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Malex
12-21-2016, 05:00 AM
Hello everyone.

I'm about to TR to my first arti, and a doubt already came to my mind: whether go pure 20 artificier or get 18/2 with 2 rogue.
Basically this is "evasion or arcotechnician capstone?". In fact, I noticed evasion would be a great help, because it happens that trap boxes are after the trap, and some mob spells would be better to be avoided (i'm thinking about abishai in newest quests), not to mention the occasional spike pit/undisarmable trap I fall into.
On the other hand, that capstone seems too good to be left. So the first question is: is that as good as it looks or not?
What about the middle solution: running in shadowdancer? I know that destiny doesnt get much love, but it would get me some goodies (DDoor and 25% incorporeality from shadow form, mainly). Otherwise I would most likely run in LD (or FotW, but I dont like the idea too much). Is the DPS loss in Shadowdancer too big compared to the other destinies?


(As for build: I'm thinking of repeating crossbow with rune arm, with great investment on arco and eletric SLAs to alternate between spellcasting and raw damage output.
As PL I have 1 Wiz, 1 Barb, 1 Sorc, as EPL 2x Colors of the Queen, 1x Enchanted Weapons, 1xBrace, and another one i havent chose yet, but all spheres are full)

unbongwah
12-21-2016, 10:36 AM
The definitive WF arty thread: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/386775-Dubbell-O-Seven-casting-ranged-focused-artificer

Malex
12-21-2016, 02:03 PM
The definitive WF arty thread: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/386775-Dubbell-O-Seven-casting-ranged-focused-artificer

I'd like opinions on the couple of things I asked.

I've seen the topics, they don't tackle my problem. Dont want a pre-built toon, tnx

goodspeed
12-22-2016, 12:26 AM
its been awhile but as far as dmg goes and utility, I believe rog is shoulder and head above an arti if your going for weapon use and traps. Hard to say though. With enough reflex like..I think mid 50's evasion would definitely be worth it. Lower and then it loses its zeal. I think id prefer more to go for say 3 pally and chuck some heavy on. It'll jack the saves up and beef up hp and prr to shrug off the hits even on LE. At least that's what my wizard does.

Arkai
01-12-2017, 08:55 PM
I think both arti capstones are poor endgame and they don't bring anything new to the table.

Evasion is cool for playing high end content, that's for sure, so 2 levels of rogue can't hurt you :D!

And of course that's my opinion, not an undeniable truth :P