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Dispel Ex Member	Warlock & Radiance Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 8:04am	Print Post
	Had someone tell me to read Eldritch Burst and read how it says it scales with 100% spell power and doesn't mention Radiance so something something blah blah Radiance won't affect the light damage of your aura etc. Is this true? Because a ton of people get Radiance items for their warlocks and he was trying to make it out as if they didn't read the enhancement all the way and they were all wrong or something.


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totally DQ Assaulter Offline Posts: 457 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #1 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 8:08am	Print Post
	No, whoever it is is an idiot. Quote: Utterdark Blast: Eldritch Essence Stance: Your Eldritch Blast base damage is now Evil instead of Force. (Evil Damage from spells is usually boosted by alignment-based Spell power, and normally deals full damage to enemies regardless of enemy alignment, though particular enemies may have special defenses. Quote: Radiance (spell boost) Prefix Base price modifier: varies Effect: Passive: +N Equipment bonus to Light and Alignment Spell Power. For example I have a Radiance effect that gives +60 Spell Power. Now my light and alignment spells do 60% more damage compared to the base damage. The following non-light spells deal alignment-typed damage and benefit from this type of spell power: [1]
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OldCoaly Puppy Farmer Offline Why did you think this time would be different? Posts: 1564 Location: WAAHH!!!Testing stuff is HARD! Joined: Jul 1^st, 2011	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #2 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 8:12am	Print Post
	Quote: Had someone tell me to read Eldritch Burst and read how it says it scales with 100% spell power and doesn't mention Radiance so something something blah blah Radiance won't affect the light damage of your aura etc. Is this true? Because a ton of people get Radiance items for their warlocks and he was trying to make it out as if they didn't read the enhancement all the way and they were all wrong or something. This is easily tested. Roll up an iconic throw-away 14-Warlock/1-whatever, step into GH or Necro slayer area and see what the difference is when you try all the SLAs with and without a Radiance item. When you're given conflicting information, it's not a bad idea to confirm it for yourself.

	Groo The Wanderer wrote on Sep 8^th, 2013 at 10:43pm: they will probably congratulate themselves on how long they "kept it going" never able to see that it could have easily managed to keep itself going for far longer if they had just meddled far less drastically and with some semblance of an actual gameplan. Darth Anonymous wrote on Feb 1^st, 2014 at 1:11pm: Hearing something has "merit" but we don't have "time" kind of says everything about how Turbine works on things. eighnuss wrote on May 27^th, 2014 at 12:52pm: everyone but turbine knows that we are sad they are destroying our game majmalphunktion wrote on Aug 30^th, 2013 at 12:12am: I don't make the game, I just get tested what they build. Sorry you are not happy. Skoodge wrote on Nov 27^th, 2014 at 6:54am: DDO is easy to summarize - the greatest game to suck the most ass. GooFY wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2015 at 5:36pm: Turbine - So incompetent that we are skeptical when they report their own incompetence. � Meursault wrote on May 11^th, 2015 at 8:10pm: Other companies will settle for shitting out garbage, Turdbin actually prefers to. Especially if they can get us to buy it, that just cracks them up. Meursault wrote on Nov 12^th, 2015 at 2:50pm: Breaking something and putting it back together isn't as good as not breaking it to begin with, it's not even close. palmer01 wrote on Nov 20^th, 2015 at 9:05am: Devs do not care what players want - they already have an agenda and give out token gestures so the paladins can feel worthy. PersonaNonGrata wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 1:24am: The DDO devs aren't motivated by a positive user experience.
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totally DQ Assaulter Offline Posts: 457 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #3 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 8:24am	Print Post
	OldCoaly wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 8:12am: When you're given conflicting information, it's not a bad idea to confirm it for yourself. This too. I have been guilty in the past of accepting info from the wiki at face value, but in this instance, I know it to be true as I have tested it myself


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Asheras Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline This is why we can't have nice things. Posts: 10230 Location: Ohio Joined: Jun 9^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #4 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:00am	Print Post
	totally wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 8:24am: This too. I have been guilty in the past of accepting info from the wiki at face value, but in this instance, I know it to be true as I have tested it myself I agree. Whoever Dispel was talking to was in error. Radiance items absolutely affect Burst/Blast/etc.


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totally DQ Assaulter Offline Posts: 457 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #5 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:23am	Print Post
	The number of times I've had people try to feed me all sorts of shite in game... Heh, my favorite was a group I was with having a discussion about the where the image of mindflayers comes from, so it got onto the Cthulhu mythos, H P Lovecraft etc, and some douche was trying to convince the rest of the group that there was a genuine historical cult dedicated to the worship of Cthulhu, Yog'Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, etc, etc. Didn't see the point in arguing. Dude sounded like he was well into middle age as well.


