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Tempest Dread rapier build?
Mar 7th, 2016 at 3:10pm
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Trying to revive my old toons into useful ones.  I have a sploiter Ran/Rog/Monk with GS rapiers.  Are rapiers viable on a Tempest Dread build these days?
  
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Re: Tempest Dread rapier build?
Reply #1 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 3:43pm
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Race? You'll need to craft new weapons anyways.... Yes rapiers are viable, however since youre re crafting anyways...
  
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Reply #2 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 4:15pm
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Sergod wrote on Mar 7th, 2016 at 3:43pm:
Race? You'll need to craft new weapons anyways.... Yes rapiers are viable, however since youre re crafting anyways...


I would TR him so all options are available.  Why would I need to recraft my GS weaps?
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 4:29pm
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Theyre heroic GS?
  
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Reply #4 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 4:39pm
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Yes that toon is currently lvl 20, first life no EDs or epic levels....  all heroic gear.  I stopped playing about 3 years ago when Guild wars 2 came out
  
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Reply #5 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 4:47pm
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Tspoon wrote on Mar 7th, 2016 at 4:15pm:
I would TR him so all options are available.  Why would I need to recraft my GS weaps?


Much better weapons have come out since then. Heroic GS is still great for leveling but is quickly outpaced by the new stuff
  
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Reply #6 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 4:54pm
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Rastelin wrote on Mar 7th, 2016 at 4:47pm:
Much better weapons have come out since then. Heroic GS is still great for leveling but is quickly outpaced by the new stuff


Yeah, perhaps not the best plan to design a build around a couple of GS weapons that will only be good for heroic, no matter how good they are for those levels...  I am probably better off leaving that toon in limbo and TR my TWF khopesh fighter with one fighter and one Pali PLs into a human tempest... focus my energies there...
  
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Reply #7 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 6:41pm
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Do you even alchemical scimitars, faggot?
  
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Reply #8 - Mar 7th, 2016 at 9:03pm
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Get some thunderforged blanks.
  
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Reply #9 - Mar 8th, 2016 at 10:12am
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Rapiers suck for tempest because you have to waste a feat on weapon finesse when you should be using scimitars if you are dex-based (or better yet khopesh and str-based if you plan to melee full-time.)
  

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Reply #10 - Mar 8th, 2016 at 1:52pm
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5 Foot Step wrote on Mar 8th, 2016 at 10:12am:
Rapiers suck for tempest because you have to waste a feat on weapon finesse when you should be using scimitars if you are dex-based (or better yet khopesh and str-based if you plan to melee full-time.)


This is correct.  However, I still argue for scimitars > khopeshes in the hands of a dex based elf.
  
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Re: Tempest Dread rapier build?
Reply #11 - Mar 8th, 2016 at 2:03pm
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[] wrote on Mar 8th, 2016 at 1:52pm:
However, I still argue for scimitars > khopeshes in the hands of a dex based elf.


We know; however, you still fail to recognize the opportunity cost of spending 18 points in the elf tree.

If there were more AP in the game, it would be a different story.
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Reply #12 - Mar 8th, 2016 at 2:05pm
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5 Foot Step wrote on Mar 8th, 2016 at 2:03pm:
We know; however, you still fail to recognize the opportunity cost of spending 18 points in the elf tree


This guy is right. Human khopesh with DWS is drastically more DPS.
  
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Reply #13 - Mar 8th, 2016 at 2:14pm
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5 Foot Step wrote on Mar 8th, 2016 at 2:03pm:
We know; however, you still fail to recognize the opportunity cost of spending 18 points in the elf tree.

If there were more AP in the game, it would be a different story.


I think a nice, round number of 100 even should do the trick.
  
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