EPTPoll: Shall I play a
Dual wielding axe Marauder (26)
54%
Bow ranger (22)
46%
48 total votes
Bow ranger (22)
48 total votes
Your vote: Shall I play a
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
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T0F4sT
Netherlands317 Posts
On January 23 2013 00:54 dust7 wrote: he runs them mostly for his minions though, and the buff effect nodes only affects buffs on your character. It's mostly for the Discipline and Purity what results in a quite big buff for myself. | ||
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Obstikal
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
Like, what if you find awesome swords? or is it because there are awesome axe uniques? Just curious. I'm aware that there are skill-tree nodes that give you axe-specific bonuses, but don't those exist for swords and maces as well? | ||
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AKRW
80 Posts
edit. nvm actually with energy shield evasion is better i think | ||
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Steveling
Greece10806 Posts
On January 23 2013 05:08 Sn0_Man wrote: Out of curiosity, why would you pick a "dual wielding axe marauder" over just a dual-wielding marauder? Like, what if you find awesome swords? or is it because there are awesome axe uniques? Just curious. I'm aware that there are skill-tree nodes that give you axe-specific bonuses, but don't those exist for swords and maces as well? I like axes.  | ||
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danl9rm
United States3111 Posts
On January 23 2013 04:42 Steveling wrote: Ok, I can't decide. I leave it up to you guys. Poll: Shall I play a Dual wielding axe Marauder (26) Bow ranger (22) 48 total votes Your vote: Shall I play a lol, cruel forum is... ya. edit: 50/50 at time of post | ||
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Sn0_Man
Tebellong44238 Posts
Fair enough. I guess I meant the question a bit more generally. Like, I get why you would have claw-specific nodes because claws are class-specific so you can "specialize" in them, but I've never really understood the idea behind Axe/Sword/Mace specific stuff, because anybody can use those...  Why do I have to pick one of them? What if I'm using a sword, but then find a sweet 2 handed 6-linked mace or warhammer or whatever. Why do I get punished for putting points into my sword-specific things? Its different for bows, since that is a conscious choice to go ranged, which is different, but maces/swords/axes all do fundamentally the same thing (in my eyes). | ||
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Shinbi
338 Posts
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Tennet
United States1458 Posts
On January 23 2013 05:23 Sn0_Man wrote: Fair enough. I guess I meant the question a bit more generally. Like, I get why you would have claw-specific nodes because claws are class-specific so you can "specialize" in them, but I've never really understood the idea behind Axe/Sword/Mace specific stuff, because anybody can use those... Why do I have to pick one of them? What if I'm using a sword, but then find a sweet 2 handed 6-linked mace or warhammer or whatever. Why do I get punished for putting points into my sword-specific things? Its different for bows, since that is a conscious choice to go ranged, which is different, but maces/swords/axes all do fundamentally the same thing (in my eyes). The primary difference between maces, swords, and axes is some can do skills that others can't so generally which one you choose to go with is determined by the skills you want to use. | ||
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Benjamin99
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Slardar
Canada7593 Posts
NAUHG I'M GOING BOW RANGER DAMN YOU STEVELING! I voted Axe Marauder because I wanted to skew the poll. Also my first character was dual-wielding sword marauder (I like SWORDS!). Follow in my footsteps padawon. | ||
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
On January 23 2013 05:59 Tennet wrote: The primary difference between maces, swords, and axes is some can do skills that others can't so generally which one you choose to go with is determined by the skills you want to use. Swords, rapiers and axes are essentially the same with a little difference in accuracy and damage. You have a lot of possibilities for building a character of your choosing. Ranger in this game is not the easiest character to start with since it is easy to create a crappy character with very low chance at normal Vaal even. Marauders are easier to build powerful and dual axes is a fine build to use since cleave is a fine starting aoe. | ||
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Pwere
Canada1556 Posts
As for Dual Axe Marauder, I must say that while I like the style, it is actually pretty bad. The reason is pretty simple: Axes have low critical chance, so you want to use Resolute Technique, but most axe passives are heavy on accuracy, which is wasted. If you don't take Resolute Technique, you can get maybe 90% to hit, and 15% crit chance if you commit heavily, which barely makes up for simply having 100% to hit. Then, there's the question of skills. Dual Axe uses cleave + dual strike, which requires a lot of Dex. If you go two handed axes instead, you get Sweep + Heavy Strike, requiring Strength that you do have. But then, if you start planning a build, you realize that none of the Axe passives are worth it. So, you can pick any 2h weapon, but you have access to 7 really good mace passives; might as well pick those, go 2h maces, and get Ground Slam and Glacial Hammer as a bonus. You end up with something like This. I don't think Axes can ever be optimal right now. Swords or Maces are always better, and the small base damage difference doesn't make up for terrible passives. | ||
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T0F4sT
Netherlands317 Posts
New Information !! patch notes will be released soon  now just wait wait and wait... | ||
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Tennet
United States1458 Posts
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AKRW
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Tennet
United States1458 Posts
"Killing a Normal monster grants 1 charge, a Magic monster grants 3 charges, a Rare monster grants 6 charges, and a Unique monster grants 11 charges." | ||
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crms
United States11933 Posts
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screamingpalm
United States1527 Posts
On January 23 2013 06:23 crms wrote: I'm pretty sure I'll go witch on release. I didn't like the melee combat at all, at least for the first 25 levels (which is nothing). It was really sluggish, felt unresponsive and bleh. Game design PoE is fucking sweet, game play wise it leaves a lot to be desired. Sounds like you played a marauder and was having dex problems. That was actually my first impression of melee as well, until I played a melee ranger and realized I needed dex on my marauder for some sorely needed accuracy. Running around with dual strike and flicker strike I realized melee was in fact very responsive actually. I still think melee has survivability issues, but we'll see what OB brings. | ||
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