Hello guys, i’m starting the adventure of the Hackapelle myself and I wanted to thanks OP for the work.
I use a suboptimal build but wanted to share my experience, I’m at rogue3 and im struggling quite hard (im literally made of paper). I use a 50 CON/ full STR stats distribution.
Ranger feedbacks:
Time bomb is a really bad skill (no scaling, bad spreading).
Spiral arrow is pretty decent with 100% crit and 12 hit combo (using the 2 charges)
Bounce shot is a sad skill too, damages are really low and sometimes it is hard to understand how the spreading works…
Critical shot seems to be set at 62% crit anyway (even if you have more with sneak hit…) and a waste of mana.
At least Barrage and Steady aim can help for a huge burst with a Full Str build.
Rogue 3:
Vendeta is a garbage skill, i tried hard to use at first but this is underwhelming in any sense, low Aoe Ratio, low damage, long charging and a worthless buff Flat 75 STR for 15 invested points… (if you keep using it on critters/Stamina crystal)
Feint is a really good skill at least if you invest 7-8 points (depending if you have a monster gem to spare) because it helps my low accuracy. Obtained with Circle 2 Rogue
Capture is a wonderful skill, even more if your teammates take into account that you are in the group. I’m not using it to DPS (yeah you can throw stuff at me) but protect myself/the group on a safety zone used during preparation. It is not taking into account the attributes (+20 blocks for example) but it is a quite handy skill.
Evasion is a good skill working kinda like a suboptimal pain barrier (short duration on a really long cd) but helps to deliver your burst.
Backstab hits pretty hard even without karasha set (I don’t have it sadly), worth leveling it. I reached 14K damage with a single charge with the crystal dagger (really low base damage)
Despite unmounting, Lacrymator is quite handy and 1 point is more than enough. Someone knows if the attribute affect the range you can use it or the size of the resulting silence?
Burrow isn’t usable mounted (
) so…
Ranger rogue combo is pretty solid but it seems that more than 1 rank of ranger and more than Rogue 2 are a waste becaue you can have all the goodies with Ranger 1/Rogue 2…
I finished to farm my +5 harvester (failed 3 silver anvil to obtain the +6 so i stopped…) with four 6* yellow gems. I think this option is more balanced than pajoritas (more con and less unconsistent for the damage) even if the DPS should be lower at the end.
I have 1 phada and still farming the second. Will use Max petamion until my terralion is finished.
I have a didel crossbow with 2 5* yellow gems but isn’t there any better option without prato use?
It seems really hard to gear as an hackaRogue because you have low acc (so hard to fit cloth gloves), no evasion (when not under evasion).
@b4nj0 Was thinking about the same as you but with Hasta Top and bottom (Higher PDEF, will provide enough Physical protection with 4 yellow 6*) even if the SP recovery/SP are welcome (Sp consumption is quite high in Ranger3/Rogue combo).
Lolopanther Top, bottom seems a great addition if you survive to farm them.
I’m also thinking about a full SPR build instead of STR (the bonus damage is really low…) because I’m always out of SP during fights (and i don’t even have the hacka skill yet…), it will help for MDEF and for SP problems.
I also have another problem, i don’t see the stacks of my crossbow debuff, do you have the same problem too or is it related to an old excrulon’s addons?
Hope this was the right place to share my babbling !