RappingSlapper

Thanks for all the information, guys. Yes, I currently just memorized Divine... whatever the shield CA is. It helps A LOT for bosses. I'm not sure how the glitch you were speaking of works... in regards to having it regen faster than it depletes. Anyways, I will definatly learn all the Combat Arts so that I can at least mess around with combat discipline and dish out a strong attack in between my main attack. I currently just got BONESLICER, and now with my 127% fast attack and 524-709 damage per swing every .6ish seconds, she's quite strong. 2 hits almost everything, and 4-5 hits uniques. Okay, so I will up the LORES. And the reason my sword is so low is because I just learned it at 35... or whatever level you get your 8th skill at. I think I'll choose warding energy lore, and combat disicpline as my 9th and 10th skills. Thanks a lot guys, you've helped immensely; great, great forum!

Hello, this is my first post in the forums here at darkmatters. I just picked this game about a week ago and have been playing it when I can. I got my Dryad to 28, but had to dump her because I made so many learning mistakes. Anyways, I currently have a level 37 Seraphim who uses NO combat arms for attacks, and basically relies on Battle Stance and Warding Energy for her buffs. Here are my skills: Armor Lore 30 Shield Lore 36 Spell Resistance 3 Exalted Warrior Lore 9 Revered Technology Lore 9 Sword Weapons 5 Concentration 1 Tactics Lore 32 ------ ------ I'm not sure if those are the points I have spent EXACTLY, I'm doing this from memory. Anyways, here are my questions: I am running the 2 buffs like I said, and I was considering taking WARDING ENERGY LORE as my next skill, and then topping it off with either toughness or constitution. Of the two latter skills, which one is more effective over all at surving? IE, how much extra hit points are you REALLY getting, versus how much armor/reduction I'd be getting with toughness? If anyone is an expert on skills, that'd be helpful. ALSO- my last question is this- should I be pouring more points into my revered tech lore, I've heard that it will increase the mitigation of my warding energy buff. Is this true? I only have 9 points into my 2 CA lores, because I only thought I'd need the 3 mod's for each and then I'd be set. I've also noticed that my BUFFS are at there maximum, and are being penalized because I have memorized too many runes. I know, typically, this is something you'd want to avoid since it SEVERELY lengthens the regens of adjacent combat arts, but since I am using none, I found it appropriate. Basically, SHOULD I BE UPGRADING MY EXALTED/REVERED LORES IF ALL I'M USING ARE THE 2 BUFFS, AND IF SO, WILL THIS INCREASE THE LEVEL OF WHICH MY BUFFS CAN BE? All it shows in my details currently is that by upgrading the CA lores once, they'd stay at 17 maximum leveled buffs. Is this true for all increments of skills? Lastly, I have to ask a really daring question. My whole build so far has been built with an intention to survive, and to be able to handle swarms of creatures and still take the heat. I'm currently using 1 handed swords with a good shield. I toss out 424-524 regular attack damage with a 106% attack speed. I ask this: SAY I were to memorize just 1 rune in 3 exalting warrior lore attacks (such as hammer, summersault, etc.) and then include the other runes in my armor (in order to avoid stacking even more regen times atop my buff's penalties. Next, in replacement of one of my remaining two skills, I choose combat discipline, which allows me to string together 3 combat arts into a combo, AND it increases my damage. With my current regen penalty from Battle Stance being +94%, and the regen subtractions from taking combat discipline, does anyone beleive that I can be getting more bang for my buck? Even with sluggish regen, I think that I might be able to dish out more damage if I'm stringing in 3 CA combos in between my normal hits. AND, my unique mount can always change to a -33% regen of exalted warrior. So, if anyone could help me, it'd be really great. My main concerns are in dealing out the most damage, because I don't want to waste my time with adding .3 to my buffs per rune, when I could be using the full benefits of rune by using it on fresh, new Combat Arts Let me know what you guys think of this, and if you'de recommend or not. Thanks, Your's kindly.... Hayden

Well, Cody, I believe you're now more like level 38...