T7 CA's for Raiding Assassins

[evilpants]

<DIV>I've gotten ahold of 3 Spongy Loams and was wondering which 3 CA's apart from Decap and Mark (AD3 and Master2 respectively) would benefit me the most as a raiding Assassin? I'm relatively new to the raiding scene and would love some advice from you veterans out there. Not sure if it makes any difference but my AA's to date are str- 4,4,4,8,8 (Perfectionist rocks) Thanks all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>                                                                      <IMG src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/fatbastard69/Tag2.jpg"></DIV>

[thebigtime]

<div></div>I would suggest getting Masked Attack for sure, not many people will tell you that. But the main reason behind it is not for the extra damage, but for the higher resistability % allowing you to miss less with it, therefore missing fewer backstabs.For your other two I'd suggest Puncture Blade as over time it will out-dps any other backstab and for the third either Killing Blade or Cloaked Assault, with perfectionist KB really starts to become awesome especially at adept3 and higher. A lot of people underestimate our AE's and over time Cloaked Assault is actually very good damage if used properly.

[Graton]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>evilpants wrote:<div></div> <div>I've gotten ahold of 3 Spongy Loams and was wondering which 3 CA's apart from Decap and Mark (AD3 and Master2 respectively) would benefit me the most as a raiding Assassin? I'm relatively new to the raiding scene and would love some advice from you veterans out there. Not sure if it makes any difference but my AA's to date are str- 4,4,4,8,8 (Perfectionist rocks) Thanks all.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>                                                                      <img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/fatbastard69/Tag2.jpg"></div><hr></blockquote>i certainly would not have chosen decap first but in the long run it doesn't make that much difference. i'd go:fiendish villainykilling bladecloaked assaultmasked attackpuncture bladedeadly woundthat should get ya started.EDIT: because deathly blade is a t6 CA, i'm such a noob</div><p>Message Edited by Graton on <span class=date_text>07-17-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:24 AM</span>

[Griffona]

As mentioned many times in this forum, Malignant Mark is our  BEST raid spell in the game....it will out damage every other CA hands down....Therefore many suggest it as a Master II choice....The difference between M1 and M2 is minimal though.  However, Don't waste a spogny on it...it deserves to be Mastered.  Check out the AA discussions to see how the INT line works with Malignant Mark causing it to crit over 50% of the time. <span>:smileywink:</span>I also agree that masked attack is a good choice. Along with KB and PB.  I've never seen Cloaked Assault or Decapitate M1's on the broker and im pretty religious about checking....Thier Adept III'd for me and I don't know if i'll ever have a chance to bid on them.If you're going to raid regularly, the goal should be for everything to be Adept III or better, for resistability reasons as well as damage.BTW....Worst Choice, Deadly Focus...our DPS mod is capped with the last version of this spell...all ya get is +to slashing and piercing...hardly master worthy.<div></div>

[Griffona]

Don't overlook your Offensive Stance...from back in T6....Whirling Blades I think its called.  That should be high on the list too.<div></div>

[Graton]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>Griffonage wrote:As mentioned many times in this forum, Malignant Mark is our  BEST raid spell in the game....it will out damage every other CA hands down....Therefore many suggest it as a Master II choice....The difference between M1 and M2 is minimal though.  However, Don't waste a spogny on it...it deserves to be Mastered.  Check out the AA discussions to see how the INT line works with Malignant Mark causing it to crit over 50% of the time. <span>:smileywink:</span>I also agree that masked attack is a good choice. Along with KB and PB.  I've never seen Cloaked Assault or Decapitate M1's on the broker and im pretty religious about checking....Thier Adept III'd for me and I don't know if i'll ever have a chance to bid on them.If you're going to raid regularly, the goal should be for everything to be Adept III or better, for resistability reasons as well as damage.BTW....Worst Choice, Deadly Focus...our DPS mod is capped with the last version of this spell...all ya get is +to slashing and piercing...hardly master worthy.<div></div><hr></blockquote>i don't know about your server but on ours, there are roughly 8,452 copies of Deadly Focus (Master I) on the broker. Exacting is a close 2nd at 7,658. Cloaked Assault is really rare, saw it once and i bought it. Surveillance just started dropping after lu 23 i think it was. it's way overpriced right now and not all that critical to me so i'm going to wait a bit. it's the last thing from t7 i need mastered.</div><p>Message Edited by Graton on <span class=date_text>07-17-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:34 AM</span>

[Griffona]

yeah we have tons of exacting and deadly focus.....just yesterday I got a master chest off of a random mob that jumped me in bonemire....was all excited till i opened it and saw deadly focus....sigh what a waste<div></div>

[Bi]

<div></div><div></div>deadly focus on najena is selling for less than a spongy edit: on topicmasked,PB KB with perfectionist (edited useless comments)I'm also a big fan of hte assault line, would definitely pick that afterwardsdefensive stance is a big one (Adroit defence) if you solo a lot<div></div><p>Message Edited by bieb on <span class=date_text>07-18-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:57 AM</span>

[Historios]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Graton wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>i don't know about your server but on ours, there are roughly 8,452 copies of Deadly Focus (Master I) on the broker. Exacting is a close 2nd at 7,658. Cloaked Assault is really rare, saw it once and i bought it. Surveillance just started dropping after lu 23 i think it was. it's way overpriced right now and not all that critical to me so i'm going to wait a bit. it's the last thing from t7 i need mastered.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <P>Message Edited by Graton on <SPAN class=date_text>07-17-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>07:34 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>What? you didnt want to fork over the 48 plat the guy was asking for Surveillance?</P> <P> </P> <P>And to add in on topic, the first 3 that I had made were masked attack, puncture blade and killing blade, since I chose Mark for my M2.<BR></P>

[Aienaa]

<P>If you want to compare I had once posted screen shots of our skills...  Most were AD3 then, so you can get an idea of what the upgrades will look like....  Took a while to find the thread since it's 4 months old, but here it is...</P> <P><A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=39&message.id=28243&view=by_date_ascending&page=2" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=39&message.id=28243&view=by_date_ascending&page=2</A></P> <P> </P> <P>Gwern - 70 Assassin - Kithicor</P>

[Remma]

<div><blockquote><hr>Historios wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> Graton wrote: <div></div> <div> <blockquote>i don't know about your server but on ours, there are roughly 8,452 copies of Deadly Focus (Master I) on the broker. Exacting is a close 2nd at 7,658. Cloaked Assault is really rare, saw it once and i bought it. Surveillance just started dropping after lu 23 i think it was. it's way overpriced right now and not all that critical to me so i'm going to wait a bit. it's the last thing from t7 i need mastered.</blockquote></div> <p>Message Edited by Graton on <span class="date_text">07-17-2006</span> <span class="time_text">07:34 AM</span> </p><hr> </blockquote> <p>What? you didnt want to fork over the 48 plat the guy was asking for Surveillance?</p> <p>And to add in on topic, the first 3 that I had made were masked attack, puncture blade and killing blade, since I chose Mark for my M2.</p><hr></blockquote>rofl 90pp on Blackburrow please feel free to send snotty/derisive mails to Blackburrow.Strawdog</div>

[judged_one]

WoohooGot survillance for free from guild raid. Now if I can find decapitate Master 1.but KB FTW if you are going Str AAAlso nice to have PB and DB Adept 3 at leastI think my androit defense is still app1, I can't recall ever using it.

[Reymien]

<DIV>Yeah, I'd go with masked attack, puncture blade, and killing blade.</DIV>