01-19-2004, 01:23 PM
Thank you SO MUCH. I am just now rebuilding my assassin, and I have officially decided to max shadow master and put 1 point into every skill (I will have +7 to all assassin skills at level 64). This will, from what I understand, add 4 points to each of her skills that otherwise would have been only at 1/3 her slvl (which will be 27, so slvl 9 skills).
So, she will have slvl 13 in every skill except for those which I have higher-- which will be death sentry and lightning sentry at 27 each.
In my experience, shadow master uses a wide variety of skills, so she should synergize near fully after an area or two.
So I'd like to ask you your opinion on this build, based upon what you have learned in testing. Do you think I will, as a Blade fury/DS trapper that will never use martial arts (especially because both of the claws I will be using are ethereal), be wasting points if i put 1 in each martial arts skill, purely for the purpose of giving my shadowmaster +4 to all martial arts skills? Would I be better off sinking those 10 points into other traps, considering how she likes to use shock web and charged bolt sentry on occasion? How about putting a point into WOI? I figure if she is going to cast the stupid thing, she might as well do it at a higher level, but if its so bad that the level doesn't matter, I am not going to waste the point.
I guess the real question is, will spreading my skills out to help my shadow master really benefit her enough to justify not spending those points in skills I would be using myself?
So, she will have slvl 13 in every skill except for those which I have higher-- which will be death sentry and lightning sentry at 27 each.
In my experience, shadow master uses a wide variety of skills, so she should synergize near fully after an area or two.
So I'd like to ask you your opinion on this build, based upon what you have learned in testing. Do you think I will, as a Blade fury/DS trapper that will never use martial arts (especially because both of the claws I will be using are ethereal), be wasting points if i put 1 in each martial arts skill, purely for the purpose of giving my shadowmaster +4 to all martial arts skills? Would I be better off sinking those 10 points into other traps, considering how she likes to use shock web and charged bolt sentry on occasion? How about putting a point into WOI? I figure if she is going to cast the stupid thing, she might as well do it at a higher level, but if its so bad that the level doesn't matter, I am not going to waste the point.
I guess the real question is, will spreading my skills out to help my shadow master really benefit her enough to justify not spending those points in skills I would be using myself?