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Dragon Strike speed?

I don't know if there was a thread already on this, but if there was, sorry in advance.
I noticed that Dragon Strike seemed a bit slow when in transformed form compared to when in non-transformed form, so just to be sure, I did a speed test.
I timed 10 Dragon Strikes in each stage: Super Transformation, Transformation, and Normal. Each of these runs used Knuckler Booster and level 1 Speed Infusion. 3 trials for each run. Here are my results:

[b]Super Transformation[/b]
Trial 1: 9.03 seconds
Trial 2: 9.01 seconds
Trial 3: 9.08 seconds
[i]Average: 9.04 seconds[/i]

[b]Transformation[/b]
Trial 1: 8.94 seconds
Trial 2: 8.94 seconds
Trial 3: 8.91 seconds
[i]Average: 8.93 seconds[/i]

[b]Normal[/b]
Trial 1: 8.15 seconds
Trial 2: 8.20 seconds
Trial 3: 8.18 seconds
[i]Average: 8.18 seconds[/i]

These aren't exact measurements, as I just used a stop watch and counted 1 Dragon Strike as when the Dragon' head hits the ground and show dust coming up.
But, even without exact measurements, it is pretty clear that the normal state has the fastest Dragon Strike. Is this a glitch, or is it meant to be? If it is a glitch, when will Nexon fix it? If it is intentional, why? O_o
Thank you~

December 30, 2010

8 Comments • Newest first

okano21

Ya I always wondered why my DS was a little slower in ST than when I was in normal mode

Reply January 2, 2011
PhaseOfFact

But I liked the iframes in CSB =[

Reply December 30, 2010
kelvinzero

How many times must i say this we have Iframes BSB spam, BSB in to barrage, BSB in to demolition. Even demolition has i frames stop complaining.

Reply December 30, 2010
PhaseOfFact

Best case scenario:
We get our iframes back, DS's cast time will decrease in time with normal state, AND we get the other buffs =]

Reply December 30, 2010
kelvinzero

According to takebacker in kms they dont have this problem it was like the drain glitch during transformation.

Reply December 30, 2010
capslocker7

[quote=PhaseOfFact]awww so It's going to always be slow now? =[
I guess it is kinda made up by the buff we get for Dragon Strike...700% --->850%[/quote]

Yeah but that's just what I hear
never can tell with Nexon though~

Reply December 30, 2010
PhaseOfFact

[quote=capslocker7]Yah its definitely faster by a hair while not transformed.
I think the chaos patch will slow it down, in speed with Super Transformation's cast time

So yeah bummer[/quote]
awww so It's going to always be slow now? =[
I guess it is kinda made up by the buff we get for Dragon Strike...700% --->850%

Reply December 30, 2010
capslocker7

Yah its definitely faster by a hair while not transformed.
I think the chaos patch will slow it down, in speed with Super Transformation's cast time

So yeah bummer

Reply December 30, 2010