Return of Reckoning

Renork wrote:

Sizer wrote:That build is decent, but if you want to really deal damage, stay away from havoc. BoC is mediocre, the damage is too slow and too unreliable and youll never burst someone down who has heals. The range tactic is also meh, its nice at times, but you cant spare tactic slots, only place id consider it is a keep defense.

Id go with waronlinebuilder.org - Magus build

Running endless knowledge, surging power, and daemonic contract, and id pick up the ap tactic just in case you need it - giving ap to the group can be a massive buff even if you lose dps. And just because you have a close quarters tactic, it doesnt mean you spam lash, this build can very much be played as a ST spec, just start at a ~65 foot range, dot someone up, and move in to ~30 feet to finish them with surge/svf, and keep moving back and forth. Harder to play than a spec from 98 feet, but its way more damage.

Um...BoC is mandatory for ST burst spec. It's not as optimal right now because we lack our lovely 15% damage increase but it's still decent.

Sizer wrote:

Renork wrote:

Sizer wrote:That build is decent, but if you want to really deal damage, stay away from havoc. BoC is mediocre, the damage is too slow and too unreliable and youll never burst someone down who has heals. The range tactic is also meh, its nice at times, but you cant spare tactic slots, only place id consider it is a keep defense.

Id go with waronlinebuilder.org - Magus build

Running endless knowledge, surging power, and daemonic contract, and id pick up the ap tactic just in case you need it - giving ap to the group can be a massive buff even if you lose dps. And just because you have a close quarters tactic, it doesnt mean you spam lash, this build can very much be played as a ST spec, just start at a ~65 foot range, dot someone up, and move in to ~30 feet to finish them with surge/svf, and keep moving back and forth. Harder to play than a spec from 98 feet, but its way more damage.

Um...BoC is mandatory for ST burst spec. It's not as optimal right now because we lack our lovely 15% damage increase but it's still decent.

Thats not the only ST spec though, and its not great - my opinion has always been if you want to stand 100 feet away and use BoC to try to burst someone down like a sorc, just play a sorc.

peterthepan3 wrote:

Renork wrote:

peterthepan3 wrote:Aside: mutating blue fire is nice to have. A good DoT component too (would be nice if Surging Power affected this one!)

The DoT component should be increased or an additional effect should be added. I don't recall using MBF at 40, unless I wanted to troll around :> it looks pretty though.

Likewise - the long casttime just made it not worth it. An additional effect, eh? We should get our thinking caps on again!