[X] My Assistant

And it did happen. Graz Basara. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Thanks Uncle!!! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

congratz basara, time for that gold star

Thanks yami!!! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Regarding buying GS, I only intend to do this if I get a "miracle drop" (ie, with a value above 1 GS (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif) ). I prefer to use my game credits with game stuff (items, materials, hath perks and training). (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Congratulations!!! Now, will you finally try using scripts?

Thanks Noni!!! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

And yes, that is a good idea. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) I need to learn to use these things. So get ready for a lot of questions because I don't know anything. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I also have never used scripts. Until now.
I can't promise I won't use'em before 500, though ... we'll see (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)

Oh, I found another nutcase! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) I'm not alone! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Congratulations (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Damn, vanilla gameplay from the start till lv.500? That truly is crazy!

Thanks Venvalion!!! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Yes, that was crazy (and I don't recommend it to anyone (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif) ).

100 Monster with at least Gift Factor 129%. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Congrats on 500 Basara! Without a star And scripts too that's quite something.

This post has been edited by The_Ellimist: May 4 2020, 19:54

Congrats on 500 Basara! Without a star And scripts too that's quite something.

Thanks Ellimist!!! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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Level 500!!! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) It is time for a new round of exchanges. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) This will probably be the last. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Total: 1000 Precursor Artifact.

Result:
18,5%　2 Hath
_0,6%　Attribute Point
20,7%　Last Elixir
18,6%　Energy Drink
41,6%　1000 x Crystals

According to Wiki, the chances are estimated:
20%　　　　2 Hath
00~10%　　Attribute Point
20%　　　　Last Elixir
20%　　　　Energy Drink
40%　　　　1000 x Crystals

Final Considerations:

Positive point: +6 PAB (current situation: 300 of 300 ---> +50/+50/+50/+50/+50/+50). (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) This time luck was on my side and I got all PABs in 387 artifacts. That amount was the lowest since level 460, when I started making exchanges only every 10 levels. They were respectively 393 [Lv460], 473 [Lv470], 615 [Lv480] and 900 [Lv490]. Thankfully, this sequence did not continue, otherwise I would need more than 1000 artifacts to get all the PABs. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)

Negative point 1: Last Elixir >> Energy Drink (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

Negative point 2: Very bad distribution of the crystals. That never changes. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

From now on, most likely, I should only make new exchanges during Easter events. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

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And these are the total numbers, since I started writing them down (unfortunately I don't have all the data):

(IMG:[imgur.com] https://imgur.com/9DhKXkK.jpg)

I HATE Last Elixir!!! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

You have gained another level in Scholar of War
Your battle scroll slots have been increased!

Yup

You have gained another level in Scholar of War
Your battle scroll slots have been increased!

Well, at least they are fast.

You have gained another level in Scholar of War
Your battle scroll slots have been increased!

And cheap.

You have gained another level in Scholar of War
Your battle scroll slots have been increased!

Allmost done.

You have gained another level in Scholar of War
Your battle scroll slots have been increased!

And done. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) Damned, i just hope i wont those credits anytime soon. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

What are Basara's proficiencies and assimilator training at these days? That's the real reason to buy stars once you hit or get near level 500 in my opinion.

First 100 monsters at least level 450 and 10 scavenger
next 50 at least level 400, not chaosed yet
last 50 still on chow diet (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

All 200 monsters scavenger 10
24 of them are level 750+ the rest ~450

next is chaosing all other upgrades to level 2 and keeping raising the rest to 750

This post has been edited by yami_zetsu: May 5 2020, 02:55

What are Basara's proficiencies and assimilator training at these days? That's the real reason to buy stars once you hit or get near level 500 in my opinion.

I have Assimilator 20 since level 482. Before that it was 15.

Proficiencies:

(IMG:[imgur.com] https://imgur.com/ULvxbxz.jpg)

I also agree with you about buying stars at that point. It is very difficult to gain proficiency at high levels. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/faint.gif)

But it's like I said, if I'm not lucky enough to win a "miracle drop", then no stars for me. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

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I forgot to mention something else.

