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<blockquote data-quote="loisel" data-source="post: 4424599" data-attributes="member: 10135"><p>OK this kind of thread, you're going to get lots of armchair experts debating the merits of many, many things that really don't affect you or your characters. I think that the correct way of answering this question is to decide what your objective is, then break out a spreadsheet and see what's what.</p><p></p><p>The most obvious objective is DPR against a single foe. That's already been looked into (although I'm sure it could be improved), and here are two threads: </p><p>DPR per AC: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=234620" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=234620</a> </p><p>DPR per level: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?p=4399004" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?p=4399004</a></p><p></p><p>So, if you want to see how bulletproof your defenders are, you make a spreadsheet that counts how long you last against various attacks. If you want to see how nuking your AoE wizard is, you make a spreadsheet that counts DPR for crowds of monsters. I was gonna do that last one, but I never got around to it. If you want to know how good you are at stunning foes, you count the expected number of stunned rounds you can inflict, per day, or per four encounters, etc...</p><p></p><p>So in partial answer to your question, for DPR against a single foe, play a TWF ranger that shoots arrows from levels 1-10, then switch to twin scimitars at level 11 when you become a Stormwarden. Rogues also have high DPR against single foes, but only specialized builds get somewhat close to rangers (dagger rogue, paragon multiclass into ranger for TS is a good choice).</p><p></p><p>I don't know which are the best defenders, AoE guys, stunners, etc...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loisel, post: 4424599, member: 10135"] OK this kind of thread, you're going to get lots of armchair experts debating the merits of many, many things that really don't affect you or your characters. I think that the correct way of answering this question is to decide what your objective is, then break out a spreadsheet and see what's what. The most obvious objective is DPR against a single foe. That's already been looked into (although I'm sure it could be improved), and here are two threads: DPR per AC: [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=234620[/url] DPR per level: [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?p=4399004[/url] So, if you want to see how bulletproof your defenders are, you make a spreadsheet that counts how long you last against various attacks. If you want to see how nuking your AoE wizard is, you make a spreadsheet that counts DPR for crowds of monsters. I was gonna do that last one, but I never got around to it. If you want to know how good you are at stunning foes, you count the expected number of stunned rounds you can inflict, per day, or per four encounters, etc... So in partial answer to your question, for DPR against a single foe, play a TWF ranger that shoots arrows from levels 1-10, then switch to twin scimitars at level 11 when you become a Stormwarden. Rogues also have high DPR against single foes, but only specialized builds get somewhat close to rangers (dagger rogue, paragon multiclass into ranger for TS is a good choice). I don't know which are the best defenders, AoE guys, stunners, etc... [/QUOTE]
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