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I am told Epic Fortitude is the new meta for weapon masters, however and to skip out on Overwhelming Critical.
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Overwhelming crit is great. All the feats that lead up to it are not however.
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If one has to sacrifice even just 1AB for Overwhelming Crit (usually 1 epic feat and 2 or 3 pre-epic feats, which leads to 1 main stat reduction and loss of a few save feats), then the build will perform worse on average against a high AC opponent. Numbers can be seen in this spreadsheet, 4th tab
But then watching big numbers pop off can be oddly satisfying, however rare those occurrences they may be.
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Unless:
you can't afford this feat in the first place, and it's req feats
fighting undead creatures is your only calling ( or anything that is immune to critical hits for that matter )
there is a feat which is more worthwhile ( something along the lines of armor skin and epic focus )
you sort of never crit in the first place, for whatever reason
And to make it sort of really easy for you, most high fighter builds should take it 99% of the time.
Oh and if you're playing a weaponmaster without overwhelming critical you're doing it wrong, unless you're dual wielding, in which case you get a mini-pass.
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For mining and grinding purposes, overwhelming crit is definitely a solid choice, if anything, a must have!
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Funny enough I had this same argument against Peppermint, of OWC vs. 3 STR feats for 30 STR, and I lost. The extra STR has higher AB and dmg margins that just put out more against higher AC foes.Tarkus the dog wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:49 amIt's absolutely worth it and anyone who tells you otherwise is a balloon.
Unless:
you can't afford this feat in the first place, and it's req feats
fighting undead creatures is your only calling ( or anything that is immune to critical hits for that matter )
there is a feat which is more worthwhile ( something along the lines of armor skin and epic focus )
you sort of never crit in the first place, for whatever reason
And to make it sort of really easy for you, most high fighter builds should take it 99% of the time.
Oh and if you're playing a weaponmaster without overwhelming critical you're doing it wrong, unless you're dual wielding, in which case you get a mini-pass.
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If I were to interpret the above data, it'd be: If one can somehow take OWC without losing any base Str in the process, then, by all means, they should consider taking OWC. But it's likely that the build will lose out a few pre-epic save feats in the process of getting OWC, which others have deemed the saves more important than getting more dmg out of the crits.
Regarding the save feats being more important than extra crit. dmg or not, I have no numbers or statistics to support anything.
Let's look at Build A and Build B: Courtesy of builds from The Cookie-Cutter Builds and Arelith Discord, #Build-Dump
Build A has the following compared to Build B:
- 1 less AB (Due to no EP)
- 3 fewer stats allocation (translates to 30 less hp, 1 less fort save, and 33 less skill points)
- 2 less save feats (can be traded for Disarm, as noted)
- Disarm feats on top of KD
- 10 more Discipline
For build A, it'd most likely mean the loss of:
- Disarm/Imp. Disarm feats (trade for cleave and G. cleave)
- Possibly IKD (for Power Attack)
- ESF: Disc (to take OWC)
For Build B, to squeeze in OWC without changing the stats, it'd most likely be the loss of:
- Save feats (trade for cleave and G. cleave)
- Epic Prowess (to take OWC)
- IKD (for Power Attack)
On the contrary, I'm going to state that since WMs can be feat restricted as seen above, only pure Fighter and/or CoT builds with even more feat allocations have the luxury of taking OWC without giving much thought. For WMs, the main argument would be the loss of save feats, which is beyond my area of expertise and I will leave that to the veterans here.Tarkus the dog wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 4:49 amOh and if you're playing a weaponmaster without overwhelming critical you're doing it wrong, unless you're dual wielding, in which case you get a mini-pass.
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And the main point here is that OWC only gives more crit dmg, it doesn't improve crit chances or AB or better average damage vs High AC opponents, all the while making one to take more feats to get to it, which is why it's now taken off of most of the more PvP-oriented builds.
Again, if one has mining and grinding in mind where the ore veins and monsters don't have the AC to warrant the "vs High AC scenario", PA and OWC are actually far more favored.
