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Yes, I forgot to mention Cladhaliath. However, you have to side with the Dozens to get it early, else you will get it at the beginning of Act III. It is quite nice though because it not only is stunning + vicious (or coordinating, if you like to flank that's the better enchantment) but also has +5 ACC. There are talents and items that raise the crit damage: Annihilating (weapon enchantment): +50%, Merciless Hand (Doemenel talent): +30%, Azalin's Helmet: +10%, Rabbit Fur Gloves: +10%, Dungeon Delver (Dyrw. Looters talent): +10%. Helmet and Gloves don't stack with each other. But I can't think of an item other than the predatory weapons (+10%) which increases hit-to-crit conversion.

Sure. Also stacks with Durgan Steel and One Handed Style. Alltogether 65%.

Next best depends. Since one handed style leads to a lot of crits (especially with durgan steel) I'd go for warhammers and first pick Shatterstar (annihilating, 1 sec interrupt), then Godansthunyr (stunning, +1 MIG). Since both do something special on crit they are fitting and the two damage types are an advantage over maces, spears or sabres. Swords only have meh uniques. Another big plus is that you can buy Shatterstar quite early (Copperlane). For pure dps (not considering on-crit effects) you need speed + durgan steel, so Rêghar Konnek (late), Spelltongue (mid), Danulya (mid), Strike Hard (late), March Steel Dagger (early), Sword of Daenysis (early), Last Blade of the White Forge (late) or Unforgiven (mid) come to mind. Rêghar Konnek also is predatory and Kith-slaying, which fits pretty well. Besides that, I also like Aattuuk for a one handed approach. It is predatory (+10% hit to crit). Plus: a dagger fits a rogue.

If you enter Act III, go to the Celestial Sapling and didn't kill Raedric before then there is no "Champion of Berath" quest. Sounds right to me.

It seems that Ganrich isn't following the forum atm. Maybe we should send him a PM so he can update the list in his opening post?

So - basically like Firefly?

I can guess that it works in some way like White Worms and Garden of Life: corpses in a certain AoE range will do something like giving you bonuses of some sort or so. Maybe passively, maybe actively via ability use. Would be great in combination with Bloodlust, Bloodthirsty and on-kill effects. This would also mean that spirits for example won't work with that stuff (no corpse).

You mean multiclass-combination, not subclass I guess...?

But the point about the ranger is that he keeps up DoTs all the time for his pet's Predator's Sense and he also uses Consecrated Ground to heal it. Lower INT is not that helpful here I'd say. Sure, lower INT will apply the wounding damage a bit faster, but maybe that's not what counts in this case. Edit: damn smartphone auto correction makes "health it" from "INT", sorry...

Let's say 90% of people solve it one way the first time they play.

Hi. You should ask these questions in the character build subforum. You will get plenty of answers there. "Stories" is not that much frequented and deals with other kinds of topics. 1) it depends what you want him to be. If he should use implements like wands and so on take Blast, Penetrating Blast, Marksman, Weapon Focus Noble or Adventurer and maybe Penetrating Shot, Dangerous Implement, Apprentice's Sneak Attack, too. Then think about what your favorite spells are and pick one of the elemental booster talents like Scion of Flame and so on. Wizards have nice freeze spells, so you might want to take Secret of Rime. Summon Kalakoth's Minor Blights in fights. If he should be a melee reach wizard then take Two Handed Style, Arcane Veil, Hardened Veil, Weapon Focus Soldier or Peasant, Savage Attack, Apprentices Sneak Attack and Runner's Wounding Shot. Summon Concelhaut's Staff or Citzal's Spirit Lance or Llengrath's Warding Staff in fights. 2) Doesn't matter at all. 3) If you can do it before entering Act II then fine. There is tons of loot there which will get you a lot of money once you sell it. This helps with building Caed Nua and buy some nice items. But you can totally do it during Act II, too. Just make sure you complete it before you enter Act III or you will most certainly miss a nice little additional quest around Raedric.

Corpse Eater? Really? Must be friends with the Ogres in the Endless Paths... I wonder what this subclass can do - besides eating corpses that is... Sounds interesting though.

Howlol! Actually I can see that this is a great combination if the barb's shouts/howls improved a bit or if there are more of them now + the chanter's phrases and invocations which also came out like shouts most of the time.

Yeah. Once you get Drawn in Spring you could retrain to weapon & shield if you want. Maybe also pick Badgradr's Barricade. Did you know that Thrust of Tattered Veils (procs on crit-bash) works with Driving Flight? :D

Yes. Unfortunately one suppresses the other. Even "normal" retaliation (pierce damage) will get suppressed. It's either sickening OR stuck OR pierce damage. Exceptions: Battle-Forged, Flame Shield and retaliation from Sura's Supper Plate. Those stack with everything.

Yes, there is a rogue companion:

It's because you have a cruel reputation. That you also have benevolent 4 doesn't matter in this case. The game only checks if you are (especially) cruel or not.

It's not that much money if you have Gaun's Pledge to sell. But yes, an arbalest is even better for quich switching.

4 quick gunshots/arbalest/crossbow shots with Sneak Attack is pretty mean at the beginning of the game. Grab the Disappointer and enchant it with Accurate I!

I don't know if it was already said, but Runner's Wounding Shot doesn't work well with blunderbusses, but very well with arquebuses.

Sure one could get the impression that camping supplies are limited - if one played the game for a few hours only. But I still think it is pretty obvious that this is not the case - especially if you double check if the thing you complain about really is a thing. I mean it's not really hard to see that every merchant always sells camping supplies even though you bought all of them on a former visit.

Well, you are wrong. Nearly every merchant sells camping supplies. And the stock of every merchant gets refilled (when it comes to consumables, ingredients and camping supplies). So you have an unlimited number of camping supplies in the game. Their number is in no way finite. And I think that's pretty obvious. So maybe one should double check before calling something tedious BS. Just sayin'...

Stealth is also useful if you like Backstab. It can be fun to sneak to an enemy, fire an arquebus at 2m distance with Sneak Attack and Backstab bonus (+200% base damage) and then run away to your party which awaits the enemy. And of course if you like to steal from chests and stuff right under the nose of NPCs you also need stealth. You don't need mechanics on the same character. Just go forth and pick the lock - this won't bother NPCs. And once it's unlocked sneak in with youzr stealthed character and steal it. As long as the circle doesn't show an eye you're not fully discovered.

Yes: Bilestomper