is cold good for pure str?

flyboy101 · Post by **flyboy101** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:42 am

ok I know cold gives you extra defence..blah blah blah, i know what it does. Is it good for pure Str builds though? I mean is the extra defence worth sp farming for. I'm not a patient person and SP farming pisses me off. Wondering if my pure strength glaive should have cold. I already have Heuskal, fire, and lighting.

bergon · Post by **bergon** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:43 am

I say no pure str already has a TON of hp so it doesn't need it

lexies2 · Post by **lexies2** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:44 am

No, pure str need all the damage they can get plus if you go ice your missing on alot of nice fire buffs

IguanaRampage · Post by **IguanaRampage** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:55 am

bergon wrote:I say no pure str already has a TON of hp so it doesn't need it

of course pure strength could want it. A good glaive can be very deadly, and that ice buff can help

lexies2 wrote:No, pure str need all the damage they can get plus if you go ice your missing on alot of nice fire buffs

He's already got fire.

My advice: if you want, SP farm it up. However, it also takes up valuable mastery space. You may want to consider Pacheon as an alternative, or to just not farm for it at all since you will have to de-lvl it at next cap raise almost certainly. It's your choice :wink:

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lexies2 · Post by **lexies2** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:51 am

IguanaRampage wrote:
bergon wrote:I say no pure str already has a TON of hp so it doesn't need it

of course pure strength could want it. A good glaive can be very deadly, and that ice buff can help
lexies2 wrote:No, pure str need all the damage they can get plus if you go ice your missing on alot of nice fire buffs

He's already got fire.

My advice: if you want, SP farm it up. However, it also takes up valuable mastery space. You may want to consider Pacheon as an alternative, or to just not farm for it at all since you will have to de-lvl it at next cap raise almost certainly. It's your choice

[/quote]Oh lol didnt read that :oops:

c0okie · Post by **c0okie** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:24 am

only thing about ice is you can be anoying and always freeze two guys pvping

Tasdik · Post by **Tasdik** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:42 pm

Yah I know Ice is handy but he said he hated sp farming so thats why i said he didn't need it

ciddy · Post by **ciddy** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:37 pm

i rather get lightning and fire buffs

ice just make your already hard skin harder

devilti · Post by **devilti** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:29 am

if u r pure str blader.
then get ice guard and pasive

make ur build impossible to kill

lighning not so sure y its usefull.
theres only the walk serious

tedtwilliger · Post by **tedtwilliger** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:47 am

you all seem to be neglecting the GOOD parts of ice

sure u say on a pure str that " u need the extra imbue damage of fire".... well thats wrong... as u get a higher phy balance, your imbue damage becomes insignificant to your over all damage.... meaning that using the ice imbue will not "greatly" hinder your damage.... yet still give u the ability to freeze.... which is incredibly under rated in pve

also in pvp... sure with the fire shield and alchemy system freeze becomes... useless in a word... but this is only at max lvls.... for a lvl 40-60 player u can still get effective freezes on an opponent... this being able to save u from a hunter 6 lvls higher than u.. when u have 15 seconds left of a bandit return scroll * when theifing obviously*

overall it is worth farming it... it will make u stronger... which is the POINT of the game for many people...