Drones and Specialization Trees

remo85

I can't for the life of me find what specializations work with what powers.

Now I know a lot of them are borked and don't work, but can someone tell me if these specializations work with Support Drones healing.

(I wont give exact descriptions)
Selfless Ally: Healing a friendly target heals you for a % of that amount.
Eternal Spring: Your critical heals heal for an additional amount.
Caregiver: The strength of your heals on other players are increased.

And of course the presence mastery that gives your team mini shields when you direct heal and increases healing when you shield them. I know the presence one probably doesn't work with support drones but I'm not so sure about those other three.

Also, does mindful reinforcement work with any of them including Presence mastery, I would think Presence mastery would be a perfect fit for Mindful reinforcement seeing as how it's both a shield and a heal.

I wish the specialization trees were a bit more clear about all of this. Not to mention the wikis were updated with this sort of info. I hate to do it but I might have to start updating the wiki myself.

nazaca

remo85 wrote: »

Selfless Ally: Healing a friendly target heals you for a % of that amount.

If you heal the drones, you are healed. The drones healing does not heal you nor the drones.

Eternal Spring: Your critical heals heal for an additional amount.

Your heals only, not pet heals.

Caregiver: The strength of your heals on other players are increased.

Your heals only, not pet heals.

And of course the presence mastery that gives your team mini shields when you direct heal and increases healing when you shield them. I know the presence one probably doesn't work with support drones but I'm not so sure about those other three.

Your heals only, not pet heals.

Also, does mindful reinforcement work with any of them including Presence mastery, I would think Presence mastery would be a perfect fit for Mindful reinforcement seeing as how it's both a shield and a heal.

No idea, sorry.

klitty

We need a better guide, maybe a video, about spec trees. I'm staring at them every time I hit 20 and 30 for hours trying to figure what will work with my toon.

ajanus

Spec trees can be overwhelming at first, but once you find some of the gems, it makes it much easier to choose.

Example:

The Best Defense (Warden and Guardian): This will add around 150-200 offense to your toon...this is insanely good for...just about every toon, pure-healers being a small exception.

Ruthless/Merciless (just about all dps trees, Vindicator has Merciless): Delicious Crit Severity...since you don't really have the option to "gear" for it, this is how you must do it (There is a Silver Champ Primary Offense with, I think, +4-5 CS...but that's a hard choice over +Crit Chance for that slot). Ruthless is +10, Merciless is +15.

Rush of Battle (Vindicator): Heal on kill. To me, this is probably the best use of Spec points while leveling. At 40, sure, do whatever you want...but before then, it will be hard to top this one.

There are also trees that, You KNOW what they go to: Protector, Sentinel, and Commander stand out the most here.

What I do personally is, pick a tree that goes with what I want to do: Vindicator-dps, Protector-tank, Sentinel-healer, Commander-pet dude. Then pick a tree that I want as flavor, or one to top of my toon from a min/max standpoint.

I also usually stick to generic bonuses on my gear like: Modified Gear, Reinforced Gear, etc...the ones that boost +offense or +defense from your gear...that way I don't get roped into "having to use a maintain...or aoe...or a blast attack." It just works...on every attack.

As a rule of thumb, I always pick primary superstats based on the tree they provide. for dps, I want a tree that gives Crit Severity, so DEX, STR, EGO are my top picks for those. For tanking, it's mitigation, so CON or DEX for that, and heals I will almost always choose PRE...sometimes DEX.

With all that said, my absolute favorite spec tree set up is: DEX/Vindicator/Warden/DEX Mastery.

remo85

Thanks guys, this helps a lot.

theravenforce

remo85 wrote: »

I can't for the life of me find what specializations work with what powers.

Now I know a lot of them are borked and don't work, but can someone tell me if these specializations work with Support Drones healing.

(I wont give exact descriptions)
Selfless Ally: Healing a friendly target heals you for a % of that amount.
Eternal Spring: Your critical heals heal for an additional amount.
Caregiver: The strength of your heals on other players are increased.

And of course the presence mastery that gives your team mini shields when you direct heal and increases healing when you shield them. I know the presence one probably doesn't work with support drones but I'm not so sure about those other three.

Also, does mindful reinforcement work with any of them including Presence mastery, I would think Presence mastery would be a perfect fit for Mindful reinforcement seeing as how it's both a shield and a heal.

I wish the specialization trees were a bit more clear about all of this. Not to mention the wikis were updated with this sort of info. I hate to do it but I might have to start updating the wiki myself.

PRE mastery does not give another shield when placed upon another player.

I think PRE Mastery's shield needs to proc on self as well