Training feedback

[undernolights]

Hello all. In light of the upcoming fixskills, I'd like some feedback about training my level 63 empath. I primarily hunt with her, swing one handed as my RT is too high with THW and I've never gotten used to or enjoyed hunting with spells. Here are my skill goals at this time. As you can see, I am migrating tons because when I came back a couple months ago, I messed with some stuff. Any thoughts on changes, things I should consider or do differently to maximize hunting potential? I have no interest in reducing healing time or anything like that at this time. I'm easily able to heal and do rescues as is.

Thanks, all!

>SKILLS BASE
Kestrynna (at level 63), your base skill bonuses, ranks and goals are:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Armor Use..........................| 132 36.785 35 9 days, 2 hours, 31 minutes
Shield Use.........................| 165 65 65
Combat Maneuvers...................| 122 31 42 ASAP (will rise when points are available)
Edged Weapons......................| 165 65 65
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 20 4 8 ASAP (will rise when points are available)
Physical Fitness...................| 213 113.194 64 44 days, 2 hours, 29 minutes
Arcane Symbols.....................| 70 15 15
Harness Power......................| 163 63 63
Spirit Mana Control................| 120 30 30
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 165 65 65
Survival...........................| 120 30 30
Perception.........................| 138 39.925 30 10 days, 3 hours, 31 minutes
Climbing...........................| 90 20 20
Swimming...........................| 90 20 20
First Aid..........................| 224 124 124

Spell Lists
Major Spirit.......................| 30.900 30 1 day, 11 hours, 18 minutes

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 38 38

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 62 62
Training Points: 0 Phy 97 Mnt (346 Mnt converted to Phy)

3 days remain until the annual FIXSKILLS is to be granted, on 05/20/2012.

You started this migration period on Tuesday, 5/1/2012 at 11:39:29 EDT. You have 13 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes remaining in your current 30 day migration period.

You're currently migrating at a rate of .002 skill points per pulse, and have converted 78.897 training points this migration period.

Further information can be found in the FAQs.
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[undernolights]

wow, crickets chirping!

[FlayedAngel]

Hey! I know that character, haha.

Fairly new player here myself, so I don't have much in the way of informative feedback. I'm actually curious, though; how do you like using OHW versus a THW? I haven't looked much at that mix (versus Brawling or THW, which seem to be popular for Warpaths), but it occurs to me that such could be fun. I haven't heard a great deal about it, though -- does it work out well for you, comparatively?

[Jace Solo]

IMO the killing power of OHE is too weak without spending a lot of coin on crit weighted weapons and you don't really need the defense of the shield until much closer to cap. My Warpath swung a maul and did fantastic. Nothing I couldn't kill and 1106 was a good set up. I don't know if AS becomes a problem near cap. I know WRoss did it at 100 but I know he also had a ton of goodies.

What society would help too.

Normal Warpath training is:
1x Weapon/CM/PF(2x if you can)
1.99x Spells (at least 225, 130, and Empath at like level) for Redux
Armor to 35 ranks
(If you're Sunfist 65 ranks of blessing gets you 1107 for a full stam recharge coupled with sigi power...awesome)
Then it's all up to you

[undernolights]

I agree about the weakness of OHE, but when I've used a fixskills to switch to THW (which has me swinging with 6 second RT), my DS has been significantly lower than with a shield, so I switched back. Maybe I was doing it wrong, I dunno, but the shield seems to help me. Otherwise I agree that THW makes more sense.

[undernolights]

Oh, and I'm COL.

[Jace Solo]

It's gonna be lower. You're not picking up dodge and you're losing the enchant DS on the shield. You still shouldn't "need" it though. Are you stance dancing...do you take advantage of feint? Perhaps it's the play style that needs tweaking.

Also, what are your stats and what kinda weapon are you swinging?

[undernolights]

Gender: Female Age: 44 Expr: 3829138 Level: 63
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 92 (36) ... 95 (37)
Constitution (CON): 88 (29) ... 72 (21)
Dexterity (DEX): 62 (1) ... 62 (1)
Agility (AGI): 77 (8) ... 81 (10)
Discipline (DIS): 96 (23) ... 96 (23)
Aura (AUR): 75 (7) ... 75 (7)
Logic (LOG): 96 (18) ... 98 (19)
Intuition (INT): 73 (11) ... 73 (11)
Wisdom (WIS): 100 (25) ... 100 (25)
Influence (INF): 96 (28) ... 96 (28)
Mana: 167 Silver: 2990

I'm swinging a 6x falchion.

Good points re: feint and stance dancing...

[subzero]

I primarily hunt with her, swing one handed as my RT is too high with THW and I've never gotten used to or enjoyed hunting with spells.

My suggestion would be to try and get over that little (bolded) hump there. Empaths are one of the strongest casters in the game. I'm not terribly familiar with a lot of melee mechanics, but I notice that your agi/dex is pretty low. I'm sure someone else can chime in with more info about that, though I can tell ya that's why your RT with THW is longer. I'd have gone with a higher agi/dex to use THW if I insisted on swinging. You're taking a class that is a very strong spellcaster, weak melee attacker, and opting to use the less efficient route with yet even more inefficiency in the method of attack (OHE vs THW). Swing like a crazed monkey if you must, but I'd fire up the bone shatter build myself.

[undernolights]

Yeah. I think it's probably time to try something new, because she gets by as is, but could be pretty bad ass if I trained her to hunt a little more easily. I don't know the first about building up an 1106/casting warpath. Guess I'll do some googling.