Sadly it is still a dps race "most" gf are not going to win...
From what youre saying we need to spec specifically for iwd for max dps...
Not for tanking.
So good luck to all gf out there and specialy to all defenders and tacticians. Omg
That's my main fear too.
First when defenders became a big nothing compared to conqueror tree, i had too spend a lot of Ad and time and effort to respec and change gear to suit that style, but i still kept some good old defender feats and made a good little hybrid, leaning more towards defense.
Now throw all the costly stuff away and buy new ones, than if a patch changes something, new one again and someday-, if ever- a fix comes (i don't believe in it anymore), than change again, no i'm done with the spending game.
I keep my GF so as he is, and if a fix arrives from havens above, than i'll see what to do, but until than i think it's useless to experiment, who knows what future will bring. Gear that is cool today, maybe outdated or out patched the next day.
If we now make a wanna be GWF out of ourselves, are we really GFs anymore or a fake illusion of a GWF
The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
Robert E. Lee
I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself.
Winston Churchill
The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.
David Icke
Passives: Combat Superiority (never leaves, daily grinds, PVP, dungeon) + Trample the Fallen
At-Wills: Cleave + TR (Tried Crushing Surge, it's too slow and TR adds mobility)
Encounters: Lunging Strike (never leaves) + Griffon's Wrath (realised it can stun and interrupt Yeti and Bear charges/roars) + FLS/Anvil (Anvil for when I have to fight the giants & Yetis)
Dailies: VM + Fighter's Recovery (for those ''Oh s**t!'' moments)
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I use the following and have no problems. It may take an extra minute but really safe.
Passive: Combat Superiority and Trample
At-Wills: Cleave and TRush
Encounters: Lunging Strike, Front line Surge, Bull Rush(I think thats the name. Last row of powers)
Dailies: Fighters Recovery and either TI or IS
I usually start with bull rush and knock the toughest away from the fight and work on the rest. Every time the tough guy comes back knock him away.
Doing quests sure, try soloing a heroic! GWFs can, CWs can, TRs can, DCs, can, HRs, can GFs cannot.
I can take on the Bears and the Dwarves by myself, but I won't engage the Totem by myself and the large Epics. It is time consuming and I have to use Fighter's Recovery every time it comes up, but I can do it. Can do Biggrins' Tomb by myself as well.
PSA: You don't need to grind Spinward Rise for your Elemental artifact main hand if you have some AD lying around. You can craft it via the Tyranny of Dragon's campaign screen.
I use the following and have no problems. It may take an extra minute but really safe.
Passive: Combat Superiority and Trample
At-Wills: Cleave and TRush
Encounters: Lunging Strike, Front line Surge, Bull Rush(I think thats the name. Last row of powers)
Dailies: Fighters Recovery and either TI or IS
I usually start with bull rush and knock the toughest away from the fight and work on the rest. Every time the tough guy comes back knock him away.
How do you fare vs cc immunity ?
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
I can take on the Bears and the Dwarves by myself, but I won't engage the Totem by myself and the large Epics. It is time consuming and I have to use Fighter's Recovery every time it comes up, but I can do it. Can do Biggrins' Tomb by myself as well.
The Tomb is no problem for a Conq, no idea how the other specs fare. The Totem is a pain but after my first attempt I nvr returned to it solo so even if there's a way I dont see the point so I havent bothered.
Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
Only thing with CC immunity is the giants, Dire Bears and Bear Riders. Thats what I use Fighters recovery for. I have the cleric artifact that gives me dailies at a ridiculous rate. With the three encounter powers I use they all do good damage. I have no problems. The fights take me a bit but I walk away fine.
I use block vs the cc immune people. I use a shaman companion, he heals me a lot. I also have the storm rider who is very good at staying away from the red circles. Giants are the hardest fight for Gf's in Icewind dale.
I can easily go up into the Bear Tribe area and pull two or three pulls and clear them out and walk away. I have 2 purified sets and a ring to give me 22% BI resistance. That helps as well.
The trick is keep everything on the ground and knock one away from you. Positioning is key with my set up. I also have a Lesser Spellplague enchant which helps as well.
I can take on the Bears and the Dwarves by myself, but I won't engage the Totem by myself and the large Epics. It is time consuming and I have to use Fighter's Recovery every time it comes up, but I can do it. Can do Biggrins' Tomb by myself as well.
Biggrins tomb I have no issue, doing some heroics the Wights come to mind I cannot survive. I have no issue with quest mobs, albeit takes longer to complete them leaving more time for someone to run over and collapse my mine, or tip my soup bowl, or grab an artifact.....
Shieldbash60 GF ~ Iron Vanguard19.0k Overpowered60 CW~ Thaumaturge14.5k ==========================================
~ GF Buffs were great we are much better, please fix the bugs now... Thank you!
Only thing with CC immunity is the giants, Dire Bears and Bear Riders. Thats what I use Fighters recovery for. I have the cleric artifact that gives me dailies at a ridiculous rate. With the three encounter powers I use they all do good damage. I have no problems. The fights take me a bit but I walk away fine.
