Originally Posted by
adwin
I can only give you advice/my opinion regarding PvE (I don't like PvP).
If you try doing 2 things well at the same time, you will end up doing none at all, or you will perform them half-assedly.
This is why I don't like dual-specs (I only know a handful of GOOD duals, but these are rather the exception rather than the rule). PL is a MMORPG, and it should be played as such.
Being, and staying a pure dex bird isn't easy. You're basically a very fragile pigeon thrown to the mobs to feed on you.
This is true until you reach level 50. Which is when you will use the sets (void/sentinel), and the BS sets from 51 onwards (the void/sentinel set are very good even until 55) - due to the set bonus.
You will then paradoxically be a fragile killing machine.
A piece of advice: don't save on pots. Use them when you need them and don't count on your mage to heal you.
There are a few good birds out there, which can solo most if not all BS maps (save for goblin king - regen). You should try this, since it will greatly enhance your survival skills. At first you can be frustrated, since you will die easily. Especially in places with a high "high-threat" enemy concentration (swill pits, catacombs, roach) - these hit fast and hard. Once you get the hang of it though, you will be practically unstoppable, and these skills WILL come in handy in PvP as well.
You can't cheat - the GCD has taken care of that, since you can no longer spam skills, which is why you should learn the weaknesses of each enemy type, analyze the situation, then move in for the kill. Don't rush (at first).
Try to run a few games with level 56 players. Learn their tactics. Quite often, players ask if there's a difference between a lv55 and a lv56.
Spec-wise? None. The only thing you get is the Crown of Persistance, which doesn't complete your sets, and using the latter will obviously yield a better result because of the bonus. You can try mixing hit rate with survival (for example, sewer king with roach), but you will lose the set bonus; not worth it.
What DOES make a difference though, is the skill amassed during the 55-56 grinding. ~half of players do stay at their level, since they just go through the runs automatically, without thinking. The other half though, at some point or the other, begins to notice enemy patterns, learns new tactics, strategies.
In fact, I didn't really learn how to be a full bird until I was grinding to 56.
On a side note:
Don't put any points into meditation; it's not worth it. Pots are cheap enough as it is - Ellie sells 100 of them for 1500g.
Avian scream can come in handy though (but it's definitely not a priority) - it helps when you're rooted or frozen.
The first skills you need to max out are:
Focus, then Evade. Focus gives you a 30% critical chance, and evade increases your dodge.
You should then think about shatter scream + blast shot, since they give you the cruel blast combo,
THEN you can take care of the debuffs. I would go for root/thorn wall, since it benefits all team members, AND allows for combos.
A propos tanking: who needs a dual build when you can both tank and do massive damage in sentinel talon/wing gear?
Try that out as soon as you get to 50.
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