Inner Sight: worth maxing?

[Kitriara]

Inner Sight: worth maxing?

Hey all. A quick question for those in the know...

I'm going be making an untwinked hardcore SP strafer. As such I'm trying to put as many points as possible into VIT. I was planning to max Valk and Strafe with 7 in Critical Strike. Since AR seems to be a problem, I was wondering what the better choice is: max penetrate or max inner sight (does that even work on bosses?)

Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[chubbypuppy]

Go penetrate

The problem with inner sight is that it's a hardset value. At level 20 it's only -815 def to a monster, which is nothing considering that def values can go into thousands easily. It's better to get the +225% on attack rating for yourself with 20 penetrate.

 

[RTB]

For normal monsters, defense doesn't go much higher than 2000, with Beetle-type monsters having the most defense at the highest Mlvls at about 2470. Inner Sight can certainly help you hit.

 

[chubbypuppy]

Hmm

How does this relate to ITD btw? Even if you have a weapon that's ITD, I think you are still not guaranteed to hit, so I would assume that adding AR would be better than to just lower the monster's defense.

I tag my posts here with a "noob status" in case I'm totally wrong

 

[Liliel]

As far as I know, on normal monsters where ITD actually has an effect, your AR is irrelevant and it's purely your level vs monster level as well as their chance to dodge/block.

Oh, and I believe Inner Sight is worth maxing, however in your case I think I'd go with Penetrate. I wouldn't want to rely on having to cast IS in a HC game...

 

[Omikron8]

If you desperately need attack rating max penetrate instead.

1) You don't have to cast it

2) Bigger bonus

 

[harley98]

inner sight works good in most cases, but keep in mind that the 13.3 radius of inner sight and slow missiles is centered on you when you cast it. so if you move out side of the radius or a monster comes inside of the radius you need to recast it to be effective. i have better results maxing penatrate, it passively benifits my valkyrie (and what gear she has at that moment) than inner sight does.

 

[Tarantella]

A high level of inner sight makes a noticeable difference to the killing speeds of valk and merc and will certainly help other party members using physical attacks.Its noticeable but not deadly which is what your contribution should be.

For solo safety play you might think max inner sight is not cost effective. Penetrate and critical strike help the valk and yourself but not the merc and theres always the option of using a high level act 1 merc(casting level 20 IS at level 67)