And it looks like i finished current playthrough. Got trapped on some island. Feargus just running circles around and won't leave. My starting ship can't fight him, i can't outrun him because of Ondra challenge and i can't board because my party is much lower level.
Any tips for playing Ascendant on POTD? As I get higher in levels I'm struggling to max out my focus once in a battle
Get some good guns. My no. 1. recommendation is Kitchen Stove from the old city questline. Enchant it with Thunderous Report (1/per encounter) and aim the cone well (as enemies close to engage, but haven't arrived yet). This should typically lead to instant Ascension. Then get a Cleric to cast Salvation of Time on you.
A decent backup for a second Ascension is Amira's Wing rod from Amira's roost ruins on a south-western island. It casts horrid wilting or whats-it-called, unfortunately only once per rest.
Red Hand from Neketaka is a good general purpose backup. Target squishy enemies with it.
Any tips for playing Ascendant on POTD? As I get higher in levels I'm struggling to max out my focus once in a battle
Get some good guns. My no. 1. recommendation is Kitchen Stove from the old city questline. Enchant it with Thunderous Report (1/per encounter) and aim the cone well (as enemies close to engage, but haven't arrived yet). This should typically lead to instant Ascension. Then get a Cleric to cast Salvation of Time on you.
A decent backup for a second Ascension is Amira's Wing rod from Amira's roost ruins on a south-western island. It casts horrid wilting or whats-it-called, unfortunately only once per rest.
Red Hand from Neketaka is a good general purpose backup. Target squishy enemies with it.
I second the Red Hand for Ascendant cipher! Blunderbusses like Kitchen Stove I find doesn't have enough penetration to cause a large enough damage later on in PotD meaning your cipher won't be able to ascend fast enough. Usually the first two shots, or at max one reload of the Red Hand does the trick. That was the only weapon I always upgraded to the max as soon as I had the resources even to Mythic. The +40% damage is a great property too if you generally don't rest very often, its basically always up.
Any tips for playing Ascendant on POTD? As I get higher in levels I'm struggling to max out my focus once in a battle
Get some good guns. My no. 1. recommendation is Kitchen Stove from the old city questline. Enchant it with Thunderous Report (1/per encounter) and aim the cone well (as enemies close to engage, but haven't arrived yet). This should typically lead to instant Ascension. Then get a Cleric to cast Salvation of Time on you.
A decent backup for a second Ascension is Amira's Wing rod from Amira's roost ruins on a south-western island. It casts horrid wilting or whats-it-called, unfortunately only once per rest.
Red Hand from Neketaka is a good general purpose backup. Target squishy enemies with it.
I second the Red Hand for Ascendant cipher! Blunderbusses like Kitchen Stove I find doesn't have enough penetration to cause a large enough damage later on in PotD meaning your cipher won't be able to ascend fast enough. Usually the first two shots, or at max one reload of the Red Hand does the trick. That was the only weapon I always upgraded to the max as soon as I had the resources even to Mythic. The +40% damage is a great property too if you generally don't rest very often, its basically always up.
Didn't have much issues with Pen on Thunderous Report.
Also if you use mortar blunderbusses, they do best of slash/pierce.
Best of all, their aoe attacks target Reflex, which leads to a lot of crits VS many enemies (+50% Pen). Granted I usually used them under Tenacious (for example from Thunderous Blows or the Priest buff) or with Rogue Crippling Strike (also +2 Pen).
Shame Ciphers cannot cast it on themselves, still it is immensely useful... like Ciphers generally with all their soft CCs and buffs. Especially Ascendants with Salvation of Time from a priest do wonders; the two of them can make the party unkillable in a long fight.
Hehe. Not bad, I'll definitely try it later.
Ever played Patrician III? Amazing game overall, but the realtime ship combat used to be a nail-biting experience for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOj2JGM7mwA
