Oakianus wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 2:13pm:


"It looked as if a night of dark intent
was coming, and not just a night, an age.
Someone had better be prepared for rage."

-Frost

AtomicMew wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 2:51pm:


Artificers who are slinging offensive spells from wands, etc. get a DC that is the same as what they would have gotten if they had cast the spell themselves instead of the crappy wand DC.

Aside from Finger of Death scrolls, I really can't see any offensive spells worth casting on a capped Artificer.  Since you can't get any level 8 or 9 spells on scroll/wand/whatever form, what offensive spells am I missing?

DPS offensive spells aren't going to be all that effective since you can't metamagic the scrolls/wands/etc and you can't machinegun them the way you can do with self-cast offensive spells since all offensive cast items share the same 6 second cooldown.  Also, any DC boosting feats other than Past Life: Wizard won't apply since you're just getting your ability score and caster level, not anything else.

This ability really seems like it would suck.  What am I missing?

Boo on the Artie's Iron Defender not breaking stuff as much. I like that, and was hoping that hireling would start doing it too.

popejubal wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 2:59pm:

The capstone doesn't even apply to scrolls anymore.
That degrades the potential offensive use to PK wands and maybe Ice Storm wands.
In terms of buffs and utility, it's fairly useful. Shield/ nightshield wands, randomly generated haste/rage clickies, DP clickies, blur wands, knock wands (probably only to the point of getting normal von 5 and shroud locks),

apep wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 3:32pm:


I'm still curious about the effects upon epic eternal wands, but haven't been able to pull the parts to finish any.

The only scrolls I was really using at cap were Expeditious Retreat, Greater Heroism, Heal, and Reconstruct so this isn't too bad for me.

The Goggles of Time Sensing, Mask of Comedy, and Flesh Render Visor at lvl 20 have been nice for buffs.

Shade's nerd-rage is too good here
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=337493

After whining for 10+ pages about wings, they fix something that was BUGGED and he goes off.  At the end, he suggests having the PL actually buffed, so long as you're a barb.  Talk about a purist.

IronRion wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 3:55pm:

Oh, that's classic right there.  Hilarious, indeed.

rest wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 12:14pm:

IT will make me stop mine. What's the fucking point now.

rest wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 5:59pm:

Yeah I guess...

Fucking Madfloyd messing with stuff he's not qualified to mess around with, unless he is the new Marketing director they are hiring which I find very hard to believe. Stay with your job and stay the hell away from fucking up the payment plans.

He also posted this:
http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=4022356&postcount=89
Quote:


Which is pretty fucking funny.

I like that TRs get to unlock higher difficulties. Extra sweet as I cas considering a few TRs very soon; that will be a nice bonus.

Something unexpected, useful and well thought out.

So yes, I am capable of saying nice things about Turbine occasionally

Amorosy wrote on Aug 25^th, 2011 at 8:23pm:


Oh, yeah. I do that. Only post that's ever really important in any thread is the OP and things the devs might have responded to. :/ Could give a fuck less about everything else.