Hey man your 2 cents is what I’m looking for. I laughed at “no stealth. admirable, but pointless” Theres always room for a good SR. Anyway by mixing gear you think i should throw in some Valkyrie? The goal wasnt to make my crit chance super high, but i needed executioner there. Essentially the problems you listed would mean to make this build perfect. You want me to go 15 into trickery, and at least 10 into shadow arts to give me more toughness, that or soldiers gear. and all of those things would reduce damage, which understood is already pretty high. I’m hoping that with these changes i could retain enough damage for the survivability to be worth it… which brings in the whoe active defense over passive defense argument.
Hoping my response doesn’t look like I’m dismissing your suggestions! They were well made and appreciated sir
Hmm, I don’t have exact suggestions, only some things I’ve noticed that work well for me. So, here we go:
1. Cavalier gear is pretty nice when you want to lower critical chance and increase defense without nerfing damage too heavily. I like it, but only on a few pieces of armor. Personally, I use Cavalier chest, boots and one trinket to add in some toughness. I usually go for around 2300 armor and this will get you there.
2. I don’t go into the toughness tree because, quite frankly, last refuge is quite possibly the worst trait in the entire game. Believe it or not, that one trait keeps me from all the others in that tree.
3. I like Valkyrie weapons myself. They give a great boost to health and power. Again, you’ll lose precision here but that’s okay, since you need to lower it some anyway.
4. I run with around 40% critical chance, which is, according to the golden ratio table, still a tad high for my critical damage. Remember, if traited appropriately, you can achieve 70% critical chance for unload so long as you’re above 90% health with fury. That’s plenty for two unloads.
5. If you have the money, I would get Traveler’s runes. Their condition duration goes nicely with the power line as well as body shot’s immobilize. They have decent damage, as well as the ever important run speed constant.
6. P/P main set and P/P offset just don’t have the escape mechanisms that other weapons bring. If you want to keep both, you may want to consider Shadow Trap for those times you need to get out of dodge quickly. With planning, combining Shadow Trap and Traveler’s runes will get you quickly away from the battle to somewhere safe when overrun. Perhaps exchange Agility Signet for Shadow Trap. That should be enough to save your kitten when the kitten hits the fan.
7. Finally, I would go 15 into Trickery for fury on steal (see above), initiative on steal (see above) and +3 initiative (see above).
8. Every thing else pure zerker.
That’s how I would change it up a bit.
). Rolled a thief a few weeks later, fell in love with pistols, and haven’t looked back since.