Explorer Archetype Needs a Rework

[bladeddragonknight]

Honestly feels like the only reason it exists is to unlock Archon. I really think they should rework it into a proper class. It isn't really useful in co-op nor in solo.

[adobo]

its the farming class. It's prime perk is all about more item drops. It's team perks gives more scrap.

[Ottomic]

I find the mobility skill insanely useful.

[Eudicots]

Its the best class for farming and that is basically it. If you are short on a rare resource then its worth playing this class over any other.

[bladeddragonknight]

Originally posted by majikero:

its the farming class. It's prime perk is all about more item drops. It's team perks gives more scrap.

Then it is pointless.

Originally posted by Ottomic:

I find the mobility skill insanely useful.

I can sort of see ONE not that good build you could make with it but not much else.

[Ronin Gamer]

Not everything is intended to be damage dealers r us. Some things might, JUST MIGHT, be about utility or in this case farming materials to help unlock and level up more stuff.

[bladeddragonknight]

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

Not everything is intended to be damage dealers r us. Some things might, JUST MIGHT, be about utility or in this case farming materials to help unlock and level up more stuff.

You don't need that even on SOFTCORE and Explorer provides no real meaningful utility that any other class can't provide something better instead.

[Ottomic]

Originally posted by bladeddragonknight:

I can sort of see ONE not that good build you could make with it but not much else.

I can see myself beating the game combining it with most other classes in Veteran. Not all will play off it equally well, but I don't think it works against them either.

[Vrynn]

i promise most speed runners gona be happy with explorer class

[Elvarion]

With some cooldown reduction/duration you can have 1-2 fountains up all the time if you want to run that skill.
I switch to explorer all the time when going from A to B, the movement skill is really nice

[DEDloc_©]

I don't bother with it, but I can see why people do.

To each their own.

[Atma]

Originally posted by bladeddragonknight:

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

Not everything is intended to be damage dealers r us. Some things might, JUST MIGHT, be about utility or in this case farming materials to help unlock and level up more stuff.

You don't need that even on SOFTCORE and Explorer provides no real meaningful utility that any other class can't provide something better instead.

Not when it comes to traversing quickly or farming scrap/materials.

Which is what this archetype exists for.

If you don't want to do that, don't use it.

[Imnuktam]

Will be more useful when loadouts make it into game and you can go say handler / explorer and then a ton of movement + items for a speed build that you change into and then drop it for your DPS loadout, then swap back to it to look for items with his lvl 10 ability.

He definitely doesnt have the power upside of most other classes but has a lot of utility and if you are having an easy time in your playthrough, is a solid choice for the extra pickups and utility.

[Archer]

Originally posted by Ottomic:

I find the mobility skill insanely useful.

Maxed it out for the trait . never used it again

Movment speed is Liiiffee

[Tymon]

I feel like the treasure hunter skill needs a buff in regards to what it can detect. You should be able to see scrap and metal pickups in my opinion since they don't even show up on the map. Everything else does.

[Xamikaze]

Explorer is one of the best classes if you want to deal elemental damage, because you get 30% to all dmg and elemental weapons have short range making the extra movement speed very useful with those weapons. Depending on your sub class, you can easely reduce your stamina consumption to 0 if you are using a mythical 20% stamina cost reduction relic fragment while your buff is active. Explorer is fine as it is.