Wow, level 30 sucks.

[webrunner5]

Originally Posted by Vexenu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does anyone know if its possible to solo Trakanon as a Paladin? I've heard he drops the Deepwater Breastplate which would be a nice upgrade.

Yeah, with a Ghoulbane. They proc like 10 times or more a fight. Killer weapon to depend on. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Best weapon in the game hands down.

A weapon does not proc many more times in a fight if you have 1,000 dex. It is like a 1.2 x for 100 extra dex thingy. It just WILL proc if you have more Dex. Some weapons do seem to proc more than others. The Ghoulbane ain't one of them.

[Sarius]

You don't have to play a Paladin to know that a GFG will crush a Ghoulbane post 30. It's common fucking sense. The only exception would be something like a barb spiritist hammer with god proc rate.

[oldschooltrader]

Well I think we are talking about several different things, I dont want to derail this thread anymore about the GB vs Face Grinder vs Baton

( btw sorry Tec ur right its 142 not 182 my bad there, ur right as usual)

anyway my point was if he is SOLOING the Ghoulbane proc bursts will sometimes make or break a fight when in Lguk. Obv if you are not fighting undead Ghoulbane is worthless compared to the other two, but he was mentioning lguk constantly so I figured thats where he would be ( and paladins DO shine there solo, not efficient or fast but we can get it done there compared to other melees )

Also how hard can a lvl 30 even hit with 2handers, isnt there a damage cap or does it get totally removed at 30?

TLDR yes Face Grinder and Baton prob parse better but if you are soloing the parse is only half the story and sometimes some well timed procs will basically win you the fight.

[Tecmos Deception]

Damage caps are all kinda soft caps. 1-9 the cap is 18 but you will hit harder than that thanks to strength and skills. 10-19 the cap is 28, but again you can hit for mid-40s or even harder if you have high str (not to mention attack buffs!). You hit for 60+ regularly once you ding 20 but continue to see large gains in your maximum hit with each level up until 30, when I believe the cap is gone entirely. My ranger started using his woodsman's staff (31/35) as soon as he hit 20 and was hitting for 60 nonstop, but also frequently would be getting 70-80 hits; now at 27, 60 is still the number I see the most often, but my max hit is up over 100.

And yeah, no one will argue with you that a lucky streak of procs is a great thing. But relying on luck to survive a tough fight is... yeah... that's a bad way to grind out the long road to 60. That's why I was so adamant about GFG (or even baton) being superior to GB, even at 20 when GB is at its peak.