Hybrids ?

[Yugop]

So, most of my characters when I played a lot (and wasn't a filthy noob) had split proficiencies. But now the armor reduces your WP accordingly, I feel this kind of character is a waste, unless you stick to -very- light armor since both will be reduced. Thoughts ? I'll retire soon so I'd like to know if I'm good to go the same way or if it's a bad idea.
Thanks in advance.

[Dach]

yep hybrid are really good for light armored character.

If you're gonna crutch on heavy armor you better go in only one weapon proficiency.

Medium armor really depend on the build. Same may still be good in hybrid, some won't.

If you post the build and the armor you are going to use that would help getting a more precise answer!

[Vibe]

Spit WPF between two is still OK, even with heavier armour. WPF is not that noticable after first 100 points. You could go high agi, like 15/24, that would give you way enough WPF to split between two.

[Hisagi]

but then 5 PS leaves you with crap damage.


I'm a 2hander/polearm hybrid and its fine. If you just want to be a lance cav/longspear user with a 2hander u can just keep 1wpf in polearms cuz it really doesn't matter there

[Vibe]

Why even go 2h on a lance cav/spear char? Stick with polearms, they're better anyway

[Yugop]

Thank you for your advice. Guess I'll go for a 1h/polearm or 2h hybrid (blocking with a shield all the time is boring, but getting raped by missiles is annoying as hell).

Another question : back in the old days, all my 2h characters had 2 shield skill and a board shield, but that was because of the awful ranged spam we used to have to deal with. I've not seen many 2h or polearm users carrying shields, so I wonder if it's still as useful as it used to be.
Also : now most bows deal cutting damage, do arrows break shields faster ?

[Panoply]

Most shields can take a lot of arrows. I find it very handy to have 1 or 2 shield skill on a 2her or polearmer. Carry the shield around on your back and only whip it out to get shelter from ranged fire. It won't stand up to any melee hits, so don't bother with that, but my 2 shield skill plain kite shield is rarely destroyed in one round by ranged fire. This is not just because it takes a decent amount of ranged hits, but also because whipping it out immediately discourages ranged fire.