A level 105 full DEX barbarian is hitting from 1k to 2k damage on his critical hits,one-shotting mobs with low cooldowns in dungeon like it’s no big deal.While I,a level 109 full STR cataphract auto-poke them with 600-700 damage most of the time.A full DEX cataphract is out of the question since it suck balls when we don’t have any critical rate attributes.Like wtf man,I feel so useless…
yes because the first 100 levels in a 600 max level game makes or breaks a class
Barbarian is not too strong, Cataphract is too weak. Think about it… really.
while i agree that Barb is strong (idk about full dex tho… Ied only do that if going Corsair later MAYBE!)
Cataphract can be just as strong if you build it correctly.
the strength of every class is dependent on the build used to make that class, its just that some classes like Barb are brain dead strong (resulting a lack of growth in their power)
while others take a little more effort.
that said i wouldn’t go full STR (or full any stat for that matter) because STR dosent do much much but boost your crit dmg, and add it self flat to your base damage. (which can be reduced depending on the enemy)
so at lvl 109 and full STR thats an extra 109 dmg to your base dmg and skills… and since most skills hit double that right from the start its kinda meh… I would only invest heavily in STR on a charatcer who has a lot of crit modifiers because all in all 95% of your damage comes from your weapon, skills, masteries, and gear (if your gear is speced for dmg)
if you crit then you get +50% dmg you were going to deal then + your base STR added back to the total dmg.
i usually put a few points in STR on a Swordie and Archer but my focus is SPR and DEX for high crit/skill spamming
now if you have a class that almost guarantees crits like Highlander or Ranger then yes by all means get some STR but if not don’t punp everything into STR
Barb is only strong for 2 reasons
- Highlander C1 is crit city, due to a +50% crit on 2-handed swords mastery.
- Barb at C3 gets Frenzy which is a rising dmg increase from +20 to +400 dmg at max after 20 hits.
you don’t need STR on barb with that
IN FACT you DON’T want STR on that (unless your a Corsair)
you WANT to b able to put that massive power increase to good use and spam skills that already hit 500-1000+ dmg
think about mixing this with Hoptile’s stabbing skill at lvl 5 thats 166 per hit but with barb passive thats +400 dmg on every hit so 566 dmg pr hit, you stab 6 times i think?
so thats an outward dmg of 3,396 from one skill and you have others you can spam.
with points in SPR your SP regen will be able to support this, not to mention SPR gives block penitration and with high dex adding MORE damage to each hit with crits…
other classes have debuffs and armor shred, extra dmg on armor types, ect.
combinations are limitless, but don’t say a class is broken when the class you are comparing it to has the potential to do more then just damage.
because that’s literally all Barb can do nothing else, just dmg.
DEX needs a nerf, CON and INT need a sharp buff.
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Barb is not too strong, overkill mechanic is just broken. Because of this they can consistenly get 3x exp as everyone else. Just take out that mechanic and barb will level closer to everyone’s speed.
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