When I reached level 500, although a specific message didn't appear (well, if it did, I didn't notice (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif) ), I won 1 Ability Point and 1 Mastery Point. I am citing this fact because I have seen some people saying that they did not receive these points when they reached 500.

EDIT:

I also forgot this:

(IMG:[imgur.com] https://imgur.com/9T6F8eo.jpg)

It is very strange and also sad not to see that giant EXP number anymore.

This post has been edited by Basara Nekki: May 5 2020, 06:44

533/500 = 1.066 is not a bad proficiency ratio at your level, I guess it is a testament to your dedication to play a lot. (Or you could skip dawns, if you want to keep a good proficiency ratio when getting near level 500).

532/500 = 1.064 deprecating is even more impressive, so decondelite can't laugh at your imperil rapier tests. Well actually he can because he won't forgive your level haha.

My deprecating proficiency ratio is almost the same as yours, but I am a much lower level, so I did not have to work too hard for it. I still have my Imperil at 1 target so its cheap, and I never spend any mana draughts to spam it for half the rounds.

But this gives me the thought that it will be hard for a player getting near level 500 to keep a good deprecating proficiency, so his Imperil play will be a little weaker until after he reaches level 500.

Thank you Venvalion (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I upgraded and started using Imperil. Mini bosses are slightly easier to handle... still have to use 3 Vital Strikes and a Merciful Blow for 840kHP Mini bosses.

I think I got a really nice headgear drop ^^
A nice upgrade to my previous

Imperill helped to break my previous highest crit by 37% ^^

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Mithra has been defeated.
Vital Strike crits Mithra for 561947 void damage
You use Vital Strike.

I should get last Imperil upgrade today at LV330 for additional 5%

I'm slowly starting to see boundaries of my potential growth. Currently last 2 arenas are out of my reach for grinding. At least I have cleared them at PFUDOR. My time at 110FL is bad as well

I will start keeping track of my times on arena.
My current times @PFUDOR:

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110FL - ~50:00 - ~147M EXP
100FL - 22:50 - ~153M EXP
90FL - 18:40 - ~133M EXP
LV80 - 19:15 - ~130M EXP
LV75 - 15:10 - ~87M EXP
LV70 - 14:15 - ~83M EXP
LV65 - 14:40 - 77M EXP
ND: 25M EXP
RE - 4-8M EXP

I bet they are not the best. I'm still getting back to game after few years of break
Above floors take 23,6 stamina. This will be my daily task

Goals:

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- make 900M EXP in one day within 24 stamina. Should be doable with 12 RE
- get OFC (got figurines today. Waiting for New Dawn)
- make FL125 & FL150 quicker

(Or you could skip dawns, if you want to keep a good proficiency ratio when getting near level 500).

That's exactly what I did. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

In fact I have been doing this for over a year (or two (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) ), since the moment I realized that I would start earning less than 1 proficiency point at each level. In the beginning it was enough to skip 1 dawn. But that was progressively increasing, until level 498, when I had to skip 8 times (actually 7 were enough, but I skipped one more for security (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif) ). And all this time using 1 or 2 Energy Drinks per day. Level 499 was an exception. I skipped only 3 times, but to compensate I used an average of 4 Energy Drinks per day. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/faint.gif)

If I didn't skip any dawn all this time, my proficiency would certainly be much lower (maybe something close to 515), but I would have reached level 500 about 2 months earlier.

got cybernetic implants

Got wrecked by the Invisible Punk Unicorn just as things were halfway done.

Is there a reliable way to farm Blood Tokens? I read that fights with at least 100 rounds are the best way but the lev 200 arena drops them too unreliably and lev 225 takes forever and only got me the other reward the one time I did it.

Got wrecked by the Invisible Punk Unicorn just as things were halfway done.

