S
sakichop
Guest
So, instead of starting POE as I had planned D:OS caught my eye.
I fired it up this weekend and did my usual routine of restarting 800 times with endless different builds to see how things work and what works.
It seemed that no matter my build combat boiled down to who does the most elemental damage or has the best elemental resistances. I made a backstabbing thief but found it was most effective to just throw bombs and scrolls, ranger, elemental arrows way better than regular, shadowblade, no need to attack just use magic. I've also notice that there's so much elemental crap on the ground that just closing to melee range is a chore in itself. Is there any reason to ever use melee attacks?
I must admit I didn't make a pure fighter because even if it works I have no interest in playing one. I realize I'm skipping probably the best melee class in the game and then saying melee is useless but really melee should be a viable alternative for most classes.
Now don't get me wrong I'm actually enjoying the combat despite this, but I'm concerned 50 hours in how will I enjoy it if combat boils down to checking the enemies elemental resistances and spamming what ever they're weak to.
Full disclosure, I haven't ventured far past the first town or past level 4 so I could just be talking out my ass too early but I want to know if melee is a viable option or if I'll always feel like I'm wasting my time attacking when I could just roast them with, fire, poison, water, electricity, etc.
Also I've looked around the net but have been trying too avoid too much info and I'm see a lot of titles to threads that rouges are useless because they were severely nerfed is EE. That would be disappointing as I want to play rouge for my main. Any truth to that?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
I fired it up this weekend and did my usual routine of restarting 800 times with endless different builds to see how things work and what works.
It seemed that no matter my build combat boiled down to who does the most elemental damage or has the best elemental resistances. I made a backstabbing thief but found it was most effective to just throw bombs and scrolls, ranger, elemental arrows way better than regular, shadowblade, no need to attack just use magic. I've also notice that there's so much elemental crap on the ground that just closing to melee range is a chore in itself. Is there any reason to ever use melee attacks?
I must admit I didn't make a pure fighter because even if it works I have no interest in playing one. I realize I'm skipping probably the best melee class in the game and then saying melee is useless but really melee should be a viable alternative for most classes.
Now don't get me wrong I'm actually enjoying the combat despite this, but I'm concerned 50 hours in how will I enjoy it if combat boils down to checking the enemies elemental resistances and spamming what ever they're weak to.
Full disclosure, I haven't ventured far past the first town or past level 4 so I could just be talking out my ass too early but I want to know if melee is a viable option or if I'll always feel like I'm wasting my time attacking when I could just roast them with, fire, poison, water, electricity, etc.
Also I've looked around the net but have been trying too avoid too much info and I'm see a lot of titles to threads that rouges are useless because they were severely nerfed is EE. That would be disappointing as I want to play rouge for my main. Any truth to that?
Thanks in advance for any replies.