I need your opinion...

[EZ_Aerendor Shadowbride]

With my new skill points i have the opportunity to go on those templates ...
what would u think is the best ?
any comment is more than welcomed ...

Critical Strike 50
Stealth 40
Thrust 39
Dual Wield 34
Envenom 26

or

Critical Strike 50
Stealth 40
Thrust 50
Dual Wield 15
Envenom 25


<u> Reasons to have :</u>
25 or 26 in Envenom :
Get the upgrade of the disease poison which prevents healsin a more efficient way and which put a low snare that doesn't break with dmgs (would last 2 minutes)
50 or 39 in Thrust:
Increasing Thrust increases my weapon Skill (making me miss less often on hits), and also my average dmg output .. also the lvl 50 style is made from an Evade but gives a long Duration Stun (for info my lvl 50 CS style works after 4 moves + Evade and gives bleed, just like the 2nd movement from the same chain of Evade)
15 or 34 in Dual Wield:
Increasing Dual Wield will make me hit with both weapons at same times more often (from around 40% to 60% of the time) which would also increase my dmg output
Edited by: Aerendor Shadowbride at: 2/21/02 1:09:03 pm

[EZ_Dither DAoC]

I like #2

i just raised sword from 28-32 at level 39, and i went from hitting normal swing of 24ish to 34ish. this a big increase for such few points. Dither Disgustipated
Kobold Shadowblade
Ragnarok, Palomides

[EZ_Miron Quickblade]

I personaly like #1 better :-) Mostly because it is closer to my template. Dual weild should not be ignored! Perhaps leave dual a bit less, maybe 1/2 level, but I definetly think it's good to keep it up. -Miron Quickblade, searching...
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"A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced endeavor to do, he drowns. The way is to the destructive element submit yourself, and with exertions of your hands and feet in the water make the deep, deep sea keep you up." - Conrad

[EZ_Dippin Daggers]

I still don't see why CS should be raised to 50, that is of course if Mythic decides to improve it in the near future.

I was leaning towards this:

40 Stealth
39 Thrusting
38 Envenom
39 Critical Strike
34 Dual Wield

But I'm scared to do so. I just know the minute I train these Mythic will come out with a special emergency patch making CS and Envenom ultra uber l33t. Edited by: Dippin Daggers at: 2/21/02 5:11:31 pm

[EZ_Aerendor Shadowbride]

hmm .. Dippin ... the problem is : i already have 50 in CS ...
and now i have 839 extra points to spend on skills ...

[EZ_Shandray]

Don't see reason to raise CS to 50?
Well, if you don't care for the CS styles you get by raising CS base skill to 50, you still have to consider that CS skill raises your Perf Art dmg and possibly dmg for other styles. Not to mention, there aren't many items that give CS bonus, at least not in Midgard.
I don't care much for styles beyond the perf art chain but I still wanna raise my CS to 50 for lower style dmg output. The only reason I would leave CS at 39 or 40 is if I get the "theoretical" +10 bonus to skill in the long run from realm rank 11.
I say theoretical 'cause the +10 from realm rank 11 still seems unofficial/unproven.