Is there a reliable way to farm Blood Tokens? I read that fights with at least 100 rounds are the best way but the lev 200 arena drops them too unreliably and lev 225 takes forever and only got me the other reward the one time I did it.

from wiki: Arena

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High chance for a Token drop.
Gives a 15~25% chance for a token drop. This chance increases for higher-level arenas (50~90% for 50+ round challenges).

There is an equal chance to get blood or chaos token. It's also a rare monster drop. Far rarer than arena clears. I'd do LV65 till LV225 arenas daily, but that's only because last 2 are not quick for me.

From my updates:
I increased my EXP from 13.748.150.405 to 14.813.441.219 between dawns!
That's 1.0652.290.814 EXP with 28,2 stamina used. Over 1B first time!
If I counted my goal of reaching 900M with 24 stamina, I got around 953.890.814 @23,6 (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

My next goal is upgrading my EXP perks. Currently sitting at LV120 Adept Learner. I expect to max out training and hath perks in around 120d resulting in daily exp increase to 2,1B @24 stamina. Still a far cry from 10T required to reach lv 500 xD. I regret not participating in Yuletide Lotteries...

Slightly better best DMG:

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Mithra has been defeated.
Vital Strike crits Mithra for 584633 void damage
You use Vital Strike.

EDIT:
OMG just found a more reliable way to clear LV225 faster.

I just imperil the Legendary and keep hittng her with normal attacks, keeping most of the other mobs silenced. Up to 5 unsilenced mobs works for me. Previously I was trying to use as much special skills as possible on Legendary, but that required pretty much to dispose spirit stance. It's MUCH faster keeping the stance, imperil Legendary and hit it with normal attacks with seldom special attacks if my overcharge is high enough.
This reduced my LV225 time from 50:00 to 31:20!

Also I tried OFC first time (got it last dawn) and let me tell you... decimating all normal mobs, all boss mobs and nearly killing all imperiled Legendaries feels good (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

This post has been edited by zest01: May 6 2020, 13:31

Is there a reliable way to farm Blood Tokens?

Just play more. Maybe have a higher training in Scavenger can help a tiny bit.

"You hold 5000 of 24082 sold tickets."
"3rd Prize: 3 Caffeinated Candies
Winner: decondelite"

(IMG:[i.imgur.com] https://i.imgur.com/H24arEY.jpg)

"You hold 5000 of 24082 sold tickets."
"3rd Prize: 3 Caffeinated Candies
Winner: decondelite"

(IMG:[i.imgur.com] https://i.imgur.com/H24arEY.jpg)

You and those like you, y'all better stop pouring all those tickets in auctions; not only you end up disappointed, you also force all the other participants to use much more tickets just to have a still very tiny chance percentage (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Someone would say that's the punishment you deserve (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Blame the dust collectors, not me. It's their fault I have to put that many tickets for things I need.
And I'm not complaining that I lost, I wanted to point out that 3 candies for 5k tickets is outright insulting.

This post has been edited by decondelite: May 7 2020, 23:04

"You hold 5000 of 24082 sold tickets."
"3rd Prize: 3 Caffeinated Candies
Winner: decondelite"

(IMG:[i.imgur.com] https://i.imgur.com/H24arEY.jpg)

I put in 2k tickets hoping to snag a lottery ticket when it was at 5k tickets sold. I didn't realize this was an item people wanted. I was surprised the next morning it even went that high.

This post has been edited by The_Ellimist: May 8 2020, 00:45

Actually, I don't know anyone besides 1-2 players other than me, who have an idea about equipment setups / playstyles to try with Shielding Plate of Warding. So basically, next to no one is interested in that kind of thing, besides collecting dust with it.

Meh. I can live with it. I only had an issue with the candies, really. But now I've also got an issue with those who think that I'm rich, a gallery/hath baron who vomits GP like if it was nothing. Because that was 1 month worth of self-generated, patiently saved up GP for me.

This post has been edited by decondelite: May 8 2020, 01:08