This is all very interesting reading.

I have a capped exploiter, followed the classic build and it's human khopesh but I have CE rather than combat expertise. Terebynthia on Khyber on myDDO if you want to rip her to shreds...

At the mo I haven't ground for anything - I have a prot ring and that's about it. I seem to remember wandering around having done absolutely nothing her standing AC is 48, hardly exciting.

This has been fine for what I've been using her for, but I can see a path while I'm TRing my main of slowly improving my other toons. What quick fixes would you do to her? She has Nyokos band and that's it from TOD at the mo. Need to tier III my lit IIs, I know, but there's always other stuff to do. Should get a chance once I've built some HP gear for my soon to be Shroud capable paladin...

Bigjunk wrote on May 27^th, 2011 at 1:18pm:


I tanked horoth when my ranger was a 32 ptr 40 plus times before I started his completionist journey he had plenty of hps and plenty of ac and made a healers job easy so I'm not sure why you think this and he was a str based ranger .. the build was 12/6/2 ranger/fighter/monk tempest II / stalwart

I have a 12/6/2 ranger/paly/monk ac/hate build atm which has tanked and can tank every raid boss in game right now and hold agro just fine , as I have already stated i had a fighter mix before that was awesome as well both are or were 32 ptrs at the time or are now and have plenty of hps to do there job and can do enough dps to keep the agro np and can reach 85+ ac with power attack , I don't even take CE

Intervention wrote on May 28^th, 2011 at 2:05am:


Well, the Tempest set doesn't compete with the Ravager/Encrusted set, but I'm wondering why it wouldn't be desirable over the Shintao set? The Shintao set provides +2 attack/+2 damage, but the Tempest set provides +3 attack/+1-4 slashing damage if one is a Tempest III. Is there something I'm missing here?

Vissarion wrote on May 28^th, 2011 at 9:43am:


That extra 1-4 damage is not affected by your weapon type, meaning its still subject to Dr. That makes it useless against anything with any sort of Dr.

Kyosho's ring adds 2 damage to your base damage total, meaning it is affected by the weapon type.

If the tempest set added to base damage, I'd already have it equipped :p

Vissarion wrote on May 28^th, 2011 at 6:20pm:


Game mechanics, fun stuff.  I figured that since you were part of the silverish dragons you knew that.  They used to be pretty knowledgeable about that stuff awhile ago.  Are they still active? I hardly ever see you guys around anymore.

Glenalth wrote on May 29^th, 2011 at 12:02am:



I wouldn't make an order of around dragons if they didn't expend my life beyond old age.  That is like serving some mortal claiming to be closer to God then the rest of humanity.

Bigjunk wrote on May 27^th, 2011 at 3:09pm:

I did this - TR:d from 18/r1/m1 to 12/rx/mx. I haven't noticed a worse to-hit - as mentioned, the BAB is 17 instead 18. And if you do not have aggro you'll boost your to-hit with Rogue Sneak Attack Accuracy II for a +1 higher to-hit than a Exploiter would have. Of course you will loose two F.E. mob types, but that's -2 from F.E Attack II on those. Not much. And you will loose FoM and one rank F.E. Damage and Defense. But you gain some S.A. damage, and if you're a little used playing Rogues you can make that work nicely for you, as well as the sweet Haste Boost.

someguy wrote on May 31^st, 2011 at 9:33am:


Higher than Khopesh? hmmm....maybe on 100% Fort...otherwise, the crit profile on Pesh's rocks it out. I've noticed the difference between my Monk and my Blitz. on the Abbot/Shroud Portals, my monk is by far and away better DPS. everything else, my Blitz wins out.

Although another good example of this is the Unarmed Assassin Builds (18/19 rogue and 1 monk/ 1fighter/1monk).

Vissarion wrote on May 28^th, 2011 at 6:20pm:



It is NOT affected by DR.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=258272&highlight=unarmed+prodigy

a bit old but no dps changes to classes have been made that i know of since then. dont think any loss of auto crit changes anything and it may even gain some dps how helpless works now? it would probably be better as a horc now than halfling. pretty neat build i played it one life and i ripped everything ti shreds. i had a rogue past life in there though instead of extend. stunning blow may not be as good now end game with that build either. not that it was ever that impressive

I think the Ravager set is something else that needs to be factored in regarding the 12/7/1 and un-armed, that 2d6 a swing that won't work unarmed.