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PDS and Aegis both have the same change of making a shield bash, but Aegis is 2d10 instead of 2d6.
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Really wish they'd give Paladins Tower Shield prof in some way with Vanguard in U23.
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Sep 12, 2014 04:43
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Both of the GH raid shields give tower prof, eventually something better than Aegis will come out though and then you're screwed.
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Thinking of doing a shuricannon build next life instead of Paladin now...want to see how Vanguard and KotC shake out on live before joining the flavour of the month crowd. Was thinking of a 12 ranger/6 monk/2 rogue level split (rogue is to allow for trap disarming skills) so I can knock off the ranger PL, using mainly Deepwood Stalker and Ninja Spy enhancements, going full Dex for all the extra throw chances etc. quote:
hosed up on the level order in there I'm sure, but needed 6 monk before level 12 so I could take Master of Forms then. Unsure of whether or not I should dump open lock and put the points in to Spot instead.
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Sep 14, 2014 08:27
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Why not just go archer? Did ranger as a Bladeforged monk archer and it went pretty painless, even grabbed a ton of epic PLs because 20-28 was not really a challenge. No idea how well throwers do at low levels all I can say is my wizard thrower Iconic life was pretty poo poo.
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Oh? What build did you do? I looked at doing an archer, but the only way it seemed to get lots of doubleshot was to be a pure ranger, and that seemed a little dull I guess. I do have maxed out divine sphere right now, and 3.8 in martial and 3 in primal (so I could easily knock off 3 epic PL's), but I'd rather do something like ETR then Heroic TR rather than have to get to 28 and then choose between Iconic or Epic TRing and sticking with a very similar build all over again. Unless, of course, the class split lends itself to a large amount of flexibility, in which case I'm more amenable to it 
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12 ranger/6 monk/2 paladin bladeforged. You basically ignore doubleshoot because of the 10k stars and manyshot cooldowns, since you'll have all the twf feats anyway you could just do that while they're on cooldown to recharge adrenalines but I didn't really bother. Found it more effective to zerg ahead or use adrenaline Sniper Shots. 16 str +5 tome +2 level ups 14 dex +5 tome +2 level ups 10 con 8 int 14 wis +3 level ups 14 cha Think that's right, need that str for OC and dex for Combat Archery. Since you have only +4s in str/dex you'll lose a wis bracket but I don't think that's the end of the world, 10k stars was weak for me too until I got good items to wear at level 26 or so. For enhancements get recon from BF, Sniper Shot from DWS, passive ki regen from Henshin, DM from KotC and Slayer Arrow/Moonbow from AA. Take some +wisdom where you can, I ignored the elemental arrows from AA as they felt worthless but if you like them go for it. Feats: PBS, cleave, g cleave, PA, precision, IC ranged, zen archery, 10k stars, spare. I usually took dodge for the spare feat but can go with w/e you want, like maybe quicken. Could do this as an elf or human but recon, immunities and ridiculous fort were too much of a draw for me. Morphic Arrows work with Pulverizer so you can have some fun with Blitzing, I much preferred Fury though for the super fast boss beat downs and no silly charge mechanic.
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Nothing is as irritating as getting to the end of A Small Problem...and then being Otto's Irresistable Dance'd to death and quest failure. If I had my vanguard tree, my dps would probably be higher and it may not have happened that way!
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Sep 17, 2014 10:56
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Haha. I had multiple level drains, and maybe a dance as well? It happened pretty fast, not quite sure what happened. Luckily there was only one dog left and my cleric hireling was able to kill it while Brawnpits tanked it.
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Wait until the new Orchard quests come in. I poked around a little on the test server and apparently Quells are everywhere and my paladin with comically high saves couldn't save against their intercession ability at all and it lasts for like 20 seconds. The repair ability on bladeforged is blocked by intercession BTW. HAVE FUN!
