Kaylon

Verzano is basically a smuggler who interfered with Doemenels contraband. That's why Pallegina won't protect him anymore... Killing him is one of the ways to be introduced to the Doemenels but it's not required (there are 2 other ways to join them).

The outcome of the Endless Paths and its importance can be seen in PoE2 hehe....

1. Planescape:Torment 2. Baldur's Gate saga 3. Dragon Age: Origins

To survive at melee with the dragon you need a very defensive build. You need strong CC or a real tank to stand toe to toe with him while the rest of your party uses ranged attacks.

They should fix their lv13 ability because it's useless both solo and in group. In group you almost never benefit from the unbreakable invisibility because the fight is almost over when you get back and when you solo the fight ends making it even more useless. You should be able to interrupt Feign Death at will and be able to backstab left and right for a few seconds each fight. And when you solo the fight should not end unless you're out of monsters range. Also Shadowing Beyond could be at least 1/encounter.

Monks have higher base damage for their fists nearly equal to the large 1h weapons while swinging with the speed of a fast 1h weapon. Even if a bonus affects just the base damage, the gains are not negligible (they're the same as for other weapons).

If it procs more than once it appears on the logs and when I tested HoF it never did more than once. PS. With Badgradr's Barricade it's very easy to test - via the console increase PER to 100 (to ensure you have 100% crit chance against anything), go hit a few monsters and see how many times it procs...

The aura requires endurance below 26% which makes it pretty useless. Taste of the hunt is more effective on a barbarian because of carnage. However DMS is pretty crappy for HoF because it can't trigger more than once per attack and the damage of the shield is weak compared to a normal weapon, resulting in low damage overall.

Some prestige hirelings are even weaker (like the aedirian lady who gives 6prestige)... From what I observed prestige/security are affecting only your income when you collect the money (prestige increases the amount you receive and the security diminishes the losses to bandits). Anyway the stronghold attacks stop after 4-5 attempts I think...

The mercenaries you can hire are low level and don't scale with your level, unlike the attackers. The result is they are more like distractions and won't help very much. Also keep in mind that attacks can happen in the courtyard or in the throne room and you have to pick your mercenaries carefully if you want them to be where you need them. Personally I never use them because it's just another way to lose money. You can avoid these attacks by not upgrading your keep and waiting until you're high level and you can deal with them easily. Or you can prepare for these fights and deal with them like you would do with a normal encounter. In the courtyard you have plenty of space to run and you can kite/split them easily. In the throne room it's more trickier but you can split them even there or find a better spot to fight them - the secret is to start the fight stealthed (you need high stealth sometimes or else you're uncovered before you can position yourself).

Fights where you can run are easy for any class - you just need time. What matters for the Ultimate is to find a way to deal with the few fights where you can't run - for that you need reliable defense or CC. In the end, with scrolls of confusion and paralysis, any class can find a way to deal with these encounters.

The highest alpha strike is achieved with (Runner) Wounding Shot. The highest alpha strike is achieved by rogues (because deep wounds and vicious fighting), then by rangers (vicious aim and apprentice sneak attack) then cipher.

You should put points in dexterity only if you're a class (usually ranged) who can ignore stats like constitution or resolve. The rogue also can work with low might at high level if he's able to chain Death Blows over and over. At high level, the enemies against which your dps counts, have high DR (over 15) which removes 100-150% of your weapon damage (or more if they also have high defenses and you graze often). That means you will deal less than 100% weapon damage and might will increase your dps more than dexterity in these situations.

Of course it's impossible to completely avoid paralysis at this early stage of the game (just like phantoms stun). Your aim is to reduce them as much as possible to avoid perma paralysis and make fights manageable. PS. Fenwalkers are a nice pair of boots (can be obtained the soonest in Defiance Bay) which increase your defense to paralysis and also reduce its duration

I never tested how spells work and I'm not sure I understand how recovery works for them. Having 2 weapons gives 50% recovery for spells too, or you can have 50% recovery only with fists? That means 15% attack speed from gloves and 50% from DAoM would allow wearing up to durgan enchanted scale and be able to cast spells with 0% recovery?

For me, the most annoying thing for rogues is the fact that all abilities giving invisibility end the combat when you solo. There should be always a 20-30s timer before the combat stops if the enemies can't continue to fight.

The shield works for grazes only, while the talent works for 50% of the misses. They stack of course and it's a very strong combo for a monk (the guy who gives/drops this is actually a monk and you should avoid ranged attacks or directed spells against him...)

You can also try to charm a priest (I think some xaurip priests have it).

Food and frenzy don't stack anyway. The only way to do it is with a priest.

VS dragons you should try to get as many adds as possible near the dragon, leap in the middle and then use HoF. The dragon will take carnage damage from all the adds you're able to hit.

While DR penetration is good too have there are simply better talents or items to increase your damage. In some cases having DR penetration doesn't help at all (enemies with no DR or very high DR) and people pick speed, damage increase or accuracy which work in all situations.

What's your build? Until now I tried a build which maximizes the experience gained, but it isn't the way to go because the enemies become stronger faster (while your equipment and weapons don't follow)... This game encourages you to stay low level as much as possible to avoid having to fight too strong enemies...

Use confuse scrolls until all the priests are dead. Against sunlance and firebug I think you can use Aila Braccia, but I think druids stop casting after a while. Once the priests are dead the fight becomes manageable because no more debuffs and no more heals.

Yes, with alacrity it's easy to reach 0% recovery with a durganized shield. With a speed weapon it's even possible to reduce recovery to 1% while in full plate with both Vulnerable and Cautious Attack activated.

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