jenif
OG
lately myself and several other rogues on vek have been really pushing ourselves to master some of the more lesser known tricks at a rogue's disposal. nearly every time i'm online we end up with a small raid of mongoose'd 39s outside IF doing nothing but vanishing and blinding each other over and over again. most of the time we look like idiots because the majority of us thought it was strictly a luck and/or anticipatory thing. but recently we've made breakthroughs.
this is a thread on rogue vs rogue, on openers and counter openers, on vanishing blinds and blinding vanishes. i've met a lot of players - level 39 and 80 alike - that insist it's a fluke thing. that blinding a person's vanish and vanishing their blinds is strictly anticipatory and can't possibly be reliable. this is not true. last week i discovered what i think is the answer to the technique, or at least a step in the right direction. all week i have been testing it with not just myself, but other rogues. so far i have shown decent rogues how to do it and even a clicker how to time it properly. the clicker did it several times, landing 7/10 blinds on my vanishes. during randomly timed tests. so it's official, this is real.
the answer is in the sound. turn down your ambiance and music, both in game and out. put away your pandora for the moment folks and listen. vanish has a very distinct sound effect, and so does blind (though it's much more subtle). i find that it helps if i actually direct attention away from the screen and just keep my peripheral on the action while concentrating on listening. as soon as you hear the sfx hit your counter of choice and if you're quick enough (and aren't lagging much) it will land. this seems to work surprisingly reliably so long as i'm under 200ms.
how many of you 39 rogues have been looking into this, and what are your findings? have you discovered a better way to reliably, without crutching on guesswork and assumption, blind vanishes and vis versa? share your methods so we can turn this into a cornerstone rogue strategy!
this is a thread on rogue vs rogue, on openers and counter openers, on vanishing blinds and blinding vanishes. i've met a lot of players - level 39 and 80 alike - that insist it's a fluke thing. that blinding a person's vanish and vanishing their blinds is strictly anticipatory and can't possibly be reliable. this is not true. last week i discovered what i think is the answer to the technique, or at least a step in the right direction. all week i have been testing it with not just myself, but other rogues. so far i have shown decent rogues how to do it and even a clicker how to time it properly. the clicker did it several times, landing 7/10 blinds on my vanishes. during randomly timed tests. so it's official, this is real.
the answer is in the sound. turn down your ambiance and music, both in game and out. put away your pandora for the moment folks and listen. vanish has a very distinct sound effect, and so does blind (though it's much more subtle). i find that it helps if i actually direct attention away from the screen and just keep my peripheral on the action while concentrating on listening. as soon as you hear the sfx hit your counter of choice and if you're quick enough (and aren't lagging much) it will land. this seems to work surprisingly reliably so long as i'm under 200ms.
how many of you 39 rogues have been looking into this, and what are your findings? have you discovered a better way to reliably, without crutching on guesswork and assumption, blind vanishes and vis versa? share your methods so we can turn this into a cornerstone rogue strategy!
