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Re: A Charge-adin Faces a Choice, Concentration vs Fanatacism

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From: Mickey
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:00
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"Zombie Elvis" <DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo@ameritech.net> wrote in 
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> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:13:08 -0400, "Mickey"
> <XXmickeybXX@XXcomcastXX.net> wrote:
>
>>"Gumby" <gumbyjd@eastlink.spammersmustdie.ca> wrote in message
>>news:uNmWh.12998$VF5.7634@edtnps82...
>
>>> Concentration has a slightly higher damage bonus, but only to begin 
>>> with.
>>> Fanatacism catches up and at level 6 and starts to surpass it Its only
>>> real advantage is that you can start building it earlier so it seems
>>> higher than it is by the time you get Fanatacism.
>>>
>>>                  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  15  20
>>> Concentration   60  75  90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 270 345
>>> Fanatacism      50  67  84 101 118 135 152 169 186 203 288 373
>>>
>>> But if you never have any plans to use that character in multiplayer and
>>> have already invested several levels in Concentration, I suppose you 
>>> might
>>> as well stick with that.
>>
>>You forgot one MASSIVE difference. Concentration adds ONLY to damage.
>>Fanaticism adds to attack rating.
>
> But does that really make a huge difference with Charge? Charge
> already boosts your attack rating all by itself and its main advantage
> for me is that it is a ranged skill which does a lot of damage. I only
> have one point each in both Concentration and Fanaticism so I could go
> either way and I'm curious about the pros and cons of each skill.

It sure does, especially in PvP :)

Also, Fanaticism improves the stats of party members and mercs, especially 
the attack speeds.

Mickey 
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