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Awww maaaann! I'm not at home - stupid holidays!

Damn... I'm in the holidays with no computer.

But doesn't the description of the Mage Slayer say that Carnage also applies the debuff?

Well, it would be really useful if it could handle the self-buffing chain at the start of combat.

No, as I answered in the other thread in the Deadfire forum it's the other way round in PoE1.

It was/is certainly better in PoE most of the time. One exception is Badgradr's Barricade that would be better if it hit secondly and not first. But most of the time it's better to use the offhand first - like you described. Don't know why they changed it. Maybe an oversight.

PoE1 did use the offhand first when doing a Full Attack. For example you would start a Blinding Strike with a bash from your shield and then follow with your hammer.

Again: very transparent mechanics with a PoE game... Watch out! Ironic post!

I don't hate it or something - but I only use it for the Deadfire Beta and nothing else.

Priests will get changed. Some others might be ok but the beta is too short to really see their value. For example a Wizard Slayer barb might be really handy against groups of casters (remember some bounties in PoE). All his Carnage attacks automatically cause spells to fail. This seems to be pretty good. I personally don't use potions that much anyways and most buffs only for the initial phase of combat. So it seems like it's a good class for me. Others seem to be really bad - or badly implemented - like the Ascendant. But I don't think there are lot of subclasses that are bad.

That would be very nice. I would immediately remove WIN 10 from my computer.

I think CON was very useful in PoE where we had endurance and healt. Especially for meat shields with low deflection like barbs it was very beneficial to raise CON. But basically every build that relied on healing instead of high defenses to survive did benefit from high CON. Now there's only health - which can easily be healed during encounter. That makes CON the number two dump stat after RES (in the current beta version). After the next patch it will be number one. I can't see why it would need a nerf. I would even give it a boost. I guess I would give a healing bonus if you have high CON and a healing maluses if you have low.

I can't really see how a one-on-one PvP duel can prove anything. It's the same (wrong) approach as in PoE where people wanted to show how OP the rogue is (which is also wrong) by doing virtual duels against monk or fighter. And, more importantly: there is healing! This is a pve party based game. There is a reason why CON got raised from 3% to 5%. The effect of higher endurance is important if you always struggle with surviving encounters but once you manage to win them without getting knocked out more CON is completely useless (as I already pointed out). Picking one (irrelevant) example where CON is more beneficial than another stat and then demanding a fix of that situation is... don't know... funny?

Eh sorry. Corrected that.

You know that Rooting Pain generates wounds when used by a Shattered Pillar? You also know that Swift Flurry generates wounds more quickly than you could ever spend them? The penetration issue is the same for most other classes. That's why there are buffs and debuffs. This is a party game and when you think that your high damage monk can't penetrate well enough then either use another party member to lower enemies' AR or let him buff your PEN. Or use a weapon set that allows you to raise your PEN with a modal. There's a reason why you get Weapon Proficiencies. Monks are one of the clear winners of the Deadfire beta so far. Like Deadfire paladins, they combine sturdyness with very good offensive capabilities and are a great candidate for multiclassing as well. Obviously monks don't need any boost. I'd even say that Shattered Pillar and Helwalker need a nerf since they are not balanced at all. MIG is a multiplicative damage bonus now which makes Helwalker's bonus ridiculously good. And the dps potential of a monk let's the Shattered Pillar gain wounds more quickly than he can spend them. There are classes that need a boost - and that's offensive casters. Especially in the PEN department they can't use any weapon modals to raise the PEN for their spells. And their long casting times feel horrible if you compare it to a superfast hitting monk.

Yes, a Druid with storms makes most encounters a lot easier.

Just remap the key. I'm using a German layout and ~ doesn't work properly,so I remapped to 0 (zero).

I can't remember how Psychovampiric Shield works in Deadfire (I'm already in the holidays without a computer), but in PoE it lowered the enemy's resolve by 10 and raised your deflection directly instead of your resolve...

Druid Livegiver is my no. 1 candidate for it.

It is quite nice and fun to play - but I never tried it solo. I guess the defenses are too bad for solo. One could easily adapt with some other talents though. I would also switch from Tidefall to Drawn in Spring + shield at some point I guess.

It's good if you are using something where Power Level has impact. Like healing spells for example.

Way too early. You should be max lvl before doing that. There are plenty of other encounters you can do and level up before going after high level andragans. You should always pop out some summons when going after andragans. It's very important to not catch a petrify from them because it lasts for ages.

I find the multiclass restrictions kind of stupid. Now I can't do a Bleak Walker/Priest of Berath because their dispositions clash a bit - but it's totally ok to pick a Priest of Berath and play him cruel/aggressively. I will just get weaker disposition bonuses which could be removed with Untroubled Faith. Why can't I do the same with said multiclass options? If I pick Bleak Walker's/Berath I should get punished by weaker disposition gains. Then I could pick Untroubled Faith at some point to remove the restrictions if I wished. This could also mean that I have to take it once for my paladin class to remove the maluses for my paladin abilities and a second time to remove my maluses on the priest abilities. This would mean that there is some hefty drawback when I choose uncommon combos - but we wouldn't have "forbidden" combos (which I don't like).

Raising CON from 3 to 18 doesn't make any sense if you don't get killed with 3 CON. The advantage high CON gives you is only circumstancial, while the advantage of higher accuracy or higher damage nearly always applies. That's why even 5% per point of CON doesn't feel very powerful while a 3% multiplicative gain of damage per hit or attack speed or healing power feels more useful. If you play certain build like ones that rely on abilities that trigger at 50% endurance or drain you health constantly then it may be different. But the common frontliner would be stupid to raise CON from 15 to 20 if he didn't get knocked out a lot. While those 5 points wouldn't improve his survivability (what's to improve if you don't go down?) the same 5 points would help him more if he put them into DEX, MIG or PER. There is no "damage/accuracy" cap as there is an survivability cap. Well there would be if you'd one-shot most enemies all the time. That's the main reason why CON should give a lot higher bonus per point. Its benefit is capped at some point.

Raising CON from 3 to 18 doesn't make any sense if you don't get killed with 3 CON. The advantage high CON gives you is only circumstancial while the advantage of higher accuracy or higher damage nearly always applies. That's why even 5% per point of CON doesn't feel very powerful while a 3% multiplicative gain of damage per hit or attack speed or healing power feels more useful. If you play certain build like ones that rely on abilities that trigger at 50% endurance or drain you health constantly then it may be different. But the common frontliner would be stupid to raise CON from 15 to 20 if he doesn't get knocked out a lot. While those 5 points wouldn't improve his survivability (what's to improve if you don't go down?) the same 5 points would help him more if he put them into DEX, MIG or PER. There is no "damage/accuracy" cap as there is an survivability cap. Well there would be if you'd one-shot most enemies all the time. That's the main reason why CON should give a lot higher bonus per point. It's benefit is capped at some point.