I have heard from lots of people that they do and lots of people that they dont for lots of different reasons can some 1 please cleaer this up for me tnx.

id say u only needed it if u pollied and wrestled as tactics is a more damage/more chance of hitting i believe. some ppl say it helps u dodge. but if that was case why do u gain tactics when u hit others/monsters?

Am pretty sure that tactics effects the ability to dodge, very much like parrying except without the armour bonus of a shield.

Nervous Exaust wrote:Am pretty sure that tactics effects the ability to dodge, very much like parrying except without the armour bonus of a shield.

aye i beleve so too its mentioned in skills guide
parry for dodge with shield
tactics for dodge without shield
although i have always used a shield my tactics are higher than parry!?

Checked the skill guides and confered with 2 coucie's they all concur that tactics increase your chance to dodge blows and just like parry at higher levels it even allows you to dodge spells.

The skill guides are WRONG. The counsies are also WRONG.

Because of the skill guide I decided to go without shield, as i wanted to use axes and tactics was (supposed) to make u dodge. I was using a scimitar/katana but with no shield deliberately to build 'dodge' tactics, and by the time I gmed sword skill and tactics I had like 50 parry! What a waste of time!

I then realised how important a skill parry actually is, and had to spend gruelling hours fast-training it until I hit GM.

General online consensus (not to mention the official ultima online website) states that Tactics is ONLY TO DO WITH DAMAGE, and has absolutely nothing to do with 'dodging' blows.

I have GM tactics and have never, ever, seen 'you dodge the magic spell'. I have, however, seen 'you parry the magical attack with your shield' many times when I have one equipped...

Go figure

Dave.

lol, tactics help you dodge blows (not spells though). Why do you think
gm fighters miss so much when attacking you.

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yeah must admit i never seen it say you dodged the magical attack like it says it should in the skill guide, anyone know why this is the case?
So looks like your right regiss

So would i be right in saying that tactocs gives no damage bonus when attacking?