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Technomage Epic Poster Offline And so it begins... Posts: 4444 Location: Tucson, AZ Joined: Aug 27^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #6 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:33am	Print Post
	totally wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:23am: The number of times I've had people try to feed me all sorts of shite in game... Heh, my favorite was a group I was with having a discussion about the where the image of mindflayers comes from, so it got onto the Cthulhu mythos, H P Lovecraft etc, and some douche was trying to convince the rest of the group that there was a genuine historical cult dedicated to the worship of Cthulhu, Yog'Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, etc, etc. Didn't see the point in arguing. Dude sounded like he was well into middle age as well. Let me guess. He believes the Necronomicon is real and the mad arab Abdul Alhazred was a real person too? Moron.
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Dispel Ex Member	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #7 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:34am	Print Post
	Yeah k I figured it was weird he was saying that. I put points into Spellcraft/Perform/Heal and I just purchased a bunch of good Sonic/Radiance gear. I'm using Utterdark Blast as well.


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Technomage Epic Poster Offline And so it begins... Posts: 4444 Location: Tucson, AZ Joined: Aug 27^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #8 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:36am	Print Post
	Quote: Yeah k I figured it was weird he was saying that. I put points into Spellcraft/Perform/Heal and I just purchased a bunch of good Sonic/Radiance gear. I'm using Utterdark Blast as well. You should be fine then.

	Do not try the patience of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocation of equations. These are the tools we employ, and we know many things. The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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totally DQ Assaulter Offline Posts: 457 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #9 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:40am	Print Post
	Technomage wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:33am: Let me guess. He believes the Necronomicon is real and the mad arab Abdul Alhazred was a real person too? Don't think I ever ran with him again. Technomage wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:33am: Moron. Yes


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Mokune Shroud Slacker Offline Gimped Hairless Ape Posts: 1115 Joined: Nov 16^th, 2011	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #10 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:55am	Print Post
	Something I have seen. When wielding an orb in off hand and stack of scrolls in my main hand aura damage goes down to almost nothing. I didn't perform any maths but I got the feeling that spell power is not applying to aura damage with scrolls in main hand. I didn't try with an empty off hand nor did I try with any other SLAs. I also got some piss poor numbers from aura (Evil, Sonic, and Light damage) when I swapped from Blasting Chime to Spyglass.

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Dispel Ex Member	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #11 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 9:58am	Print Post
	I should have went all CON and INT but I went all CON and CHA. I leveled points into CON and tried to leave CHA alone, but if I had gone INT I'd have points out the wazoo and Spellcraft is INT based so yeah I can't wait to hit lvl 28 I want to ETR then I wanna' TR so I can fix this toon. Going to stay human even though I know Bladeforged is better for PRR and that Reconstruct, but I just wanna look skimpy.


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Starkjade Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Rogue Scholar Posts: 7082 Location: Canadia Joined: Aug 27^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #12 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 10:10am	Print Post
	Shoot me a PM with your character name, Dispel, I might have some gear squirreled away that you could get some use from during your TRing. (Assuming you're on Sarlona again.)

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Asheras Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline This is why we can't have nice things. Posts: 10230 Location: Ohio Joined: Jun 9^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #13 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 10:42am	Print Post
	Quote: I should have went all CON and INT but I went all CON and CHA. I leveled points into CON and tried to leave CHA alone, but if I had gone INT I'd have points out the wazoo and Spellcraft is INT based so yeah I can't wait to hit lvl 28 I want to ETR then I wanna' TR so I can fix this toon. Going to stay human even though I know Bladeforged is better for PRR and that Reconstruct, but I just wanna look skimpy. There is a great discussion thread here on the Vault we had about two months back about CHA vs. INT based warlocks. Bottom line, you can do either. Max Con initially and either INT or CHA. Then pump all your level ups into that same stat. You can't really go wrong with either approach. You will get slightly more damage out of the INT focus, but keep in mind that pumping CHA helps your DC's on your pact damage. The less they can save the more damage you do. So it's not like CHA doesn't help with the DPS. And if you like Evards, the enchantment or necro spells or some of the SLA's in the trees to work well, then DC's can matter. That said, I ran the INT focused variety and really enjoyed it for 3 PL's on one of my characters. Fastest leveling ever. And still strong at end game.


