Thoughts on feats?

WF

1 Point blank shot
3 completionist
4 Rapid shot
6 precise shot
8 Maximize
9 toughness
12 Empower, Improv Crit Range
15 IPS
16 Augment Summon
18 PL  Arcane Initiate
20 Heighten

HElf - same add rogue dilly

rest wrote on Mar 28^th, 2012 at 4:15pm:


Yes. And I think the only offensive ones worth worrying about are the level 6 ones and heighten wont do anything for them.

And I would ditch augment summons with or without the wand. Why use a feat for a dog that is worthless most of the time anyway? Still get the wand though.

Definitely grab quicken. Maybe evocation focus for the BB?

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Good feedback about heighten vs quicken.

debating on aug summon can swap alot in there, with 3 sorc passive pl and wiz active should be ok on DC but focus Evo could bump it one more.

thanks.

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How high is your concentration? I like quickened BBs and quickened tactical detonation in addition to my quickened reconstruct.

evo focus would be a great swap in for aug summon.

Take quicken at level 6.  Quickened fire turret is better than anything your bow can do at that level. 

I also agree that augment summon is worthless.  Even on a completionist and with multiple sorc PL, your DC isn't that great and can still use the bump. 

I agree with Carpone that Arti DCs just don't get that hot.

If you're giving up on DCs, just make a first life Artificer and be happy.  Similarly, if you don't have 3 Sorc Past Lives to go with your Completionist, make your completionist something else.

If you do have the Sorc PLs to go with it, I think DCs could become interesting to the point of considering Drow if it'll give you an extra INT bracket over H-Elf.  I'd consider WF Completionist Arti with 3 Sorc PLs kind of a waste if you're dropping a DC for WF survivability vs Half-Elf, but can see why someone else would do it. 

If you have the Sorc PLs, I'd drop Heighten for SF: Evocation, and Rapid Shot for GSF: Evocation.  If you can tell the difference between having Rapid Shot or not with a crossbow you have a talent. 

I like Augment Summon for the dog, but it is buggy and death-prone enough that I can see why you'd not bother.  Depends if you personally use the dog or not; if so, I'd definitely get it.  If not, I'd pick Rapid Shot back up.

I haven't ever seen the need for Quicken on an Arti in any content I've ever run, but that content excludes eLOB where maybe quickened recons are necessary?  I have no idea.

Needs Spell Penetration and Greater Spell Penetration.  There are lots of Drow coming.

Also, add Eschew Materials.

popejubal wrote on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 1:14pm:


This makes me think he knows that already.

Cripey wrote on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 1:24pm:

Carpone wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 7:40pm:



replace litany and +4 tome with +3 tome and completionist feat and I have all that so no big deal.

Epoch wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 9:43am:

You'll have to try harder than that.  I run one of the most successful and accomplished raiding guilds in DDO, completed 1400 raids and have every piece of gear I care for.

Carpone wrote on Mar 31^st, 2012 at 9:56am:


Do you? I would like to see some proof for those claims.

I do think it's odd that past lives from one class synergise so well with other classes.  I like Sorcerers/Wizards, so 3 Sorcerer past lives would take a long time for me because I level slowly, but it wouldn't really be a grind.

I capped one hjealer (FvS) and I don't think I want to do that again.  I certainly don't want to run through 3 Cleric past lives for +3 Conjuration DC even though I would like to have that +3 DC on Conjuration spells for my Wizard.  3 Cleric past lives would be a massive grind for me.

I get the idea behind the completionist feat, but some of the individual past life feats are just odd.