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Blademaster combo vs dual Evil charm.

Omence — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:38:59 GMT

I previously used Charm of Rallos Zek and Essence of the Blademaster(Combined with the Shroud of the Blademaster for the 2 piece bonus).

It worked well considering it added 3 crit bonus and 3 crit mit.

Tonight I picked up Charm of Innoruuk and I am trying out the evil 2 set bonus.

My question is:
Is 5 melee crit+3base+3crit bonus better

or

5 base+100 combat art?

Factors to consider are that I have 33 crit bonus without the Blademaster charm combo and since rallos charm lost its 175 ca I am hurting for CA mod.

I wouldnt even bother with this post if I had Anashti and miragul charm since those are obviously the best two possible.

That aside what would be the best dps combo between those I listed?

a The Bloodthirsty choker question.

Cheebo — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:47:37 GMT

I just got this tonight, I haven't had a chance to use this yet, but should I set up a macro when I use this so I don't kill myself?

If so what is a good macro to use, I have never made one.

Ty

Swash DPS

x82nd — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:41:47 GMT

I am new to playing a rogue and was hoping for a bit of insight. I am currently a Brigand but planning to betray at 50 for the amazing AOE I keep hearing about with the Swash. but am having some reservations about the class in general. I grouped with a SK the other day in CBK and we were both mentored down, I was running a parse in the background just for fun but at the end of the night was shocked he completely blew me away. Now I am a bit twinked with expert and MC gear while he was using mostly adept and app spells. Is the AOE damage that swashes can put out that really good? How do we rank at taking out large hordes of green, blue and whites?

Thanks for any insight!

Swashy Skillls...

Cheebo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:22:37 GMT

Is there an updated list that show all swash skills? I checked on wiki, and a few other places, and all I can do is find the old(er) names.

Changes to Wisdom Line. " Rumor "

Overrated — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:15:53 GMT

Eh, heard a wierd rumor floating around the channels today about the update to the Swash Wisdom Line
I heard that they were going to replace the DA% of the WIS line with Flurry instead but keep the 1 Weapon restriction with upping the chance from the 51.5% to 75%. So with current gear and buffs we could have 100% DA with and 75% Flurry chance however only equipping 1 weapon.
If this is true, would it help the rouge or just give us the same useless WIS line we already have. I am not 100% on how flurry works but a little guess work.
Flurry is a chance to hit the mob Multiple Times with your primary weapon on a succesful attack.
Question 1 : Can you Flurry on a double attack? If you can does both hits flurry or just the initial one.
Question 2 : Exactly how many succesive hits do you get on a flurry " 2 - 3 - 4 ect... " or is it just an increased hit.
So after putting together some numbers here is what I came up with.. Giving Question # 2 the answer of 4 hits.
Weapons : Both are represented at each doing 500 Damage

- Single Wield with Flurry on initial hit only.
- 100 Hits at 75% Flurry and 100% DA, Single Wield
- 75% out of 100 would be 75 times. So out of 100 you would hit for 2500, 75 times, and 1000, 25 times.
- 187500 + 25000 = 212500 Total Damage
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- Single Wield with Flurry on both hits.
- 100 Hits at 75% Flurry and 100% DA, Single Wield
- 75% out of 100 would be 75 times. So out of 100 you would hit for 4000, 75 times, and 1000, 25 times.
- 300000 + 25000 = 325000 Total Damage
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- Dual Wield with No Flurry
- 100 Hits at 0% Flurry and 100% DA Duel Wield
- 100% out of 100 would be 100 times. So out of 100 you would hit for 2000 100 times.
- 200000 Total Damage
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- Duel Wield with Flury on initial hit only.
- 100 Hits at 5% Flurry and 100% DA Dual Wield
- 5% out of 100 would be 5 times. So out of 100 you would hit for 3500 5 times, and 2000 95 times.
- 17500 + 190000 = 207500 Total Damage
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- Dual Wield with Flury on both hits.
- 100 Hits at 5% Flurry and 100% DA Dual Wield
- 5% out of 100 would be 5 times. So out of 100 you would hit for 5000 5 times, and 2000 95 times.
- 25000 + 190000 = 215000 Total Damage

Now with using just base Numbers, you can see that with using 1 Weapon equiped you would get a slight increase of damage, secondaly there is not weapon out there that hits as hard as our Mythical. However you would loose the stats and bonuses of that offhand weapon by using the Wis Line if indeed it does get changed to this. Either way on how Flurry Works with double attack, it would still be better to have 1 Weapon with 75% Flurry 100% DA then having two weapons with 5% Flurry and 100% DA.
I would even wager that with difference in damage from our Myth to other offhands in game, if they left the % of increase at 51.5% we would still do more Damage with 100% DA and 51.5% Flurry " Along with Lunge Reversal " then we would Dual Wielding with 5% Flurry and 100% DA..
Opinions please.
I do not think this would be overpowering due to the fact that we would be giving up the stats from offhand weapons to obtain this increase. It would be a risk vs reward situation pertaining to bonuses offhands would provide in game. If this rumor is not true, how about some opinions on if you would like to see this implemented.

Race

Riddlebox914 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:07:40 GMT

Since many sites haven't updated the new racial trait changes, I have having issues finding a good list. Since as of today SOE will allow you to change your race are there any races that really compliment a swashy? I am currently a half-elf.