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Those pieces seem to be guaranteed drops on the first boss kill after unlocking the collection. The world boss isn’t dropping it? I’d check to ensure it’s not shown as collected. Otherwise, bug report, I venture.
Pop Darkness, Might, then Elements in that order to take out most crowds of junk. If they’re still alive and you need breathing room, use the elite. While all those are on cooldown, swap to your other legend and burst those skills.
I wouldn’t use Darkness to start a fight, since it is a stun break. Burst of Strength is great when running solo against tougher opponents or groups, but not really needed in groups. As you said, I like to use it right before Elemental Blast.
I feel like an idiot for never realizing that it was a stun break. Regardless, it’s also powerful CC. At some points that is useful!
I was tanking as a Rev just last night in a bunch of 3 man Dungeon runs. We tried with me doing power DPS and it just failed. Once I swapped to tanking spec/weapons it was far easier. Once I went and made myself a set of Soldier’s armor, it became much easier.
The one big thing I would say about Shiro’s heal is that you don’t want to use it in isolation. If I’m using Shiro and need to burst a heal what I do is pop Enchanted Daggers, switch to staff, turn on Impossible Odds, and let autoattack fly for a moment. It usually causes healing numbers to fly. (Staff 4 is also a minor heal/condi clear. I’ve gotten to be quite fond of it)
I admittedly wonder how people determine that they have a certain level of DPS at any given time. Personally, I do use my weapon skills as well, though it depends on the situation. Sword 3 is risky at times, but can be used as an extra dodge, or also just to boost DPS if you aren’t in a group stacking you with 25 might. I’ve also been known to use sword 2 and axe 4/5 to help break down a champion. With the one GM trait on Shiro’s line, you’ll see single hits take out -half- of those defiance bars. Those weapon skills definitely have purpose. Revenant absolutely shines at stunning champions.
Then the facets. I see people not using them well at all. Darkness is a mixed bag. It’s mostly good for CC, but every now and then that can be handy. Might and Elements are great for thinning out a crowd. Pop Darkness, Might, then Elements in that order to take out most crowds of junk. If they’re still alive and you need breathing room, use the elite. While all those are on cooldown, swap to your other legend and burst those skills.
People just sit on facets. You don’t need to. I still almost never run out of the buffs, and yet I do so much more than spam 1. It’s a lot more fun, too.
I haven’t tried, but usually inactive skills are by weapon, so you could swap and use a skill before it normally recharges. Beyond that, there are some weapon sigils that fire an ability when you swap to the weapon. You could make use of those by swapping weapons.
I agree that you only need so many tanks and healers with each raid. But there are more damage types than Berzerker! My thief hits 93% crit, 100% if beside/behind the target, with power and ferocity secondary. Granted that’s close to Zerker.
I’m flat out not playing Zerk either. I prefer other stats. I’m ok with power/precision/condi. I like Viper. I like Carrion. It’s about how each person plays, more than anything.
Took me days to get the loot I needed for part 1 of zap. The time of day made a difference. So did asking my guild to keep eyes open. Definitely hard though.
Yeah, only one elite spec at a time, due to the fact that the third spec slot is the only one that can accept elites. At least as things stand now.
I’d love a Condi ranged build. One or two handed. Axe does provide some off hand range, although I freely admit it’s limited. That said, use it to jump in close before swapping legend?
I’m sorry, but I have to disagree. Though I do use sword a lot, skill 3 is well worth using and increases might drastically. Using the facets properly lets you use those attacks from them while still holding the buffs during that time. Axe can add torment and chill. Mace torments, poisons, burns, and adds might. Sword vulnerability is nice, but you get a short lived 20 stacks from using the might facet.
There is a rotation, definitely.
Minor complaint, but I’ll throw my support behind it. Maybe just some mild aura effects for each, similar to how we can see the glow of each legend around the hands?
Protection could glow around the torso, might could intensify the hand glow, swiftness could glow around the legs/feet, fury perhaps the eyes, regeneration I’m willing to take suggestions on.
Frankly, I’m finding a sword/axe Herald build to be potent for handling even Reapers. I’m torn between all but Ventari for the other stance, though I’ve been settling mostly on Dwarf. That heal eating conditions is great. Using Corruption/Whatever the dwarf spec I can’t recall the name of helps, particularly considering stability and the increased damage resistance. They’ll keep ticking down, but intelligent use of both Glint and Jalis heals really weakens Condi against you.
I love the concept and basic design, but the healing feels weak compared to other healing specs. Personally, I think I need to test it with full healing power gear to be sure, but I’m thinking I’d like to see buffs to skill 6+7. Perhaps range, definitely in values.