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Re: U36 pure BE arti
Reply #25 - Jul 21st, 2017 at 6:32pm
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Rubbinns wrote on Jul 21st, 2017 at 6:20pm:
How much faster is a repeater than a great crossbow? If going vorpal fishing, taking tier 5 mech for both along with all the relevant ranged feats, haste, and tenser/hezz cookie? Specifically for heroic mid to high reaper. Would 19-20 on gxbow beat out light repeater spam on total number of vorpals?


It's about even actually. Repeater puts about 2 to 1 more bolts downrange when all is said and done, but gxbow has twice the vorp range.

What you need is a vorpal shuriken.  Wink
  

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Re: U36 pure BE arti
Reply #26 - Jul 21st, 2017 at 9:38pm
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5 Foot Step wrote on Jul 21st, 2017 at 6:32pm:
It's about even actually. Repeater puts about 2 to 1 more bolts downrange when all is said and done, but gxbow has twice the vorp range.

What you need is a vorpal shuriken.  Wink

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Re: U36 pure BE arti
Reply #27 - Jul 22nd, 2017 at 10:08am
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Digimonk wrote on Jul 21st, 2017 at 9:38pm:


That would be the easiest one to get. Of course they all become vorpal at monk 20. I'm pretty sure the damage part stacks too, or at least vorpal + manslayer does.
  

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Re: U36 pure BE arti
Reply #28 - Jul 23rd, 2017 at 12:10pm
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5 Foot Step wrote on Jul 12th, 2017 at 12:32pm:
I think if you're looking to primarily cast spells, you should go Arcanotechnician. You really need to specialize.

Theorycrafting, it looks like you can get useful DC numbers for Shattered Defenses and Thunder-Shock Weapon without dipping into Arcanotechnician.

**Int Breakdown**

18|Base
07|Level Ups
07|Tome
02|Completionist
02|Battle Engineer
01|Human
02|Harper
04|Artificer Master Engineer (Core 6)
17|Equipment
07|Insightful
01|Exceptional (Globe of True Imperial Blood)
04|Quality (Slave Lords Crafting)
02|Profane (Epic Litany)
02|Festival Augment
02|Artifact Bonus (Slave Lords Crafting 5pc)
02|Yugo Potion
02|Remnant Turn-in Potion
02|Ship Buff
01|Drow Racial PL
01|Gnome Racial PL
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86|Sustainable INT
(Racial Completionist and EDs not included)

**Sunder Modifier Breakdown:**
20|Enhancement Shatter (Slave Lords Crafting)
08|Insightful Shatter (Cannith Crafting)
04|Quality Combat Mastery
03|Battle Engineer Sunder Enhancements
03|Past Life Fighter x3
19|Know the Angles
06|ED Legendary Tactics
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63|Sunder modifier

**Thunder-Shock Weapon and Shattered Defenses Breakdown:**
14|Base
38|INT 86 Modifier
63|Sunder Modifier
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115|Thunder-Shock Weapon/Shattered Defenses

5 Foot Step wrote on Jul 21st, 2017 at 5:34pm:
Also I don't see how Arti is more survivable.

To prioritize survival, you'd have to go Shadowdancer for Evasion (assuming Insightful Reflexes) and Incorporeality for max avoidance. 

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Re: U36 pure BE arti
Reply #29 - Jul 23rd, 2017 at 12:59pm
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Carpone wrote on Jul 23rd, 2017 at 12:10pm:
**Tactical Detonation Breakdown:**
10|Base
06|6th level spell
38|INT 86 Modifier
44|Sunder Modifier
03|Sorcerer PL x3
06|Spell Focus Mastery item (Slave Lords Crafting)
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02|Embolden Spell
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113|Tactical Detonation


Tac Det adds sunder dc?
  

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Re: U36 pure BE arti
Reply #30 - Jul 23rd, 2017 at 1:34pm
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5 Foot Step wrote on Jul 23rd, 2017 at 12:59pm:
Tac Det adds sunder dc?

Meh, looks like its wishful thinking on my part.  Guess I was looking at the T4 Shattered Defenses and had a senior moment thinking it was TD.  That would be too useful, so of course it doesn't work that way.
  
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Re: U36 pure BE arti
Reply #31 - Jul 24th, 2017 at 8:37am
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Rubbinns wrote on Jul 21st, 2017 at 6:20pm:
Would 19-20 on gxbow beat out light repeater spam on total number of vorpals?


IMO after leveling this build, (or a similar one) vorpal repeater/GS Vacuum repeater is the way to go untill you start running into mobs with >1khp/high will save (about lvl  17-18)
  
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