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I don't know. Those exclusive deals do indeed come over as rather dickish moves. I don't bother that much but I also do not want to use the Epic Store. First of all I can't (am on Linux - and Steam/ GOG are the only ones that support Linux at least a bit) and secondly I don't like to spread my game collection over several services. I mean of course this doesn't justify to downvote PoE or Deadfire which have nothing to do with the quality of TOW. That's just silly and stupid. But it's not that Obsidian had no part in creating the wrath that now rains down on them.

But the reduced deflection already is a tradeoff, isn't it? If the modal is considered an active ability (like all other modals are) then the ACC bonus won't stack with other actives and the +10% additive dmg isn't that powerful. Thus I think the raw dmg is not needed. +8 ACC (not stackable with actives like Warrior Stance etc.) and +20% dmg with -8 deflection (stacks) sounds reasonable enough. Rogue doesn't have +ACC actives so it's a nice addition while emphasizing more the "squishy but deadly" rogue that Poe's version was compared to Deadfire's. Upgrade "Deflecting Asault": +8 ACC, +20% dmg but only -3 deflection (in order to keep it most PoE-ish). By the way: the +20% dmg didn't stack with Savage Attack's +20% in PoE.

Blightheart will register all actions you are doing when it comes to its upgrades. Like "apply x afflictions" will also work with spells, not only the weapon itself (very convenient). Don't know if that's intended - but that's nothing special to Killing Bolt - it works like that with all spells/abilites from other classes (Binding Roots e.g.) etc. I don't know if this is the cause for Killing Bolt not summoning a spirit - but ususally it will summon one on kill. So yes - seems like a little bug (wherever it originates from). Would be easier to determine without using Blightheart I guess. If one would really want to investigate...

I will be one of the first to contradict pointless and overemotional whining about something in a game. But in this case it's def. not pointless: why did they remove the feature? Possibly because in PoE using consumables during combat was so unbelievably finnicky and buggy that they had to overhaul the whole thing - and during that overhaul maybe they realized that allowing the use from inventory directly (via drag & drop) was causing issues? No idea. But possible. Else I don't know why they want to take away qol features that don't affect game balance at all. Whatever - what I also wanted to say: if somebody complains about a mechanic (no matter in which form) and you go like "Well that's no a problem - because I don't use it" - that really isn't the best way to address the complaint let alone the problem itself. That's ab bit like "Hey why did Mercedes Benz remove the rear mirrors from all their new cars?" and you like "Dolt what are you complaining about? I ride a bike!" One might want to know that DiableStorm only plays PotD solo and thus is way more likely to use consumables (and more likely to discover certain bugs or changes) than somebody who uses a full party. I personally never use any consumables with a party (except when playing a Nalpasca). Game would be way too easy. But it's a different story when soloing the game. ROFL at thelee for not noticing PoE drap & drop feature and others for not knowing how to copy weapon into sets. Benevolent ROFL mind you!

Mule Kick I'd say. Or only Knockdown without Mule Kick. Reasons: Interrupt on graze +10 ACC targets a different defense (Fortitude) so you'll have an easier time against anybody who has Fortitude+10 < Deflection synergizes with Enervating Blows (-10 Fortitude) and Stunning Surge (-10 Fortitude) --> makes it supereasy to crit with a Knockdown/Mule Kick which will have the equivalent of +30 ACC then. Knockdown: higher Power Level Scaling with Knockdown compared to Penetrating Strike (most notably +10% multiplicative dmg vs. +20% additive) Mule Kick: 5% additive dmg advantage over Penetrating Strike (no PL scaling advantage), longer hard CC (1.5 sec), soft CC (Disoriented) You already can achieve very high PEN with Thunderous Blows + Devoted and thus maybe don't need Penetrating Strike that often. The advatange of Full Attacks don't apply in this case (on handed). All speaks for Knockdown/Mule Kick. Since you are solo and won't have supercrazy recovery speed (e.g. like a DW Streetfighter) the Knockup-part which renders the target untargetable doesn't gimp you either. BUT! I didn't test the interactions between Mule Kick's Knockup (= untargetable for a short time while flying) and Swift Flurry/Hearbeat Drumming. Maybe you will not get additional attacks triggering because Knockup prevents that. You would have to test this (or wait for somebody to confirm or falsify). IF additional crits get prevented you should just pick Knockdonw and skip Mule Kick. The interrupt and defense targeting is the most important part and Knockdown already has this (and the better PL scaling).

@thelee: You have to start the full attack from range and not from melee distance. Then the melee weapon gets ignored. With a blunderbuss you still get 8 stacks per shot which is better than 2 with melee. Ooor they patched it. @DiabloStorm: Only hits with Hunter's Flaw add stacks, no spells. But yes, once you have stacks they will add +ACC (and the upgrade +dmg) to everything including spells. Of course Hand Mortars (Hand Mortar and Fire in the Hole). It may even be that Blinding Smoke counts as hit. Can't remember. Fire in the Hole has an additional jump that helps to generate more hits (=stacks) per shot. Other AoE ranged weapons are two handed except Minor Blights and Rot Skulls and thus won't work since you need(ed?) a melee weapon to trick the game since Hunter's Flaw is melee only.

That's a weird oversight. I thought they learned how to handle that summoning stuff after the permanent Draining Touch/Citzal's Armory bug.

