Here is the reason why I don’t spec into “any” keystones as a Vet running T5A.
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Marksman’s Focus
It’s too niche and heavily favors stationing play-style which sucks. And heavily favors non-automatic weapons. Unless you play with a team that will protect you at all costs, you gotta constantly be moving. -
Focus Target
“I TAG A LOT!” I tag to help me focus. I tag for vision. I tag to help team prioritize. I tag to count. Tagging is one of the best practices in DT(and V2). Welp, if you constantly tagging, you’ll end up applying only 1 stack of Focus Target. -
Weapon Specialist
Another niche ass keystone. I’m not wielding range or melee weps for the sake of Specialist stacks. I use my gun when I have to deal with certain mobs according to my build, same thing for melee weapon. I’m not gonna switch to a range weapon when there is only a horde (without any range enemies) in front of me. Atk spd boost + dodge boost, sure it sounds good. But I don’t need it! My melee is effective enough to clear whatever is in my melee range. It’s not gonna make me kill Crusher faster, it’s still ass because my sword is not effective vs Crushers. I’m just gonna use Krak grenade to kill a Crusher quickly.
Moreover, if there are 5 shotgunners 10m away from me shooting at my ass, would I go find some poxwalkers to kill real quick to gain some stacks before I start shooting the gunners? Hell no!
End Note:
Let’s say I’m running the right tree, and spec until I get 10% melee attack speed. Do you think I would spend more for Weapon Specialist keystone? Or should I go the other way to get a juicy 15% SOLID Elite damage without stupid condition? (and get 30% weakspot damage in the process)
Not bad right? Well, it’s good enough to carry 3 console players in T5A (idk, I assume they are console).
