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Azzuro the merchant
Boeroer replied to zered's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
rofl what? With hirelings it all comes down to net points. If somebody has +6/-6 he's worth zero. There are so many hirelings that have +1, +2 or even more net points. You're always better off if you take those. The noblewoman is great for example. You need Prestige so that these guys visit more often so you can hire them. Same with the visitors that you can't hire but who still give you points - Lord Sidroc for example. -
What I once tried as a compromise between DPS phrase and invocation speedup was this: Alternating between "Come Sweet Winds" and "The Dragon Slashed" - plus one or two Rings of Searing Flames. You can cast Combusting Wounds on a group and they will suffer from up to 12 DoT effects at best because of linger time (the linger time of Dragon is longer than the whole duration of Come Sweet WInds - so they overlap... like always ). That's 12*5=60 extra burn damage every 3 secs when they overlap and 30 if they don't. Plus you will get your 12 Ogres quicker.
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It depends. If you abuse the fighter's self heals a bit and combine that with a very offensive build I think you have the perfect combination of sturdyness and dps. I just did the fight at Magran's Fork with these bandits that stole the crate from the smith. Man, this Outlaw with Recovery and Unbroken really p!sses me off! He is sooo hard to kill if you're of low level. Same with the one bounty in the white march (can't remember the name) east of Durgan's Battery if I recall correctly. This fighter dudess (I think she drops the Forgotten Tear of the Beloved) just refuses to die. My last fighter was very sturdy and did good damage even though he only had a club and a large shield.
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A 3 MIG rogue suffers from -21% damage. That's nothing for a rogue. At the same time he gets +50% from Sneak Attack and +100% from Deathblows. With Savage Attack and +5 PER you wouldn't even notice the difference to a 10 MIG rogue. So of course it works. And it's not true that a tankier rogue is inferior to a DPS fighter. You always have to remind yourself that a rogue that kisses the ground does zero damage. A rogue with small shield, high RES and CON, Weapon & Shield Style will not go down easily I once did a tanky rogue with focus on crits with low might and Badgradr's Barricade and he was great.
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I said that a lot of times. Even better: Tidefall + Shod-in-Faith + Wolf + Predator's Sense and stuff: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/83435-class-build-riptide-the-pit-fright-dps-offtank-melee-ranger-double-team-supreme/ I had the Persistence-variant and a Stormcaller ranger and they both were on par in terms of DPS. But the best thing was a rogue with Deep Wounds and Persistence and a ranger with Stormcaller. https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/83378-class-build-the-mad-hornet-dps-ranged-rogue/ Ranger plus DPS pet absolutely outdamages any rogue by the way - if well played.
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Azzuro the merchant
Boeroer replied to zered's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
Yeah, and then you get the message that he showed up... aaand left while you travelled from A to B. Love that... not! -
Azzuro the merchant
Boeroer replied to zered's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
I also read that you should build the merchant stalls as soon as possible. Don't know if that's right. My experience with him is that you can't rely on anything when it comes to Azurro. One playtrough he shows up like a hundred times, selling me the same stuff over and over again (3x Hiro's Mantle, 2x Rimecutter, 2x Rebel's Call - wtf?) - next playthrough I did the same things with the stronghold and he showed up 5 times. I think the guy is on svef. -
Ok, did a test: Sadly, "Their Courage Thick as Steel" doesn't stack. It gets suppressed. Same for most of the other phrases and invocations (e.g. the one that lowers DR and so on). But I have to say that the chant itself is not as bad as I thought. Especially if you are a chanter tank with high deflection and you use Ancient Memory, Beloved Spirits and Veteran's Recovery plus a regenerating item it's pretty good. It eats up the min damage that gets through your armor and would otherwise kill you slowly. If the 30pts are gone, your regeneration can do the job until the shield gets cast again. I just cleared whole Crägholt Bluffs with two lvl-14-chanter tanks (one sings Their Courage + Dragon Slashed, the other one only Dragon Slashed). It was supereasy. Took forever - but supereasy.
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I would give rogue maxed mechanics because he can have the biggest bonus from the start. And if he's in front line or behind doesn't really matter for me. I don't run into areas like Usain Bolt if I didn't explore them before. If your rogue is in the front while exploring and is stealthed he sees enemies before they see him - and the game pauses. So no danger there.
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"Dragon Shlashed" also stacks, yes. It's devastating with 6 chanters. You will experience a less hilarious part though. Even in the temple of Eothas I found that 6 times "Come Sweet Winds of Death" were not enough to melt some foes quickly enough. And on higher levels the phantoms also start to stink. I never tried to summon 12 Ogres though - THAT should be fun.
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Am I the minority?
Boeroer replied to Benedictous's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
Yes, unfortunately - and it sooo tiresome to read.
