Well ive been using the general setup of a fire UE/MS would use. And im seeing close to 1b crits sometimes a little over but usually a steady 800m crit.
It does seem to me that arsenal is packing quite a bit more of a punch than the cold rune. But as you stated you can control the mobs a little bit better, But yeah fast moving mobs are a complete pain.
and for the record I agree with your assessment. Ballistics with Multishot Arsenal seems to hit very hard. Pretty much the best combination from my testing. I tried full broadside/physical for a while (and using evasive fire focus, and iceblink instead of BotP) but honestly I just didn't seem to have the same punch. I kind of figured I needed an Etrayu but from what you are saying it sounds like it still isn't going to be as good.
I dont even use ballistics, Running awareness, Blood veng, Steady aim, and Cull of the weak. Maybe i should swap out Cotw and try out ballistics again...
What kind of cold build are you referring to? Because i have a really good etrayu ---> http://imgur.com/JhcZpnI <-----
And i was using arsenal with multishot but then i swapped to the cold rune for MS and it feels like i have lost damage.
Nice. To be honest I was only speaking in general terms but if I were to go full cold I'd see the build using
Evasive Fire Focus; Multishot burst fire; Perhaps vengeance / From the shadows or maybe sentry polar station. I'd use iceblink for sure and BotT and Zeis.
At the moment I'm full fire, with entangling shot and multi/arsenal with ballistics on my hellfire (I have another great hellfire with perfectionist which I'd probably use if I went cold). I do think though, that you are right, and that the cold build would not punch as hard as my fire build. It would however control the battlefield a lot better. I don't know about you but Unhallowed Essense is tough to work with when you get fast moving mobs, especially at higher girfts. I do a lot of damage but I am very vulnerable.
Well ive been using the general setup of a fire UE/MS would use. And im seeing close to 1b crits sometimes a little over but usually a steady 800m crit.
It does seem to me that arsenal is packing quite a bit more of a punch than the cold rune. But as you stated you can control the mobs a little bit better, But yeah fast moving mobs are a complete pain.
I think, without seeing seeing your current stats and build (or: know how much disc you have) and seeing your playstyle (how often you use disc, if you always empty your pool, having a higher max value does not help), it is hard to give a correct answer.
However, if you are at 30 or disc most of the time, 10% damage would be better*, since 3 disc becomes less than 10% damage increase above 30 disc. If you are under 30 disc most of the time (and you would spend at the same rate) rerolling the disc would be better.
In general, I would say to go with 10% damage
*The way you posted your question makes me reply from an optimal damage point, there might be cases where you think about another stat than 10% damage instead of socket.
Thanks dude, that is a great analysis and my gut instinct was I'd be better off with the +10 damage (from a pure damage pov) over an extra 3 discipline. The sad thing is, having rerolled to +10 damage this bow has the highest damage range of any bow I have ever found. If it had rolled with 12 discipline it would have been pretty much the perfect weapon for a cold build. Oh well that is how it goes. I will keep it anyway, as I think it is still my best choice if I decide to play around with a cold build. And yeah, I keep my discipline high almost always unless I'm on a vaulting frenzy to get myself out of trouble. -nd its max value with a +12 weapon is 81 (12 12 12 and 15 bonus)
What kind of cold build are you referring to? Because i have a really good etrayu ---> http://imgur.com/JhcZpnI <-----
And i was using arsenal with multishot but then i swapped to the cold rune for MS and it feels like i have lost damage.
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I dont even use ballistics, Running awareness, Blood veng, Steady aim, and Cull of the weak. Maybe i should swap out Cotw and try out ballistics again...
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Well ive been using the general setup of a fire UE/MS would use. And im seeing close to 1b crits sometimes a little over but usually a steady 800m crit.
It does seem to me that arsenal is packing quite a bit more of a punch than the cold rune. But as you stated you can control the mobs a little bit better, But yeah fast moving mobs are a complete pain.
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What kind of cold build are you referring to? Because i have a really good etrayu ---> http://imgur.com/JhcZpnI <-----
And i was using arsenal with multishot but then i swapped to the cold rune for MS and it feels like i have lost damage.