Ugh, stats and scaling are so broken in this game. It really ruins the experience of developing your character into higher levels.
777 damage on a +5 lightning Greataxe? About 720 on a +5 Zweihander? This is pretty stupid. I picked bandit cause it focuses on strength, yet after a certain level there's really no point into further specing when it's better to just lightning everything. I jacked up my vitality to 40 cause I really had no idea what else to spend it on.
Being able to lightning-mod dex weapons on a strength guy and use them just as effectively as a dex char just isn't right. Magic and Miracle based chars get the option to do A ratings on weapons but strength/dex chars don't?
I know the 1.04 patch mentions "balancing" it out but to be honest, I don't have faith in From to be able to fix things like this.
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Chrizum said: |
Scaling in this game is more inconsistent than ever. There's imbalances all over the place. E and D ratings are the worst, giving you negligible amounts of extra damage. Avoid having these as long-term weapons. C rating on it's own is also pretty bad, while dual C's are ok at best.
A, B, and the rare S (much more common in Demon's Souls) are good weapons, but the huge problem is that lightning will still outdamage even these unless you invest an unreasonable amount of points in them.
As for the imbalances with ratings, one of the most obvious I noticed: Black Knight greataxe and Black Knight greatsword both have B's in strength, yet the greataxe ends up outdamaging it by a decent amount. It's kinda awkward considering that the greatsword swings as slow as a Zwei and is a stamina hog. Makes it completely obsolete.
