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Question on Str/Ego and damage!

joybuzzerxjoybuzzerx Posts: 882 Arc User
edited September 2012 in Power Discussion
Okay...so (generally) Str enhances the damage done by melee attacks, and Ego enhances the damage done by ranged attacks.

So my question is, is there a point where your Str and/or Ego is high enough, where no more of the stat is worth getting for additional damage?

If so, if I can get say my Str up to that point with just gear, is it worth keeping it as a Super Stat?
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  • williamkonywilliamkony Posts: 582 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    According to this miraculously wonderful thread, Strength and Ego don't seem to stop giving you bonus damage. The benefit is reduced for all points past 70, but it doesn't stop outright.

    My own character has 521 Presence stacked up, and gets a healing bonus of 54%. According to the formula in that thread, it should be 52.974%. Roughly in line with each other, leaning towards the positive end of things, getting more than expected.

    So yeah, you'd still see a benefit from stacking Strength or Ego.
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  • meteoric87meteoric87 Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Str/Ego don't give much damage bonus in the first place, considering they are additive (not multiplicative) with all the other damage bonuses flying around, and also that (for freeforms) there are diminishing returns on damage bonuses. And then the bonus they do give is pretty front-loaded (70 str = +20%, 200 Str = +30%). If you don't already need the stat for something else (energy unlock, form scaling, it's your superstat, etc), it's almost definitely not worth pushing past 20% (= 70 points in the stat, at level 40), and depending on the build it might not be worth going out of your way for Str/Ego at all.
  • beldinbeldin Posts: 1,708 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Pushing STR or EGO over 70 is really only worth it if you also use a form that benefits from them.
    Without that .. even the 70 points are questionable.

    Example : Melee Toon with DEX and Form of the Tempest
    I had 75 STR and 250 DEX, and replaced a 55 STR mod with 55 DEX.
    After that i lost 13% from STR, but got 18% more from FotT with 8 stacks focus.
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  • piro2genpiro2gen Posts: 59 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Specialization tree for STR/EGO is damn good.

    If its your secondary ... what others said. So-so.
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