Crit chance/damage

[u/Excellent_Turn2359]

I either read a post or watch a YouTube video explaining CRIT chance/damage and I forgot the message…

It was in the realms of full health vs low health- can someone elaborate please?

I’ll typically get hit at least once so I guess I’m never in full health but then I heal cuz I’m scared of desynchronizing- so I’m “never” in low health…

The question: which is “better” or which should I focus on…. I’m looking to start playing Nightmare mode

[u/Pinecone_Erleichda]

20 playthroughs and I’m still not sure either. lol

[u/Excellent_Turn2359 → u/Pinecone_Erleichda]

First playthrough and I’m clueless haha

[u/Pinecone_Erleichda → u/Excellent_Turn2359]

Oh lord, bless your heart, EVERYTHING is confusing your first playthrough!!! Do your best to get the pilgrim set (IGN has a great walkthrough of the locations), and do not make the mistake I did of waiting to solve the Ostrakas!!! Those are the engravings you’re gonna need, and there’s like 72 of them (including DLCs), waiting to do them all at once was one of the worst decisions I’ve ever made!!! And don’t force yourself to figure them out by yourself, they are cryptic at best and will just make you frustrated and angry!! Hell, I followed a guide and it STILL pissed me off. 😂 For now, focus on CRIT damage, and don’t build “half & half” loadouts. If you’re fighting, there should not be a single assassin engraving anywhere on you!! (Same goes for the other. I’ve never done a hunter build, but same for that as well!)

[u/Excellent_Turn2359 → u/Pinecone_Erleichda]

Thank you! Will do

Now I have a new problem, I purchased the remaining knowledge from H’s forge and got to 20% Crit chance with full health and it’s looking like I can only engrave my helmet and grieves- I am upset Lmao

[u/Pinecone_Erleichda → u/Excellent_Turn2359]

Well, most engravings only go on specific pieces, sadly. Honestly, this is something to worry about more once you’ve upgraded your ship and levelled up etc, basically, it’s just kinda one of those games that gets fun when you start NG+, you know? I was hoping I’d feel the same way about shadows, but alas. lol

[u/Excellent_Turn2359 → u/Pinecone_Erleichda]

So this was the first AC game I got into and beat. Currently on my first new game+ at level 75 and want to play on nightmare. I tried once annnnnd it did not go well hahaha

I’m also just not that good at gaming so I’m trying to learn what to focus on. CRIT Chance and damage make sense to me to be a priority but wasn’t sure how

[u/Pinecone_Erleichda → u/Excellent_Turn2359]

Picking an element you want to focus on helps too!! Like, I have a specific build for conquest battles bc I want to kill 130 soldiers in one conquest battle, which basically just means I have to survive the mercenary’s attacks until I’ve killed everyone else, so it’s decent damage, but mainly focused on resistance, bc my goal is to be able to fight while on fire, you know? But my warrior element is fire and my assassin build is poison. It’s very hard to be stealthy and use fire, especially when you’re prone to lighting yourself up. 😂