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Build A (mine) has Epic Prowess. I just forgot to add it in. Not taking ESF: Disc on a melee build like a WM is begging for a Truestrike KD. Basically it amounts to ESF: Disc and -33 skill points (that you don't really need for anything critical) vs. no ESF: Disc and the extra 33 skill points. I'd go with the former.
You don't, but bear in mind that most 20/7/3 OWC builds take Great Cleave and OWC in Epics, which are at least 2 feats freed up. Then that third extra. You can find the full write-up of a non-OWC WM in the "Build A" that Kenji linked.Tarkus the dog wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 6:18 pmI agree completely if the game somehow allows you to take 2-3 greater strength feats pre-epic.
EDIT: To crunch numbers, an OWC WM gets 47 AB (assuming Human), a base damage of 37 per hit on avg., and an extra 3d6 on a crit.
The GS WM gets 49 AB (assuming Human), a base damage of 39 per hit on avg., and no extra crit damage.
This comes out to only 4.5 extra damage on a crit from the OWC vs. the GS, but extra base damage and higher AB on the GS, which amounts to higher overall damage against targets with greater than mid-30s AC.
I use a tool to calculate DPS that, admittedly, has its flaws, but for a damage calculation this simple it's fairly reliable. You can find the graph and information about what I'm talking about here.
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Thanks for the correction.Jack Oat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:48 amBuild A (mine) has Epic Prowess. I just forgot to add it in. Not taking ESF: Disc on a melee build like a WM is begging for a Truestrike KD. Basically it amounts to ESF: Disc and -33 skill points (that you don't really need for anything critical) vs. no ESF: Disc and the extra 33 skill points. I'd go with the former.
Why not trade Toughness for G. Cleave instead of an epic feat? I believe I've got some data sitting somewhere stating that the gain of 1 AB means an average of 16 dmg per round gained, which should mean an engagement beyond 2 rounds should outperform the gain from toughness. Provided that the epic feat can somehow attain that extra AB, of course.
I might have to either find the data or redo that portion of the numbers for WM so there's more of a solid evidence to the claim.
This is assuming a 1v1 mirror scenario and one's also not taking Maximized IGMS into account, of course.
Edit: From the looks of it, disarm and improved disarm can be traded for PA and Cleave, G. Cleave can then replace either Toughness or IKD, resulting in no loss of AB if ESF: Disc is traded for OWC.
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Then what we have is this chart instead. All it really does is push the minimum AC for 30 base STR build to outdamage back to mid-40s AC, but tbh those lines are so close that it doesn't really matter.Kenji3108 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:27 amWhy not trade Toughness for G. Cleave instead of an epic feat?
Edit: From the looks of it, disarm and improved disarm can be traded for PA and Cleave, G. Cleave can then replace either Toughness or IKD, resulting in no loss of AB if ESF: Disc is traded for OWC.
You wouldn't trade ESF: Disc for OWC which, again, you should never be getting rid of ESF: Disc on your WM. Bear in mind that the traditional OWC WM has an extra Epic feat in its line-up anyway, which is usually used for saves. This could easily be transferred to a Great Strength I, and then as you said G. Cleave could replace IKD/Toughness pre-epic and that frees up an Epic feat for Great Strength II, which puts your hypothetical OWC WM at 28 STR with Overwhelming Critical. I'll include a full write-up shortly as an edit.
TECHNICALLY the higher damage one is still the 30 STR one for any target with even moderate AC. But at this point we're arguing semantics and personal preferences. I'd rather snag Disarm feats and only effectively lose Toughness than burn them getting PA/Cleave/Great Cleave.
EDIT: The build write up, as promised: 20/7/3 w/ OWC + GS2
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you know what's more funstrong yeet wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 3:33 amOverwhelming critical is fun so I take it as much as I can =)
seeing 42 strength on your character sheet : )
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It must be a merchant's dream to have that much strength. How much can a character like that carry?
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7093 pounds, heavily encumbered after 10820 pounds.MissEvelyn wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:06 pmIt must be a merchant's dream to have that much strength. How much can a character like that carry?
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One of these days I'll make a strength-based character