First off I want to make a couple apologies. First I want to apologize if this is the wrong place for this. Secondly, I apologize for asking what has probably been asked thousands of times, but a google search didn’t really bring up what my particular issue was. Close to it but not exactly the same. With that being said, I’ll get into the meat of the topic at hand.
I’m currently level 36 on my Saboteur and I just can’t seem to progress any further. All I ever do is die. I have roughly 2,700 health and trash mobs are chunking me for like 1/3rd of my health. I’ve probably lost like two levels worth of experience doing nothing but dying. It’s odd because at level 34 I was breezing through the game. Everything died fast and did hardly any damage to me, then I hit level 35 and just immediately started getting dunked on.
My gear isn’t the greatest, just a bunch of self-found stuff. I used to use a bunch of stuff that added % fire damage because of my build, but I’ve replaced those items with things that give physique and flat health/defense.
That is what I am currently sitting at right now, before taking into consideration bonus stats from the gear.
I’m not very good at figuring out when diminishing returns start to set in because to me, even if it’s just a 2% increase, it still looks beneficial to me, not a wasted point. Do I not have enough points in the mastery bars themselves? Did I put too many points into Cunning and that’s why my survivability sucks? I simply don’t know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would hate to think I wasted those hours getting to 36 just to realize I botched something up that’s not fixable.
There are a lot of defensive abilities you could be using that you aren’t; Pneumatic Burst, Flashbang, and Veil of Shadow come to mind. Of those I’d recommend Pneumatic Burst with its transmuter since you dual-wield. It’s a healing ability with a 5 second recharge that also boosts dps thanks to total speed increases. Its modifier, Shadow Dance, is one of the best defensive skills in the game, but you may not have the points for it just yet.
Devotion points I have like 8 or something. Just enough to get through that one celestial body that spawns the golden birds when you attack. I guess that answers both of your questions.
From what I can see, even tho your build is kinda skill heavy and 2700 health isn’t overly “bad” for level 36, you neglected to provide yourself with any healing skills whatsoever. Bad move for the stage you’re at right now.
You have 3 immediate options with your choice of masteries. Pneumatic Burst (and take its modifier Breath of Belgothian), Blade Barrier (an excellent Oh Shit! Button), and Vindictive Flame.
As a clarification of my above comment about you being “skill heavy”, by that I mean you pumped quite a lot of points early on into Demolitionist skills and as a result neglected advancing your mastery bars, which provides vital stats and health as well as simply opening up more skills.
You have falcon swoop. That’s nice. Use the skill setup i posted. From now on invest into the Demolitionist mastery bar till level 32 on the mastery bar where you get access to Blast Shield.
Alright, tried your build. It helps a lot during trash mob fights, but I still die several times over during boss fights. Also, I don’t know what those items are, I’ve never seen them before.
Well you really do need gear to get by. I don’t think i’ve ever used Fire Strike at your level. I use Greater Fireblast, it’s a granted skill from the component Flintcore bolts. I don’t think you can level with melee (atleast i can’t)