Frenzied crit multipliers not properly applying.

[Docta_PoPo]

It reads additional crit multiplier to ALL weapons is increased by 1 but its only effecting natural 19-20s. Not the full 15-20 of my falcion. This happening to others also?

[captain1z]

It reads additional crit multiplier to ALL weapons is increased by 1 but its only effecting natural 19-20s. Not the full 15-20 of my falcion. This happening to others also?

This has been stated as intended...... I'll try to find the link for you.

[Aspenor]

Well, the enhancements also offer +3 crit mult and according to their descriptions should only be giving +2. However, I can't state for sure whether it's the enhancement wording or the implementation that is bugged.

[captain1z]

Here's the brutal killer of... well... just about everything (including itself), the damage dealing class that just doesn't know when to stop, the Frenzied Berserker!

A few changes are being made that are important to know about before looking at the Frenzied Berserker:

• The Vicious weapon enchantment now deals 2d6 damage to opponents struck by the weapon and 1d3 damage back to the wielder instead of 1d6.
  
• Barbarian Critical Rage I and II can no longer be trained. Characters that currently possess these enhancements will retain them until they reset their enhancements, and these enhancements count as their "Barbarian specialty".
  
• Barbarian Intimidating Rage has had its prerequisites changed to "either Barbarian Intimidate 4 or Barbarian Frenzied Berserker 2".

Now, on to the Prestige Enhancement iself:

Barbarian Frenzied Berserker I
Prereqs: Level 6 Barbarian, Power Attack, Cleave, Barbarian Damage Boost II, Barbarian Power Attack I, Barbarian Power Rage I.
Cost: 4 AP
Benefit: You gain the effects of the diehard feat while raging, and your glancing blows have a chance of applying magical weapon effects. You also gain the ability to expend 10 hit points to enter a frenzy, which increases your strength by 2 and adds the 'Vicious' property to your melee weapons.

An interesting Berserker that came up in playtest was a Ranger/Barbarian archer that used the Frenzy abilities with a bow, gaining the benefits of the increased strength, ignoring the Vicious aspect that only affects melee weapons.

Barbarian Frenzied Berserker II
Prereqs: Level 12 Barbarian, Barbarian Frenzied Berserker 1, Barbarian Damage Boost III, Barbarian Power Attack II, Barbarian Power Rage II.
Cost: 2 AP
Benefit: While raging, increases the critical multiplier of all weapons you use by 1 when you roll a natural 19 or 20. Your two handed weapon glancing blows have an increased chance of applying magical weapon effects. You also gain the ability to expend 10 hp to Supreme Cleave.

Supreme Cleave:
Benefit: Expend 10 hit points to attack all nearby enemies.

Supreme Cleave has no cooldown other than a standard 1 second global cooldown for attack actions. As long as you've got the hit points, you can continue to bring the pain.

Barbarian Frenzied Berserker III
Prereqs: Level 18 Barbarian, Barbarian Frenzied Berserker 2, Barbarian Damage Boost IV, Barbarian Power Attack III, Barbarian Power Rage III.
Cost: 2 AP
Benefit: While raging, increases the critical multiplier of all weapons you use by an additional 1 when you roll a natural 19 or 20, bringing the total bonus to 2. Your two handed weapon glancing blows have an increased chance of applying magical weapon effects. You also gain the ability to expend 20 hit points to enter a death frenzy (which can stack with your basic rage and frenzy), increasing your strength by 4 and adding the 'Greater Vicious' property to your melee weapons. (+4d6 damage / +1d3 damage to self)

The Frenzied Berserker focuses on dealing tremendous amounts of damage to its enemies, punctuated with absolutely devastating criticals. Whether dual wielding heavy picks with a x6 critical multiplier, or using a two handed weapon that's producing magical weapon effects on glancing blows backed by their incredible strength, they dish out the damage (to their enemies, and if they choose, to themselves).

The Berserker can stack both of their Frenzy abilities to increase their strength by 6 and add an additional 6d6 damage to each of their swings at the cost of 2d3 damage reflected back upon them, or become a whirlwind of destruction using Supreme Cleave at will, as long as a friendly healer is willing to keep them going.

Edit: Minor clarification to FB3 - the critical multiplier increases stack.
Edit 2: Added the "when you roll a natural 19 or 20" section, which dramatically affects those DPS charts later on in this thread.

The in game description is incomplete/inacurate......... I'd bug report it.

Theres actually more I'll try and link for you.

[Impaqt]

Well, the enhancements also offer +3 crit mult and according to their descriptions should only be giving +2. However, I can't state for sure whether it's the enhancement wording or the implementation that is bugged.

FB2 is +1 FB3 is +1 and Death Frenzy is another +1.

[Aspenor]

FB2 is +1 FB3 is +1 and Death Frenzy is another +1.

duly noted. don't have a barb myself, didnt know death frenzy was the kicker.

[Docta_PoPo]

Yea i bug reported it either have it work as it is written or change the way it was written.

[LawstCawz]

Yea i bug reported it either have it work as it is written or change the way it was written.

You're reading it wrong. Reread Impaqt's post.

[Auran82]

You're reading it wrong. Reread Impaqt's post.

I'm pretty sure the ingame description is actually incorrect and just says it increases the crit multiplier (as it was when Eladrin first previewed it, before it was changed to only affect 19-20 rolls)

[LawstCawz]

I'm pretty sure the ingame description is actually incorrect and just says it increases the crit multiplier (as it was when Eladrin first previewed it, before it was changed to only affect 19-20 rolls)

I was speaking in reference to the extra +1 multi. I figured that's what he replied to.