. I got pretty much by feeling when it comes to this, I know when I will survive and when I won't, I use whatever feels best in the situation, the "tactic" is built into my head and it changes all the time depending on the enemys move, this is what happens after years of practice, you'll learn.
Offensive:
Same goes here kind of, I go by feeling, but the main thing is for you to make your opponent drink a potion, because as long as the opponent doesn't suck a lot, or doesn't have any mana left, he will survive if you dump when he can drink a gheal potion. Imagine a gheal spells plus a gheal potion, which together gives you about 80 hp or so, get that at the same time and heal 2-3 more times and it doesn't matter if the opponent wastes all his mana (if you both have as good timing). However if you can't use your potion you'll be in much bigger danger. If the enemy drank a potion and you're going to FS, wait for a good hit and make sure you have enough mana to do at least two FS and a light. A good tactic is to mix NOS FS scrolls which is silent (as your first FS), with XUO fs which takes less mana, as the other. Just make sure you don't do too many XUO fs, because if you go below 50% of your life you may risk getting a FS back in your ass and die, if the opponent is good. Try getting two fs and a light on his ass, if he still isn't dead you'll probably just waste mana by casting 3 fs and a light, unless you know he won't survive another FS, but this is something you have to FEEL or calculate while duelling your opponent.
Timing:
Very important for sphere/tus pvp always. Try to always have good timing between the magic attacks, this could be the difference between winning and loosing.
Other stuff to think of:
Depending on how good you are you'll be using these tactics better and better, and you won't even be thinking about them after a while. I use much much more advanced "tactics" than this, a different one depending on the enemys move, but this is basic knowledge about XUO pvp, and that's what you wanted to know so there you go :]
This is the magic part of PvP. Armor and weapons does of course matter too. You won't be hitting a player in tourney gear much if you're using some crappy weapon, and you will be hit very much by his tourney weapon if you're using iron armor, so try to match his gear or get an even better one, then you'll have to focus on magic and getting what I said over there right.
However it is possible to win if you're really good, even if you don't have as good armor and weapon, depending on your PvP skill. But what matters who wins are three things: Gear + Skills (UO skills) + PvP skills (by PvP skills I mean what I stated up there, your strategy and how good you are at using it).
Also take a look at Makas PvP-guide here up above, it has a lot of interesting information for when you're starting to get better :] Same goes for Dramatics info above :]
Good luck!
Regards,
Hate
Defensive:
Everybody heals different as Juggo stated. Best way however is to feel yourself how low you can go on HP, and still survive a dump. If you know you are low on mana, can't use a gheal scroll if needed, having used a potion recently, and believe the enemy is FSing hidden, then it's a BAD time to use bandages, but a good time to use a regular heal, since that will give you better odds to survive the heal. However if you have a lot of mana and know that even if your bandage fails, and he still FSes, you'll still be able to heal up with good timing, or a gheal potion potion or whatever, then it's a good time to use a bandage and save some mana which you will need for your offensive attack. I got pretty much by feeling when it comes to this, I know when I will survive and when I won't, I use whatever feels best in the situation, the "tactic" is built into my head and it changes all the time depending on the enemys move, this is what happens after years of practice, you'll learn.
Offensive:
Same goes here kind of, I go by feeling, but the main thing is for you to make your opponent drink a potion, because as long as the opponent doesn't suck a lot, or doesn't have any mana left, he will survive if you dump when he can drink a gheal potion. Imagine a gheal spells plus a gheal potion, which together gives you about 80 hp or so, get that at the same time and heal 2-3 more times and it doesn't matter if the opponent wastes all his mana (if you both have as good timing). However if you can't use your potion you'll be in much bigger danger. If the enemy drank a potion and you're going to FS, wait for a good hit and make sure you have enough mana to do at least two FS and a light. A good tactic is to mix NOS FS scrolls which is silent (as your first FS), with XUO fs which takes less mana, as the other. Just make sure you don't do too many XUO fs, because if you go below 50% of your life you may risk getting a FS back in your ass and die, if the opponent is good. Try getting two fs and a light on his ass, if he still isn't dead you'll probably just waste mana by casting 3 fs and a light, unless you know he won't survive another FS, but this is something you have to FEEL or calculate while duelling your opponent.
Timing:
Very important for sphere/tus pvp always. Try to always have good timing between the magic attacks, this could be the difference between winning and loosing.
Other stuff to think of:
Depending on how good you are you'll be using these tactics better and better, and you won't even be thinking about them after a while. I use much much more advanced "tactics" than this, a different one depending on the enemys move, but this is basic knowledge about XUO pvp, and that's what you wanted to know so there you go :]
This is the magic part of PvP. Armor and weapons does of course matter too. You won't be hitting a player in tourney gear much if you're using some crappy weapon, and you will be hit very much by his tourney weapon if you're using iron armor, so try to match his gear or get an even better one, then you'll have to focus on magic and getting what I said over there right.
However it is possible to win if you're really good, even if you don't have as good armor and weapon, depending on your PvP skill. But what matters who wins are three things: Gear + Skills (UO skills) + PvP skills (by PvP skills I mean what I stated up there, your strategy and how good you are at using it).
Also take a look at Makas PvP-guide here up above, it has a lot of interesting information for when you're starting to get better :] Same goes for Dramatics info above :]
Good luck!
Regards,
Hate