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Dispel Ex Member	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #14 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 10:54am	Print Post
	Is it a good idea for a 20warlock all CON and INT to take Insightful Reflexes? No Evasion but still...


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Asheras Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline This is why we can't have nice things. Posts: 10230 Location: Ohio Joined: Jun 9^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #15 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 11:02am	Print Post
	Quote: Is it a good idea for a 20warlock all CON and INT to take Insightful Reflexes? No Evasion but still... Yes. Warlocks aren't feat starved anyways, so go for it. I'd do something like: Maximize Empower Quicken Mental Toughness Improved MT Insightful Reflexes Completionist/Lightning Reflexes/Something else Epic Eldritch Blast Epic MT Epic Arcane Blast Ruin Epic Spell Power Light


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m4lacka Horoluth Raider Offline Coitus ergo sum. Posts: 2494 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #16 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 11:22am	Print Post
	this is prolly one of my favorite answers ppl usually give when many questions are posed together: yes. side note: with all the update blitzkrieg of turbine, we may turn out wrong by next week. Who the heck knows?
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	Vaultaccount wrote on Aug 29^th, 2016 at 7:06pm: The most broken epic PL in the game is the ridiculous AC buff from martial PLs. But when you include all the inherent benefits from reincarnation, the thing is above the roof. The benefit from TR was supposed to be minimal, but now it is game breaking. start a new character and you will feel, you will get raped in heroics. Personally I think lower heroics on new characters are harder than Legendary Elite content on a character with good gear and has all destinies farmed. Arkat wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 4:14pm: And someone in another thread called ME delusional recently! Wow. Have you EVER gone to Law School Feyn? Have you EVER been asked by a United States Senator who is now the Vice President of the United States to write a paper just for him on a particular topic of Constitutional Law for his use as a Senator? Have you ever been asked to help a very notable Harvard PhD turned Constitutional scholar with his very-well received book on Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Revolutions? Have you ever been offered a job as a Deputy Attorney General BEFORE you even graduated Law School? No? Then STFU you fucking amateur. Meat-Head wrote on Jul 29^th, 2015 at 12:03am: Thx. I was semi-waiting because windows 10 will be here soon. but, the crashing is making me want to punch old people. IMARANGER wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 5:40pm: Pretty sure that the fact that a service can be hacked doesn't make it the "community chest".
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m4lacka Horoluth Raider Offline Coitus ergo sum. Posts: 2494 Joined: Mar 19^th, 2014	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #17 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 11:23am	Print Post
	btw was it knn or 5-foot saying that?

	Vaultaccount wrote on Aug 29^th, 2016 at 7:06pm: The most broken epic PL in the game is the ridiculous AC buff from martial PLs. But when you include all the inherent benefits from reincarnation, the thing is above the roof. The benefit from TR was supposed to be minimal, but now it is game breaking. start a new character and you will feel, you will get raped in heroics. Personally I think lower heroics on new characters are harder than Legendary Elite content on a character with good gear and has all destinies farmed. Arkat wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 4:14pm: And someone in another thread called ME delusional recently! Wow. Have you EVER gone to Law School Feyn? Have you EVER been asked by a United States Senator who is now the Vice President of the United States to write a paper just for him on a particular topic of Constitutional Law for his use as a Senator? Have you ever been asked to help a very notable Harvard PhD turned Constitutional scholar with his very-well received book on Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Revolutions? Have you ever been offered a job as a Deputy Attorney General BEFORE you even graduated Law School? No? Then STFU you fucking amateur. Meat-Head wrote on Jul 29^th, 2015 at 12:03am: Thx. I was semi-waiting because windows 10 will be here soon. but, the crashing is making me want to punch old people. IMARANGER wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 5:40pm: Pretty sure that the fact that a service can be hacked doesn't make it the "community chest".
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[] Madame President Offline Posts: 10532 Joined: Oct 16^th, 2015	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #18 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 11:26am	Print Post
	this has to be a fucking trolling angle: are you REALLY going to post a fucking question EVERY TIME you come across someting puzzeling to you, in a new class, that you've never played before? it's bad enough you decided to come back (instea of, you know, living a life) but this non-stop nigger faggot Q&A session on warlocks is getting beyond stupid.


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Dispel Ex Member	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #19 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 12:09pm	Print Post
	[] wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 11:26am: this has to be a fucking trolling angle: are you REALLY going to post a fucking question EVERY TIME you come across someting puzzeling to you, in a new class, that you've never played before?� it's bad enough you decided to come back (instea of, you know, living a life) but this non-stop nigger faggot Q&A session on warlocks is getting beyond stupid. You're just mad because you saw a thread that wasn't about you.


