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Stele Dragon Raider Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 231 Joined: Jan 29^th, 2011	Returning player questions... Oct 27^th, 2014 at 2:59pm	Print Post
	Just returning after a 2 year break, stopped playing a few months after MoTU. Hopefully someone can help me with the following - 1. For my main character� (THF DPS) has heavy armor replaced robes/evasion as the best form of damage mitigation? 2. I see melee characters have become self-sufficient now - is UMD'ing Heal scrolls and Healing Amp sufficient? 3. When leveling different ED's on my main I used to dual box and do all the actual work on my FvS on my 2nd account. Is FvS still amongst the best for soloing Epic content? Any recommended builds?


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Munkenmo Epic Poster Offline Posts: 4363 Location: A land under down under Joined: Nov 10^th, 2010	Re: Returning player questions... Reply #1 - Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:14pm	Print Post
	1. Heavy armor is the way to go now, evasion is not worth considering at all unless you're a monkcher / tosser. 2. No, you'll most likely need rejuvenation cocoon from the primal avatar ED. 3. FVS have been weak since the arrival of motu, it's even more noticeable now than it was then. They're fine on EH where mob hp is low enough for blade barrier to be effective, but in EE, not so much. The current meta has significantly improved Paladins, 15-20 paladin is amongst the strongest builds right now.� My own preference would be a PDK or Bladeforged 19paladin/1fighter. (primarily so I can easily skip to level 15) Wolf form druids are more powerful than paladins, but that's due to bugged combat styles allowing 2wf, swf, shield mastery & natural fighting to all work at the same time.
	« Last Edit: Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:17pm by Munkenmo »
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NOTdarth Puppy Farmer Offline Save the Planet, Kill Yourself Posts: 1495 Joined: Oct 15^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: Returning player questions... Reply #2 - Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:26pm	Print Post
	Munkenmo wrote on Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:14pm: 3. FVS have been weak since the arrival of motu, it's even more noticeable now than it was then. They're fine on EH where mob hp is low enough for blade barrier to be effective, but in EE, not so much. I'll have you know that you're wrong about this.


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Munkenmo Epic Poster Offline Posts: 4363 Location: A land under down under Joined: Nov 10^th, 2010	Re: Returning player questions... Reply #3 - Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:48pm	Print Post
	NOTdarth wrote on Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:26pm: I'll have you know that you're wrong about this. No I'm not, we probably just have different definitions of weak. FVS have been consistently proxy nerfed since their wings were clipped 2012, they're in drastic need of an overhaul to become relevant again.
	« Last Edit: Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:51pm by Munkenmo »
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Alex DeLarge Epic Poster Offline Get ready for some of the 'ol in-out, in-out Posts: 3489 Location: Foggy Albion Joined: May 11^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Returning player questions... Reply #4 - Oct 27^th, 2014 at 4:10pm	Print Post
	Munkenmo wrote on Oct 27^th, 2014 at 3:48pm: No I'm not, we probably just have different definitions of weak. FVS have been consistently proxy nerfed since their wings were clipped 2012, they're in drastic need of an overhaul to become relevant again. You must be forgetting that all of the Motu content (right after it was released) was soloed by an Evoker FvS on EE. They have survived the changes much better than you may realize, even better than monks I must say. QP nerf was the first nail in the coffin, while MRR may be the last.


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Munkenmo Epic Poster Offline Posts: 4363 Location: A land under down under Joined: Nov 10^th, 2010	Re: Returning player questions... Reply #5 - Oct 27^th, 2014 at 4:15pm	Print Post
	Alex DeLarge wrote on Oct 27^th, 2014 at 4:10pm: You must be forgetting that all of the Motu content (right after it was released) was soloed by an Evoker FvS on EE. I'm not forgetting at all, it was a centred unarmed fvs using max wisdom and making good use of the first incarnation of Everything is nothing, which was nerfed, which in turn was a proxy nerf to FVS. Don't get me started on monks

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Arkat Chonus Christ Offline Hola Bienvenido Posts: 12345 Location: Wyoming Joined: Jul 13^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Returning player questions... Reply #6 - Oct 27^th, 2014 at 6:52pm	Print Post
	Munkenmo wrote on Oct 27^th, 2014 at 4:15pm: Don't get me started on monks Yeah, same here. I hardly ever play Arkat anymore.

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Alex DeLarge Epic Poster Offline Get ready for some of the 'ol in-out, in-out Posts: 3489 Location: Foggy Albion Joined: May 11^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Returning player questions... Reply #7 - Oct 28^th, 2014 at 1:34am	Print Post
	Munkenmo wrote on Oct 27^th, 2014 at 4:15pm: I'm not forgetting at all, it was a centred unarmed fvs using max wisdom and making good use of the first incarnation of Everything is nothing, which was nerfed, which in turn was a proxy nerf to FVS. Don't get me started on monks Sad panda.


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