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Sep 17, 2014 21:08
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I don't think intercession has ever had a save, its just not been chain cast constantly and quells were pretty rare.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:31
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No, it hasn't had a save, but it certainly should. On the "bright" side the Inferno goggles have Intercession Ward in Epic.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:38
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Cool let me just run Inferno a bunch on Epi- ahahahahaha
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Inferno is super easy once you know your way through it. In fact it's one of my go to solo quests in that range
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Update 23 coming at last this Monday. Thank god! I've kinda hit a wall at 12 on my paladin, because my meagre dps is finally too much of a hindrance. Having only autoattack, Divine Sacrifice and Smite as offensive moves makes for really boring gameplay. Really looking forward to this patch, though I had hoped to be a few levels higher before it hit, but poo poo just had to interfere.
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Did they end up nerfing items like Boots of the Innocent or will I be ransacking the poo poo out of Vol tomorrow? Edit: Mabar is dead it seems, going to make a new event in update 25 or something to replace it. :/ Woden fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Yup so glad they're replacing Mabar. Only remotely good thing about it was some of the loot when the cap was 20 and the tomes last time. The whole thing was a ridiculous grind and adding a 24 person raid fight was a terrible loving idea even if the raid was kinda okay (in theory anyways). On top of everything being super buggy. Hate the mechanic of having to wait for a server threshold to be hit for the important parts of an event too. Punishes people who can't stay on (or keep logging back on) for hours. As for the items, I don't think they nerfed any of them really. There's a ton of super good level 28 loot there outside of the raid and some of the raid stuff isn't terrible either.
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I kind of ran out of steam once I got to Giant Hold again. I think if the game was more popular, or they were just more Euro players it would be more fun to keep going. It's a shame, because it really is a cool game.
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Turbine really should look in to server merges or mass transfers or something. Would help the game immensely I think, but maybe they just aren't capable of doing that for whatever reason.
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They can do transfers to Lamannia pretty easily and automagically so they have the ability. Mergers kind of worry me though, I like the people on Cannith even if there aren't that many regulars left. Getting a whole new crew that could be douche bags would suck.
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They've done merges before, there were a ton more servers at launch that got folded into the ones you see today (they got rid of 9 servers). Happened a bit over a year after launch. Cannith was created due to the huge surge we had during F2P launch, giving people a fresh start and room to grow. 5 years later, they probably could benefit from merging the servers. It's a shame they couldn't launch/work with a serverless model, it would have helped and maybe still could help the game grow/sustain. I mean there's a lot of things that could have been changed (or still changed) that would help the game, but they're not really willing to do that for a variety of reasons. Server merges scare people off and piss off current customers, but so do dead servers. It's a difficult balance and not one I envy them having to deal with. I just wish we never had to deal with servers in the first place. Which also didn't help with the guild at various points too. Also for anyone curious who didn't poke around on Lamannia about what's coming loot wise tomorrow, there is a list on the wiki. Some seriously fantastic stuff there, especially for Bards/Paladins. And it's bound to account, and they've gotten rid of the N/H/E tiering system, just increasing drop rates on Elite. Hopefully since its BtA the drop rates won't be miserable. DemonMage fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Sep 29, 2014 |
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Sep 29, 2014 04:09
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Yeah, this new Vanguard tree is just awesome. Having so much more fun with it. Plus, my PRR has gone up by about 30 points - even though I'm no longer using Sacred Defence - and the effectiveness of it has gone from 26% to 44%. Loving these changes all round.
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In need for an invite for my WF Sorcerer, name's Infrevacus.
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Seems I can't invite you without you being online. Or if there is a way to do it, I don't know what it is.
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I already invited him, you can invite offline people via the mailbox for future reference.
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Coming changes to healing amp. Short of it they're making it additive not multiplicative, it'll be doubled in value and shown as a rating. This also means we'll get things like healing amp augments. It's a buff to neutral change in values for almost everyone, with a few niche extreme builds getting lowered healing values. Looking forward to it. Also buried in there is that they want to give Barbarians natural amp, so they're probably going to be the class getting a review pass with U24. I'm really liking what they're did with the quests in Epic Orchard too, theres a lot more humanoids in them, and less undead, making them more enjoyable for a lot of classes. Also no dumb fire immune shadows in Vol. The air elementals in Inferno are stupid, and the torches should really just be clickable instead of dealing with the dumb light/snuff mechanics. That said I've been enjoying it more than I thought I would.