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[] Madame President Offline Posts: 10532 Joined: Oct 16^th, 2015	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #20 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 12:10pm	Print Post
	no srsly, stfu with the warlock shit; nobody gives a fuck.
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OldCoaly Puppy Farmer Offline Why did you think this time would be different? Posts: 1564 Location: WAAHH!!!Testing stuff is HARD! Joined: Jul 1^st, 2011	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #21 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 1:21pm	Print Post
	Quote: Is it a good idea for a 20warlock all CON and INT to take Insightful Reflexes? No Evasion but still... You don't need to be super hung up on Evasion. It's ok. Lots of people do fine without Evasion. You'll need to play a little differently, but it's pretty far from the end of the world. Asheras wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 11:02am: Yes.� Warlocks aren't feat starved anyways, so go for it.� I'd do something like: Maximize Empower Quicken Mental Toughness Improved MT Insightful Reflexes Completionist/Lightning Reflexes/Something else Epic Eldritch Blast Epic MT Epic Arcane Blast Ruin Epic Spell Power Light If going CHA for DCs, consider Force of Personality and a Spell Focus.

	Groo The Wanderer wrote on Sep 8^th, 2013 at 10:43pm: they will probably congratulate themselves on how long they "kept it going" never able to see that it could have easily managed to keep itself going for far longer if they had just meddled far less drastically and with some semblance of an actual gameplan. Darth Anonymous wrote on Feb 1^st, 2014 at 1:11pm: Hearing something has "merit" but we don't have "time" kind of says everything about how Turbine works on things. eighnuss wrote on May 27^th, 2014 at 12:52pm: everyone but turbine knows that we are sad they are destroying our game majmalphunktion wrote on Aug 30^th, 2013 at 12:12am: I don't make the game, I just get tested what they build. Sorry you are not happy. Skoodge wrote on Nov 27^th, 2014 at 6:54am: DDO is easy to summarize - the greatest game to suck the most ass. GooFY wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2015 at 5:36pm: Turbine - So incompetent that we are skeptical when they report their own incompetence. � Meursault wrote on May 11^th, 2015 at 8:10pm: Other companies will settle for shitting out garbage, Turdbin actually prefers to. Especially if they can get us to buy it, that just cracks them up. Meursault wrote on Nov 12^th, 2015 at 2:50pm: Breaking something and putting it back together isn't as good as not breaking it to begin with, it's not even close. palmer01 wrote on Nov 20^th, 2015 at 9:05am: Devs do not care what players want - they already have an agenda and give out token gestures so the paladins can feel worthy. PersonaNonGrata wrote on Oct 4^th, 2016 at 1:24am: The DDO devs aren't motivated by a positive user experience.
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Asheras Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline This is why we can't have nice things. Posts: 10230 Location: Ohio Joined: Jun 9^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #22 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 1:36pm	Print Post
	OldCoaly wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 1:21pm: You don't need to be super hung up on Evasion.� It's ok.� Lots of people do fine without Evasion.� You'll need to play a little differently, but it's pretty far from the end of the world. If going CHA for DCs, consider Force of Personality and a Spell Focus. Yeah. If I was going Charisma, though, the feats get a little tighter. I'd go with: Maximize Empower Quicken Heighten SF Greater SF Completionist Wizard PL Epic Blast Epic SF Epic Arcane Blast Ruin Epic Light Spellpower Those are all good feats and there's a bunch more I'd like to have. I didn't get any of the Mental Toughness feats in here or any of the Spell Pen feats. As soon as you start going for DC's you get some tough choices between DPS and DC's, and since DC's are so binary it's hard to cut anything out.


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Mokune Shroud Slacker Offline Gimped Hairless Ape Posts: 1115 Joined: Nov 16^th, 2011	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #23 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 2:03pm	Print Post
	I am favor of CHA>INT when investing in TS tree for Confusion and Confusion 10% proc from blast effects. Works pretty good at long range with Enlarge (which also works for Eldritch Ball, Stunning Blast. INT seems to favor Eldritch Wave and Spirit Blast more.

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Baddog Waterworks Kobold Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 190 Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Warlock & Radiance Reply #24 - Nov 3^rd, 2015 at 2:38pm	Print Post
	Maximize and empower do not seem to effect aura or blasts anymore. Toggling them on and off I saw no increase in the dmg. Is this bugged, working as intended, or I have this wrong?'


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