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Builds / Re: Need help in building a sword build with temporal manipulation

« on: December 27, 2022, 01:59:09 pm »

>STR 6 if using dex build, 17 or 18 if str build (you NEED the MAX possible hit chance MISS=WEAKNESS)
>DEX 6 if using str build, 17 or 18 if dex build (you NEED the MAX possible hit chance MISS=WEAKNESS)
>CON minimum 7 (to get points in AGI for sprint feat), ideal 10 (thick skull/survival instincts) (Melees are the worst glass cannon)
>INT 6 for armor sloping or 5 for Cheaps shots

160 points in melee.
70 points if u want stasis or 55 if u dont, in Temporal Manipulation + (Psycho Temporal feat)
the feats and skills left are personal choices.

Does having 17 Strength give the player character enough skill to get a 95% chance to hit endgame / very agile enemies on Dominating? At least most of them? And can Strength be a be lowered, to let's say 16 without affecting melee accuracy? Maybe with a tattoo and a Super Steel weapon? Because damage is not the problem for most crafted melee weapons, hit chance is.

From what I've seen, you can easily make a gun build with 11 to 12 Perception and as long as the area where your targets are has a light source, you can kill just about anything with extremely accurate fire, alternatively you can use nigh vision, incendiary grenades and even flares, thus removing any darkness penalty.

Sadly strength builds seem to struggle, even on normal difficulty.

Also, I know that this might be a little bit off topic but does light affect melee accuracy in any way? I was thinking, maybe a lamp could boost the hit chance? I couldn't find any info about this, which is why I'm asking. I've already deleted my old character because of the build I was using, so I can't check right now but the wiki only gives the formula for calculating ranged precision. I don't think it affects melee in any way but maybe someone can confirm this.

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General / How much Strength does a melee character need to get a 95% hit c. on Dominating?

« on: December 26, 2022, 02:55:54 pm »

Just like the title says, I wanna know just how much Strength does a melee build need to get a reliable 95% hit chance on the Dominating difficulty.

So far, I have tried building a character with 13 Strength on normal and I still had trouble hitting the more agile Expedition natives with around 13 Strength/130(234) Melee skill. My hit chance was around 70% when fighting some of the warriors and I missed 3 attacks in a row! Would max level and around 14St./300 skill be enough on Dominating to get that 95% hit chance on such endgame enemies?

One more thing:

What if I used a Super Steel spear, which has +3% to accuracy? Or if I used a Super Steel weapon AND the Aegis Incorporated tattoo for a +5 to melee? Would that help me cut back on Strength and still get a 95% hit chance in melee against at least the majority of endgame opponents? If a couple of them like the Black Crawler or other bosses would have too much Dodge / Agility to make hitting them without any CC reliable, that's ok because you can use a taser, trap, flashbang etc. but if it's a bunch of rather common warriors, who come at you in groups, then there's no way you can take them down without a solid 90-95 hit chance. Even just one miss can get you killed because the whole game revolves around destroying and CCing enemies as quickly as possible. The faster they end up dead the less likely you end up dead.