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Haven't played this in a while, so I made a Wizard on the Argonnessen server. Anyone want to buddy up for these low levels? I've got some TP lying around from when I played LOTRO. Any recommendations for good purchases, assuming I get the expansions at some point?
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I'm looking for a "new" MMO to play to occupy some of the free time I have in my job hunt search and I was wondering if this is game is something a new player would be able to start on and not have too much difficulty most likely being the only low level player. I see that D&D online is free on steam so I would start with that and if liked it well enough I could think about buying the expansion (or is the expansion needed?)
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Salmanilla posted:I'm looking for a "new" MMO to play to occupy some of the free time I have in my job hunt search and I was wondering if this is game is something a new player would be able to start on and not have too much difficulty most likely being the only low level player. I see that D&D online is free on steam so I would start with that and if liked it well enough I could think about buying the expansion (or is the expansion needed?) Yeah, you should be fine starting out F2P. From what I've read, if you get to around level 8 and find yourself liking it, pick up Menace of the Underdark Standard. If you really like it, you can buy both expansions for $50 from the DDO Market (add Shadowfell to the card and it should show the deal to get MOTU). While I won't be on tonight, if you create your character on the Argonnessen server we can buddy up and quest together.
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What packs to buy is going to depend on exactly how much TP you have. I think in general you're best off buying packs that have epic versions as well, so you can get use out of them later on too. Phiarlan Carnival has some okay loot, some fun and interesting quests, and is level 5 and 20ish. Three-Barrel Cove is similar Delera's Tomb is okay, mostly recommended due to some high experience quests and a 5% experience gain trinket. Attack on Stormreach is a solid mid level pack to help fill out when the F2P quests start getting thinner. Ruins of Gianthold, Druid's Deep, The High Road, are all great mid-high level packs that also have epic options. And the Menace standard edition does include the Carnival and Attack, as well as two other okay level 18~ packs. --- Also we've got upcoming barbarian changes: Frenzied Berserker, Occult Slayer, Ravager.
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I got real excited reading those barb changes, but then I realized they are going to get nerfed into the ground probably before they even make it to the test server. That self healing is crazy.
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I loved all the people bitching in thread to keep the flavor of barbs and do temp hp, or no healing at all. Melees in this game need better healing options, especially pre-epic, not worse. Also was great when the dev stepped in and specifically noted how Rage disables the healing that most other melees use (Heal scrolls/casting in general). It'll be interesting to see what makes it live. If you can actually play a barbarian solo on EH without sucking down Silver Flame potions or having a healer hireling constantly, that sure would be nice.
