So I get the hankering to re-up amonth for some killing and finding the cool stuff. I played in beta and then on to a lvl 41'ish DA.
Swords used to cost a few hundred thousand adena at most, and the inflation wasn't an issue.
Now a decent sword is tens of millions!? 50, 60 or more now. Wow.
Man I thought my +4 sword of delusion was not so bad....it sucks now!
I guess also, thru the server changes and all, I lost some of the adena I did have and my duals that were not equipped?
So tell me. How hard is it going to be to get back into the swing of finding gear/money/and stuff in general?
I did notice the mobs drop considerably more adena now and the XP bonus for being logged off is nice as well.
I guess I need some sort of direction. I still have a composite armor set which seems to be one of 2 choices at my lvl.
Also, I spazzed about my dual swords. I still have 'em. I overlooked them somehow. They are dual Katanas +3 and I am jittery as *insert explicative* to try to make 'em +4 or better. I wouldn't have the cash to replace them!
Been seeing some +10 Homunkulous that look sweet with all of the M.atk on them, but for 60-80mill a pop...wow.
Nice M.atk (drain health, hamstring and shield stun). The dmg isn't all that great but I really like the M.atk on it.
Unless there's a better option?
I have the duels and that's it now. The +4 delusion sword turned into a nice lump of c crystals when I tried for a 5th enhancement.
So, to be more DAishness, here's all ya gotta know....
Except for shield stun, all of the skills are pretty useless.
You can sometimes use the aggression (0mp use) or Hate aura for crowd control, you can sometime shackle a mob (1 in 4 or so), you can use drain health to pull (and get back a fraction of HP).
No one playing has ever seen hamstring actually land!
You are a crappy Damage Dealer--slightly below prophet. You can take a punch and have fair defense. You can do a little crowd control. Your panther, PvE, can absolutely SHRED the right mobs (he's your buddy). You have Hate and UD as actual tanking skills. Period.
There is nothing more to tell up to 76.
I hit stakatos in Swamp of Screams as a DA for 200-350 HP. The panther with same buffs/herbs hits them for 1300. I crit for 450. The panther crits (green and white mobs) for 2250.
Other than shield stun, which you should keep maxed, and perhaps drain health for pulling--just get weapon/armor skill masteries.
Shackle DOES land at times but the use of it is pretty rare PvE. The others are useless all the time.
Hamstring--lol! Seriously?
Get a focus (SA) weapon +3 and try for a crit augment of some kind. Get your tats to ++str and dex and -con.
They won't help and you still won't actually be able to kill a mob--but you'll feel better about yourself.
Ignore anyone who tells you that vanguard is worthwhile through A-grade. They are either a) lying, b) kidding, c) quoting stats from a set of duals you will never own, or d) a fool. It is worthless as well.
So, to be more DAishness, here's all ya gotta know....
Except for shield stun, all of the skills are pretty useless.
You can sometimes use the aggression (0mp use) or Hate aura for crowd control, you can sometime shackle a mob (1 in 4 or so), you can use drain health to pull (and get back a fraction of HP).
No one playing has ever seen hamstring actually land!
You are a crappy Damage Dealer--slightly below prophet. You can take a punch and have fair defense. You can do a little crowd control. Your panther, PvE, can absolutely SHRED the right mobs (he's your buddy). You have Hate and UD as actual tanking skills. Period.
There is nothing more to tell up to 76.
I hit stakatos in Swamp of Screams as a DA for 200-350 HP. The panther with same buffs/herbs hits them for 1300. I crit for 450. The panther crits (green and white mobs) for 2250.
Other than shield stun, which you should keep maxed, and perhaps drain health for pulling--just get weapon/armor skill masteries.
Shackle DOES land at times but the use of it is pretty rare PvE. The others are useless all the time.
Hamstring--lol! Seriously?
Get a focus (SA) weapon +3 and try for a crit augment of some kind. Get your tats to ++str and dex and -con.
They won't help and you still won't actually be able to kill a mob--but you'll feel better about yourself.
Ignore anyone who tells you that vanguard is worthwhile through A-grade. They are either a) lying, b) kidding, c) quoting stats from a set of duals you will never own, or d) a fool. It is worthless as well.
Panthers kill.
~D~
Thanks for the info.
I do keep sheild stun as high as I can and healthdrain as well. Masteries are maxed at the moment. It's the 2 I used most, or at all. I'll use the hate aura every once and a blue moon. And no, I have yet to see hamstring do anything, so it's not even on the hotbar.
The panther does stay out a majority of the time and does outdamage me, which is pretty sad.
Actually the fact that panther out-damages what you generate isn't sad---it's the class design.
You have a glass cannon summon. He can't take a punch and lord knows he doesn't hit fast, but he hits hard.
Generally his patk will remain the better part of twice yours (close anyway).
Embrace the panther--it's all you've got as a DA if you want to injure anything.
You can frustrate things, you can grab the attention of things, you can sometimes even hold things--but you can't hurt anything. Panther friend does that for you.
good tanks will use hamstring in pvp, but if you don't pvp you don't need it
would any of these good tanks care to comment on how often it lands (on ANYONE) in PvP?
I've tried to use it multiple times and have never seen it land on another player--in any situation.
Maybe on a low evasion toon in the Oly (I don't do Olympiad). Out in what I like to call the 'real game' I've never known a tank who landed it.
Actually though, since shackle DOES tend to land, and shield stun has a fair success rate and a very quick reset/cooldown, and the rest of the time is taken up with changing targets with hate/aggression and moving panther--when is hamstring fired off? It continues to seem useless (completely) to me.
Since it doesn't land, I don't know of anyone who has it as a routine part of their PvP. I'd certainly be interested in hearing from end-game tanks that it is valuable and vital and effective if that is the case.
~D~
Well since we're talking about useless/useful DA skills....should I bother with Vanguard at all?
Idk-talk to some of these folks who are high level. Through mid-70's I've yet to be able to actually injure a mob so my opinion is that it is worthless before 3rd class change.
Does it work after that? Maybe-but someone else will have to fill that in for you.
Prior to 76 it's a waste of adena on the weapons and shots. You will not be able to kill any mobs I have found any faster than without it.
Vanguard might be of some use before 76 with a decent weapon, but not worth it after third class. That may change depending on the effect of the changes coming to it in Gracia Final.