First I'd like to say that I realize that there are a hundred of old threads similar to this, but worry not, I have read them all through (several times), but could not find any clear information. Hopefully a clear thread would help out other people with similar questions, so it would be nice if you wouldn't spam unnecessary stuff here!
My question is as simple as this:
Which skills should I take, and which should I not take?
To help you out, I'll list the skills below.
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Common Skills
Repose Yes/No
Physical Training Yes/No
Refreshment Yes/No
Staminal Training Yes/No Note: HP passives should be worth the SP?
Weapon Mastery Yes/No
Double Attack Yes/No
Soul Wreck Yes/No Note: Worth taking, even though it requires you spending 18 useless SP on the skills above?
Battle Alertness Yes/No Note: Needed for PVP at high level.
Taunt Yes/No Note: Only PvM, so not worth taking?
Power Overflow Yes/No
Howl Yes/No Note: Yes?
Soundless Vacuum Yes/No Note: Yes, I guess?
Defense Training Yes/No
Staminal Assist Yes/No
One Hand
Shield Mastery Yes/No
Shield Stun Yes/No
Durability Assist Yes/No
One Handed Mastery Yes/No
Fatal Thrust Yes/No
Knight
Advanced Defense Training Yes/No
Advanced Shield Mastery Yes/No
Shield Reflect Yes/No
Safe Guard Yes/No
Protection Yes/No
-Skills that require an One Handed Weapon wont work on the crossbow, so I won't bother writing them down-
Crossbow Mastery Yes/No
Heavy Bow Shot Yes/No
Taunt Shot Yes/No
Slow Shot Yes/No
Two Handed
Two Handed Mastery Yes/No Note: This is required for the following mastery skills, but are they worth taking/do they work?
Two Handed Sword Mastery Yes/No Note: Adds accuracy, supposedly for crossbow too? Worth taking then I assume?
Spear Mastery Yes/No Note: No longer adds Mspd, so no longer worth taking? An old guide recommends this, but I guess it's useless now?
Axe Mastery Yes/No Note: Adds critical, worth taking? Could be savage with Raptor Bowgun/P7 (around 180% aspd?) and some Sen?
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Stat Build
I'll make this a bit more simple:
~350 STR
~250 CON
~150 DEX
(~50-100 SEN?)
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About +/- 20 points each way, should be alright?
What if you went ASPD crazy with Raptor Bow Gun and Axe passive (crit) and added 50-100 Sen? Chance for a working exotic build? Sen also gives 0.1 AP.
Thank you for your time, I tried to make this as simple as possible. Would be cool if you could copy the table above and post your thoughts and notes!
Edited by RobbyKay, 13 May 2011 - 07:38 AM.