Rarenomad

I havent really had a good oppurtunity to test it more, but I am completely sold on the INT line. I honestly thought I would miss the AGI tree simply for the DA, but there is always room for more testing. I currently am doing:

STR - 6-8-8-0-1 (for steadfast)
STA - 4-4-8-8 (for 16% heal crit)
INT - 4-4-8-6 (for 21% spell crit)

Thinking about trying
Str - 6-8-8-0-1 (for steadfast)
STA - 4-4-8-4 (for 8% heal crit)
AGI - 4-4-6 (for 24% more DA)
INT - 4-4-4 (for 14% spell crit)

I will use either setup for solo and grouping, some raiding may be involved.

Please speak up on either of these setup's I welcome any feedback or recommendations.

Also, I have been thinking to use a combination of Devout (or righteous) and 3 pieces of nem anhk for the 2% heal crit when in my healing setup. I currently am wearing the devout set. What do you think about this? Should I perhaps just buy another set of Righteous armor (more healer friendly) for about 1.5plat or just buy 1 piece of nem ahnk for about 2plat? I think the answer is pretty obvious, but wanted your feedback.

Does it make less sense having 2 sets of armor (not including the jewelry)?

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arturos

what kind of numbers you getting with that spec?? Is this grouping only?
why didnt you take the endline in int?? I know you have the arasi casting ability but dont those two stack?

two sets one for healing one for dpsing. It would seem you are going casting based or trying to maximize your dots?? If that is the case then a wiz int set prolly for casting rig. /shudder... hell ur half a step from being a templar u might as well betray and finish the job they do casting dps better then we do anyway...

Ryuujin

Armor wise, a full set of T8 Righteous armor would be best for you through to 80 - STR/STA/WIS, with +25 Heal and +20 CA. Good all around for DPS and healing. Ditch the Nem Anhk unless you have 6 pieces, in which case it's still good for healing. Absolutely set up macros to swap out healing / dps gear as necessary, but that will probably come more into play as you reach 80 and get some of the better, more specialized gear.

AA wise, I don't get what you're trying to do with the INT line. You went Battle Cleric on the Inquisitor side, so why are you even bothering with the spell crit? Cast haste and Divine Recovery are the reasons for taking the INT line. If you're not going all the way with those, why even bother?

Try to commit fully to one direction or the other with your AA's depending on your playstyle, or get a mirror and swap profiles regularly. Something like AGI/STA/INT for healing or STR/AGI/STA for solo/DPS.

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Inhumanus

I have tried the "nuke em" strategy and found that the dps is fine, but it certainly takes more skill to maximize your dps between auto attacks. This strategy has netted me 1.6 to 2.2k dps with plus 600 to spells, but I am not the best video game player. The old BC/in your face method, I usually parse from 2k to 2.6k dps w/ spikes in the low 3k range. I do not have a fabled weapon and my plus to CA is 365/ spells 575. I run about 580 str and 560 int w/ M1 Fanaticism running. The play style is just easier for me.

Inhumanus Nex
Nektulous Server

Rarenomad

Thank you for your response. I am roughly getting with my CA's around 600-800 plus around 300-400 per dot tick. I havent played it much to really get a good parse, but I will report back when I do. The dps specc is for solo and grouping (in a backup situation). Otherwise I macro swap my armor to more healing based (+heal crit, +wis, +heals..etc) when I am the MH.

The spell crit from what I've heard from other inquisitors are that they improve the proc rates and crits.

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Rarenomad

All great points, however to explain my reasoning for going the INT route as opposed to the AGI line (for DA) is that the INT line permits more spell crits on procs and based on the experience of more seasoned inquisitors I have spoken to, it does make a significant difference. The primary reason for taking more INT is to maximize my dots though.

I do agree that instead of nem ankh, i'll put some righteous in there, I currently have 2 pieces of nem anhk and so the righteous will be welcome as they add to +heal, +wis, and +CA dam.

I also agree about going to the end of the INT line to get divine recovery, so thank you for your thought on that.

So now leaning more towards this new build that I think is a nice mix of dps and some casting (for healing mode, not dps)
STR - 6-8-8-0-1 (for steadfast) 24pts
STA - 4-4-8-6 (for 12% heal crit) 22pts
INT - 4-4-8-6-1 (for 28% spell crit, 12% fast cast, divine recovery) 24pts

How does this look? Thanks in advance!

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Eteef

typo?
won´t work cause you'll need at least 4 points to proceed to the next ability
(they are all on a line, even the last ability ... not like last abilities in our inquisitor tree)

Calain

not any more. You can get the last ability as soon as you reached 22 points in that tree.

But this spec uses 71 points. So you must shorten it a bit,

Eteef

blame on me for not double checking my statement ingame ;)

TFGoose

Well this is as good a place as any to make my first post and expose my n00bness to the world. I've been reading this page for about a month now and have seriously re-tooled my 80 Inq based on the advice written here. Though I do get some raiding in from time to time on the coattails of some of the larger guilds like Tribes, I primarily work in single group instances with my guild and am not the main healer. Therefore, though healing is important to me, I thought it might be a good idea to steer more towards a DPS goal. With that in mind, I did some fiddling with my AA's and now have what I believe is considered the standard AGI-STA-STR build.

The problem is, my parse still licks donkey nuts. I see guys all over this board boasting 2K+ parses and I am seriously struggling to achieve even half that (I know, I'm terrible, but let's focus on my will to improve rather than my inherent ability to suck, shall we?). My right-side gear isn't all-powerful, but it isn't totally asstastic either (I've got a little over half of the stuff identified in the various "good loot" posts here). I think the main problem is my armor, as I'm decked out in Nem Anhk. I originally got the set for the cast time reduction, and thought that bonus alone would lead to better DPS and heal parses simply because I could crank out that many more spells per fight. However, testing has proven otherwise, and I think it's due to the horrid lack of STR on that set which cripples auto-attack damage even with 100% crits and 52% DA.

Assuming that's correct, after reading this thread I'm seeing that the Righteous set is regarded well for a nice combination of STR, WIS, and STA, so I'm probably going to ditch my beloved cast time reduction and endeavor to pick up lots of pieces of that. My question is whether or not it's worth it to hang on to the Nem Anhk set for healing situations, or if the Righteous set is really good enough all around.

Or (as may be the case), if I'm completely off my rocker and not thinking about a valid DPS strategy here at all, I'd appreciate some further insight on how not to embarass myself on the parse. It's a sad day when you realize you've been playing your class forever without ever realizing its full potential. I'm just trying to get to the much happier day where I successfully fix the problem and attain the venerable rank of "worth a shit".

--TFGoose