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Nov 27 2009, 00:17
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masquepiph
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QUOTE(uth @ Nov 26 2009, 13:00)  Well the past few times its taken 2-3 greater mana draughts, that first time I was just super cautious, so I used more mana then I really needed, now I usually don't need any potions till that last round, I guess I could probably cut that down if I wanted to spirit nuke one of the bosses down right away. I've only gotten cotton crap from Crusade so far... If I got decent second winds I might be able to do it without any items but I don't seem to get any mana second winds after round 20...
Oh and the biggest reason I can probably do the harder settings when you can't is the way my gear is setup I take less dmg then you at battletoads, but probably take slightly more then you at normal. Since my mitigation is low but my evade is high.
Just cleared Endgame on Nightmare. Took 3 godly mana draughts. Next time I'll bring a spirit draught and it'll take 2. 116 9 You gain 1293 Credits! 116 8 You gain 30983.9 EXP! 116 7 Your HP and MP have been fully restored! 116 6 Arena Token Bonus! Received: [Token of Healing] 116 5 Arena Clear Bonus! Received: [Scroll of the Gods] 116 4 Mithra dropped [Mithra's Flower] 116 3 You are Victorious! Fucking scroll. KICKASS EQUIPMENT PLEASE! Yeah, you have 38% evade. On the other hand, I have 27% evade, 48% parry and 36% resist, so I'm not that far behind you in that regard (possibly ahead of you in parry). And yeah, I have higher mitigations than you.
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Nov 27 2009, 02:48
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masquepiph
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Crusade on HARD
ZOMG THE MANA!! 8 godly mana draughts, 1 scroll of shielding and 1 scroll of swiftness used. Didn't use any draughts until about round 40 or 45 (when you start facing 5 and 6 mobs at once, and regen2 is needed and mp isn't recovered fast enough). Used 3 in the last round alone, stupid lvl.173 and lvl.172s Dalek, White Bunneh, and Mithra.
167 11 You gain 2564 Credits! 167 10 You gain 61472.67 EXP! 167 9 Your HP and MP have been fully restored! 167 8 Arena Clear Bonus! Received: [Fine Ruby Shortsword of the Raccoon] 167 7 Mithra dropped [Mithra's Flower] 167 6 Dalek dropped [Dalek Voicebox] 167 5 White Bunneh dropped [Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch] 167 4 You are Victorious!
My first crusade equipment, done on Hard, and it's a fine shortsword. Great. Yay4equipment, but was hoping for maybe, something, a little closer to, idk, Superior Equipment of Usefulness and Rarity. *sigh* Superior stuff is ridiculously hard to come by these days. 1 piece since 4.1.
I guess it's a decent shortsword. Lots of bleed (from my experience with them), and 9 Dexterity. But still not something I'd probably use... maybe as a mainhand for normal item world, but no real parry, so it's not taking the offhand.
Fine Ruby Shortsword of the Raccoon Weapon Damage Type Slashing Hit Proc: 19% chance for Bleeding Wound Duration: 4 turns / Damage: 225 per tick Attack Damage Multiplier 18.5 Attack Accuracy Bonus 13.0 Attack Critical Bonus 2.4 Parry Chance 5.0 Burden 8.5 Interference 4.2 Primary Attribute Bonuses Strength 2.1 Dexterity 9.1 Level 168 / Slot: 1handed / Type: One-handed weapon
edit: whoops. dp. my bad.
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Nov 27 2009, 05:45
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dap00
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Growing Storm beaten. Need to get some more mana items before I try the next one...
Edit: Scratch that, I need to level up once more before I can unlock it.
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Nov 27 2009, 14:35
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uth
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QUOTE(DemonEyesBob @ Nov 26 2009, 19:48)  Crusade on HARD
ZOMG THE MANA!! 8 godly mana draughts, 1 scroll of shielding and 1 scroll of swiftness used. Didn't use any draughts until about round 40 or 45 (when you start facing 5 and 6 mobs at once, and regen2 is needed and mp isn't recovered fast enough). Used 3 in the last round alone, stupid lvl.173 and lvl.172s Dalek, White Bunneh, and Mithra.
167 11 You gain 2564 Credits! 167 10 You gain 61472.67 EXP! 167 9 Your HP and MP have been fully restored! 167 8 Arena Clear Bonus! Received: [Fine Ruby Shortsword of the Raccoon] 167 7 Mithra dropped [Mithra's Flower] 167 6 Dalek dropped [Dalek Voicebox] 167 5 White Bunneh dropped [Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch] 167 4 You are Victorious!
My first crusade equipment, done on Hard, and it's a fine shortsword. Great. Yay4equipment, but was hoping for maybe, something, a little closer to, idk, Superior Equipment of Usefulness and Rarity. *sigh* Superior stuff is ridiculously hard to come by these days. 1 piece since 4.1.
I guess it's a decent shortsword. Lots of bleed (from my experience with them), and 9 Dexterity. But still not something I'd probably use... maybe as a mainhand for normal item world, but no real parry, so it's not taking the offhand.
Fine Ruby Shortsword of the Raccoon Weapon Damage Type Slashing Hit Proc: 19% chance for Bleeding Wound Duration: 4 turns / Damage: 225 per tick Attack Damage Multiplier 18.5 Attack Accuracy Bonus 13.0 Attack Critical Bonus 2.4 Parry Chance 5.0 Burden 8.5 Interference 4.2 Primary Attribute Bonuses Strength 2.1 Dexterity 9.1 Level 168 / Slot: 1handed / Type: One-handed weapon
edit: whoops. dp. my bad.
I just beat it on Hard too, took me 9 mana draughts and a couple scrolls, although I might have been able to cut that down if I swapped to the gear set I use for Battletoads.
