Level 44 Master Choices

[Obadiah]

<div>Is it me, or are all of the level 44 Master II options lame? Uncanny Speed, Flurry of Blades, Frigid Throw - these all seem like excellent choices, but no.</div><div> </div><div>None are jumping out at me. What did you go with for your level 44 Master II and are you happy with that choice?</div><div> </div>

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<div></div>Remind us what the four level 44 choices are. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Obadiah]

<div></div><p>Heh. See, there you have it. They're just not memorable. :smileyhappy:</p><ul><li>Disarming Smirk (Mez)</li><li>Bladeweaver (+ AGI and Increased effectiveness of combat arts)</li><li>Flash of Steel (Mediocre damage attack that lowers target's DPS)</li><li>Razor Edge (Mediocre damage Side/Frontal attack that reduces target's parry)</li></ul>

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<div></div><blockquote><hr>Obadiah wrote:<div></div><p>Heh. See, there you have it. They're just not memorable. :smileyhappy:</p><hr></blockquote><p>Hehe, point made. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Things to consider...</p><p> </p><p>All are upgraded in T6, so that's not a factor.</p><p>Disarming Smirk is upgraded first at 54. BW upgrades at 55, FoS and RE at 57.</p><p><strong>Disarming Smirk</strong> -- the upgrade doesn't alter the duration, only resistability. Personally I rarely have problems with resists anyway, plus it's a fairly situational spell as it is. Also note that it's a <u>true</u> spell (not a CA) and follows spell recast rules, so even if you do get a resist it's only a few seconds before it's refreshed anyway. We tend to have fewer power issues than many other classes, so the extra power for a recast really isn't that big a deal for us.</p><p><strong>Bladeweaver</strong> -- increased AGI and STR, so increased power pool, avoidance, and higher damage on autoattacks and all CAs. I forget the exact numbers but Master2 Bladeweaver is better than Adept1 Battleweaver (the T6 upgrade).</p><p><strong>Flash of Steel</strong> -- damage isn't great but it's fast recast. Lowered DPS can be very useful but it's an <u>incredibly</u> short duration debuff, 10 seconds -- same as the recast time. This means it must be spammed to maintain the debuff, which isn't optimal (and means you can't maintain it on more than one target, sadly).</p><p><strong>Razor Edge</strong> -- very nice damage and debuff for soloing, useful-ish in groups if you don't mind being very mobile (mainly for damage rather than debuff, unless you have a high DPS tank), really not so hot for raids. Definitely a valid choice if you solo a lot (it's the "frontal backstab" <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) but probably a wasted choice if you intend to spend a lot of time raiding.</p><p> </p><p>Personally I went for Bladeweaver. Increased power pool can't hurt and the extra dose of damage across all your CAs is welcome. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Plus I'm notoriously broke, so I figured I could delay upgrading Battleweaver in T6 if I needed to. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Second choice would probably have been Razor Edge, 3rd Flash of Steel, 4th Disarming Smirk.</p><p> </p><p>But yeah, you're right. It's the pick of a crappy crop. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Obadiah]

<div></div><p>Hey, that's great stuff. Thanks!</p><p>I think Bladeweaver sounds like the winner. I actually had already made my choice and went with Flash of Steel. But I think I can still claim the "Do-Over" reward on this character, which I'm considering. :smileyhappy:</p><p>I solo more than I'd like cause I have to go AFK a lot. And I get called to log off and switch to my gnome. Haven't been on a single raid with this toon, so that stuff does make a difference.</p><p>I think the real answer is whatever I go with I need to have a <strong>real</strong> damage CA, like Flurry of Blades, upgraded to Adept III. :smileytongue:</p><p> </p><p> </p>

[Iseabeil]

<div>Bladeweaver will give better stats then next tiers battleweaver untill ye can get it up to adept3 (unless they changed it recently) and is really the only choise i would consider at lvl 44.</div><div> </div><div> </div>

[Sadpandaa]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Iseabeil wrote:<div>Bladeweaver will give better stats then next tiers battleweaver untill ye can get it up to adept3 <strong>(unless they changed it recently)</strong> and is really the only choise i would consider at lvl 44.</div><div><hr></div></blockquote>Nope, still the same. I went Bladeweaver as well.

[Davhanama]

<div></div><p>Bladeweaver here as well.</p><p>Davhanama Deeproot</p><p>Swashy on LDL</p><p>KOTO</p>

long term and if you are raid focused I would go with Flash of Steel, I think Master 2 has 31% DPS debuff, which is only superseded by Dazzling Steel Master I at this point of time.