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The self heals don't look that great to me but I'm probably missing something, like can you stack up the amp from various barb trees to get 500% or something? I mean you still don't get racial recon, scrolls, cocoon, monk Fists of Light, Henshin Mystic staff thingy, castable cures, or Consecration(?). Blood Strength is better than FoL but still meh, Vampiric Bond is cool but still only temp HP and Accelerated Metabolism looks painfully slow by itself. Could go for buffed pots from arti but that's still crappy unless the amp stacks to crazy levels, there is that PL that should help out a fair bit too and I guess Fast Healing from Fury might be ok now too. Not seeing the awesome sauce. Barbs look pretty interesting now at least and I never thought I'd ever say that, it's no longer press rage, mash cleaves and then run around like an idiot screaming for hjeals or chain chugging pots that only stack 10 high. The strategy of using weapon bond charges looks awesome on paper too, burn resources on heals or damage and the only way to get it back is by hitting stuff(hopefully not the training dummy). DemonMage posted:I loved all the people bitching in thread to keep the flavor of barbs and do temp hp, or no healing at all. Melees in this game need better healing options, especially pre-epic, not worse. Also was great when the dev stepped in and specifically noted how Rage disables the healing that most other melees use (Heal scrolls/casting in general). It'll be interesting to see what makes it live. If you can actually play a barbarian solo on EH without sucking down Silver Flame potions or having a healer hireling constantly, that sure would be nice. "Flavour of Barb" to the people in those threads I skimmed is more DPS than any other class by a large margin and zero self healing and I love that the devs are not falling for it. When we get end game raiding back I really don't want it to be 10 barbs one FvS and one arti affairs again, pallys, fighters and barbs all dishing out similar DPS is awesome. Woden fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Nov 1, 2014 |
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Update 25 will be The Temple of Elemental Evil. U24 will be up on lama this weekend too: quote:First up in Update 24 is a new content pack, Heart of Madness. The plane of Xoriat is encroaching on Eberron once again and the result is three dungeons full of Xorian insanity. Both the Lord of Eyes and the Lord of Stone are back, as well as some other fan favorite characters. (Hint – one of the dungeons is named “Fashion Madness.”) The centerpiece of the pack is “Terminal Delirium,” the follow-up to two of our most popular dungeons. Once again you’ll be returning to the Sleeping Spell Inn, and once again you’ll be seeing—and be turned into—some very unusual things. Heart of Madness is CR 18 Heroic/26 Epic, and is a paid pack (450 Turbine Points; free to VIPs of course.) Not the biggest fan of those madness quests and still sick of dragons, only 450TP though so should be alright for a run through or two.
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I loved Delirium in concept and all of the Xoriat and Flesh crafter quests in general were pretty drat fun and had fun loot. I think some of them could have been balanced better but they had some challenging and still totally doable quests. Acute Delirium on elite is super hard with two people though, you just need to be in too many places at once. And Sane Asylum is great with multiple side objectives and puzzles and good experience, which is one place those quests traditionally lack. lovely experience for the effort required. If they can keep the flavor, aesthetic and wackiness intact while still giving good experience for the time spent I'll be happy. And yeah I'm sick of dragons too but in glad they're participating in the event. I was a little peeved at the way WotC was showing off Neverwinter and completely ignoring DDO in their lead up stuff. Kinda strange they pushed the desert quests back so long though. They were originally going to be U23 and now we won't see them until 26 maybe? [Edit] Oh hey they mention the desert in the actual post. Ah well. I like Shadow fell related quests, they're fun enemies. DemonMage fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Nov 12, 2014 |
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Oh and this post from forever ago is pretty interesting again, weakest classes in order were bard, paladin, barb, rogue, fighter, cleric, etc. I guess we'll be seeing rogues get buffs to coincide with ToEE, pretty thematic.
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Nov 12, 2014 03:47
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One thing I never liked about that list was highly they ranked Monks. I don't think melee Monks are THAT much higher than other melee in epic levels. Especially handwrap users. Monkchers are super strong single target, no doubt, but they're not that impressive outside of boss fights. But that's a largely fine balance to have. It's just sad it's overshadowing the issues melee/fist Monks have right now.
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I can't remember how the survey worded the question, there's no doubt in my mind that monks were the strongest non sorc class but obviously I'm talking about splashing. Evasion was uber and monks own everyone there, 10k stars made monk mandatory for archers that wanted good DPS, monk was mandatory for kenseis, very beneficial to stick builds, monks have a better stun than fighters, had a better insta kill than assassins, access to 100+ PRR, double/triple/quad strike possibilities on tactical or monk melee attacks. The class was broken, all the strong builds bar sorcs had some levels of monk in them and even sorcs got some benefit from splashing monk.
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Yeah monk splash is great. 1-6 levels is fantastic for everything but bards and barbarians (non-lawful). It's the pure/heavy monk melee builds that need looking into. Wraps in particular are terrible. DPS is anemic, the named options are lackluster. Given that they're a monk speciality they should be viable at least, rather than junk compared to staff.
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