Artorias wrote on Apr 9^th, 2016 at 4:50pm:


I do not think they should design the classes so that players with no past lives can solo elite content.  You should struggle on elite content on a first life toon with no gear.  If you are playing a fighter, you should probably need a hireling, or group up, or multi-class in some self healing.  I'm not looking for the game to be that easy. 


 

Rubbinns wrote on Apr 9^th, 2016 at 6:18pm:

I have rolled pure fighters but I used halings with dragonmarks. Put enough points into umd and you can roll a halfling, dragonmark-scroll casting-pot chugging fighter.

Artorias wrote on Apr 9^th, 2016 at 8:01pm:

1st life, no plat for pots, scrolls, gear, tomes.
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Wipe wrote on Apr 9^th, 2016 at 4:41pm:

I see now, looking back, why they changed the terminology to "update".

palmer01 wrote on Apr 9^th, 2016 at 9:18pm:

I like to smash three random fingers with a hammer before I play too.

Artorias wrote on Apr 9^th, 2016 at 4:50pm:

Most anything can be a challenge if you intentionally do it wrong or choose the hardest path.  Warlocks are an easy button, sure, but there are plenty of other classes and builds that can do just fine as a first lifer in Heroic Elite.

Try rolling a 12/6/2 ranger/rogue/artie and running with repeating xbows.  Level ups are 1 rogue, 2-3 artie, 4-15 ranger, 16-20 rogue.  In the lower heroics, spend points for the AA acid or electric imbues and slot a level-appropriate RNG spellpower item to make random repeater a one or two shot killing machine. 

Once you get enough enhancement points, reset the trees and take the relevant tier 5s in DWS and then start filling up AA for the elemental arrow imbues again.  Once you get your 4th rogue level, get Fletching in the Mechanic tree.  Put the rest into the AA imbues and spellpower.

This build requires very little self healing because mobs don't live long enough to get close in heroics.  It has evasion, decent saves and can do traps.  It has respectable amounts of ranged power and doubleshot, decent SA die, and solid imbue damage with the runearm imbues as a bonus.  It has Sniper Shot, Head Shot, Merciful Shot, Leg Shot, Aimed Shot and Assassin's Trick for activated attacks that mow down entire lines of trash with IPS.

I solo'd the Amrath missions at level on heroic elite with this build on a first life SDK wearing the default SDK gear.  Personally, I think this build soloed them easier than a Warlock.

As a bonus, this build can easily switch the enhancements around to take T5 in Mechanic and use great crossbows for Epic content if/when the relative DPS of the elemental imbues and repeaters starts fading.

Revaulting wrote on Apr 11^th, 2016 at 8:26pm:

You are correct but I figured it needed spelling out since the window licker thinks that Warlocks are the only way for a first lifer to roll through heroics.

Power Surge is now + 8 to all stats, interesting.

Technomage wrote on Apr 12^th, 2016 at 12:28pm:

Unless you're interrupted while activating it. In that case its duration is zero. Don't worry though, you can still probably activate the cooldown.