(Not sure if anyone even reads this, but oh well.....)
Here's the warrior I've really gotten into, which is weird because prior to this character, I had a really difficult time getting into warriors. I kept trying to force them on dwarf females and it just wasn't working. Andjros here is the product of me fiddling with character creation to see what the animations and such looked like for each race and gender. I liked him so well that on impulse, I decided to use him.
I think part of it is because a Kelari was pretty much the last race that seemed warrior-like to me. They're really into spirits and magic and such. But, I took the Riftblade soul as my main (not really intending to force anything, it just sounded fun), and from there it just clicked. Riftblades are elemental warriors. :3 Well, and his mohawk is awesome.
His soul setup is
Riftblade(DPS)/
Warlord(Defense)/
Paragon(DPS). I gotta say, the Warlord bit is really sweet. It's technically a defense soul, but there were a couple of goodies I wanted. One is a buff that gives you a small percentage of health back when you use "builders" (abilities that generate a combo point), based off of attack power - good for a DPS warrior, no? The second is a talent that allows you to block without a shield. I wasn't sure if it would work they way I hoped, but it actually looks pretty flippin' awesome. I just got it tonight. My block rating was only two points lower without a shield than with one, and now that I've loaded up on strength, it's actually even higher now. ^.^ So, now I'm dual-wielding axes, can self-heal (a tiny bit, but better than none) and have a 12% chance to block without a shield (it was only 10% before, with a shield [but also before my new gear]). I do think my block would be higher with a shield, as they have innate block, but it was only barely higher when I compared. Woot! Now I can go back to focusing on my DPS souls.
Alright, enough chatter. Here's Andjros, and then also my new Hellbug mount. It's a random drop from specific fire rifts - they must be Hellbug rifts. I've gotten two pets so far and was hoping for the mount. I actually got it on another character, but they're account-bound (but character bound on use), so I just sent it to him.
