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Help me use my free respec
questionor
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Silverstars Posts: 0 Arc User
Help me respec! I'm posting this to try and get any suggestions before I use it.
So I've been wanted to respec for awhile and was waiting for the free respec from the balancing patch cause the changes I wanted were pretty minor. The biggest being getting a passive to use when not in a pve group instead of enhanced mark.
And I never got around to figuring out a good spec but I've been pretty happy with my current spec.
My primary focus is to be pve tanking which to me means stopping things from attacking others (keeping agro or knocking them down/away) or at least reducing the damage they do to others and staying alive when they are hitting me.
I do ok, in PvP which is saying a lot since I'm not very good at PvP.
I do fine in PvE solo too but I'm very slow which pretty much makes Foundry daily a huge time investment if I go alone so I never do.
Why spend a respec to do so little? Well I'm assuming if stuff changes significantly we'll get another free respec anyway and they said the free respecs won't stack so you can't store up more than one.
Race - Half Orc
Starting Stats Str 13 - Con 20 - Dex 15 - Int 8 - Wis 10 - Cha 10
If I had known then what I know now I probably would've started with str 15 and con 18.
Half-orc I chose cause I wanted a half-orc.
Here is my current plan:
Ending Stats Str 19(+6) - Con 25(+5) - Dex 18(+3) - Int 10(+2) - Wis 12(+2) - Cha 12(+2)
(same as I have now)
Putting the 1 extra point in dex over con cause it looked like the deflect chance from dex was .5% per pt above 10 rounded down and that made it an even 4% (I have no idea if at 17 if it is 3.5% and just displayed as 3%, I'd be surprised if anyone really knows)
Powers (4 points undecided)
Cleave 3 Tide of Iron 3 Lunging Strike 3
Villian's Menace 3 Shield Talent 3
Enforced Threat 3 Griffon's Wrath 0
Fighter's Recovery 3 Terrifying Impact 3
Knee Breaker 3 Enhanced Mark 3 Guarded Assault 0
Crushing Surge 0 Knight's Challenge 3 Combat Superiority 0
Anvil of Doom 3 Frontline Surge 3 Ferocious Reaction 3
Threatening Rush 3 Into the Fray 3
Supremacy of Steel 3 Trample the Fallen 0
Iron Warrior 0 Knight's Valor 3
Bull Charge 3 Indomitable Strength 0 Enduring Warrior 0
I already use all of these in various situations
Enhanced Mark is obviously useless solo or in pvp, so I'm thinking Ferocious Reaction is a good replacement for then.
Compared to what I have now, this is removing Griffon's wrath and Crushing Surge and changing Ferocious Reaction from 1 to 3
I have no clue where I'd want to spend the other 4 points.
Griffon's wrath is ok but Crushing Surge is useless and I've never used any of the other powers that I didn't choose.
Heroic Feats
Action Surge 5/5
Stength Focus 3/3
Armor Specialization 3/3
Potent Challenge 3/3
Powerful Attack 3/5
Pin Down 3/3
Compared to what I use now, I removed Distracting Shield and changed Powerful Attack from 5 to 3
I added Potent Challenge and Pin Down and I changed Strength Focus from 2 to 3.
Conqueror - None
(same as I have now)
Protector
Plate Agility - 5
Shield Defense - 5
Shieldmaster - 5
Brawling Warrior - 5
Iron Guard - 1
(same as I have now)
Tactician
Fight On - 5
Daunting Challenge - 5
(same as I have now)
So I've been wanted to respec for awhile and was waiting for the free respec from the balancing patch cause the changes I wanted were pretty minor. The biggest being getting a passive to use when not in a pve group instead of enhanced mark.
And I never got around to figuring out a good spec but I've been pretty happy with my current spec.
My primary focus is to be pve tanking which to me means stopping things from attacking others (keeping agro or knocking them down/away) or at least reducing the damage they do to others and staying alive when they are hitting me.
I do ok, in PvP which is saying a lot since I'm not very good at PvP.
I do fine in PvE solo too but I'm very slow which pretty much makes Foundry daily a huge time investment if I go alone so I never do.
Why spend a respec to do so little? Well I'm assuming if stuff changes significantly we'll get another free respec anyway and they said the free respecs won't stack so you can't store up more than one.
Race - Half Orc
Starting Stats Str 13 - Con 20 - Dex 15 - Int 8 - Wis 10 - Cha 10
If I had known then what I know now I probably would've started with str 15 and con 18.
Half-orc I chose cause I wanted a half-orc.
Here is my current plan:
Ending Stats Str 19(+6) - Con 25(+5) - Dex 18(+3) - Int 10(+2) - Wis 12(+2) - Cha 12(+2)
(same as I have now)
Putting the 1 extra point in dex over con cause it looked like the deflect chance from dex was .5% per pt above 10 rounded down and that made it an even 4% (I have no idea if at 17 if it is 3.5% and just displayed as 3%, I'd be surprised if anyone really knows)
Powers (4 points undecided)
Cleave 3 Tide of Iron 3 Lunging Strike 3
Villian's Menace 3 Shield Talent 3
Enforced Threat 3 Griffon's Wrath 0
Fighter's Recovery 3 Terrifying Impact 3
Knee Breaker 3 Enhanced Mark 3 Guarded Assault 0
Crushing Surge 0 Knight's Challenge 3 Combat Superiority 0
Anvil of Doom 3 Frontline Surge 3 Ferocious Reaction 3
Threatening Rush 3 Into the Fray 3
Supremacy of Steel 3 Trample the Fallen 0
Iron Warrior 0 Knight's Valor 3
Bull Charge 3 Indomitable Strength 0 Enduring Warrior 0
I already use all of these in various situations
Enhanced Mark is obviously useless solo or in pvp, so I'm thinking Ferocious Reaction is a good replacement for then.
Compared to what I have now, this is removing Griffon's wrath and Crushing Surge and changing Ferocious Reaction from 1 to 3
I have no clue where I'd want to spend the other 4 points.
Griffon's wrath is ok but Crushing Surge is useless and I've never used any of the other powers that I didn't choose.
Heroic Feats
Action Surge 5/5
Stength Focus 3/3
Armor Specialization 3/3
Potent Challenge 3/3
Powerful Attack 3/5
Pin Down 3/3
Compared to what I use now, I removed Distracting Shield and changed Powerful Attack from 5 to 3
I added Potent Challenge and Pin Down and I changed Strength Focus from 2 to 3.
Conqueror - None
(same as I have now)
Protector
Plate Agility - 5
Shield Defense - 5
Shieldmaster - 5
Brawling Warrior - 5
Iron Guard - 1
(same as I have now)
Tactician
Fight On - 5
Daunting Challenge - 5
(same as I have now)
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Comments
A respec allows you to redo both your Powers and your Feat choices.
The free respec was given at the 'Official Launch' to players who had characters created during 'Open Beta' so that they could respec their characters following some balance changes. So characters created since then won't get a free respec.