Looking for an ETR Farming Build

[SilverHeals]

I've decided that I wanted to take a break from my Heroic TR Train and go to Epic TRing.

I'm looking for a build that can work well in any destiny(obviously) and still maintain enough DPS to be viable in EEs.

Requirements:
-Not a Fighter Past Life (Eventually I will TR again so there is no need for a 4x Past Life)
-Not a Shiradi Caster (They are heavily reliant on the destiny itself, so I do not see it being worth the twists in a ETR farm **Casters are still okay, as long as they don't rely on Shiradi)
-Has evasion, saves, and self healing

The current past lives I will have for the build are: (3x: fighter, 2x: Sorcerer, Paladin, Wizard, Monk, Rogue, Artificer, and Druid, 1x: Bard, Barbarian, Ranger, Favored Soul, and Cleric -- 1x Morning Lord, 1xEnergy Criticals)

Thanks ahead of time for responses - Silver

[kuro_zero]

That's a pretty tall order and if anyone is able to piece this puzzle I'd be most interested as well. Problem is if you want a PL in a particular sphere you have to more or play in a destiny in that sphere. Unless you plan on getting 6m kharma with saga rewards.

Unfortunately I think centered kensai with manyshot would best fit what you're after. You have LD for martial, Fury for primal. Haven't maxed the destiny out but Divine Crusader at least appears decent for divine sphere. Weakest by far is arcane, really the only option being Fatesinger for a melee. This be far relays on the heroic class power to determine EE viability (and even then I'm skeptical).

BF Cetus or Zeus would be my pick. If going Cetus use a +5heart before TRing to get a monk PL instead of fighter.

[Astarii]

That's a pretty tall order and if anyone is able to piece this puzzle I'd be most interested as well. Problem is if you want a PL in a particular sphere you have to more or play in a destiny in that sphere. Unless you plan on getting 6m kharma with saga rewards.

Unfortunately I think centered kensai with manyshot would best fit what you're after. You have LD for martial, Fury for primal. Haven't maxed the destiny out but Divine Crusader at least appears decent for divine sphere. Weakest by far is arcane, really the only option being Fatesinger for a melee. This be far relays on the heroic class power to determine EE viability (and even then I'm skeptical).

BF Cetus or Zeus would be my pick. If going Cetus use a +5heart before TRing to get a monk PL instead of fighter.

Be careful when deciding to use a heart... It could catch you by surprise. https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post5310581

I would read it carefully, and understand the limits of a heart 1st

[TheGuyYouKnow]

your better off doing ETRs for a group of destinies then TRing again to do others, the only way i'd see 1 build for all destinies would be like a henshin mystic/sorc/pally staff build which doesn't sound very useful, but i could be wrong.

edit: maybe a melee arti, but again i dont see it being very good

[Cardtrick]

Do you really need something that can run in any destiny, or do you just need something that can run in at least one destiny per sphere?

In other words, are you going to be leveling up destinies too, or are they all leveled already and you just need to accumulate karma for eTRing?

If you really need to run in every single destiny, you're going to be limited to a build that can do well with just its innate abilities. But if you just need one destiny per sphere, there are more options for build.

[Munkenmo]

A lot of people scoff at me for this, but I actually like PDK bards for ED TR'ing.

Soundburst causing enemies to be helpless is a big boost for bards, especially if you're going to zerg EH for Epic lives.

Arcane lives In Draconic : twists > Momentum Swing, Lay Waste, Extra Action boosts
Martial Lives in LD : twists > Energy Burst, (magister Evo), Tunnel Vision
Primal Lives in Fury : twists > Energy Burst, (magister Evo), Extra Action boosts
Divine Lives in EA : twists > Energy Burst, (magister Evo), Extra Action boosts

The old 16bard/2fighter/2rogue split.

Stats:
17str+1 level+4tome int: 14
dex: 8 Wis: 8
con: 9 Cha:18+levels

1: Fighter
feats, Power attack, (H) Insightful reflexes, (F) Cleave

2: rogue
3: bard
feat, Spell focus Evocation

4, 5, 6 : Bard
feat, quicken

7, 8, 9 : Bard
feat, Maximise

10, 11, 12 : Bard
Feat, Heighten

13 : Bard

14: Fighter
feat, (F) Great Cleave

15: Rogue
feat, Spell Pen

16, 17, 18: Bard
feat, IC : Slashing

19, 20 : Bard

21: feat Overwhelming Crit
24: Inspire Excellence
26: PTWF
27: Mental Toughness (for the crit chance) or extend
28: Lasting Inspiration

Enhancements

[Dangered]

Oddly enough, this PDK Bard was what I was thinking for a ed farming build.

