Opinions? Combat classes Fighter and Scout.

[Jenny]

Fighter gives you a 10% damage boost + 15 HP

Scout gives you a 50% increase in crits.

Thoughts?

[verarticus]

Fighter is more reliable, scout is more to chance? I don't think any has a huge advantage over the other, unless you find a weapon more for critting. I think I found a dagger related to crit but don't remember if it was crit chance or damage boost.

[Bijat]

theres rings that increase dmg or chanse for crits..and sience u never oneshot mobs later on i guess scout is better...the 15 hp is a joke xD

[Danjal]

Went with scout and I'm seeing crits every other or every third hit give or take.
Which would suggest that 50% is additive not multiplicative.

Simply put, do you want a flat +10% with some health or an averaged out increase from whatever the crit damage multiplier is?

[Jessie]

Honestly I went more for health and flat damage and am pretty happy with it, the extra health is a nice safety net.

[Jenny]

I went with scout, and I like it alot. I feel like im critting alot more :D

[Kats]

Scout here.
I basically went full ham maximizing damage and crit, and haven't had any problems.
Granted I've died a few times, I think 3? In the mines since I started, now I'm on my second year on two characters both I've got to floor 120.
I'm currently often critting for 130+ so.

Basically the real question you should be asking yourself is, do you die often?
If not then just go full damage, when it comes to damage I believe the crit increase is gonna serve you better, and then damage ring and crit chance/power ring.

Hope there's combat updates for this game at some point, adding new weapons, and maybe some bosses. :P
I understand it's not the main point of the game, but I like exploring the mines and selling gems more than managing my farm lol.

[Jessie]

Originally posted by Kats:

Scout here.
I basically went full ham maximizing damage and crit, and haven't had any problems.
Granted I've died a few times, I think 3? In the mines since I started, now I'm on my second year on two characters both I've got to floor 120.
I'm currently often critting for 130+ so.

Basically the real question you should be asking yourself is, do you die often?
If not then just go full damage, when it comes to damage I believe the crit increase is gonna serve you better, and then damage ring and crit chance/power ring.

Think it also varies on how much safety net you want, I actually crit up to around 230 ish without scout. Combat level I think is currently 9.

[dairy farmer]

I went with scout and it most certainly is not an additive 50% (meaning you crit 50% of the time). I cleared a few levels in the mines and I only got a few crits out of dozens of swings.

I didn't take the daily fortune into account though, so I don't know if that affects crit chance or not.

Considering we don't actually know what the base crit rate is, I'd rather have a reliable 10% increase. Good thing I made a save backup before choosing.

[ASwarmOfKittenz]

Level 10 Combat, took perk that increased damage by a flat percentage and gives HP. Last perk gave me 25 HP.

Total HP is 180.

Uses weapons that give defense and best defense boots.

It's not too bad.

[Elegant Caveman]

Originally posted by Danjal:

Went with scout and I'm seeing crits every other or every third hit give or take.
Which would suggest that 50% is additive not multiplicative.

Originally posted by dk:

I went with scout and it most certainly is not an additive 50% (meaning you crit 50% of the time). I cleared a few levels in the mines and I only got a few crits out of dozens of swings.

I didn't take the daily fortune into account though, so I don't know if that affects crit chance or not.

Considering we don't actually know what the base crit rate is, I'd rather have a reliable 10% increase. Good thing I made a save backup before choosing.

So... which is it...?

[Jessie]

Originally posted by Elegant Caveman:

So... which is it...?

Part of the problem is that at the moment we don't know fully, information is limited.

[Elegant Caveman]

Originally posted by Jessica:

Part of the problem is that at the moment we don't know fully, information is limited.

Well, even without knowing the exact details, there's a big difference between "Now I crit on every other attack!" and "I picked Scout, but I hardly crit more than I used to."

I just levelled up and I have no idea what to pick... I was hoping to maybe hear a third (or fourth, or fifth opinion).

Now I'm just stuck on the night screen, having to make a choice... maybe I should just flip a coin... >.>

[Jessie]

Originally posted by Elegant Caveman:

Well, even without knowing the exact details, there's a big difference between "Now I crit on every other attack!" and "I picked Scout, but I hardly crit more than I used to."

I just levelled up and I have no idea what to pick... I was hoping to maybe hear a third (or fourth, or fifth opinion).

Now I'm just stuck on the night screen, having to make a choice... maybe I should just flip a coin... >.>

Considering the level 5 skills affect the level 10 choice consider basing it around that.

http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Skills

[Elegant Caveman]

And I just picked scout before seeing you reply... lol

I should have looked there first, thank you.

I did consider that, but last time I checked that page it was mostly empty; I should have guessed there was a lot more info now.

I figured I'd take scout and report back.

Now I'm wondering about special moves, though... first time I hear of those. Where/when do you get them?

[Jessie]

Originally posted by Elegant Caveman:

And I just picked scout before seeing you reply... lol

I should have looked there first, thank you.

I did consider that, but last time I checked that page it was mostly empty; I should have guessed there was a lot more info now.

I figured I'd take scout and report back.

Now I'm wondering about special moves, though... first time I hear of those. Where/when do you get them?

It is right click with the weapon. From what I can tell swords do a block thing or something and daggers do a multi thrust. Honestly I just swing and have them hit the swing to block. The dagger thrust is nice but too limited arc for me and I prefer a wider hit.