mobrien316
05-07-2011, 03:57 PM
Recently my 10th level cleric (Radiant Servant build) was in a party doing the Church and the Cult (elite) and it was going quite well. Good communication, good support, etc…
We get to the end room and I use a Brilliancy III potion to enhance my Searing Light spells. The party engages the vampire and I see that my Searing Light spells are hitting for between 112 and 120 purple damage. I think I’m doing great with that amount of damage (it was other suggestions on this board that got me to use the potions and the Searing Light spells against a vampire, and it works great!)
Anyway, the vampire kills five of the party (including me) and we head back to the shrine by the entrance to resurrect. I mention that I was doing up to 120 damage with each Searing Light spell (thinking I was doing quite well by hitting the vampire with a spell to which he is particularly vulnerable) and the other 10th level cleric in the group laughs and says that he was hitting the vampire with about 260 points per hit with his sword.
I never got the chance to ask him what his weapon was, but I was left with the impression that I am missing something. Before the vampire fight I armed my cleric with a +2 metalline dwarven axe of maiming, which was the only thing I had with which to harm a vampire in melee. Needless to say, it does not cause damage even remotely close to 260 per hit. I also have a 9/1/1 ranger/fighter/rogue and he does not do 260 points of damage per hit on his best day. I don’t know if he’s ever broken 120.
What am I missing? Should I be spending more in the auction house, looking for weapons? If so, what should I be looking for? Should I be crafting weapons? I haven’t even started on crafting yet, although I am lugging around a pile of essences. And I have bought my weapons at the Auction house, but I don't seem to be earning plats as fast as other players - my 11th level ranger has about 75,000 platinum, and he is the richest of my three characters.
Any help would be appreciate!
We get to the end room and I use a Brilliancy III potion to enhance my Searing Light spells. The party engages the vampire and I see that my Searing Light spells are hitting for between 112 and 120 purple damage. I think I’m doing great with that amount of damage (it was other suggestions on this board that got me to use the potions and the Searing Light spells against a vampire, and it works great!)
Anyway, the vampire kills five of the party (including me) and we head back to the shrine by the entrance to resurrect. I mention that I was doing up to 120 damage with each Searing Light spell (thinking I was doing quite well by hitting the vampire with a spell to which he is particularly vulnerable) and the other 10th level cleric in the group laughs and says that he was hitting the vampire with about 260 points per hit with his sword.
I never got the chance to ask him what his weapon was, but I was left with the impression that I am missing something. Before the vampire fight I armed my cleric with a +2 metalline dwarven axe of maiming, which was the only thing I had with which to harm a vampire in melee. Needless to say, it does not cause damage even remotely close to 260 per hit. I also have a 9/1/1 ranger/fighter/rogue and he does not do 260 points of damage per hit on his best day. I don’t know if he’s ever broken 120.
What am I missing? Should I be spending more in the auction house, looking for weapons? If so, what should I be looking for? Should I be crafting weapons? I haven’t even started on crafting yet, although I am lugging around a pile of essences. And I have bought my weapons at the Auction house, but I don't seem to be earning plats as fast as other players - my 11th level ranger has about 75,000 platinum, and he is the richest of my three characters.
Any help would be appreciate!