Back to CRPg after two year break, needs some help figuring out a build

[Sumofallwars]

Hey all been awhile and it looks like a lot has changed while I was gone.

Getting right to the point I need a build for my main while i get back into the swing of things(See what i did there?)
I am looking for a heavy throwing Lance build, I have a gen 4 level 34 character with nothing on him yet.

From what i remember my general strategy was to embrace the chaos. I'd have two throwing spears and nothing else on but a field hat and some light armor. I'd try and kill two people with the spears then pick up their weapons and keep going till I died or we won. So i'd like a Flexible build please.

I also have a level 30 character for doing mean things with a x-bow and using a horse.

And another level 34 character for mounted 2-h combat.

atleast i have something to show for the 300+ hours of my life I am not getting back 

Thanks!

[Algarn]

All the playstyles you mentionned here are almost non viable.

Horse crossbowmen are non viable because of 20% damage and horse speed decrease + 15 damage cap for horse ranged (HT and HX included for now).

About the thrower, maybe you were used to 1 hit kill before with a lance, but now, you have to throw two throwing lances into someone to kill it at full life, even archers survive one lance.
And about your two handed cav ... don't know, but it should become a regular horseman with a lance/1h, since you gain almost nothing to use 2h compared to using a 1h with shield on horse back from what I see on servers.

Also, levels had been changed, means that your level 30 characters will become level 35, and your level 34 will become 37.

I hope this helped you a bit, wish you good luck, and welcome back.

[Macropus]

Also, levels had been changed, means that your level 30 characters will become level 35, and your level 34 will become 37.

I'm pretty sure the levels he stated are post-patch.

Throwing lances has been changed since then. Now there are 3 lances per stack, and the stack is 2 slots now, and they deal less damage.
That means you can have 6 throwing lances and two other 0-slot weapons/shields.
Approximate builds and setups like the following seem good to me. Try different builds with your Skip the Fun character (which you can respec freely and any time) to figure the best build for yourself.

1)
- 2 throwing lance stacks
- 2 throwing daggers/snowflakes stacks.
Build

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Level:           35

Strength:        21
Agility:         24

Skill to attr:   10

Power Strike:     3
Athletics:        8
Power Throw:      7
Weapon Master:    8

Weapon points - something like 140 throwing, rest in polearms.

^{using cRPG NewGen calc}


2)
- 2-slot melee weapon
- Throwing lance stack
- 2 throwing daggers/snowflakes stacks.
Build:

Code: [Select]

Level:           35

Strength:        21
Agility:         21

Skill to attr:    4

Ironflash:        4
Power Strike:     7
Athletics:        7
Power Throw:      7
Weapon Master:    7

^{using cRPG NewGen calc}
Weapon points - 110-120 throwing, rest melee.

3)
- 2 throwing lance stacks
- 0-slot one handed sword
- 0 slot buckler.
Build:

Code: [Select]

Level:           35

Strength:        18
Agility:         24

Skill to attr:    4

Power Strike:     6
Shield:           4
Athletics:        8
Power Throw:      6
Weapon Master:    8

^{using cRPG NewGen calc}
Weapon points - 120-130 throwing, rest 1h.

[Sumofallwars]

thanks! kinda sad to see that they have reduced damage. I remember that anything not a tin can was one shottable. two would take down those freaking black armored polearm wielding buggers. I remember a bit more about my strategy now. I would throw the first one and if i din't kill anything i would use the other as a pole arm until i saw a weapon i could pick up. Must have been quite good at it as i have a 1.5 k/d ratio on that character.