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  1. Hephaestas

    A Look Ahead: Producer's Letter from Tolero!

    From watching a "New free to play mmo to try out!" youtube video that got me interested (showcasing the Storehouse's Secret lol), to falling in love with my first raid experience in Tempest's Spine, to feeling anxious as a wizard walking around in endgame shavarath... This game is great and...
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    Add Scrolls to the Artificer "Retain Essence" feat

    So perhaps you've played an Artificer (level 5 or above) and casted a wand on it before and noticed... whoa, I didn't expend a charge! While that's all fun and flavorful... the game has changed a lot since the class was first introduced... and wands, 'rods' and staves aren't too commonplace...
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    U75 Preview 2: Chill of Ravenloft Loot

    I Like the transparency of the drop rates and how things drop, that's cool thanks. As others have mentioned, I do have some concerns on the congestion of the loot tables. Putting certain augments (or even adding rare gem augments to the drop table) of certain optionals would be really...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Going on 50 dodge? Man, I wanna see how you pull that 👀 lol Also don't sweat not getting expanded clip on an Inquis; it only affects repeaters (unless I'm not in the know on something? And in which case, that's not WAI/WAW so I wouldn't count on it for long.)
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    There's very little to gain going 17 versus 16 Arty, the main thing is really just a lvl 5 spell slot. Go with whichever makes more sense based on your split. I like mithril vs. composite which I think is what you're referring to? As Mithril = light armor for a WF. Composite is definitely handy...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Hey, the lightning reflexes was a misprint, I mean to have "insightful reflexes" - good catch sorry about that. Nice to hear with the saves with monk/pali - and I'd definitely imagine those reflexes were good enough for just about anything.
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    U73.4 Lamannia Preview

    I really think they should make shortbows have a higher RoF (or at least, higher doubleshot?) and then longbows have a higher damage die - or something along the lines that emphasizes shortbows are more for an agile player that would move around/quicker, and a longbow is someone trying to just...
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    U73.4 Lamannia Preview

    Love these changes on paper, I'll look into trying them out tonight. Any chance great crossbow can benefit from (some form of) this Precise Shot change? That's a ranged type that is really starting to fall by the way side in a world of RoF-is-king combat. Not to mention there's really only one...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Hey thanks for the comment, and sorry I'm so late getting to it. So while the Hardcore-ficer build is sturdy, it was never designed for endgame play. Frankly, it was only meant for really going to 20/early epics when originally designed. I'm not saying the build wouldn't work - but it's main...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    New build has been sufficiently geared and tested! Find it here ➡️ The Chaosmancer Maker: DPS & Support Caster (also updated OP) Had a lot of fun with this build. It's definitely a grind for gear but the red/purple named DPS is far better on this and the defensive and self-sustainability is the...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    I really wouldn't suggest splitting caster any further than 1 unless you have a very specific build concept in mind using 4 Wild Mage - that goes for any half caster if you ask me. I was definitely curious about using Mixed Magics from Wild Mage with Arti but in my theory crafting nothing came...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Hey thanks, I appreciate it. I recently showed the misses the night revels which was fun. (Though dealing with the liches was a pain lol). But she's proud of her new Doomspherelet companion 😄 But nice sleuthing! I have indeed been messing around with Chaosmancer and it's pretty decent. Using it...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    New caster gearing is done - see tab U69 Caster. It's a doozy in terms of a farm, but it should keep folks busy with highly optimal DC's, damage and defenses for some time. Fair warning that it is pretty raid intensive. On top of higher defenses and more spellpower than even before, this gains...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Yeah, unfortunately hitting harder isn't the issue with most of heroics, and on top of that it's not like doubleshot is as widely available in heroics as it is at endgame. So this change is definitely going to be felt more negatively in heroics way more than epics or legendary levels. That said...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    I saw this and though I don't have current plans to revisit repeater arti so soon after trying it relatively recently as far as the meta goes, it does look interesting. So speaking purely theoretical here, I think it changes the gearing of this build more than anything else. You'll likely see a...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Hey! Sorry I've been a bit busy...just got married! I have a gearset for (nuker) Arti caster coming out soon. In addition to being busy with recent life changes, I was awaiting to see how the dust settled with Myth Drannor loot. It's difficult given the drop rates, but the payoff in terms of...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    The spellpower isn't about bumping your spells, but your imbue damage and any spell-rider bonuses (like the Shiradi Mantle). It's true that Harmonic Resonance is a large reason to use the Fatesinger Epic Strike, which meshes really well with a Sonic-based Shiradi Mantle. But since I prefer the...
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Glad you're having fun, and good luck with the raids and pushes! For claw accessories slots on a battle engineer, I'd suggest any of the following based on your needs: PRR, MRR, or Sunder. All are at or near the highest values for those attributes. Regarding Fatesinger vs. Dreadnaught, both...
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    Returning after 2 years!

    Welcome back! Ask questions, use the DDOWiki, and take your time. Sounds like a Reincarnation or two is in order, yeah.
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    Heph's Artificer Builds & Guide Repository

    Bugged how? I just got off a life that used this. And I didn't notice anything regarding the imbue or the shot. Unless you mean how they recently touched rune arm shot arcs?
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