hodgeka

Alright, currently I have been trying to figure out how to do my EoF AAs as I near 100. At first I was specced toward excessive bleeding / RS, but recently I switched to Frontload / RS. I was wondering what other assassins have done. Also, if there is any, I would like to see some parses of using certain AA setups, and then using others. I'm just trying to figure out what the best AA setup is, thanks ahead of time.

Raina

as shitty and at the same time wonderful as it is, there is no best tbh

Im currently specced RS and Frontload, the other assassin in my guild is RS and Getaway, I know assassins who are only Excessive Bleeding and I know some who dont get any of the final abilities, which may actually in some ways be the best.

I dont think youll be able to see much on parses. Ive switched around several times and I really havent seen any different to speak of. Repeated Stabbing was probably the most noticeable, but that more because when I specced out of it to try excessive bleeding I felt like I was going really slow and losing DPS so I specced back, cant honestly say if there was an actual noticeable difference in my DPS as far as numbers go. I feel like Im doing more DPS though!

Vsai

Did you really just apply the "Turbo Button" theory to the assassin AA tree?

Would somebody kindly give that man a cigar..


To answer the question regarding the best dps setup, after blowing hundreds of plat on respecs (more as a denial that my aa's couldnt possibly be so horrible, then some kind of rational thought process sorting through which AA's worked best for DPS) I found that the impact of the aa's was very minimal overall, since the changes to hemotoxin i would say that should be something every assassin invests points into. Keeping what i have said in mind here is my current AA setup, and i do believe it to be the best for assassins DPS.

Bleeding:

Cloaked Assault 5 points

Tricks:

Cheap Shot 3 points
Jugular 3 points
Freezing Strike 3 points
Sinister Strike 3 points
Crippling Strike 3 points
Constriction 5 points
Repeated Stabbing 1 point

Physicality:

Honed Reflexes 5 points
Exacting 5 points
Deadly Focus 4 points

Poisons:

Enmesh 5 points
Hemotoxin 5 points

hodgeka

I'll have to look into that Vsai, thanks much for the post. =)

Mystify

Personally I like Excessive Bleeding and Getaway, but that's my personal taste. The other assassin in the guild runs with Repeated Stabbing and Frontload. Honestly, I'd tell you it really, really doesn't matter which you use.

LFG

Just curious, do most of you guys have the STR and INT lines for the original achievements?

Thanks

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Raina

Yes everyone does Id say, unless you believe a sword and shield is the best way to do DPS... (I actually know an assassin like this)

Mystify

Yeah, unless you're on PVP there is no reason not to use STR/INT

killua_ncream

I'm debating for one night of raids to go sta/wis just for giggles and shits. (And to see if I can have more HP than most of the tanks in the raid.)

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Cochy

Seeing how much DPS you lose by going AE auto attack over spell crits would be intresting as well.

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