Originally Posted by
Buyten
Thank you for a very impressive guide, and sharing your knowledge of the most fun class in the game! :-) I hope you don't mind a few questions/feedbacks from my side.
- Any reason why you have not mentioned Black Dragon gear in your gear guide? At least the Black Dragon helm and hands are very nice.
- Not sure how much you have tested Approach of Death, and if it has been improved of late. Does low damage, 8 ppm, its only for the chance of crit you take it?
- Soul Barrier. Either it helps alot for a few seconds until your mana is burned (if you take many small hits), or it doesn't help much at all (if you take slow high hits). The one point that gives you 10% mana up to every 10 seconds (if hit by a spell), well I have 3000 mana on my DT and 30 mana per second for 1 feat point isn't all that great, in my opinion. Points better spent in Ether Reap. Worst case scenario, Soul Barrier can leave you mana drained without possibility to summon DS.
- Curse of Gwahlur. You did not mention anything about it as I could see. It's a neat 1 pointer but if I must choose between AoE stun and the CoG, I would likely take the stun. Curse of Gwahlur more often gets you in trouble than saving you from it, from my limited experience. Makes worse tanks than you have trouble with agro sharing, can be a pain in the ass on retributive damage bosses. Curse of Gwahlur doesn't crit either, so no need to have it active for VoM purposes.