Which RA?

[Bahumat]

ok please dont spam up this with nonesense as i could do with the expirienced players input.

i am rr3|5 i have

aug dex2
master of block2
master of parry1
faith heal

i have 2 pooints left and am unsure on what to get next. i cant get determination as my class dont have it. i block enough but dont do alot of dmg so when im beating someone like a caster for instance they run to the port and my dmg output is not enough

i know im a group char and that im a defensive class but i want to know how i can dod more dmg.

there is master of pain and also aug str, im slash so that str but which should i go for? also what are master or arms and will i need an aug something for master arms.

i been looking at avoidance of magic, lvl 1 is useless but as i have no det it would be vviable to get and lvl.

 

[Jace]

Mastery of Arms increases attack speed by 3% per level and has a prereq of Aug Strength 3.

Aug Strength will increase weapon skill/dmg slightly and Mastery of Pain increases your chance to crit by 5% per level so both will help damage output as well.

My main experience is with casters and it's been proven that the best way to increase DPS is to increase casting speed as opposed to % to crit but I can't be 100% certain that this would also be the same for melee classes.

If you're main problem is not doing enough damage maybe spending points in mastery of blocking/parrying is a waste . . . but I'm just thinking out loud

 

[Bahumat]

the thing is im a defensive class so taking away the mob etc will make me a middle class, no dmg no block. most tanks get mob as standard like with casters and mcl.

may go for aug str

 

[Taniko]

..Purge imo

 

[Bahumat]

would be good for stun/mezz but once im unmezzed i still dont hit hard enough to finish ppl b4 they run thru port.

what rr are you and wat do you have. also what sort of things such as toa items do i need other than atens shield and wing helm

 

[Nedo]

What Tani said.

No use for the blocking or extra damage if youre mezzed half fight.

Ask Skarp for what he has on Fear boards dunno if he read here.

 

[Bahumat]

cool thx

 

[Fuzzy]

Personally, I'd go for MoPain1 at least - you get 5% extra chance for only 1 point.
Try to get a reactive proc on your shield - I'd go for a dot. You're bound to block a lot and therefore will have a very good chance of having that dot go off more than once. This doesn't solve your fighting-caster problem but it will help against tanks.

 

[Bahumat]

yeah my procs do as much dmg as my styles hehe, fuzzy anyone you knw who can make a shield and put a proc on?

 

[Bahumat]

also would a dd on the shield be better? i can block so much and if the proc went off once then a dot would be best but the dot may not stack?

 

[Kicks]

also would a dd on the shield be better? i can block so much and if the proc went off once then a dot would be best but the dot may not stack?

dot does more dmg in long run 2/3 ticks and you already done more dmg than dd. If it procs again it simply restarts the tick.

 

[Bahumat]

i spose your right. thanks for the help guys

 

[Taniko]

Personally, I'd go for MoPain1 at least - you get 5% extra chance for only 1 point.
Try to get a reactive proc on your shield - I'd go for a dot. You're bound to block a lot and therefore will have a very good chance of having that dot go off more than once. This doesn't solve your fighting-caster problem but it will help against tanks.

Ye, I got MoPain2, and that surely helps alot along with MoB2 (soon 3 ) and a reactive proc on shield. Dot once, ofc. As for ToA items Bahu, I got myself a bunch of em, and about 3 I'm not gonna need. Final Toa Items will be: GoV, Maddening Scalars, SoM, Band of Stars, Belt of Sun, Bane of Battler. And then I have Traitor's Dagger in 2nd hand in case my hits start dropping fast, then I wield it and it starts proccing immieditaly (ffs can't spell today, sry!). Very nice mists on it, and super uber easy arti to get and level. I got Harpy Feathers cloak as well and WH, but not gonna use em in my final template as I really think it was a waste. Not that good arti's, and with them I couldn't cap everything. WH I only use for the speed, it's quite nice when you roam solo, and Harpy Feather cloak is soloable so I went with that for a starters. About Aten's Shield, I thought it sawked a bit when I already had melee spd and dmg capped, and had already bought a MP exceptional large round shield (Gooo Kaolys! ). Just ask if you need more answers towards pali's

 

[Taniko]

Dunno if you want me to defend why I took those arti's, but I will anyway And ye, some of them are really really reallt hard to get and scrolls x 10 harder, but as a Pali's it is possible to get.

