Bold Trinket - finally a DPS alternative to Litany of the Dead

[Khellendros13]

Eh not really. The main times you need that extra +1 to hit is when in those cases where **** goes bad and you've suffered a death, and thus complete loss of ship buffs.


lol whatever, it's not an attitude, its a fact of the game when you get the pots and understand you can move beyond the leash of your healer. Even the very best healers in the game cannot heal thru walls or beyond the healing range, and when im zerging like a madman with sprint boost ,they have a real **** hard time keeping up - especially if there A) Back a the shrine getting sp , B) In a entirely different section of the quest/raid as its more effecient to split up in certain quests.

While i do prefer to play with better players, especially healers that love to keep me going, and avoid the dps loss from using the pots, it just can't always be a reality in this game.

QFT

Had my SF pots less than a week and the freedom is amazing. My Barbarian has better self healing than my pally/monk now.

Even the best healers have RL distractions, blonde moments or everything is literally on cooldown.

It's a different game when you don't need to rely on someone else healing you.

[Irinis]

i have just crafted base Bold Trinket (competence bonus to damage +1), and it DOESN't stack with damage ship buff.
I don't know the tier 1 (exc seeker) part yet

I hope it is not WAI, but who knows ^^

Ship buffs for casters that give direct extra DCs (such as to illusion school, etc.) don't stack with items either, so very likely WAI.

[Carpone]

i have just crafted base Bold Trinket (competence bonus to damage +1), and it DOESN't stack with damage ship buff.

Meh. So much for it being competitive. At least it's somewhat useful as a progression item and easily obtainable.

[Khanyth]

Meh. So much for it being competitive. At least it's somewhat useful as a progression item and easily obtainable.

But it still is for the tier II, exceptional seeker +2 bonus, no?

[AylinIsAwesome]

Meh. So much for it being competitive. At least it's somewhat useful as a progression item and easily obtainable.

Well, it's still competitive if Litany doesn't give you a STR bracket...and you're using the eSoS... >_>


Yeah, I'm not really impressed with any of the items from the event.

[t0r012]

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Shocking Blow (if it's the same as Charged Gauntlets) adds from 20-30 electric damage on a roll of 20. I've been experimenting with this item recently. Monsters are almost never going to fail the save in high level quests and epics. It's pretty worthless DPS, as in it adds virtually nothing.

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my charged seem to give between 50 and 60 on vorps. So something between 2 and 3 dmg/swing. uber end game gear? no not really , but it is a level 5 item.

slapped them on my recent pally at level5 and still can't find a reason to take them off at 13.

[Wraith_Sarevok]

Well, it's still competitive if Litany doesn't give you a STR bracket...and you're using the eSoS... >_>


Yeah, I'm not really impressed with any of the items from the event.

It's not really.

If the damage bonus doesn't stack, you're better off wearing Litany all the time. A +2 seeker bonus is a small number and worth little against bosses, which are the only enemies that I care about having max DPS against. Consistency always trumps critical hits and lucky shots from weapon effects, unless the difference is significant.

You're much better off wearing Litany all the time.

Clearly the maul, Ratkiller, is the best item to come out of this event. As an epic item, it's a +6 enhancement two-hander with 2d10 base damage and Stunning +10 on it. It also has Earthgrab and a red augment slot. Augment: Adamantine and it makes the perfect Clay Golem killer for epic Raiyum. It also comes in handy when you can augment epic elementals, switch to Dreamspitter, and level drain them down. Rinse and repeat. This is the most damage you can do against them, as they are immune to critical hits and this strategy quickly beats out constant DPS with your best weapon.

[Khellendros13]

It's not really.

If the damage bonus doesn't stack, you're better off wearing Litany all the time. A +2 seeker bonus is a small number and worth little against bosses, which are the only enemies that I care about having max DPS against. Consistency always trumps critical hits and lucky shots from weapon effects, unless the difference is significant.

You're much better off wearing Litany all the time.

Clearly the maul, Ratkiller, is the best item to come out of this event. As an epic item, it's a +6 enhancement two-hander with 2d10 base damage and Stunning +10 on it. It also has Earthgrab and a red augment slot. Augment: Adamantine and it makes the perfect Clay Golem killer for epic Raiyum. It also comes in handy when you can augment epic elementals, switch to Dreamspitter, and level drain them down. Rinse and repeat. This is the most damage you can do against them, as they are immune to critical hits and this strategy quickly beats out constant DPS with your best weapon.

The Litany profane bonus doesn't stack either with the ship buff right?

So, Litany will give you +2 dmg per hit if it raises a str bracket. Let us also assume Epic Claw set. So the avg 3-4 dmg (over time on a boss fight) from Epic Charged Gauntlets is lost.

If you are already wearing, or planning, Litany, then you have Seeker +6 or +10 in another slot.

So, you could use the Bold trinket and lose 1dmg per hit from Litany, but you gain 3-4dmg from Shocking Blow and +2 stacking seeker.

Sure, against a crit or lightning immune boss it is less DPS...then you can swap Litany back in right?

Trash DPS is most definitely better with at least +6dmg per hit on held mobs in epic.

Let's not forget that if you do not have or use Litany as a swap in to bump str, you could drop Power Rage IV and possibly gain +1 stunning blow DC or 10 more hp. How much DPS is getting to the end boss worth?

Also, Earthgrab picks are nice on elementals...they have **** ref saves and all that acid burst damage is nice.

Anyway, that is how I see it. I am going to put seeker +6 on the pirate hat and use the Bold trinket.

[quityourjobs]

The Litany profane bonus doesn't stack either with the ship buff right?

The +1 to-hit bonus from litany (profane) won't stack with the Kobold to-hit bonus (also profane). The +1 damage bonus does stack with the Hobgoblin damage bonus (which seems to be some unlisted type of bonus).

[Doop]

Is the Greater Bold Trinket worth the 400 Shards? Shocking Blow any good?