GavinRuneblade

Quick comment on this. Firing outside of combat is 100% irrelevant to the value during combat. If you use whatver click power it is slotted in less than 1/10 seconds, it fires during combat more often by being slotted in tactics. If you use your click power more then 1/10 seconds (most likely a claws/ character but there are a few others) then that is the better place to put it.

One thing I've noticed about AS and long fights like GMs and AVs is that they don't move a lot. One of our key strengths is that we don't usually have aggro. I just ran the IFT with my dark/dark and the way I got the best use of AS was to move forward of our tank, and as enemies ran past me to get to him, trigger AS. It would go off as they passed and hit them while they were meleeing the tank. Then I could placate move up and MG with the benefit of a crit and bruising from his attacks. Worked really well. The best was when we could team up to take down a cyclops before it triggered his tier-9.

On the ambushes, I was focusing on taking down the surgeons fast, and for them rather than AS, I would use MG or SL plus smite (if not hidden, or just MG if hidden).

I actually ran a Silver Mantis with you back a few months ago, and I can say you seemed to be taking down the turrets just fine, and they pack 40%-50% lethal resist.

Actually, in all such cases where speed is balanced against high damage (katana vs Broadsword, mace vs axe, etc) Speed is the hands-down winner. Uses less endurance per point of damage, deals more damage over time, can stack buffs/debuffs better, makes better use of procs, etc. Mathematically, there is no good reason to use BS when you can instead use Nin/ or Kat/ (not talking PvP, here where the burst really matters, just PvE).

Even for bursty fights, like lieuts, the fast attacks can drop them plenty fast, sometimes fitting 1.5 attacks into the same animation time of a slower set's 1, thereby doing the killing blow functionally at the same time.

Faster is really a huge advantage. But I think the changes to claws for stalkers to make it the weakest choice out of the melee ATs who have access to the set.

Also, if you're proccing your attacks, DON'T use touch of death. Lame proc only has 15% chance to fire not 20. Use Lady Grey instead. =) Same damage, 1/5 the price on the market, and bonus 5% chance to fire. (Note: unless you really need that 6th set bonus obviously)

These are a very significant reason that claws can out perform BS, for instance. You can slot the chance for buildup, and other sets that give options melee doesn't have. Like the Posi chance for energy, or in focus the chance for toxic and chance for negative.

But I don't think it is enough. Lethal has too many drawbacks.

I know, it is a bit of a monster isn't it =). I haven't finished levelling but have a decent chunk of the gear waiting in storage.

I think the 2.5% damage was the reason he put the proc in, unless you can find a spot that gives better results?

What are you thinking for slotting on Sleet, and what else to to take out of the APP?

or that you're using electric melee on a guy with high energy resist and over 5k hit points. Whittling him down using blows that only hit for 60-80 is not really fun.

where are those numbers from?

I've never had any trouble with honoree and vanguard, but trapdoor can be a pain to some builds. I have seen that part of it is the time taken to hunt down the bifurcations. When he's recovering over 150/sec and you need 20-30 seconds to find the bugger hiding under a stair or behind a box, it's annoying. I do with they were aggressive and would chase you.

Also, he doesn't stay in place so Shivan's can't really do their best work against him, whereas they mutilate honoree and schmuck vanguard dude.

Wait the forum cartel wants HIM to believe that? I thought they wanted ME to believe that! Now I'm sad and neglected.

Hold on. I think even beyond the 400-500% thing his math is off. 100% enhancement does not mean 100 damage, it means 200 damage. 200% would mean 300 damage. 300% would mean 400 damage, etc.

So 400% = 400 damage is not correct.

Or it could be that Cole is not Zeus but another force with a more paranoid bent. I do wonder if he got a bit of tartarus when he killed Stephan.

I find it interesting that on the Ramiel arc the Well seems to avoid Silos. Silos is definitely looking for it, Ramiel is just helping. Silos makes sure to get to it before the player and it is already gone. Ramiel waits until after Silos leaves to tell players to look around for any signs. I don't think the well is the only one who thinks Nemesis isn't a fit vessel.

One thing I find interesting about the theory that the well wants vessels who seek for more power through it, is that it doesn't show any signs of taking back its power from failed vessels like States or Recluse, or even Trapdoor. I wonder about Stheno who we also know to be a weak Incarnate (my reading is that she chose power through her offspring, not more strength from the well, but she might be a candidate for a future arc). And all of us players are seeking more power through the well but also keeping our free will. It continues to grant us more. Potentially even more than it gave to Cole, so the theory that it "wants" vessels to surrender free will I think is flawed. I think it doesn't care one way or the other about will, just like good and evil, free will is totally irrelevant to the well. With freedom you get the power slowly, without it you get the power quickly, other than that, the well doesn't care.

fun thread =)

The difference can become insignificant:

Level 1 H++: 0.806%
Level 1 H: 0.733%

Both are less than 1% enhancement at that point. So higher yes, but not like you'd notice. =)

It would be for some, for others it would break their character concept.