Thinking about coming back to cRPG

[SeQuel]

I had a couple of questions since I'm pretty outta the loop.

1. I was playing a 1 hander before I quit 1-2 years ago, is 24/15 still a viable build? I may go a 1hand build and continue it as I was a steel pick/elite cav shield before I quit. I notice I had a free respec due to stat changes anything I should know about this?

2. How are looms now? I recall not being able to archer NEARLY as effective if you didn't have loomed bow/arrows.

3. Hey everyone.

[no_rules_just_play]

Atm archery and especially HA is OP as fuck, will probably get nerfed.

Str got nerfed a bit, so 24/15 will be a little harder than normal (you no longer get free wpf per level, only for agi and wm).
Doesn't mean you can't still be a tank (there are still pure str fans that play with 20 wpf now, instead of 100 like they had pre-patch)

[SeQuel]

Atm archery and especially HA is OP as fuck, will probably get nerfed.

Str got nerfed a bit, so 24/15 will be a little harder than normal (you no longer get free wpf per level, only for agi and wm).
Doesn't mean you can't still be a tank (there are still pure str fans that play with 20 wpf now, instead of 100 like they had pre-patch)

So what are the common builds now?

[no_rules_just_play]

HA, HA and HA

Just go a little more balanced build like 21/18 this time

[oreshy]

HA, HA and HA

Just go a little more balanced build like 21/18 this time

..or go for ht & hunt some ha.

[Jack1]

I'm 24/18 polearm/2h cav as I alwase have been and I'm doing just fine

[Latvian]

better dont come back 

[Taser]

1) Its still viable but you're going to have a lot less wpf for 1h if you do this over a 21/21 or 18/21 build. Or higher agi as well but it seems you want high PS.

2) Looms are roughly the same except that unloomed archer gear is much better than it was and that loomed bows were nerfed. So an archer using an unloomed bow and arrows can compete pretty well.

3) Hai Sequel! Welcome back!

[SeQuel]

1) Its still viable but you're going to have a lot less wpf for 1h if you do this over a 21/21 or 18/21 build. Or higher agi as well but it seems you want high PS.

2) Looms are roughly the same except that unloomed archer gear is much better than it was and that loomed bows were nerfed. So an archer using an unloomed bow and arrows can compete pretty well.

3) Hai Sequel! Welcome back!

Thank-you!

[MeatBunny]

Go thrower. They are always in style 

[Rain]

Welcome back Sequel! also listen to taser!

[CrazyCracka420]

24/15 will be almost exactly the same as before if you go 1h/shield.  Shields all got an armor (resistance) buff recently, but most lost a little weight as well (so easier to crushthrough).  You won't get as much WPF for 1h if you have 5 WM now versus before (6 WM is the "break even" point for the most part if you put WPF into one proficiency).  But you will have almost as much as before. 

Archery got fucked over with looms (not sure specifics) but they basically made it so loomed bows and arrows were not much better than the non-loomed versions.  People still cry about them being OP (which they are weaker than they've ever been), but when in numbers people still rage and cry about them (what's new, there will be people crying about ranged until all throwing, xbows and bows are removed).

Welcome back, I think servers are (were up til yesterday) still giving out double XP, at least on battle and siege (not dtv). 

[Zanze]

@Title, Yes. Please do.

[Torben]

there are new stab animations,  and the 1h stab is now one of the strongest,  high agi 1handers are doing quite well these days.

[WITCHCRAFT]

1. I was playing a 1 hander before I quit 1-2 years ago, is 24/15 still a viable build? I may go a 1hand build and continue it as I was a steel pick/elite cav shield before I quit. I notice I had a free respec due to stat changes anything I should know about this?

2. How are looms now? I recall not being able to archer NEARLY as effective if you didn't have loomed bow/arrows.

3. Hey everyone.

1) 24/15 1H/shield is viable as ever. WPF was rebalanced to prevent people from stacking strength and putting nothing into agility/WM. With 5 WM you will have a little less than before, but not enough to make a drastic difference. Higher agi builds are more common since going above 6 WM gives greater benefits with each level gained, but PS has not been nerfed and 8 PS is still plenty deadly. Also, you no longer gain WPF from character level. Instead, agility raises your WPF (but less so than levels in WM).

2) Melee/armor has been tweaked but not changed much. Archery looms were rebalanced. +0 bows and arrows are better than before. Loomed bows/arrows have smaller bonuses than before.