Seasoned Roamer Shrapy Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I'm running a diehard missle player (Shock trooper) and I was wondering which is better, using Javelins or Batons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Tough choice. Javelins do more damage early on and cost less (and weigh less for that matter), so I would stick with them for the first half of the game. However, once Reaper and Submission Batons start appearing, switch over to them. Reaper Batons have the largest damage multiplier, I believe. You should also use crystals whenever possible. The Last Archon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Discipline Wands are the most underrated weapon in the entire game. They still do massive amounts of damage to monsters that are immune to everything else in the endgame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Feo Takahari Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Originally Posted By: Drakefyre Discipline Wands are the most underrated weapon in the entire game. They still do massive amounts of damage to monsters that are immune to everything else in the endgame. Have they gotten better over the course of the series? I only tried them in the first game, and found them to be inferior to my sword by the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Crystals got nerfed this game. Wands are okay especially area effect ones, but they tend to be weaker than melee weapons. Most wands don't do much because you don't increase dexterity and missle weapon skill. DV used missle weapons for a character and did well by pumping it the whole game. You really have to work at it to make it do decent damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Drakefyre Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Discipline Wands do unblockable damage, so I was doing 200 damage/turn with 3 in missile weapons skill to the Charged Drakon in the challenge area. I definitely think they're worth it when you run up against monsters that have great resistances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice ex post slarto Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Discipline Wands do *not* do unblockable damage. They do damage of a special damage type that no creatures have inherent resistance to. However, the damage can still be reduced by magical shields. Also, it's possible that creatures with a Luck stat (like gazers) have some resistance to it as well -- I'm not sure about that though. (And of course, they only work on creations.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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