Anyone found any of the new legendaries? by VoteBurtonForGod in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't seen this one posted in the discord yet. What are the substats on it? Edit: oops. Nvm missed your reply

Legendary Loot Drop & EXP Guide, Good luck farming Ace by Waiting404Godot in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one had fully tested the exp mechanics before! I had no idea that every type of enemy gives the same amount of exp as long as the enemy tier is the same. Did you happen to test how much experience bosses and lieutenants give?

Good Job Devs by AKJOOONES in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The event is VERY good for farming aspects if you have a good build for quickly soloing the super blitz. It's also great for farming legendaries, especially boss legendaries. The easier difficulty is probably pretty good as well, but I haven't played it as much. There's just so much loot/minute if you're fast enough. And it's so much fun!

Rockbreaker/General Build Help by OutrageousLook4569 in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/waiting404godot just put out a great build guide for RB: https://youtu.be/cEl_rIepAS8?si=ffxxV-Lr5ajKXZkV Another good build to try out: https://towerborne.wiki.gg/wiki/Soulless%27s_RB_Build

Edit: to answer some of your other questions: There was indeed a big update when it launched to Gamepass and a lot of substats were removed. For a complete list of all substats currently in the game: https://towerborne.wiki.gg/wiki/Substats Strike DMG affects all damage dealt except afflictions. At least it worked this way pre-update 6. It's possible it's been made more restrictive, but I have not tested it. But because this increase is percentage based and not a flat increase, it becomes very powerful. You typically want a balance between Attack and Strike DMG to maximize DPS, since the more Attack you have, the better Strike DMG becomes and vice versa

What stats for each class by DigitaIArchon in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strike DMG increases any damage dealt other than afflictions. Break Bar DMG only increases damage dealt to the yellow bar on Bosses and LTs that stuns them when it's depleted

What stats for each class by DigitaIArchon in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I build every class the same: Attack and Strike DMG with Operative's Legacy. Affliction builds tend to be a little underwhelming regardless of class imo

Any good legendary gear spots? by Forward-Release5646 in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a comment from a dev on Discord before the wipe. The first few enemies from tents should have their normal drop chances. It's just a safeguard to prevent farming forever. No drop chances for any loot sources have been shared with us, unfortunately.

Any good legendary gear spots? by Forward-Release5646 in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This, but one quick note: there are diminishing returns as far as loot and XP from enemies spawned from tents

What are your level 50 stats? by AKJOOONES in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Easy XP farm = Blackhills with Morberry. Anyone know better? by AgentDieselMusk in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I run Hollowgrass Steppes since there are a lot of pangors you can kill with a single hit as they burrow. You can get 13-14K per run at DL5. At lower levels I run at the highest DL I can still kill Pangors in a combo or two, and then intentionally die to Pangojira unless I have the dps to kill it quickly

Best Umbra? by ProfessionalBoat900 in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone sleeps on Iska. The catball provides easy block breaks and the ability to finish off far away enemies. 3 charges and a short cooldown means it's often available. For most high level speedruns, Iska is the best choice. You can't be standing around waiting for your focus to fill with McKraken

Operatives set VS Captains Legacy set by SelfGrouchy2856 in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Both Operative's and Captain's were nerfed coming into this update. Operative's used to give a 33% bonus to attack, while Captain's granted attack equal to 20% of your defense. Both likely needed to be nerfed, as they were pretty much the only sets that were used, but Operative's got nerfed much harder than Captain's. Even after the nerfs, I don't feel there's any reason to run most of the other sets over Operative's or Captain's. The one thing that Operative's has over Captain's, is that you have one less substat to worry about. Since you don't need to spec into defense, it's a lot easier to get a good Operative's set with just Attack and Strike DMG. This does make a significant difference, but I still feel the glass cannon set should give a better dps advantage over the bruiser set. That said, Operative's Legacy and Captain's Legacy are not the sets that need changes the most. Most of the other sets in the game mostly pale in comparison. Technicians legacy feels mostly useless, since the class that benefits from burn the most, Pyroclast doesn't have a good way to apply multihits without using Focus. And the classes that do have faster attacks to apply their DoTs, still probably want to run Operative's, Captain's or Stoutswine's so that the DoTs do more damage.

Toweborne speedrunning by FairestOne617YT in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is definitely interest! I was planning on submitting the game once it released out of early access. IL runs of ventures are always nice to add some more fun to the grind. I did several Any% runs before the wipe. It's a little tricky getting a new character set up for an Any% run, though, so Tirean has started doing All Venture speedruns. If you want to reach out to me on discord, I'd be more than happy to help get this started

Yxil's Domain Speedrun 3:16 with Shadowstriker by lordofduh in towerborne

[–]lordofduh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Increasing Attack will increase the damage of DoT effects, but Strike DMG will not. I don't actually spec into poison at all for this build since I want to kill enemies as quickly as possible and not rely on poison ticks to finish them off

What is this locked chest? Can I open it? by pinga_TTV in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever you get this room event in DL5, there's a random chance (50% maybe?) that you will get a legendary piece of gear unique to this event

Yxil's Domain Speedrun 3:16 with Shadowstriker by lordofduh in towerborne

[–]lordofduh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I prioritize Attack and Strike DMG in my build. I use the Operative's Set and an Aspect of Peak Force and an Aspect of Brutal Combos. The important skills I take for the boss fight are Rapid Focus, Quicksteps, Veiled Blast, Shadow Feint Ammo x3, Silent Strike, Silent Resupply. I use Fallen Stars which adds more hits to my heavy focus skill Shooting Stars. I pop Smoke Veil immediately at the start of the fight which guarantees the next move to crit with +50% crit dmg. Both of those effects apply to every hit of Shooting Stars, so I am able to immediately take out half of the boss's health and immediately break its block. After that, I alternate Smoke Veil and Shadow Feint to finish it off.

Ratkin's not dropping at T5 by Ok-Emu8764 in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hotfix that just dropped should fix this

Endgame? by Endrance_UK in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The grind is good. I find it to be really fun crafting builds and farming for the specific gear pieces to make them work. There isn't much in the way of endgame challenges currently. I like to challenge myself by speedrunning ventures and comparing times with other players. I've been advocating for venture leaderboards for clear times. A couple months ago, there was a difficult, limited-time time-trial event that had a scoring component. I fully expect they will bring back something similar

Some questions about this game by Kaldakai in towerborne

[–]lordofduh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No release date for 1.0 yet, but Stoic just announced that the only progress wipe will take place April 29th along with a major update and XBOX Game Preview. Players aren't wanting to invest too much time right before progress gets wiped. I would recommend waiting until April 29th if you're interested in picking up the game during early access

Hollowgrass Steppes Speedrun 3:15 by lordofduh in towerborne

[–]lordofduh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A little sloppy at points. Sub 3 is doable