wil3ur
Grandmaster
So I finally GM'd poisoning, looking for a good poison/fence/mage build. Any suggestions? I'm not quite sure which skills give boosts in here.
GM Poisoning, what next?
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Puuraidur
Novice
Don't use poisoning on your pvp char, just carry poisoned weapons.
Medi dexx0rer 100 70 55 or 90 75 60
Fencing
Tactics
Anatomy
Healing
Magery
Resist
Meditation
or alchy variation 100 80 45
Fencing
Tactics
Anatomy
Healing
Magery
Resist
Alchemy
or mage 100 45 80 or 90 55 80
Fencing
Tactics
Anatomy
Eval int
Magery
Resist
Meditation
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wil3ur
Grandmaster
I was reading that poison gives a bonus to poison spells with magery for damage. Is there not a big enough bonus to make this effective?
halygon
Grandmaster
Actually, there is a pretty good buff to magery for poisoning -- They did this to make a nox mage viable. In addition, there is also a good "to inflict" bonus by having poisoning on a melee character. It gives you a higher chance to inflict poison, which gets pretty crazy when you have GM poisoning.
I am not sure how you would intermix a mage and fencer in a way that would work, but there are your advantages. Read the publishes (I think starting at #2) to find out more details about the poisoning changes made for PvP.
I am not sure how you would intermix a mage and fencer in a way that would work, but there are your advantages. Read the publishes (I think starting at #2) to find out more details about the poisoning changes made for PvP.
The Grixxitt
Apprentice
Did they ever implement the nerf to poisoned weapons?
I know they had talked about having poison on weapons removed after a couple of hits
I know they had talked about having poison on weapons removed after a couple of hits
Zoobler
Grandmaster
Halygon...you rock sir!
The Grixxitt
Apprentice
WOW. Well I guess that's one way to kill a GM-poison dexxer template. I guess in retrospect you could see this coming with the way they implemented Lumberjacking.
Has there been any talk of having the user's poisoning skill fit into the calculation somewhere (for melee)?
Is there a blessed DP keg deed in the dono shop I overlooked or something?
Well at least nox-mage is viable now
halygon
Grandmaster
Well, they certainly didn't kill a GM poisoner dexxor template. It is still pretty damn OP. What they did was make it less OP.
Check it out, you can no longer insta cure DP every time. Yes poison application for weapons is down and poison charges are now consumed more, but it was so powerful that no one won a tourny without being an alchy nox dexxor and in the field it was nearly impossible to kill one 1v1.
So no.. they did not kill anything, they just made it so you didn't have to play one to win.
The Grixxitt
Apprentice
I've been away for a while so I guess I missed the whole dexxers being OP thing. I know in the beginning of the shard there was a huge outcry for nerfs, but it was mostly directed at the fencing para hit.
In any case, this is something I will obviously need to play around with in-game as opposed to forum PvP so I can come up with any kind of conclusion, but what I'm seeing is a 66% fail chance and 2 DP pots per successful poisoning. That seems like a pretty heavy handed nerf IMO.
In any case, this is something I will obviously need to play around with in-game as opposed to forum PvP so I can come up with any kind of conclusion, but what I'm seeing is a 66% fail chance and 2 DP pots per successful poisoning. That seems like a pretty heavy handed nerf IMO.
halygon
Grandmaster
Not really, you really need to play around with it to see how it works. Keep in mind that having the poisoning skill increases the chance to inflict (i think it actually goes up to like 45-50% chance at GM poisoning).
Messremb
Grandmaster
I think it's only 40% at GM up from 20% with 0. And it scales with skill so 50 poisoning gives you 30% chance. That is unless I missed a change to it.
That's why most Alchy/nox temps run with 70 poison and 80 alchy. With only 50 magery.
halygon
Grandmaster
Thanks for that info.
My point was just that it does get better if you have GM poisoning.
wil3ur
Grandmaster
- Mage
- Mages with GM poisoning will now be able to pierce magic resistance when in a 3 tile radius of their intended victim.
Does this apply to poison fields or just direct spell?
poogoblin
Master
Where can I find these numbers? Only thing I see is 33% to apply, 33% to do nothing, 33% chance to do nothing and lose a poison charge.
halygon
Grandmaster
I found them here after @Messremb mentioned it: http://uoforum.com/threads/publish-1b-may-10th-2014-pvp-changes.35226/#post-220815