The max charisma makes for the good dc.
The same max charisma makes for good damage as PDK melee
Bard spell singer by itself is already good cc with fasicnates and dances and self heals.

Since you etr and reset all feats anyway, you have maximum flexibility to go more melee with all the melee feats, and bard cc.
or go more spell damage with the casting feats.

It wont be the best in anything, but would be good enough to not be a waste of a slot in EEs

[Ancient]

Even on epic elite, I'm able to farm ETRs in my NovaSoul just fine. Almost any caster can do just fine if they can twist energy burst, wild shots and boulder toss. Boulder toss did get nerfed, but it is still better than most of what they give casters.

[ArcaneArcher52689]

I'd look into any of the numerous warpriest builds. Best i've tried so far has been shoikan https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...ader-Warpriest

I've had a couple warpriests before this, and they've always been extremely survivable. This build just seems to be the best for DC and really makes the best of casting/melee hybrid.

and keep in mind that each ETR gives you a free LR+0, so you can adjust your build to suit your destiny. Going to blitz for a while? switch out max/emp, pickup cleave/great cleave. Going EA, pick up a few more damage spells. Going GMOF, put more points in wisdom. A build like this should be able to play in Divine Crusader, Exalted Angel, GMoF, LD, Shiradi, Primal avatar, Fury(? not 100% sure), Draconic, and Fate singer.

[Panzermeyer]

I've decided that I wanted to take a break from my Heroic TR Train and go to Epic TRing.

I'm looking for a build that can work well in any destiny(obviously) and still maintain enough DPS to be viable in EEs.

Requirements:
-Not a Fighter Past Life (Eventually I will TR again so there is no need for a 4x Past Life)
-Not a Shiradi Caster (They are heavily reliant on the destiny itself, so I do not see it being worth the twists in a ETR farm **Casters are still okay, as long as they don't rely on Shiradi)
-Has evasion, saves, and self healing

The current past lives I will have for the build are: (3x: fighter, 2x: Sorcerer, Paladin, Wizard, Monk, Rogue, Artificer, and Druid, 1x: Bard, Barbarian, Ranger, Favored Soul, and Cleric -- 1x Morning Lord, 1xEnergy Criticals)

Thanks ahead of time for responses - Silver

I am in a dual Heroic TR and ETR Train.

When I am in a good heroic life that I enjoy for a given destiny sphere, I spend time at Epic levels in that build to crunch out appropriate Epic TR's

On my Pale Master Heroic TR train, when I got into a fun Melee build, I spent some time in the Epic levels doing a couple of Epic TR's. I went back to the Heroic TR grind and am going to be getting some Divine lives out of the way. When I get a divine life that I really enjoy I will spend time as a divine in Epic levels to do ETR's.

I am alternating the toons as well. When one is in Epic the other is in Heroic. This way I have some versitility in what I play, and I am really not getting sick of either particular grind.

Just the method that I have taken on to get both Heroic and Epic TR's out of the way.

[Lonnbeimnech]

You dont need a build that can work in any sphere.

You have to rebuild your character every time you do an etr.

Which means you need a class split that can be made into various builds to work with the sphere you are working in.

For example, if you made an evoker fvs to get through an etr in exalted angel, it would work pretty well as draconic too without changing anything.

But you can rebuild it as a melee fvs to get through a martial life in dreadnaught, or a primal life in fury of the wild as a twf.


The ones that work best, imo, are cleric monk, fvs monk, druid monk

[Erruun]

I was on a FvS life when I grinded out my ETRs for divine sphere but after that I am planning on running a wizard through arcane (draconic), martial (shadowdancer), and primal (shiradi). The other option would be to try a sorc running shiradi, draconic and divine crusader but that leaves you weaker on martial. I would just throw a TR in between destiny sphere grind 3 and 4.

[SilverHeals]

Thanks for all of the responses!

For some reason I seem to have thought that you need to be in a specific destiny for that epic past life, not just 1 per sphere(and glad to see that it does work 1 per sphere)

I will look into a few of these builds and choose one that suits my playstyle.

Quick question about the PDK bard, why such low con? I don't doubt it's abilities, but 9 starting doesn't have a good effect on me.

Thanks again - Silver

[Munkenmo]

Quick question about the PDK bard, why such low con? I don't doubt it's abilities, but 9 starting doesn't have a good effect on me.

Thanks again - Silver

Because hp is so inflated now that a difference of 3-5 base con is negligible. You have access to displacement, self heals, evasion and top notch cc.

Dumping hp isnt ok, but dumping con is fine these days.