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Scarface

18 rogue/2 Arti
Neutral
Human

Stats:
16 dex (w/ +5 tome)
16 con
18 int (+ levels)

Feats:
1 Point Blank Shot
1 Rapid Shot
(A)Rapid Reload
3 Weapon Focus Ranged
6 Precision
9 Precise Shot
12 Imp Critical
15 Completionist (2nd weapon focus if not completionist)
18 Imp Precise Shot
21 Overwhelming Crit
24 Combat Archery
26 Holy Strike
27 Imp Sneak Attack
28 Double Shot

Enhancements:
40 points in Mech w/ T5 & core 5
25 in Assassin for Killer & Sneak Attack
12 in Harper for KTA, Int to hit, and ranged power
3 in human for damage boost & heal amp

Epic Destiny: Legendary Dreadnought

Twists:
4 Piercing Clarity
3 Grim Precision
1 Rejuvenation Cocoon
1 Stay Frosty


Gear:
TF T3 GXbow
Knives Eternal
Shadowscale light armor
Sightless
Shroud of Ardent
E Litany (Manual of pilfering swap)
Cloak of the Night Lvl 24
Belt of Braided Beards
Strange Tidings (Avithoul or Deceit until ST gets fixed)
(Swap)
E Alacrity Quiver
Sanctified Gages
E Ship Kickers
Mysterious Bracers
E Mentau Goggles

WeHaveLived wrote on Sep 27^th, 2015 at 11:53pm:


Weapon Focus: Thrown?

Rubbinns wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 2:59am:


Hmmm. Will have to look into that. I built this on an alt so have just been grinding xp most of the time. Possibly a conflict with blinding speed? I don't have room for that one.

What do you usually twist?

AtomicMew wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 4:42am:


It's certainly pretty pointless if you're running a gxbow build...

Also, I really liked insightful reflexes on mine while levelling, and I went pure, as I'm pretty sure the additional sneak attack > eternal knives. Crap maths from my crappy build:

3d6 sneak dice = 11.5 average damage from sneak.

24 RP - epic levels
16 (rounded up) average RP - zeal
12 RP - DC Cores
20 RP - Mech
1 RP - Tome (Haven't upgraded yet)
2 RP - Mythic from E Divine Artillerty
---
75 RP
11.5 * 1.75 * 1.5 = 30.2 average damage from sneak (which I basically get permanently due to assassins trick).

Knives is average 3.5 (spiked) + 11 (knife shot) = 14.5.

I still get that the 2 arti provides versatility with the dog + rapid reload + feat, but given that just the sneak damage trumps the knives, not to mention the 3 base damage, and the occasionally useful clicky, I'm pretty certain 20 rogue is better DPS. I may have missed something though. As I said, crappy maths is crappy... on a crappy build... from a crappy player

kum-gulp wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 6:56am:


Hahaha, I can hear that. I think you can even fit it in AP wise (assuming 8 to get three ranks from any second tier tree), 40 ap in mech, 23 in assassin for t3 killer, 8 ap in harper for KTA = 71, so you'd have one ap left over to play with. Tempest or FB looks garbage, but I could kinda like warchanter. You could throw that extra ap into rough and ready for 6 PRR.

Would mean giving up human damage boost though, which would make me sad.

Limpgimp wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 8:22am:


I know it stacks, but is that 10% actually noticeable though? I thought diminishing returns hit attack speed pretty hard, so once you factor in BAB, 40% from mech plus rapid shot and rapid reload. Is that 10% actually more like 1%? I've just tried to search up recent statistics on ranged speed but can't find much. I'm sure I've seen something recent though. I'm asking seriously, not trolling, I'm just not sure I would give up sense weakness or something else for it.

totally wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 5:56am:


Sorry, havent played one yet.  Why is it pointless to take blinding speed?

Rubbinns wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 12:06pm:

No Pin ? Wut ?
Leg Shot and Pin best ever. I'd consider it essential except raiding.

AtomicMew wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 3:55pm:


Mechanical Reloader: +10 Ranged Power, +10% Ranged Alacrity with repeating crossbows and thrown weapons. +40% Ranged Alacrity with non-repeating crossbows.

Note: Ranged Alacrity is an enhancement bonus, thus does not stack with Haste spell but does stack with fighter/rogue haste boost.

totally wrote on Sep 29^th, 2015 at 10:39am:

Thanks, can't believe I missed that.   

Rubbinns wrote on Sep 29^th, 2015 at 4:22am:


It induces helpless state and raises DPS as such

Revaulting wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 2:19am:


I figured it out:

*Use GXBs in parties/raids where someone else can grab most of the mob aggro (i.e. at least one badass mofo).

*Use Repeaters in solo/parties where no one can grab mob aggro (i.e. a bunch of gimps )

+Repeaters to build up Blitz and switch to GXBs in situations where it may result in MOAR DPS.

fr8o wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 7:41am:


I think most people will tell you TF tier 3 is better, but it's a fuck-load easier to get a divine artillery. I pulled one my first epic run, and it really is a shocking amount of DPS. Running in DC, I was regularly critting in 3 -5k range + 3 - 400 sneak damage, and my build was by no means optimised.

Alex DeLarge wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 3:26am:


Eh, GXBow works fine solo as long as you remember to assassin's trick all the things. It really is the only vaguely active bit of the build.