Xelran: I put my current playthrough on hold and will wait for EE since it's close.
Had a ton of fun with Sylvan Sorc and I will play her again on hard from the beginning with the EE. I really hope the EE won't break the build. If it does I would love for it to be updated.
That being said, I did download the beta to take a look at the new stuff and tried your Mad Dog build in a rush style on hard. And oh boy. The early game on hard was easier than challenging on Sorc. Despite having no Arcane caster CC for grease or the like. Starting with level 4 I had a bonus attack of 16 or 18 even? with group buffs. Also hitting for some decent early damage. I wish Amiri could be like that.
It's not something I would usually play on my main character mainly because I had no skills to press! Or will this change later? I couldn't find anything.
Also I picked the wolf on that character but it felt like a mistake. It seemed to have only one attack per round at low lvl compared to smilodon and leopard. I guess it's a lategame pick?
I might take this build instead of Amiri. Too bad I'll miss out on her amusing camping lines.
Also on your Regongar build: "Plate Armor(light till lvl7, medium till )" You forgot to add the number for medium!
Speaking of, I'm still trying to figure out this guy. He seems super squishy in low lvls. Even more so because of his Orc race trait where he survives another round. He ends up dead [too much -hp] every fight and I had to reload a ton.
Any tips to alleviate the early game pain on him?
Mad doge is pretty decent, although he does inevitably fall off i damage when compared to saint or trip vivi as most things do. Wolf/Dog are awesome when you don't need added CC more than damage. All things considered, dog has like 4CMB more than leopard does. Wolf is 1 less than that, but still decent and you don't have to edit game files to stop the awful scratching sounds. It all stems from the fact that pets damage will become insignificant rather fast and the build kinda wants the pet to trip things as often as possible.
I hate Amiri with passion. Feminist from a hunter/gatherer tribe. That's rich. She is also so self-centered and with an ego to fill a castle. At least the game acknowledges that and gives her a good roast later on, so there's that. The fact that she is the worst companion by a combination of stats and class doesn't help either. Jaethal builds into mad dog ok-ish. No sacred, but it's not so bad, all things considered.
Reggie must rely of mirror images to not drop dead at a moments notice. Or you can just give him a glaive till magus 7. He's bit of a late bloomer, true. I usually don't use him much as I prefer running a tanky MC and 3 front-liners is an overkill. His orcish thing is just a micro tax. It allows you more wiggle room to heal him before he drops dead. Once you get heart of valor it's not so bad. Also put him quite a bit behind val in the formation so he doesn't engage first.