I use block vs the cc immune people. I use a shaman companion, he heals me a lot. I also have the storm rider who is very good at staying away from the red circles. Giants are the hardest fight for Gf's in Icewind dale.
I can easily go up into the Bear Tribe area and pull two or three pulls and clear them out and walk away. I have 2 purified sets and a ring to give me 22% BI resistance. That helps as well.
The trick is keep everything on the ground and knock one away from you. Positioning is key with my set up. I also have a Lesser Spellplague enchant which helps as well.
Yea the BI is whats helping you, I only have my Corrupted Helmet and I dont even equip it as I lose to much set bonus
Shieldbash60 GF ~ Iron Vanguard19.0k Overpowered60 CW~ Thaumaturge14.5k ==========================================
~ GF Buffs were great we are much better, please fix the bugs now... Thank you!
Yea the BI is whats helping you, I only have my Corrupted Helmet and I dont even equip it as I lose to much set bonus
I had the same set up before I got any of my BI gear and I was doing ok with it. The BI helps but Not as much as you would think. A lot of times I think it is bugged because some of the giants hit me for just as much with my normal gear on. I have the BI helmet and Greaves. I also have a shield but can't make it purified yet until BI crafting 3. I should be getting the BI armor within a day or two. With a full set of BI gear I wonder how much it will be better?
I run Kessel all the time and I stay alive. When I pvp in Icewind I don't use the Bi gear I switch to my normal gear. Thats more PVP oriented.
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That's my main fear too.
First when defenders became a big nothing compared to conqueror tree, i had too spend a lot of Ad and time and effort to respec and change gear to suit that style, but i still kept some good old defender feats and made a good little hybrid, leaning more towards defense.
Now throw all the costly stuff away and buy new ones, than if a patch changes something, new one again and someday-, if ever- a fix comes (i don't believe in it anymore), than change again, no i'm done with the spending game.
I keep my GF so as he is, and if a fix arrives from havens above, than i'll see what to do, but until than i think it's useless to experiment, who knows what future will bring. Gear that is cool today, maybe outdated or out patched the next day.
If we now make a wanna be GWF out of ourselves, are we really GFs anymore or a fake illusion of a GWF
Robert E. Lee
I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself.
Winston Churchill
The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.
David Icke
I use the following and have no problems. It may take an extra minute but really safe.
Passive: Combat Superiority and Trample
At-Wills: Cleave and TRush
Encounters: Lunging Strike, Front line Surge, Bull Rush(I think thats the name. Last row of powers)
Dailies: Fighters Recovery and either TI or IS
I usually start with bull rush and knock the toughest away from the fight and work on the rest. Every time the tough guy comes back knock him away.
I can take on the Bears and the Dwarves by myself, but I won't engage the Totem by myself and the large Epics. It is time consuming and I have to use Fighter's Recovery every time it comes up, but I can do it. Can do Biggrins' Tomb by myself as well.
How do you fare vs cc immunity ?
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
The Tomb is no problem for a Conq, no idea how the other specs fare. The Totem is a pain but after my first attempt I nvr returned to it solo so even if there's a way I dont see the point so I havent bothered.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.
Only thing with CC immunity is the giants, Dire Bears and Bear Riders. Thats what I use Fighters recovery for. I have the cleric artifact that gives me dailies at a ridiculous rate. With the three encounter powers I use they all do good damage. I have no problems. The fights take me a bit but I walk away fine.
I use block vs the cc immune people. I use a shaman companion, he heals me a lot. I also have the storm rider who is very good at staying away from the red circles. Giants are the hardest fight for Gf's in Icewind dale.
I can easily go up into the Bear Tribe area and pull two or three pulls and clear them out and walk away. I have 2 purified sets and a ring to give me 22% BI resistance. That helps as well.
The trick is keep everything on the ground and knock one away from you. Positioning is key with my set up. I also have a Lesser Spellplague enchant which helps as well.
Biggrins tomb I have no issue, doing some heroics the Wights come to mind I cannot survive. I have no issue with quest mobs, albeit takes longer to complete them leaving more time for someone to run over and collapse my mine, or tip my soup bowl, or grab an artifact.....
Overpowered 60 CW ~ Thaumaturge 14.5k
==========================================
~ GF Buffs were great we are much better, please fix the bugs now... Thank you!
Yea the BI is whats helping you, I only have my Corrupted Helmet and I dont even equip it as I lose to much set bonus
Overpowered 60 CW ~ Thaumaturge 14.5k
==========================================
~ GF Buffs were great we are much better, please fix the bugs now... Thank you!
I had the same set up before I got any of my BI gear and I was doing ok with it. The BI helps but Not as much as you would think. A lot of times I think it is bugged because some of the giants hit me for just as much with my normal gear on. I have the BI helmet and Greaves. I also have a shield but can't make it purified yet until BI crafting 3. I should be getting the BI armor within a day or two. With a full set of BI gear I wonder how much it will be better?
I run Kessel all the time and I stay alive. When I pvp in Icewind I don't use the Bi gear I switch to my normal gear. Thats more PVP oriented.