My artificer is 10, on Thelanis (name is Cannae if anyone wants to stop by and say hi ), but I found the solutions to the OP's complaints.

I made mine a warforged.

Complete self-healing (and without taking up spell slots!), a whole category of buffs that only work on WF (defensive, mostly), and that reminds me to take care of people's weapons and armor.

Note: Monks tend to change weapons a lot, so talk to them first ("Hey! I want to enchant your weapon, so equip the one you want enchanted and what would you like on it?") or just stick with armor of speed.

Cor wrote on Sep 20^th, 2011 at 4:16pm:

I...I agree with Cor.

Fuck.

Kimberlite wrote on Sep 20^th, 2011 at 5:27pm:


Or they could csw/mud as per all the other non healing classes. Umd is meant to be bard-worthy for them- although of course your main stat is not cha.

One friend is saying helf is the way to go - haven't asked him about the dili but maybe he means cleric? But 13 wis for that when wis is a dump stat doesn't work. Wiz dili would make more sense with their use of scrolls I guess thinking about it further.

i buff every melee in party with the 1d6 elementals as soon as i get in quest.1d6 on each thf melee(2d6 for twf) each swing for 5 minutes seems like a nice party buff but most dont do this yet not sure why.it is a  cheap and very sp efficent way to get damage. plus its just fun. i buff the summons also not sure if it works but shit thats fun too

I'm running an arti(human, for dmarks that I haven't yet taken), and I haven't yet taken the construct essence. I instead took that CLW Mass grenade spell so I could heal myself and others. As I mostly solo, I have tended more to just chugging the damn potion rather than 'aim at feet, throw grenade, aim back at mob, kill it.'

When in a party, I have either asked what element the others wanted, or just threw on whatever element I'm sure the mobs aren't immune to. I'm sure that will continue as I gain more such buffs, like that armor of run faster or whatever it does.

Of course, I'm at low level on mine so it's proving effective with the repeater. I still expect the r-xbow to be effective in pewpew on par with Manyshot archers later on, though that will depend on how the weapon and the runearm are used. I think one reason that artis are all about the pewpew is the long-standing tradition of AAs is to pewpew during Manyshot then TWF, but Turbine made repeaters basically just act like crossbows with permanent Manyshot. Yes, that fixed the sync bug, but now we see what that can do to runs in which tanking(or aggro control in general) is key.

Speaking of which, the main issue I see with this class is their aggro management, though siccing the dog on mobs(thus giving melees time to hit the shit and acquire hate) with a flamethrower spawned nearby before opening fire should alleviate that. That and stand in PBS range for double damage and get the mass heals aimed at the melees. And of course, the dog can take intimidate and +hate lines, and is a melee attacker, so that should really help if used right for tanking, or at the least is a method artis can use to plink away while keeping the mobs near the party. Just have to watch out for barrels on the battlefield. Damned woodmunchers.

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3 words: Instant Boss Beaters.

Shroud/VoD/ToD? Silver Weapons.
DQ? Cold Iron Weapons.
LoB? Adamantium Weapons.
The Xoriat stuff with Byeshk DR? You get the idea.
Artis can alternatively imbue alignment. Why hello there, Marut.

Lit2s just got a lot more lovely.

Also, Armor of Go Faster.

popejubal wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 1:59pm:


Yes. and I think i remember seeing a dev saying that spell working with the boots was intentional.

Epoch wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 10:02pm:

Well-established fact even.

JC wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 10:34pm:


So... their flaming GA of righteousness can now break dr? Screw that.

JC wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 10:59pm:



I pray that I never will be.

JC wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 11:46pm:


Seeing as that is the endgame in every males life, I fail to see the insult.

Soul wrote on Sep 19^th, 2011 at 3:39pm:

Oh fuck you.

Wayfinder is where the noobs are now.

Epoch wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2011 at 10:02pm:


Arti would save me a lot of time and crafting essences on my +5 HBsilverGLOBs if they hit em with cold iron in DQ.

Just sayin.