once they get close i switch to chakrams so my bow is just to get the bleeding and poison damage started. They are dying while they run towards me only to get a charged up chakram right in the face. :D

I didn't see a screen shot button option in Amalur or i would of posted pictures of my gear to see how they compare. I leveling up pretty slow though so i'm not to uber high damage stuff that comes later.

Having screenshots would make this game too awesome to contain in time.

Been playing this pretty much all day - I'm up to level 21 now and finally got master level in blacksmithing. Armor rating is around 500 now.

Mass Effect 3 will have to wait until I'm done with this.

Another thing - earlier, somebody was commenting on the benefits of increased stun duration. You can craft an epic gem (apparently for your main piece of armor only) that causes anything that physically attacks you to get stunned 60% of the time. That and any item that extends the stun is a kickass combination. I just created trollskin rogue armor with that gem.

if you are going for 1000/1000, one of the 100 points secret achievements is so there is no way I'm getting that one, so I'll go for 900/1000. Almost there!

You think the Chakrams are nice, try using the Faeblades. Those things can kill without the enemies getting a touch on you.

I have a scepter that hits at around 246 or so damage with frequent stuns. It also has a buff on there that makes all my spells cost -20% mana.

If i felt like it I could probably smoke most encounters using nothing but the scepter and never have any enemy get close to hitting me because they get stunned so often.

Congrats, I've yet to find a scepter that is 1/4 as good as that. I even crafted a decent scepter and it just couldn't compare to my other weps.

Up to level 25 now. Looks like I'll have to rework my character temporarily so I can effectively use a hammer for a specific quest. I love this game!

and yet, you will only play it once

I already have ME3 pre-loaded, but I think I'm going to have to wait too. Although for me it's because I started playing ME2 over a few days ago. I'd forgotten how good that game was (been nearly two years since I played it). I'm only through Horizon. I don't think I can finish the whole thing again by Tuesday.

Better way to level up ... finishing quests or just running around killing shit?

what quest(s) unlocks the stuff across the ocean?

Why?

This game is way too easy, even on hard.

Finishing quests.

After a while, grinding becomes, well...grinding. Monsters in areas you've cleared previously are worth next to nothing...

ya, but I'm not gonna play the game through again.

A couple of things I figured out.

Initially, I saved the fate power for larger opponents. This was a mistake, and I have probably cost myself a couple of advancement levels by just sitting on the ability to increase points and waiting for larger opponents like trolls to come along. If you have it, use it.

I ran into a couple of trainers I couldn't utilize, either because I was maxed out in their particular skill or didn't have enough points. So when I did my last fate weave, I put equal points in everything. Was able to utilize all the trainers I couldn't before.

After playing using primarily the fae blades, using a hammer sucks. I'll go back to my old skill set as soon as I'm done.