ineffectivce weapons and other questions

[kelticpete]

so sometimes, especially my two most melee characters, have ineffective weapons.

 

I have a rogue who has piercing/slashing and can swtich to crushing/piercing. sometimes neither seems to be effective.

 

some monsters don't have their DR stuff listed yet.

 

I was wondering if the Prima guide might be of help, or if anyone here had suggestions.

 

what I have done with my rogue and fighter have been to use one melee one ranged. 

 

I just got a ranger, so I can switch up the fighter.

 

also, I am the least effective member of my party (if I can keep mage alive)

 

the rogue invisibilty I use, in the heat of combat, does not seem worth the talent point to get the sneak in. also, she is squishing so a sneak attack at 2 meters then involves sprinting back to the tanks, sometimes not fast enough.

 

sorry for long post. liking game. just wanted advice.

 

 

[Urthor]

Melee weapons flat out just don't deal much damage in this game.  Anything that goes into melee combat and hits things isn't going to be very effective except if it's a min/max'd class using a specific build.  And even then it's still not going to do that much.  

 

 

Rogue in general is a class that depends on getting very high damage single attacks from stacking sneak attack+crippling strike/blinding strike, which makes it focused on using burst damage weapons like guns/crossbow/2h sword, which do 1 very high damage attack.

 

In my experience I find if you're not min/maxing them, then micro managing them by debuffing your opponent to trigger sneak attack THEN using abilities, they do very little damage period.  They're a pain in the ass without a big pay off at the end.

 

 

Pillars of Eternity is a game where it's all about sending in 1-2 invincible tanks, then having 4-5 guys stand back and unleash the DPS.  

Edited April 8, 2015 by Urthor

[Kelstrom]

For a rogue stack accuracy and critical buffs/talents. Get vulnerable attack modal + 2 weapons talent. Then most weapons should work. Sabers and stilettos are top dps.

[kelticpete]

thanks for the stiletto advice, I have had more success with that, except against ogres. my fighter is eder but my rogue has very high dex and might. I will try the two weapons talent. I have taken crippling strike and that has helped.  I saw my rogue has made 93 crits, much more than any other party member.

 

I am in act two, I wish I could just rebuild my rogue without starting over, just once would be enough. 

Edited April 8, 2015 by kelticpete

[andysonofbob]

I have been using 2 x spears.  This was advice from some dude who seemed to know what he was talking about on YouTube.

 

I am also struggling with this.

 

Can you use blinding attack with ranged weapons?  I might revert to a range rogue if so