Hi ,

Anyone else too stubborn give up light weapon warrior builds?

While agility builds, with light weapons, have the best over all defense in the game, the high damage possibilities of two-handed weapons seems increasing out-pacing the agility builds.

Here are a few points, some rather exact, some general:

1) Dead enemies don't do damage: Higher defense means less damage, but killing an enemy in one blow tends to mean they don't do any damage. Thus lower defense 2-handed warriors tend to take less damage overall as they kill enemies a lot faster. This area can be addressed some what by investing into Massive Critical, with instant-kill but strength builds still pull ahead.

2) Thieves guild sells the +2 Agility belt: The Warriors Guild sells the +2 Strength Belt but not the +2 Agility belt, which prevents agility builds from getting the most out of the Warriors Guild.

3) Shield Expert Progression is outpaced by mid-game: In the initial parts of the game (say, <lv5 or so), the bonus to armor and projectiles (+1/2/3, +2/3/4) is notable. However as enemies do more damage and better armor is available, the bonus becomes less effective until it's not even noticeable in a fight.

4) Shields Have Limited Armor or Bonuses: The strongest shields in the game offer +3 or +4 armor, with 10 to 20 in element resistance (various in the top shields). However, by the time the top shields are available, other equipment, including rings and charms, offer similar defense making shields negligible.

5) Enemies Have Increasingly Higher Armor: Agility weapons can struggle to break through an enemies armor (nothing like doing a lot of 2 point damage attacks). Duel and Heavy Handed can help but the issue persists.

6) A Tournament Between Players Is Terrifying: If the game ever includes a player vs. player ability (Freetown Arena?), 2-handed strength builds will destroy agility builds. Comparing damage and defense stats for similar level, similar equipment tier, 2-handed weapon warriors will destroy agility builds. It won't even be close.

Thoughts?




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