Gg! I never considered upgrading the Ring of Force that much. Always seemed better to just put those upgrades into a weapon. I'm aware of thr Brawler's Stance though. Did you just forego the weapon abilities for the damage from the ring?
No. You can still use the abilities since the weapons are equipped. I had a Grim dagger and a kinetic mace. Since you get the enchantments in brawler stance it worked out well. I was clocking people for about 200 on some hits.
Ran into this little guy on level 14. Had 2+ plate armour and he dished out 71 damage in a shot. Knocked me out, used an ankh, came back and he hit me again for about the same damage. Wasn't going to fuck around and find out so I used a stone of sleep.
This was the equivalent of opening a box, getting punched in the face with a boxing glove on a spring, and then closing the box back up and putting a note on it that reads do not open until Christmas
Thankfully I didn't meet him on the way up.
DM 300 with badder bosses was only dishing out like 8 DMG.