Little help, and stat questions

Squigglle · 04-16-2006, 08:19 PM

ok between swashy and assassin, who got higher dps, and solos better? also do either got a proc /heal? or a slip away to avoid death? oh and for scouts whats a primary stat you want? wis? int? strg? stam? what?

lolercopter · 04-16-2006, 08:25 PM

Number one, use the search button.Number two, don't play what's supposedly "better" because you'll hate it.Number three, try a monk.

Squigglle · 04-16-2006, 08:38 PM

do monks got good dps? i can try but unarmed aint my style, only teri kasi is

Cyber_Cowb · 04-17-2006, 02:57 AM

ok slightly more helpful answers.... 1. Assassin's are in a higher tier of DPS, but it also greatly depends on your equipment, if your all legendary and the assassin is all common your gonna out DPS them most likely. 2. Soloing I think swashy's have the edge because we have fewer positional attacks, we can also tank a lot better than our shadowy friends and can take a hit better. 3. Swashy's for sure don't have a heal and I don't believe those back-stabbing nogoodnik's do either. We both have evac and de-agro lines (a type of slip away if you can give agro to someone who's not as sexy as us, give them agro and run.... live to fight another day.) Swashy's also get a FD as one of their AA lines 4. Primary stat is a greatly debated topic, if your mostly in groups/raids as DPS then STR for bigger hits. If you solo, tank, or are constantly OOP then go AGI. Also keep in mind that Sta is gonna up your hit points allowing you to take more hits before becoming a pile of goo, and your poisons will do more damage the higher your INT is. Wis will up your resists.

Mathe · 04-17-2006, 03:48 PM

Swashbucklers solo a lot better than Assassins. Assassin DPS is actually generally lower when they have hate than a Swashbucklers would be, generally an Assassin relies on nearly killing the mob in the first hit or two, because if you don't start with a big hit, you can only get a good one every time Cheap Shot refreshes. Assassins also have a time component on some CAs, one of which actually requires the mob to have it for I think 24 seconds before it does good damage. Since when soloing, most Scouts in most levels can kill mobs in less than 20 seconds, it isn't that useful. Swashbucklers get more health and have tons of debuffs that greatly help when soloing.

Both get a life tap poison at level 60+, it really isn't that overly useful in most situations when soloing. If you need to heal to survive a solo fight, unless it is to finish a quest, you are better off finding something else.

04-16-2006, 08:19 PM	#1
Squigglle Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 823	ok between swashy and assassin, who got higher dps, and solos better? also do either got a proc /heal? or a slip away to avoid death? oh and for scouts whats a primary stat you want? wis? int? strg? stam? what? __________________

04-16-2006, 08:38 PM	#3
Squigglle Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 823	do monks got good dps? i can try but unarmed aint my style, only teri kasi is __________________

04-16-2006, 08:25 PM	#2
lolercopter Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 36	Number one, use the search button.Number two, don't play what's supposedly "better" because you'll hate it.Number three, try a monk.

04-17-2006, 02:57 AM	#4
Cyber_Cowb General Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57	ok slightly more helpful answers.... 1. Assassin's are in a higher tier of DPS, but it also greatly depends on your equipment, if your all legendary and the assassin is all common your gonna out DPS them most likely. 2. Soloing I think swashy's have the edge because we have fewer positional attacks, we can also tank a lot better than our shadowy friends and can take a hit better. 3. Swashy's for sure don't have a heal and I don't believe those back-stabbing nogoodnik's do either. We both have evac and de-agro lines (a type of slip away if you can give agro to someone who's not as sexy as us, give them agro and run.... live to fight another day.) Swashy's also get a FD as one of their AA lines 4. Primary stat is a greatly debated topic, if your mostly in groups/raids as DPS then STR for bigger hits. If you solo, tank, or are constantly OOP then go AGI. Also keep in mind that Sta is gonna up your hit points allowing you to take more hits before becoming a pile of goo, and your poisons will do more damage the higher your INT is. Wis will up your resists.

04-17-2006, 03:48 PM	#5
Mathe Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 261	Swashbucklers solo a lot better than Assassins. Assassin DPS is actually generally lower when they have hate than a Swashbucklers would be, generally an Assassin relies on nearly killing the mob in the first hit or two, because if you don't start with a big hit, you can only get a good one every time Cheap Shot refreshes. Assassins also have a time component on some CAs, one of which actually requires the mob to have it for I think 24 seconds before it does good damage. Since when soloing, most Scouts in most levels can kill mobs in less than 20 seconds, it isn't that useful. Swashbucklers get more health and have tons of debuffs that greatly help when soloing. Both get a life tap poison at level 60+, it really isn't that overly useful in most situations when soloing. If you need to heal to survive a solo fight, unless it is to finish a quest, you are better off finding something else.