GoV: Awesome looks, great stats (melee dmg) and that L10 proc is quite ok. It a 2 x dots, and usually gives 45 x 2 dmg. It's quite nice when you're fighting 2 at a time, really does the difference. And ye, it can break mezz, but I'm not usually main target in 8 vs 8 fights

Maddening Scalars: Again, Melee dmg and melee speed cap inc is quite vital for me, so went with that. Wolf Morph at L10 is quite awesome as well, as you get a dotproc as well, that procs almost every 10th hit. Not that big of a dmg, but its like 40 dmg or smth, quite great. Stats are ok on it, and again.. TOA SKIN UB0R !

Bane of Battler: Pali's surely have a problem deal good dmg. I got 34 in slash, and combined with Battler - you can actually see the opponents health drop, without usinga binocular! Again, Melee dmg and speed bonus, really wanted to cap it. Aaaaand.. TOA LOOKS PWN j00!!

Belt of Sun: First Arti I had and got L10. + con, + dex and + hits is one of the things I'm trying to cap as well, and having those sun swords really come in handy when you fight mobs or smth.. Utility is ok on it I guess.

Traitor's Dagger: Got it in 2nd hand as I said earlier, and it really does the difference in 1 vs 1 fights. I fought a Druid earlier, was running through Stygian Delta and was alt+tabbing out, chatting on msn. Got back and I had like 2 red cons and 1 ora con mob hitting meeeh. Was wielding battler at that time, and I got em all (ofc, pali powah!). I had like 5% life left, and walked towards chissi spawn, and there was some Pinguz Druid, and ofc he spotted me and started attacking. I just wielded my dagger, and it started proccing. Ending up: I had 70% life, she had used 2 instants and I was 1k RP richer. Traitor's is a really nice arti. Get it!

Band of Stars: +hit, +con, +dex on it as I need, and that bolt might come in handy fighting 1 on 1. Slamming em in the end so they can't use IP, then give em a bolt and do a lil' critz0r.

Shades of Mist: I realized I really needed that Stealth Lore fighting stealthers, as almost everytime they kill me due to I sawk at blocking em. (Dualwielders.. ) Now, I can slam em at once and start getting em to drop a bit faster, it really does the difference - and shade morph is awesome, you're almost invisble!!!!!

Think that was it, do tell if I missed something out.

 

[Bahumat]

thx for that taniko. with traitors dagger you have the vampiric mist. is this a insta cast spell that lifetaps or does it proc a lifetap orb. im unsure i only seen it used by oit but someone else used it and red orbs like anger spirits were flying about.

p.s. can i get it solo

 

[Peridon]

it sounds like white ligths and those flames noise, like whipy thingy and as it does that it hits for life tap to you.

 

[Atheistic Archon]

Taniko, you're a gimpy Avalonian, a level 1 Elementalist would out-damage you.

 

[Taniko]

thx for that taniko. with traitors dagger you have the vampiric mist. is this a insta cast spell that lifetaps or does it proc a lifetap orb. im unsure i only seen it used by oit but someone else used it and red orbs like anger spirits were flying about.

p.s. can i get it solo

It procs alot in combat, I dunno if its some regular proc or smth worse, but it procced 4 times in a row with me, and I never tried that with a dot proc. And ye, if you can solo a lowpurp you can solo it, I did But, you may wanna bring a friend or a speeder, as there are 4 locations Sadri could be at, and AA, shut up will ya? You have no clue wtf you are talking about.