The new passive totems.

[Mauman]

Well, as most of you probably know already, we have some new passive totems that make great dips.

Which one do you consider the "best" in a general sense?

Cobra - +1 dam +5% accuracy, seems to apply to ALL attacks of ALL kinds (physical, magical, the works)

Boar - +15 hp, alot cheaper than a point of body after a certain point

Fish - +10% dodge. I'm iffy on this one, dodge has never been reliable for me

Leopard - +1 move, +1 armor. Not bad though armor is still capped at 10 I think.

Me personally I think it's a toss up between Cobra and Boar.

[Oblomov]

Cobra or Leopard are pretty darn good for melee, IMO. I probably like Leopard better for my Troll Adept. Cobra would be great for Street Samurai type of char. Boar, not sure, depends, coudl work for many builds. Fish may not be bad, extra dodge point with high quickness and a buff pretty much makes everything miss.

[Mauman]

I just don't see leapord being useful, since armor has a cap that's not exactly hard to reach and movement (while important) can be massively boosted with cyberware, magic, and drugs.

[drake_hound]

Fish is not dodge, it is a straight 10% to hit chance. stack with blurr II it gives oppents only 54% chance to hit you. 1% is always a failure. that just standing in the open.

I am missing the AOE healing totems. but can understand them removing it cause only taking 6 karma points to get a totem.

I have taken Cobra but for defensive play I would definetly take Fish.
Armour definetly has a cap at 10 cause it is different system. improved from dragon fall.

I definetly am more inclined towards Cobra and Fish. for the passive bonus.

[Xerkics]

I think Fish is pretty good since its a flat penalty.

[Elegant Caveman]

Almost took Cobra. 1 damage isn't much, but a flat 5% aim increase is always nice. Ended up going Eagle, though. Higher bonus, affects more people, but it's more situational and it's active.

I could see Boar and Leopard both being good, depending on one's build. Maybe Leopard's slightly more "generalist" friendly, not sure. 15hp is surely nice, but in many cases not necessary, I'd argue. Leopard is more useful early-game, when you have less ways of boosting movement and armor.

Fish... eh, I can't imagine taking that over something else.

Originally posted by drake_hound:

I am missing the AOE healing totems. but can understand them removing it cause only taking 6 karma points to get a totem.

I thought that was still there? I could swear I saw it, as I was tempted to take it. May have misread, though.

[Decay Tempest]

Took Cobra myself for a char focused on SMG.. That +1 Dam get more use with the native burst fire of the SMG.