Does this get to the point where you can breeze through Elite and Ultimate? I am almost done with Elite, but have gotten bored due to the slow progression.
http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37986
A news update for the upcoming free content update. New MIs, new enemies, new dungeon, etc. all following The Secrets of the Three (Bysmiel, Dreeg, and Solael).
Also, there's been some really cool mods already released and some really big projects are looking promising from the community. There even has been a group project idea thrown around (I'll let the project creators release the information when they are ready) of remaking the original TQ masteries as well as the Diablo 2 classes for some Grim Dawn nostalgia.
Does this get to the point where you can breeze through Elite and Ultimate? I am almost done with Elite, but have gotten bored due to the slow progression.
Pretty much what bystander said. The more you understand builds and how the game works, the easier Elite and Ultimate become. My first few builds were pretty scattered as I just tried to max what looked cool rather than stack certain elemental damages. Stacking resists and health is always a good idea too, but there's a fine balance between pure tank and glass cannon.
I guess I am bored because I haven't figured out how to play the class I want. My Demolitionist was fun and great until Elite. I can't figure out how to balance, health, resists, damage and the three attributes.
I have a Conjurer that is almost done with elite. It is much easier to play with all of the pets doing damage and absorbing it. Gearing is also easy, just pet bonuses and defensive stats for the character itself. I just lose interest in this character.
What character do you want to play, and what sort of attacks? Having a concept is the first step, then you need to refine it so it is powerful.
I was trying a Fire Strike Gunslinger. Something like this: http://grimcalc.com/build/5FR9uv
It was fun through Veteran. In Elite I die regularly. If I start swapping out gear and components for health and resistances instead of damage I kill a lot slower. I survive a little better, but still die to some heroes and most every confined boss encounter.
I guess I am bored because I haven't figured out how to play the class I want. My Demolitionist was fun and great until Elite. I can't figure out how to balance, health, resists, damage and the three attributes.
I have a Conjurer that is almost done with elite. It is much easier to play with all of the pets doing damage and absorbing it. Gearing is also easy, just pet bonuses and defensive stats for the character itself. I just lose interest in this character.
Unfortunately this is one of those times where unexpected complications did happen, and we are going to have to push the release back.
Sometimes a fix for one problem can create a domino effect of new issues. We hoped we could get them all squashed before the week was over, but seeing as we are now in the middle of the day Friday and no chance of pushing a new build to GOG happening today, the correct course of action is to simply say: next week.
I was trying a Fire Strike Gunslinger. Something like this: http://grimcalc.com/build/5FR9uv
It was fun through Veteran. In Elite I die regularly. If I start swapping out gear and components for health and resistances instead of damage I kill a lot slower. I survive a little better, but still die to some heroes and most every confined boss encounter.
http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39839
New information for the next upcoming patch (tomorrow or this weekend). Crate is also going to change their update schedule while they work on the currently unannounced expansion. The next patch is going to feature a new quest-line called "The Hidden Path" along with something called "The Crucible". The person on the image is speculated to be Uroboruuk which would (hopefully) further the Death's Vigil quest-line.
One of the nice things about Flashbang is it lowers the targets defense, allowing for more crits. And explossive strike increases the radius of Firestrike, so you might want more than 1 point in it.
OFF gives a -100% fire resistance debuff and freezes the target. You do not need more than one point into Explosive Strike from what I have seen. Put one point into it and get bonuses added to it.
I'm not saying you don't want OFF, but it has a lot of limitations which Flash Bang can help with. I usually put in about 5 or 6 points into both, and let +skills take care of getting them both to good levels. OFF doesn't debuff anything that isn't frozen, meaning that it doesn't help against bosses, flash bang does. Given that explosive strike is your only real means of AE damage, I think the added radius and raw damage is still worth a few points.
It provides a little AoE damage. If you go melee, there are weapons that shoot out fire or lightning nonstop and if you go ranged, Brimstone does AoE. I don't see why you need it. You could move points around to get Glashnag but I would not put more than one into Explosive Strike
As Bystander said, Flashbang is pretty insane against bosses, especially Nemesis. By the time you get to farming, and get geared up, OFF becomes less and less valuable, whereas Flashbang will stay powerful regardless of what you fight.
If all I want to do is fight bosses or nemesis mobs my Blademaster destroys them all. Why would I waste my time on a Pyromancer or Sorcerer when everything dies quickly to my Blademaster?
I don't mind taking my time and still killing monsters at a good pace for a ranged Demo based class. It is part of the appeal to me. I would put a few points into Flashbang, no more. I have had it at a base of 4 and modifier at a base of 1. I could work the build around it but OFF is very nice.
If all I want to do is fight bosses or nemesis mobs my Blademaster destroys them all. Why would I waste my time on a Pyromancer or Sorcerer when everything dies quickly to my Blademaster?
I don't mind taking my time and still killing monsters at a good pace for a ranged Demo based class. It is part of the appeal to me. I would put a few points into Flashbang, no more. I have had it at a base of 4 and modifier at a base of 1. I could work the build around it but OFF is very nice.
As does mine.
Everything dies almost as quickly with my Sabo as well. Perhaps 4-5 seconds longer that is. With that, I have a hair more of increased survivability to boot. I have, I believe, 5 points in Flashbang currently. I am not saying OFF is bad by any means, I still use it on my Calidors Sorc, on the rare occasion I bring him out. It is fun to see the entire screen frozen up. Once you get ultra geared however, I find myself not casting it as much as the procs from running through a room pretty much kills everything in sight without debuffs.
As far as only killing bosses/nemesis, there is not much else to do. One can only run BoC/SoT before it becomes boring, no? 3 minutes runs, find Fab, kill, end of story.
The point being, you were telling people that Flashbang is useless and to only get OFF. It might feel that way with extreme gear when not caring about bosses, with a melee char, but for many characters, it is still very useful. Especially for a ranged build.
What BladeMaster build is good?