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I'm Looking to Learn More About Baraka Slayer Animations
Hello! I'm sure this type of question is asked frequently, but I'll try to keep my question a little more focused.
Context: I'm looking to start up a slayer, and trying to decide on my race. I'm currently leaning towards Baraka.
Question: Has anyone played a Baraka Slayer? If so, how are the animation stats (such as movement distance, hitbox range, animation speed, active frames, etc) for them? Do note that I am aware that the animations between the races are generally minor differences; I just want to know more about Barakas' in detail, as it's hard to find any info on the matter.
For example, I've read that Elins generally have more forward momentum (and thus some longer range) but slower animations. And Aman have shorter reach but faster animations. I'm looking for something similar for Barakas. I think I read somewhere that, Barakas retain their long range for their attacks, unlike Aman.
Context: I'm looking to start up a slayer, and trying to decide on my race. I'm currently leaning towards Baraka.
Question: Has anyone played a Baraka Slayer? If so, how are the animation stats (such as movement distance, hitbox range, animation speed, active frames, etc) for them? Do note that I am aware that the animations between the races are generally minor differences; I just want to know more about Barakas' in detail, as it's hard to find any info on the matter.
For example, I've read that Elins generally have more forward momentum (and thus some longer range) but slower animations. And Aman have shorter reach but faster animations. I'm looking for something similar for Barakas. I think I read somewhere that, Barakas retain their long range for their attacks, unlike Aman.
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Nobody really ever talks about the animations of races other than the ones that have distinct advantages (like Elin Sorc) because outside of those races the animations don't mean much. For classes/races that don't get race advantages from a specific race, the only difference is how they move, and that just comes down to how long it takes you to get used to it. As for whether or not it "looks good" that would be personal preference.
You could always make a slayer of a few different races and finish the tutorial, should only take about an hour to go through every single race. You'll get some core skills by the time you finish the tutorial so you can judge animations by that.
I've edited the post to include more details about what I meant when I said, "animation stats." However, I also had the example below the question that I thought provided enough context. I was looking for something more in depth than a video demonstrating one attacking move. (Which I've already seen.)
Where has my question been answered? The most specific answer so far has been that the movement varies by race, but that doesn't tell me anything about Barakas, which is where the focus of my question lies.
I'm not expecting someone to come drop me an in-depth analysis on the animation for every slayer attack, but even something like, "Even as a Baraka, I feel like my Heart Thrusts still have good hitbox range." would be nice.
On a side note, something I've already been doing on my own is what LagIncarnate suggested, which is to make a slayer of each race I'm considering and compare them. It seems like I'll have to take them out of the tutorial and into the mainland so I can do some testing in duels.
Except it's a proven fact that some races DO have distinct advantages in terms of animations on certain classes. Elins sorcerers do in fact have shorter cast times by a few hundred milliseconds on a couple important skills. These aren't just placebo effects, they're actual hard proven facts in the game, and it can make a difference at extremely high skill levels. If you want to post condescending comments quoting yourself at least make sure you're correct first.
Just to cover another unmentioned point, I never said in my post slayers were a class that had animation advantages, rather I implied slayer no longer has race bias in terms of animations (which they in fact used to quite some time ago) thus why they're no longer talked about in "best race for X class" discussions since it doesn't matter any more for them.
As for actually answering the main question here:
Baraka slayers have very minor differences to other races with mostly having slightly shorter travel distances for certain skills. Hitboxes for slayer skills have been almost entirely normalised while animation speed and active frames are universally the same across all races for slayer. The information is based off mostly accurate data that's been extrapolated from the game through various means.
There's a few skills in which Baraka slayer has slightly shorter travel distance than other races. Do note these shorter distances are only around 5-10% in most cases, and generally don't affect the hitbox or attack range. Shorter attack range can also be a benefit in PvE since attacks that travel longer distances can lead to desync.
(As a side-note, Aman (both male and female) have pretty poor travel distance almost universally on slayer skills, Popori travel distances are wildly inconsistent with other races, while Elin and Female Castanic have almost universally longer travel distances.)
Knockdown strike has a slightly shorter travel distance than Male Human/Elf and Elin.
Whirlwind has the shortest travel distance on Baraka than any other race.
Heart Thrust has the shortest travel distance on Baraka than any other race.
Stunning Backhand travel distance is below average for travel distance on Baraka.
Fury Strike has a travel distance slightly below that of certain races on Baraka.
Outside of those skills, Baraka has either identical or nearly indistinguishable travel distances on most skils. Outside of some odd cases with Elin/C. Female and Popori having sometimes further travel distance on a few skills, travel distance on almost everything not mentioned above is mostly equal between Baraka and the other races.
In short summary if you're looking for any advantages/disadvantages in terms of hitboxes, animation speeds or active frames, there really aren't any for slayer any more. If you're looking for any advantages/disadvantages in terms of specifically travel distance on skills, Baraka is only barely sub-par alongside Aman's. If you're looking to absolutely maximise travel distance then Elin or Castanic Female would be the races of choice.
But at this point you're mostly discussing 5-10% movement distance with skills, which is almost entirely irrelevant in both PvE and to an extent PvP, making it an almost pointless debate. Thus I stand by my earlier statement that the only real decision you should make when picking a race is if you like the race, and if you don't find the animations too awkward.