Rift: Random Question Thread

[Alderaan]

Bard is pretty disappointing compared to XI's bard, but that's mostly due to no haste stat. It's damage output and survivability is better but it's actual support capabilities, at least to me, are lacking. The ability to have 3 fanfares up come 1.6 is a step in the right direction and so is having a 1 min spotters.

[Melena]

so 5% more damage, 5% reduced incoming damage, and a steady but small healing stream raid wide + the 5 point debuff finishers are lacking? As well as Ferver/Speedy Feet depending on the fight? I honestly think your over analyzing what the class is designed to do. Yes the 3 fanfares in 1.6 will be nice (no more split buffing) but honestly I love playing around with my rogue as a bard.

[arus2001]

Hmm, a buffed reaver makes me moist. Been slowly improving my gear while getting a feel for the instances I never did while leveling. Still dread random throwing me at Konstantin again, though. x.x

[Meph]

basically what they are doing with warrior tanks in 1.6 is reward going deep into specs instead of spreading it out like now. also it will pretty much remove the need to sub warlord in raids since calls doesnt give that much aggro anymore, and rogues get spotters order.

@Guyverarmor
its fine sticking with reaver. I would go with a spec like this (since you were lv32): http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0c...Rz.Vuqkh00z.xV
if you feel abit squishy, use http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0chAE.E0o.Vuqkh00z.xV instead (basically, you dont need Agressive Guardian since the aoe-threat from warlord is larger, and they dont stack)

[Melena]

Actually Meph, at least in HK there is only one spec. the 51vk spec due to the huge mitigation. They want to make the other deep tree's as viable, cause unfortunately they were lacking. Also raid calls will still generate agro, they are just taking spotters and not making it a call anymore since it was an aoe crutch. The other calls in Warlord will still generate the same threat through battlefield awareness.

[Meph]

Im doing HK as PLD/VK or reaver hybrid :/

edit: well, since the other calls need you to put in more points then just 6-10, I dont think they will see much usage (that and the fact that bardbuffs give the same, the +bonus for the warrior itself is neglectable imo)

[Guyverarmor]

I have two specs set up. One leveling, and working on the full 51 pt VK. I do hope they make 51 pt PLD and RV viable... love both specs to be honest and Reaver has not steared me
wrong so far in leveling.. love the self-healing abilities. Plague Bringer + Soul sickness = awesome to me, and helps out the healer slightly.

[arus2001]

I miss the old Grisly Works that restored a percentage of your HP for every mob killed. Current's kinda lame now. I know I'm still lolT1, but only troubles I've had keeping a mob's attention when it wasn't AI programmed to divert focus for whatever reason is when dealing with mages and such better geared. This was rather evident in tonight's Foul Cascade since despite backwards kiting the spider boss and trying to hold all the babies, it'd still veer off toward the mage when not doing an impregnate. And to be honest, it made the fight a lot harder than it needed to be since them dying basically meant me holding even more spiders, dodging poison, and trying to get new spawns off the others. x.x

[Meph]

keep spamming multitarget-attacks and keep intercept up on whoever does the most damage usually works

[arus2001]

Check on the first, my Reaver/Paladin build lacks the latter. :/

Though I suspect little things like that are why they're looking to up their enmity generation.

[Guyverarmor]

I honestly love my Reaver/Paladin build... I think it provides the best of both worlds... but yeah, seems I have to work a little harder for threat than on a VK >.> Unless I got my rotation wrong. I use usally start with Plague Bringer--> Soul Sick-->Necrotic Wounds--> Then start tabing targets Crusade strike then spotters order.

[AidenCarby]

1 point spotters spam, everything else is irrelevant, just make sure you have battlefield awareness buff active. Spam that and cracking skulls, you won't lose aggro. Use cleave as your point builder.

[Guyverarmor]

Ah ok, will do this starting tonight. Thanks Aiden

[AidenCarby]

F'sho :>

[arus2001]

Thinking about dabbling in PvP more, but browsing on a good spec for warriors just has people QQing about their current state. While I'm currently more geared for tanking, I figure I should build a DD set around PvP so it can multi-task in PvE settings. Any suggestions from people who've done it? Only P1 for now with about 25k Favor and whatever it cost to buy the PvP soul, but that seemed more defensively focused.

[AidenCarby]

51 rb / 15 vk for now. Also, there's a ton of forum QQbecause warrior is the worst pvp class and the changes stated don't look to be helping. Defensive pvp won't work because the only incentive of doing so(subdue) is broken and has been broken for going on three months. For now since you're starting, go 51rb/15k with sword and board, it still puts out good damage as it's all elemental. Make sure you pick up spell sunder and ravenous strength from Void Knight tree.

[arus2001]

This one might be tricky, but does Consuming Faesource work only if you're casting the heal and can it trigger on Reaver abilities like Soul Sickness and Creeping Death?

[Guyverarmor]

It wouldn't since they are not innate healing spells.. trust me, already tried it

[arus2001]

Hmm, suggestions on tanking greater essences, then? My other one is the shield block heal.

[AidenCarby]

Don't bother with them just stack lessers with stats.