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Tiefling GWF - Viable?
piratedrugall
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Hey there!
A friend of mine has been debating between Great Weapon Fighter and Control Wizard for a while now, and she thinks she's leaning toward GWF. Only thing is, she wants to play a Tiefling, and she's worried the Tiefling racial ability bonuses won't work well for GWF.
Do the 2 points make that much of a difference?
A friend of mine has been debating between Great Weapon Fighter and Control Wizard for a while now, and she thinks she's leaning toward GWF. Only thing is, she wants to play a Tiefling, and she's worried the Tiefling racial ability bonuses won't work well for GWF.
Do the 2 points make that much of a difference?
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Also, the Tiefling passives are Bloodhunt, what made us deal +5% damage to targets with less tan 50% health, and Infernal Wrath that have a 10% chance to low the enemy power in 5% everytime we got hit. Both of them are pretty good for an GWF IMO.
EDIT: Silknight, really, stop the /cry all over the forum, you already spoken your mind in ALL the others threads... I cant play this beta but as far i see, they nerfed a single path (destroyer) who EVERYONE is taking "cause it does tons of damage and i can feel like a barbarian". Anyway, this post was created to answer a question, not to became a wailing room, hakarat already do that.
@Silk: I do appreciate the opinion, but like Kurtix said, it's beta and balance issues are going to be present for a while. I wouldn't worry too much over it, if nothing else the next patch will probably make them broken! xD
Hey thanks for mentioning me. Like silknight, i'm just stating my disapproval. I try to stick to threads that are pertinent to the subject and I feel I have been, I wouldn't come into random threads and state my gripe.
As for the racials question, typically the most preferred races for GWF are viewed as Human, Dwarf, H-Orc and certainly Tiefling. If you are just going by racial bonuses, H-Orc and Tieflings are certainly one of the top picks for DPS, if you like a good looking character as well as good DPS bonuses, Tiefling's are certainly a great choice.
For defensive minded GWF, Human and Dwarf are your best bet because of their extra defensive abilities and stat synergies.
I'd say tell your friend to definitely go for Tiefling if that's what she wants. Hope that helps.
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WHOA Kurtix Warlord they didnt just nerf the destroyer path. they nerfed all of the GWF mobility and AOE moves as well. a previous lv 1 Punishing Charge is now lv 45. And sure strike no longer hits a small area it is only area on the third strike and it is slow and deals less damage per hit than rogue daggers.
They killed the GWF, it was a cut below the rest in Beta 3 but still playable with the area and mobility advantage now they have nothing the class sucks and I will not roll a GWF my favorite archtype until it becomes playable again
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They didn't "kill" the class as much as many people would like to believe. At high levels which the game is ultimately balanced around (like most MMO these days.) The GWF could use some sort of damage normalization however at lower levels. We don't need much but it can help in the long run to keep the GWF population strong.
I think people just need to calm down for a bit and stop with the silly drama queen act. Instead provide helpful feedback as to why you think things are not working. "GWF is broken I'm not gonna play it!" and "GWF is a dead class gg Cryptic" is NOT constructive nor helpful.
Does the GWF function well as it stands now? At high levels and level cap I feel it fulfills it's role quite well barring the rather silly threat a Devoted Cleric's heals create. That aside the GWF is rather unfulfilling at low to mid-range as it now lacks the mobility it once had prior to the Power purchase change. Our punishing charge is now at level 45 which is a substantial and rather massive change from level 1. While I agree that it need to be there in the very beginning but I feel that perhaps a good level range would be at 12 or even 14. While we have sprint available we have not invested enough Feat points to make it powerful enough and in larger fights the stamina meter is lacking somewhat and we have a great deal of trouble getting out of harms way. Again, I reiterate for the sake of brevity, this is at LOW to MID levels . After level 30 the GWF starts to gain momentum as we gain access to Paragon feats as well as choosing a Paragon path (for now just the Swordmaster.)
So to summarize;
Low to mid levels could do with damage normalization and better mobility (IE Punishing Charge)
Unrelated to the GWF class but put a handle on the rather silly Devoted Cleric heal threat.
As for the original topic, choose whichever race aestethics appeal to you the most.