Radiance II and insight

[Philam]

Going to craft a radiance II rapier for my rogue. Should I go fire burst or Insight(+4 AC) on third tier?

Positives and negatives to both please.

Thank you for your help!

[WeaselKing]

+4 AC, because AC is good and blast effects suck.

[Thanimal]

Every Rogue is different. On my Rogue, Insight will be mandatory -- I'm aiming for massive AC and intimidating.

But if your AC is total squishy anyhow, then Insight may not do anything. If you're billing yourself as a DPS-oriented Rogue, then you need the most DPS power.

Imo, it depends entirely on your build and your goals: neither is inherently better than the other.

[bandyman1]

+4 AC, because AC is good and blast effects suck.

If you are looking at mid 50s or better AC with the insight, go AC.


Otherwise, it's a total waste to not go DPS.

[Babidi]

Only go AC +4 if you already have a decent AC, around 45 unbuffed for example...if it doesnt do any good to your toon then go flaming burst...

[DragoonPenguin]

FIRE:
negative: every **** thing resists fire endgame
positive: TBD

AC:
negative: may not help a ton if your ac isnt great to begin with
positive: 80+ ac? yum

id say if your ac isnt super high, you may not want to choose either. get dex, int or hell, fire absorption. who doesnt love firestorm mittens!

[Draccus]

Also look at where you're going to be using the weapon. You're probably NOT going to have it in your hand when fighting red or purple named bosses so that +4 AC Insight isn't helping in those situations.

I put +4 Insight on my DT armor because I never swap it out.

If you are an assassin, consider +2 Exceptional Dex or +2 Exceptional Intelligence for Tier 3. I chose Dex for my first RadII and will put Int on my second for a higher assassinate DC.

To be honest, though, the RadII is so good, what you choose for your Tier 3 isn't really a big deal!

[Philam]

Have a standing AC of 41(unbuffed). UMD lvl 10 shield wands, barkskin pot and insight gets me to 52. Respectable for a non monk splash rogue. Think I will go insight. Thank you for everyones input.

Off chance soverign rune or pull chatterring-gets me another 3=55 plus uncanny dodge ect.

I was fortunate enough on my DT to get +6 intel on tempest and +3 intel skills on eldrich. So far soverign has been a complete waste of time. Trying to get +4 natural or +3 Dodge!