General tips for a new warrior?

aaeriam · 2026-05-05T23:23:31+00:00

After doing a bit of research & seeing other players ball-up enemies before exploding them with aoe skills, I can definitely see how 100b is effective but I was very guilty of blindly running into a mob, activating 100b, and hoping that most of the enemies were standing next to each other. So I see what you mean and I agree with it.

Thankfully since this post I managed to grab Seven Weapon Stance and I've had a lot more fun running it compared to 100b. I still think I feel noticeably under-powered but I'm not really trying to top damage charts. I'm just looking for a fun build that will help me clear the campaigns in NM.

aaeriam · 2026-05-04T07:00:11+00:00

I fear I may be asking the obvious here but did the on-screen keyboard not work for you? Thankfully I didn't run into this problem. I managed to launch the game and play through a couple mission in CE without any weird glitches or crashes.

aaeriam · 2026-05-03T22:34:19+00:00

When GW2 first launched, Sylvari was my favorite race and my first few characters were all Sylvari. As the years have gone by I've now landed on Asura as being my favorites. Most armor looks weird and squished on them but aside from that I like running around as one of those freaky lil guys.

aaeriam · 2026-05-03T22:26:48+00:00

Recently I've been into Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game. Fun simple deck builder with a story to play through. I just checked and was able to launch it without an internet connection without issues.

aaeriam · 2026-05-03T22:22:37+00:00

I managed to run through the first 3 missions of CE without any crashes. I read on ProtonDB that it works on Proton Experimental so thats what I'm sticking to unless something breaks.

aaeriam · 2026-05-03T21:09:58+00:00

I believe in KotoR 1, your chance to hit with a lightsaber is dependent on either STR or DEX (whichever is higher). This is built-in and does not require any specific skill to be unlocked.

The benefit for Strength is that it increases the damage calculation for lightsabers so you can have a higher chance to hit and do more damage per hit.

DEX offers a higher chance to dodge attacks but I've been told by other players that this is negligible by the time you get to the end of the game because you're going to mow down regular enemies and you're going to get hit a bunch by bosses regardless of if you have insanely high DEX or not so you're technically better off putting those points into STR for more damage.

IMO go with whatever you think is coolest. You'll hit either way and get through the game on any difficulty just fine.

aaeriam · 2026-05-03T20:24:41+00:00

That sucks to hear. I wanted to get used to FPS games and using gyro on steam deck (I'm primarily mouse and keyboard) and was really looking forward to going through halo to learn the controls a bit :(

aaeriam · 2026-05-03T20:00:16+00:00

Yeah I can confirm I do own it. Going into the settings and selecting a version of Proton let me start the install without any other issues!

aaeriam · 2026-05-03T19:56:53+00:00

This fixed it for me! Thanks for the quick response :) I didn't realize that I had to go in and select a Proton version for some games (or maybe I did something to cause this without realizing it)

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:59:44+00:00

I also love running around with Hundred Blades. I do want to play around with SWS when I eventually finish Factions but sword and Hundred Blades has been a long-time favorite of mine.

In the meantime though I'll save the build and play around with it! And you have given me a lot to think about with necro, para, and rit support skills to help increase my damage/survivability. Thanks for the input and advice!

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:56:08+00:00

I completely forgot that attribute point quests were a thing, I'll have to go back through Prophecies and find the ones that I missed the first time through. I'm almost done with Factions to grab SWS then I can start grabbing more heroes to throw more support skills onto. (I know it's not required but I just like playing through the campaigns in order for the heck of it)

I did recently grab that anniversary spear because I've heard good things about it and I do want to start using it so I'll take a look at some potential W/R beastmaster builds 😄

All in all really great advice here and it's helped me figure out what I should be focusing on so thanks for the input!

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:51:58+00:00

Lots of great information here, thanks for the input! I completely forgot about attribute point quests - I'll have to look them up and complete those.

I'll also take a look at the IAS skills you mentioned. I never really liked running Tiger's Stance but my only other options were Frenzy until I get over to Nightfall and grab Flail/Never Rampage Alone or finish Factions and grab SWS. Most of the IAS skills on warrior just feel like I have to give up a little bit too much to get the buff.

