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Moar Sneak Attack Massacre.

Pretty trash I would say. I never use my BB Wizard. My BB Warrior, BB Rogue & Orlan Rogue do all the work with a Priest spell thrown in occasionally for good measure. They need to pump up the power of Wizard spells, especially seeing as how they are per rest and not per encounter.

I think it depends on the creature model. I never managed to gib beetles or humanoids but spiders blew apart like fireworks each time I hit them with a Sneak Attack.

You're right Sens, when you have all those conditions applied to your damage roll you start to see stupid silly numbers. But I never needed to activate Crippling Strike. I just toggled Reckless Assault and rolled on through the neighborhood without breaking a sweat.

Pretty much. Mutonizer had written that he was wiping out entire encounters with a 4 man rogue party armed with arbalests. I really do think Sneak Attack is due for a nerf. It is crazy OP at the moment. They need to make the conditions needed to setup a Sneak Attack a little more challenging to arrange.

Yan-Ti the great rogue has no need for puny buffs or fancy disablers. Just a Greatsword and a tank and it's OMGWTFWN Time.

A hit for 244! That deserves a big+1. Sens just broke 301. Rogues all day, everyday.

This is epic Mut. Thanks for taking the time to write this up for the rest of the Backers/fans. + 1

That's fine. How attributes interact with talents and combat is at the very heart of PoE's game design. Find stuff that is broken with it and you can break the game - and give opportunity for the developers to make a correction prior to release. It's all good.

Accuracy is better than Might for non-damaging spells (debuffs). I'm not convinced that after ACC-DEF = +6 that higher Accuracy is better than Might, at least not yet. Your extreme example is irrelevant because we are talking about ACC-DEF +6 or higher, when Might is better on the graph and you will always graze, hit or crit. PE also has a minimum damage rule where 10% of incoming damage always gets through as well, so Might is never useless in this ACC-DEF range. It's not extreme Sens. The scenario Mut describes plays out in some form across all P&P and CRPGs. I know you're going to reply but be a bloke and include something game breaking when it comes to 301 game play. Just to stay partially on topic with the original post. <3

That's been my experience too HIro. All you really need is a Tank and Rogues and 301 is absolute cake. In my game, I imagine my BB Priest and Wizard standing on the sidelines of combat decked out in cheerleader outfits screaming GO ROGUE! GO! as they WTFpwnroll the whole world. ^_^

In a vacuum that is true but every enemy MOB in PoE does have a Deflection rating and the higher that goes Might becomes less important over Accuracy. And Accuracy is tough to raise, Perception can give an important + 10 boost to CBA to help a DPS based character reach those higher deflection values. For a DPS character I would not neglect Might but max Accuracy should be the priority.

Just because you asked so nicely, I plan on uploading a lot more gameplay videos.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29325716/Pillars%20of%20Eternity/Sensuki_Matt516_Attribute_Rework.pdf Might is always better after ACC-DEF +6 or higher (where you have removed your 5% miss chance).

Talking about Weapon Specialization Mut! You are right, it is FUBAR. Weapon Focus works fine.

Thanks Indira! For some reason Take 1 with the Rival Party glitched out and you can't see my party hilariously wipe towards the end of the video! It was ugly! It began the moment the Rogues drew aggro from Nargo. I got my revenge on that chap during Take 2. Hit him with Sneak Attacks from my main and the BB Rogue for a total of 120+ points of damage in the span of a second or two. ^_^

Hi Jajo! Good point. I was playing on Normal but think I could probably pull of the same feat pretty easily on Hard. Will do so later tonight and upload the videos!

No Fighter can land hits around 60 to 100 points per pop. The Rogue DPS > the Fighter (by many miles).

Sneak Attack Massacre Cont'd. Check out the build here!

Busting 301 with Yan-Ti: The Rogue Greatsword Swinging Orlan Wunderkind! Excuse the crap graphics card and frame rate! Enjoy the short and sweet combat videos! Check out the build here!

Hi Indira! That really depends on how robust the AI will be for the release version. I am optimist and hope that they will implement a decent AI in time for release but there are no guarantees on that from the developers.

But where your logic fails Sens is when it comes To Hit Chance. MIG does not influence To Hit Chance, PER does. You arrive at average DPS by caculating how frequently you can actually hit your target. A high MIG does influence the potential scale of potential DPS but it does not impact DPS averages. For that, you need to look at the To Hit Chance derived from Accuracy. And Mut argues correctly that having a high Perception is key if you want to be competitive for all melee scenarios; against both Low Deflection and High Deflection enemies. The absolute key to a high DPS is Accuracy. While you are right that it is only +11 at 20/21 Perception that still makes a critical difference when it comes to arriving at a high average DPS, especially when paired with the high CBA's of fighters and rogues. So in summary. Perception > Might OR Perception & Might > All when it comes to overall DPS in melee. And Mut is right, some builds can forgo Might entirely and still be perfectly viable - as long as they maintain high accuracy. You can mitigate a low Might score with high damage/DT weapons.

Hi Sens! Could you share your findings on Druids and Chanters as of 301?

Details Hiro! Give us the breakdown!

Hi Matt! Great work together with Sens on Beta Feedback! What you write is of course true. As currently implemented the bonus damage from Might does increase the DPS of a high accuracy class. Might is not a dump stat for damage dealers. However I maintain that the absolute key to a high DPS is Accuracy. Perception helps with this but the assigned Class Base Accuracy (CBA) remains the most important determinant. Returning to the original topic. Have you found some new ways to break 301 Matt? Share your exploits! :D