Quote (Zhou9 @ Jun 19 2011 04:20am)
Exile came in 1.10, the guide was written in 1.11, and stats haven't changed since then.
I'm not sure about the stats but a change to eth Alma or SS which opens up the ability to use visionary should give AR that more than makes up for the 3% difference.
Stoutwood was pretty much anti-exile, he advocated eth alma and also emphasized the flexibility of ss. I used to follow his guide when I started, since dark-soul's guide is kinda useless for west gm zealots

Just came back recently and zbug fort is banned. I used to believe my 6.6k dmg 25k ar 81ds 4.1k life eth alma would be the best that I could achieve, but I lost vs prudence + ss. So now I just rock prudence as default, I just beat someone from Warrior's in the tourny so I guess it works ok lol