More of a bard related question, been rolling with plenty of other pure Swash 28 bards on Khyber and every once in awhile they post some damage numbers in party with Crits far into the 2.5K+ range.

I think the most I've ever critted was around 1.6k but thats counting all the procs on a Tier 3 TF Rapier.

I went the Cha>Dam route as this char is a 1st lifer 32 pt build and I max'ed on Cha, and put the rest in Con/Dex off the start.

Cha buffs up to 53 w/ Stat Song, +10 Item, +1/+2 Insight/Except, Supreme Ability Pots and some other shit I forgot. My regular hits w/ the Tier 3 TF are only on avg of 150-250, with crits (depending on what I'm hitting w/ that half-life/neg burst proc) never exceeded 1.7/8k

IS there a better way of specc'ing out a swashie? Went w/ Perfect SWF, Improved Shield Mastery, Cha to Dam and Impro Crit: Pierce.

I'm a lv 5 Unyielding Sent (mostly for the AC [128], shield bonuses and the shit load of HP and the Ress SLA and PRR [84 currently, not good])

I like the robustness (shitload of HP and AC), but on EE I have trouble smacking down a bunch of dudes.

Any input as to getting a good high end damage, while still retaining a decent amount of robustness? I understand it's probably my PRR more than my AC, b/c w/ 30 Dodge, 10 Dusk, 10 Incorp, 20 Blur, 50 Displacement I hardly take damage.

Thanks

Puppies wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2014 at 8:59am:


Did you spend points on resonant arms and have ruby of resonance slotted ?

Did you spend points on Know the Angels and +3 Extra melee power ?

Try Legendary Drednaught,masterblitz PRR can add defense on top at a lot of more damage output

Puppies wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2014 at 10:40am:


With ruby of resonance adding 138 spell power on top of what you already have, you will inflict some huge amounts of sonic damage on crits. Ruby eye of force is a joke compared to that. Also the more melee power you can get, the better. Cha to damage is a waste of time, use int instead and take know the Angels from harper.

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My INT sucks two day old shits through bricks. Plus my buffed up CHA mod is +21 or 22.

Should I start dropping my shield mastery feats to pick up diff impro crit ones?

And Ill prob slot that Resonance on another piece of random gen items...I was gonna put it on an upgrade Epic Locus of Vol but that Blood Rage fucks w/ my spell casting (self healing/refreshing haste and displace) and I don't like that

Is the Eidolon (sp?) From Haunted Halls really any good for a swashie?

Thanks

eighnuss wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2014 at 12:09pm:

translation: you are gay and retarded!

Ok but tell your mom to take a shower this time.

Puppies wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2014 at 2:55pm:


Whatever, just tell him to shave his ass this time.

bleedblast wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2014 at 3:42pm:


Okay yah I gues I shouldve said that.
Im a human SWF/buck rapier.

The Vuln procs from the TF and Impro Dest. procs from Swashie are great though.

I was wondering if the Cha to Dam was making it low, or the fact that its going to be that low. Since my guildie on Khyber is running a drow elf rapier swashie and was getting those 2.5k crits

My crit rate is pretty frequent though with that Insight crit range proc too.

Appreciate the insight and the help thus far.

If you're dropping the shield feats, pick up Precision for Thread The Needle. The extra to-hit and armor piercing will help you crit more, and is the same +5 damage versus Power Attack, without the to-hit penalties (since unless you're a shortsword using PDK you don't have Cha to-Hit.)

If you're not heavily invested in rapiers at the moment, the swashbuckling stance turns normal shortswords into rapier's crit profiles, and makes expanded profile SS's like Rebellion monsters.

If you TR and go the dorf route as suggested above, remember that the weapon needs to be "light" to swashbuckle with it. This rules out d-axes and limits you to handaxes. Except for TF/GS, there are no named handaxes to my knowledge.

Twist in legendary shield mastery and use Divine Crusader. Sentinel is not a damage destiny. Zeal fucking rocks. +50 mp and +50 double strike will make you very happy with your damage per second. You'll mow through shit before these friends can see their bigger number crits that happen once in a blue moon.

The more I use it, the less I'm a fan of 1st Degree Burns on TF weapons. They're limited to applying a stack of Vuln once every 2 seconds. I've hit the mob 9-11 times in that span of time, and getting 1% more damage out of it isn't as good as first impressions.

I still like Shield mastey over pure one-handed. I like the dodge and extra itemization slot... but that's my preference. The raw damage could be nice... but Guardbreaking on Cove bucklers is just too good for me to give up.

the nerf to shields from shield mastery feats on lamannia is (allegedly) a bug. The intention was to strip the PRR & doublestrike benefits from orbs, not shields.

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/452299-Shield-Mastery-feats-getting-a-...

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Puppies wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2014 at 9:12pm:

A good skill to have. I appreciate it in all of my doctors and EMTs. For field medics I guess it's more of a bonus skill? Many of them are already not-killing you, and that counts for something.

NOT killing people. Ask for it by name.

Revaulting wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2014 at 1:46am:


Some of the cherry dudes that come through the unit get super nervous during their evals. And do end up doing things that'd "Cause Further Harm to the Casualty"

Hence the crawl, walk, run things of having them do test dummys "Rescue Randy" > Goats/Pigs ?> In SOCOM, other dudes

5 Foot Step wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2014 at 4:02am:


Going to try this...always wanted to use Divine Crusader, just got so used to Sentinel b/c of the extra hps

Now...for my NEW NEW Tier 3 Thunderforged..

What should I use on it?
Made one last nigh with 150 Sonic SP, Armor Piercing and the Half-Life proc...and that was kinda gay, my sonic procs from swashie went from doing a whomping 18-30 to a crushing 30-60 /sarcasm

Seems lots of the stupid end-game shit is undead and I have a feeling the Temple of Elemental Sodomy will have undead and xorian assholes so Negative energy doesnt seem to cut it

NEED MORE PROCS!