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Very nice - the lightning was fun to watch. *zap-zap-zap* :D

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.

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.

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.

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.

I think you could do that. Give 2 chanters this phrase and alternate between Dragon and Courage. There would be a little overlap from linger time but that's OK I think.

Yeah, and then you get the message that he showed up... aaand left while you travelled from A to B. Love that... not!

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.

I just want to see a screenshot of the 12 Ogres.

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.

The whole screen will be full of Ogres. Haha. Now I really want to know if the 30pt-damage-shield chant stacks as Raven asked. The chant itself is quite crappy - if it stacks: not so anymore. Will run a quick test...

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.

But it's 12(!) Ogres. You can pretend they are the dozens... dumb as they are.

"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.

Yes, unfortunately - and it sooo tiresome to read.

I'm from germany and I like pirates in fantasy settings. I also like firearms. I mean in fantasy games - not in my house...

Why not? With Spelltongue, fast attack speed and self buffs it should work. No, I will not try this at home.

I just did a quick test (2.03) and it still works like it used to. Accurate 1: Exceptional: What I did see is that "Terrible" is not listed as enchantment anymore if you look at the weapon in the enchantment UI. But it still got "overriden".

Put on the Cloak of the Master Mystic and receive a crit before the combat ends. There is a chance that you stay invisible forever. Taking the Backstab Talent is really good for this. It will be gone if you save/reload.

I think they are all apprentices of Zeblastian Hurtstacker.

I can just tell Osric that I want to keep it. Gives me bad reputation with the dozens, but who cares? Maybe you have to be cruel or aggressive? I can't remember, sorry. But normally if I want it I just substract the life force from the dozens. I hate them anyway - gives me Cloudpiercer, too.

I also think that this is negligible. I have not much experience with solo playthroughs - thanks for the info. I'm actually quite happy that this build can also work solo.

Spelltongue: chest (with a cart) in Russetwood, lower right of the map if I recall correctly. It's great for a wizard: you can use it to prolong all the buffs that are on you. Wiuth Alacrity you can hit fast enough to keep the buffs up for the whole fight. Summoned weapons use the Weapon Focus you have - like Soulbound Weapons do. It's very convinient. Golden Gaze is just great for a wizard because it not only causes 2 blasts for each shot but also causes -5 DR for a long time in a huge area. What I also forgot to mention: If Expose Vulnerabilites hits again while enemies still suffer from it, it's durations get added. It doesn't get suppressed! So most of the time, when I did like 10 shots, the enemies hat Exp. Vuln. for over a minute! This is not the case if you cast it yourself (gets completely suppressed) - it only seems to work with the rod.