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Nice to know that and thank you for sharing, I wasn't aware of that wizzy skill that gave party wide CA.
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Hey everyone, I'm back and it looks like some changes have been announced for GWF and some items on the list that sound like they are perfect for instigator :) Summer is f'ing busy at work so I don't get the time I'd like to play during these months; anyway, I can't wait to see the values on the buff to wicked strike.…
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It makes no sense to just use WMS on adds as an instigator when you have group assault, one of the best damage buffs in any of the GWF trees. And sure strike as the other at-will, in my opinion in its current state is brutal - leave the single target work to the rogues they are way better at it.
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Glad to hear you're having success with reaping strike. If I were to play destroyer that is the at-will I'd be using as well! Sure strike should be renamed to foam bat strike in my opinion lol.
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Agreed, GWF got nerfed pretty hard before beta launch - the destroyer tree in particular got neutered with a chainsaw.
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Hey coin, I want to personally test before I change things up, but that being said a lot of people have put in time to test already and the results seem to be speaking for themselves. Due to real life commitments I have not had the time to invest as of yet but I will be testing and reporting back. Kudos to everyone that…
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I've been super busy with work after vacation but starting to get caught back up here. Playing this past weekend was a bust as I kept freezing at load in so missed my couple days to rip it up in game sadly. At this time I have not personally tested stacking ar pen up to the 2200 range but I see some very convincing…
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Great post Xero, and I agree very much with your observations. I've said from day 1 that GWF does its intended job well. It's actually a class with a lot of versatility and ways to use different skills both offensively and defensively. Some content design does not lend itself to the strength of the class ill be the first…
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In my opinion the 18 str 18 dex is much better then the max str version.
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Hey Rama, you ask some very good questions regarding the perception of the GWF class and some of the challenges. This thread is a build thread which is focused more on discussion on the class mechanics, feats, powers etc. I know for sure changes are coming to the class, though I have no idea what they are yet. As more…
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Hi nairul, grats on lvl 35! The portion you quoted and are asking about ... You want to tap WMS to start its frontal part of the animation. By tap I mean just hit the mouse button don't hold it down. Then you want to hold down your wicked strike. The rear animation of WMS was queued up when you tapped your WMS and will…
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Hey everyone, Trickshaw has been doing some amazing work with understanding armour pen and its effect on damage. I am continuing to follow his testing and may look at some tweaks as we get a better understanding of the work he is doing. As of this afternoon I'm still hanging getting into the game so have not been in yet.…
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Awesome awesome post Trick thanks for the info. So it would seem to me then that the destroyer fear that converts recovery to armour pen would be very strong then? Any insight how this feat stacks, if its working correctly?
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Thanks for the info Xero, still hanging, safe mode looks brutal lol. Hopefully a fix is forthcoming
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I feel that we will be seeing some improvements to GWF. What that will look like I'm not sure? GWF is adequate at their role they just aren't optimal to the design of content. Hopefully the devs have a clear idea in mind with the upcoming patch.
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Hey guys, was kind of disappointed today. My game keeps hanging at load in so wasn't able to get in at all today. I will work on screenshots as soon as I can get into the game again.
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Haha, sometimes vacation feels less like vacation then regular life! One week was just that amount of time lol.
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Hey Quality, sorry took a while to respond. Glad to hear you ripped spell plague up man. Your question on the gear, I can't speak much on the set piece, I'm building avatar of war which is the only tier 2 set I have experience with. Avatar seems pretty solid for dps focused GWF's I can say with quite a bit of confidence.…
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Just got home from my vacation. 10 hours of driving ugh! Ill be back with the game tomorrow, I may just play tomorrow but expect some power and feat pics and a video forthcoming. Also thank you to everyone reading and involved with the thread. 22 pages strong now and all pages filled with good conversation about the GWF…
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With wicked strike buffed from instigator tree, wicked strike hammers WMS for aoe, especially with WMS debuff. The buffed wicked strikes really shine during unstoppable. But I see where you've toned down some aoe to grab sure strike for single target. A cool spin, but I've found since sure strike got nerfed hard right…
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I know nothing about frapsing and loading video. Once I get done the powers and feats screenshots, ill see what's involved with the video.
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Cool guide Iron, nice post. I see the spots where you've changed things up a bit. I'm curious how sure strike works into the build? From what I've read you're losing around 20% of your damage on both your sure strike and wicked strikes by not having WMS and its debuff. So that would affect both your aoe and single target…
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Best advice here is fight mobs in the cleric circle. Shouldn't be too much incoming damage if you do this.
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That's money man, I am going to do up the complete tree's after my vacation. I might even PM you if I can't figure out how to do it correctly.
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Thanks for the feedback Burn. One thing I wanted to point out with crit. I see what you are saying with regards to high crit potentially wasting bleeds if an enemy is bleeding and gets crited again. Crits serve a couple more purposes as well though. The next crit even if the bleed doesn't get fully utilized does shred…
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Thanks for the feedback regarding the bleeds guys. I've seen act parses with low crit showing about 8% of total damage done. I'm not sure what act says of bleeds in a live run but if it is anywhere near that amount I would say its a pretty decent investment of 5 points. Especially considering the others.
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Hey Sly, great post. Thanks for sharing. The cat comes from the companion vendor in protectors enclave. I'm pretty sure that he's not in the zen store. As for the cat and the stone and which is better i cannot say as I have only ever used my cat which has served me well. I am sure the stone is very good as well, but at the…
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Hey hero, after my vacation I am going to try making my first video; lol it's probably going to suck. Also see if I can do myself or get some help with cleaning up the guide some. Please know though that this guide is presented only as a way to play the GWF class. I still believe destroyer is a good spec while sentinel I…
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An alpha tester would be the only one that could really answer that question in my opinion. Any of us that got to test the closed beta weekends did not have access to the end game content or max level. During closed beta from my observations the GWF was fine, it is the end game design that really hurts them.
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I would agree with some others. The fighters are in a bad place at very late end game right now. If you greatly enjoy the class and play style I'd stay kick some *** and play it anyway. I strongly believe improvements are on the way for the fighter classes especially the GWF. How long that will be is a big unknown but the…