Do you have a drow unlock on the server yet? It doesn’t come with VIP.

I was a dumb noob and bought Drow years ago, but you only have it if you bought it. Same with 32 point builds. You have it if you bought it.

Inqusitive starting to work mid heroic and up to the endgame, yet as any ranged you can pussy-elite or even r1 slow and boring way. Especially with that split that you get your ips at 18... But up to you, if you make it till 30 you surely will be able to run r1-3 legendary nonsharn content

crunch wrote on Aug 19^th, 2019 at 2:17pm:

Combat Archery requires 21 DEX. Not required, but desired.  So you can either ignore it altogether, or buy a DEX tome at level 24 (assuming you take Overwhelming Critical at 21).

41 Inquisitive, 12 Harper, 11 DWS, 11 Artificer (3 boosts) is what I'd consider.

ETA: I'd probably splash another class instead of going 18 Ranger which doesn't offer much besides BAB.  Perhaps 2 Paladin for up to +8 to saves.  You could start as Bladeforged Paladin, get 2 Artificer so you have mana to conjure bolts and cast Communion of Scribing (very early ranged alacrity and superb healing), then progress up Ranger.  I'd probably take the 2nd Paladin level after Ranger 9 to maximize the Evasion saves.

Going Ranger also gives you immediate access to Shiradi at level 20, which is something most Inquisitive builds won't have.

5 Foot Step wrote on Aug 20^th, 2019 at 12:25pm:

The IPS angle on Deep Gnomes seems f'd. 

Common sense would have you believe that the shortest race in the game has the lowest angle for IPS.  SSG says FU Common Sense.

If you watch closely when you autoattack on a DG inquisitive, you can actually see the bolts originate in thin air above the toon's head.  It's one of those things that is hard to un-see once you notice it and it's fairly immersion breaking.

Had problems IPSing a line of short mobs like wolves, etc. so I don't think it's just a graphical thing.

My guess is that the idiots at SSG used one of the taller races instead of a halfling as the copy/paste base when they were building the models, then just shrunk them them down to size and forgot to adjust the ranged attack origination point.

Halfling > all still for IPS angle.

Digimonk wrote on Aug 20^th, 2019 at 4:40pm:


Really?  Crap.  I am rolling a new guy (this no racial points) and was thinking without racial points the deep gnome would be better as at least I get the extra INT. (Doubt there will be enough APs for a a Halfling for racial enhancements if no racial  past lives).

Also are you gonna live with lvl1 wiz with DG?