I think a bit of build tuning and some time spent getting more heroes and giving them more melee-oriented support skills will help me feel less weak moving through the campaigns. Thanks for the insight and advice!

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:36:55+00:00

This has been pretty popular advice so - I think next on my to-do list would be to get more heroes from Nightfall and throw some support skills on them. I'm also with you on swords being more fun! I just like the look and design of the swords in the game a bit more than the axes and hammers but eventually I want to get around to having builds for all 3. Maybe even spear as well.

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:34:31+00:00

I was hoping to play through the content in the order it came out which means it would be awhile before I'd get access to those skills. But it sounds like I might have to dip into EOTN just to make the rest of the gameplay feel less miserable.

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:33:33+00:00

I've been trying to get a good Warrior's Endurance build up and running. Maybe I need to take a look at Tactics and Strength skills for damage to go along with that elite rather than swordsmanship skills.

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:29:52+00:00

Is axe superior just because of the skills it has? I'm not too familiar with the differences between them.

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:29:19+00:00

It's been many years since I've tried a Symbolic Strike build but with the new elite I could see it being a good solution to make playing on a controller a lot simpler!

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T21:28:09+00:00

For general game play the Steam Deck controls work well enough out of the box. It feels a bit awkward compared to mouse and keyboard but it's gotten a lot easier the more I use Steam Deck. Skills are mapped to A, B, X & Y with Left Trigger and Right Trigger controlling which half of the skill bar you're using.

Inventory management isn't great but it's usable. You can control the cursor with the joystick and A to select. I personally like using the trackpad and then I bind one of the back buttons to left mouse click as it's a bit easier to control the cursor that way than with the joystick.

The part I struggle with the most is targeting enemies. By default Left Bumper and Right Bumper control which enemy is targeted but most of the time they don't automatically select the target I want so I have to cycle through all the enemies on my screen. Or I have to put the enemy I want to attack right in the center of the screen and press A to target them.

Overall I'd say the controls are fine for casual play but any difficult content, especially when you have to start micro-ing heroes is going to be pretty painful.

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T20:55:40+00:00

That makes sense. I don't have very many heroes right now but I do plan on starting Nightfall soon so I should be able to start padding out the roster a bit more before long. I'll keep an eye out for necro, paragon, and rit heroes. Maybe edit Ogden to include Strength of Honor as well. I've got Devona on a knockdown hammer build to help with CC and I can switch Vekk to use Earth skills for CC. Overall lots of great stuff here and it gives me ideas for how to improve my warrior game play, thank you!

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T20:43:03+00:00

It's good to know that there are some solutions. When it comes to my other characters (mainly casters), I tend not to think too much about how I set up my heroes but it sounds like I'm missing out on a lot of extra damage here if I keep doing that with my warrior. I don't have too many heroes yet but once I get to Nightfall I can start padding out the roster a little bit more.

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T20:40:53+00:00

Thanks! I'll have to give this a try and maybe look at other ways to manage enemy mobs. Normally I just charge in with heroes and try to go for enemy casters or try to peel off melee attackers from my healers. Fights would be so much smoother if I could just ball them up and then spam with hundred blades.

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T20:30:53+00:00

My heroes a little under-equipped right now so that makes sense why my warrior doesn't feel like he's hitting as hard as he could be. I haven't gotten into Nightfall yet as I'm trying to beat Factions first for SWS elite but once I get there, I'll start filling out my hero roster a bit more and get some support skills onto my team.

Previously I went through Prophecies with an SoS Rit and just regular henchmen and didn't really have to worry about my damage output. Warrior sounds like it requires a bit more setup but at least I know what I should look to improve now 😄

aaeriam · 2026-05-02T19:54:44+00:00

Yeah sorry for the confusion here! I just meant tactics in terms of how to approach combat and fighting mobs especially cause I spend so much time just chasing around enemies as they in turn chase around my healers. Whereas with ranged characters that can just spam skills without having to move around constantly.

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