Yes, it applies to every offensive action. You can also use blunderbusses or mortars + Driving Flight to stack more quickly. You only need one melee weapon to unlock the use.

Like in PoE, draining is not influenced by healing modifiers in Deadfire (I guess because it's already influenced by dmg modifiers). A "corrosive" spell should have the acid keyword.

Lover's Embrace doesn't work from invisibility. Mask of the Grotto Deep might do. Battle axe + Bleeding Cuts + Rust's Poignard with Full Attack while vanished might be cool. Omit the first recovery but stack the Bleeding Cuts. My best guy with Vanishing Strikes is Streetfighter + blunderbusses though: get yourself bloodied, then use Vanishing Strike: +100% crit dmg and increased sneak attack and short recovery while being absolutely save...

Not really

The Outer Worlds (game that is developed by Obsidian right now) will only be available on the Epic Store (and Windows Store) for the first year, NOT Steam and GOG or any other platform. Console versions are not affected. This was revealed several days ago - and the backlash from the gamer community was pretty overwhelming. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/108935-the-outer-worlds-wont-launch-on-steam/

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On PotD against high level enemies you will never have anough ACC to crit reliably. Else you also wouldn't need One Handed Style or Uncanny Luck. One Handed Style (20%) + Disciplined Barrage (25%) results in an overall conversion chance of 40% which is pretty nice. With high ACC you can prevent most grazes but hits will still be very common (the "dice" range is 1-100). With a build that relies on crits so much a high-numbered conversion like from Disciplined Barrage is great. And in this case it's more useful than Tactical Barrage (which I also find useful, but not so much in this case). It's manageable I think. You can try. I personally like the combo of Clarity + Crucible but you don't have the second neither nor are you goping for high defenses so I guess you can substitute Clarity with potions. It's not that easy. You also need a bit of mechanics. Scrolls you want include the defensive and healing stuff. Offensive scrolls scale their ACC with the skill and not your own ACC and thus are only really effective once Arcana is maxed - which you don'Ät want to do most of the time because you also need Mechanics and maybe a bit of Athletics as savety button. YOu can retrain a lot of course... The more you stack the better. It's very difficult to stack is so high that every enemy will underpenetrate though. You can make it so that at least most mobs will underpenetrate a lot. Other classes are better suited for this (Unbroken, Paladin, Wizard, Stalker etc.) than Devoted/Monk. One key item may be the Patinated Plate with Bronze Juggernaut (makes you real slow but results in a lot less melee dmg). It's the armor withthe highest AR against melee. Then you have Iron Wheel (max 2.5 AR at 10 wounds). Since Iron Wheel is active it wouldn't stack with several other AR buffs from consumables. Only passives will stack. And Devoted-Brawler doesn't have AR passives. Damage reduction abilities from items like Cadhu Scalth are basically the same as underpenetration and stack with dmagae reduction from underpenetration. You won't use a shield of course, just as example.

I suspect Essence Interrupter as well. It works very well against the constructs so the chances are high that it has been used.

Holy Moly! Let's rename it to Hunter's Flaw.

Tactical Barrage gives you +1 Power Level which will give you some small bonuses with most of your abilities (+5% dmg or duration and so on). But in case of Stunning Surge and esp. Swift Flurry and Heartbeat Drumming Disciplined Strikes is strictly better. Escape 1/encounter when bloodied is not comparable to Unbending. If you don't know where to get the ability point: Rapid Recovery is worse than Unbending... Single Weapon style is better in the early game but worse later on. You also can't use it with fists. And you will have to use fists as solo Devoted. Clarity is def. important. Recovery is lower with DEX and Swift Flurry. Generally solo PotD is a lot harder if you try to focus on offense too much.

It's additive, so it's not superbad - but when going solo I think the bonus MIG is not worth the risk. Different story in a party of course. Nalpasca solo is better in my opinion: more wounds due to drugs, longer effect of drugs, drugs are plenty and cheap (you can even craft them). And when going solo on PoTD you need to use consumables anyway - so win/win kind of.

She has a nice lvl-1 spell - for starters.

Nope

Single class Monk. Just because Resonant Touch in combo with Whispers of the Wind (with dual blunderbusses or dual mortars or Sun & Moon + Keeper of the Flame...) lets you stack hundrets of TOuches which then can be used to kill the megaboss in one stroke, bypassing scripted effects and healing.

Resistance stacks like conversions: multiplicatively - one gets checked after the other. THe more you stack the less impact additonal resistances/conversions have. It is crap - at least for a whole ability point. You can buy better stuff with that. Blackblade's Hood may be an aternative to Fair Favor.

Uncanny Luck is not very good, I agree. Even if you're looking for high crit conversion it's crap. Where's Unbending? A must-have in my opinion.

With Swift Flurry and Heartbeat Drumming you want Disciplined Strikes, not Tactical Barrage. You might want Clarity of Agony. Rännig's Wrath: great pick. But what's in your offhand? Single handed style? I'd maybe use Tuotilo's Palm. It works with Transcendent Suffering and also well with your backup fist setup for pierce-immune foes while it removes the long recovery of the Rapier+modal on Full Attacks.

That looks like Blooded. Are you sure it's the correct entry? Because the AR bonus of Thick Skinned totally works above 50% health.