On further reflection, and some sleep, I decided the respec should go even a little further, with changes beginning at level 8:
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Almost all my characters take Recall Friend (RF) in their early teens, but realizing the dramatic power of Chilling Embrace, I've decided RF should be delayed. And my melee guys tend to take Combat Jumping at around level 6. I'm addicted to the movement freedom it adds, and the slight defense bonus doesn't hurt either. Moving it from 8 to 14 isn't that long of a delay, and it will still be available down to an examplar level of 9. With the respec, Build Up will be available at an examplar level of 3. Heh, I think that's the earliest I will have ever had it.
CURRENT LIKELY RESPEC
1: Sting of the Wasp Sting of the Wasp
1: Hide Hide
2: Flashing Steel Flashing Steel
4: Frozen Armor Frozen Armor
6: Assassin's Blade Assassin's Blade
8: Combat Jumping Build Up
10: Wet Ice Wet Ice
12: Placate Placate
14: Recall Friend Combat Jumping
16: Build Up Chilling Embrace
18: Divine Avalanche Divine Avalanche
20: Chilling Embrace Hoarfrost
22: Manuevers Manuevers
24: Tactics Tactics
26: Hoarfrost Permafrost
28: Glacial Armor Glacial Armor
30: Permafrost Recall Friend
-- Rich
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I've got a pretty new NinjaBlade/IceArmor stalker who just turned 21. He had been having a real hard time soloing missions from level 15-19. Foes doing mixed damage, and sometimes even mostly-smash/lethal foes, would just eat him up, spit him out, and stomp on the wet spot.
No more. At level 20 he took Chilling Embrace (CE), and it is making a world of difference. Protection is very much improved now, with the CE not only slowing foe recharge, but also causing them to spend some of their time getting away from the slow effect -- both effects mean I get hit a lot less often.
Why didn't I take it sooner? Good question. I had taken Recall Friend at 14, and that delayed getting more protection. If he ever respecs, I'll hold off on Recall Friend until later in the build. Something like:
CURRENT LIKELY RESPEC 10: Wet Ice Wet Ice 12: Placate Placate 14: Recall Friend Build Up 16: Build Up Chilling Embrace 18: Divine Avalanche Divine Avalanche 20: Chilling Embrace Hoarfrost 22: Manuevers Manuevers 24: Tactics Tactics 26: Hoarfrost Permafrost 28: Glacial Armor Glacial Armor 30: Permafrost Recall FriendAt any rate, Osceola has transitioned from a character I didn't want to play to one I love playing. Thank you, CE!
-- Rich
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