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Nov 27 2009, 21:12
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hitokiri84
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QUOTE(uth @ Nov 27 2009, 06:35)  I just beat it on Hard too, took me 9 mana draughts and a couple scrolls, although I might have been able to cut that down if I swapped to the gear set I use for Battletoads.
I did it on Hard too, for comparison. 5 Greater draughts, all on the last round.
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Nov 27 2009, 21:20
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masquepiph
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QUOTE(hitokiri84 @ Nov 27 2009, 16:12)  I did it on Hard too, for comparison. 5 Greater draughts, all on the last round.
I think I could probably go down by one, given the absorb fixes. All together I've gone the middle ground between dodging and taking hits; 28% evade, 49% parry, and 36% resist (but with decent mitigations) means spells should not be hitting me all that often, and when they do, absorb should now take care of them. We'll see later today when I try it again. I might also swap out for my new (otherwise sucky) 25%4turn rapier I found. On harder difficulties, where mini-bosses simply have so much more HP than before, being able to have PA more often might make it easier (though the added burden and interference from no longer using an ethereal is not welcome).
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Nov 27 2009, 22:08
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hitokiri84
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To be fair, I did it before the update as well, so I could probably reduce that by one. (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) I still need to check out exactly how much I'm saving thanks to the Absorb changes, but I'm pretty sure it's a decent amount considering how often it was triggering when the attacks didn't actually hit and how small of a percentage it was returning more often than not.
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Nov 29 2009, 01:37
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masquepiph
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Not my night at all. Endgame through Dreamfall on Heroic, and godly draughts for each reward, then crappy reward for Exile on hard.
Sealed Power - Hard 106 10 You gain 2407 Credits! 106 9 You gain 43297.19 EXP! 106 8 Your HP and MP have been fully restored! 106 7 Arena Clear Bonus! Received: [Godly Mana Draught] 106 6 Mithra dropped [Mithra's Flower] 106 5 White Bunneh dropped [Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch] 106 4 You are Victorious!
*sigh*
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Nov 30 2009, 05:46
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Alpha 7
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Power Mage versus Mithra It's the first Boss I've encountered, since very early on... 258 8 You gain 913.24 EXP! 258 7 Mithra dropped [Mithra's Flower]258 6 Giant Panda dropped [Average Health Draught] 258 5 You are Victorious! 258 4 The effect Regen has expired. 258 3 Regen restores you with 37 points of health. 258 2 Mithra has been defeated. 258 1 You hit Mithra for 36 crushing damage. 0 9 Spawned Monster H: MID=3 (Mantitcore) LV=75 HP=792 MP=25 SP=8 NA=88 Type=hostile 0 8 Spawned Monster G: MID=2 (Tentacle Monster) LV=70 HP=731 MP=59 SP=7 NA=90 Type=hostile 0 7 Spawned Monster F: MID=18 (Mithra) LV=71 HP=11440 MP=105 SP=37 NA=79 Type=hostile 0 6 Spawned Monster E: MID=6 (Fire Fox) LV=70 HP=759 MP=54 SP=22 NA=89 Type=hostile 0 5 Spawned Monster D: MID=8 (Rabid Hamster) LV=75 HP=783 MP=43 SP=26 NA=89 Type=hostile 0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=25 (Mutant Peacock) LV=73 HP=850 MP=62 SP=7 NA=86 Type=hostile 0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=5 (Giant Panda) LV=72 HP=752 MP=25 SP=19 NA=90 Type=hostile 0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=4 (Cockatrice) LV=72 HP=730 MP=65 SP=10 NA=90 Type=hostile 0 1 Initializing Item World (Round 18 / 38) ... (Crude on Normal) 0 0 Battle Start! Having to do this... 65 4 Regen restores you with 37 points of health. 65 3 Spreading Poison hits Mithra for 20 damage. 65 2 Mithra hits you for 54 slashing damage. 65 1 You hit Mithra for 38 crushing damage. ... some 240 times was boring and took several hours. 3-4 hours whacking with a Staff is not fun. The Shrine visit wasn't too rewarding either. I blasted the flunkies off the playing field first, then started the long grind against her. In case you are curious, the Boss drop color... CODE Mithra dropped [color=#461B7E][Mithra's Flower][/color] This post has been edited by Alpha 7: Nov 30 2009, 05:48
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Nov 30 2009, 13:35
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bbgr
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On Hell without items... over 14k exp.
7 4 You have been defeated. ... 0 5 Spawned Monster D: MID=25 (Mutant Peacock) LV=112 HP=7770 MP=91 SP=26 NA=77 Type=hostile 0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=7 (Scary Ghost) LV=116 HP=8412 MP=97 SP=22 NA=73 Type=hostile 0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=1 (Green Slime) LV=113 HP=6840 MP=126 SP=15 NA=83 Type=hostile 0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=6 (Fire Fox) LV=114 HP=7368 MP=36 SP=20 NA=81 Type=hostile 0 1 Initializing Grindfest (Round 9) ... 0 0 Battle Start!
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Nov 30 2009, 23:54
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grumpymal
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TWISTED PLOTS CLEARED! Vindication for the idiotic loss in Endgame earlier. It only took 4 Godly Mana Draughts and a Scroll of Shielding, too, thanks to a few SW. I wonder if I should attempt Longest Journey...
Longest Journey cleared! Deflowered Mithra after 140 turns, 6 Godly Mana Draughts (probably could have used only 5 and a Godly Health Draught), and a Shield scroll. I love Counter-Attack so much, I've gotten farther now than I ever could before.
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Dec 1 2009, 01:43
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Cronauron
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Dark Skies cleared!
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Dec 1 2009, 01:45
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uth
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Flying Spaghetti Monster Down
1301 10 You gain 205226 Credits! 1301 9 You gain 28916.46 EXP! 1301 8 Your HP and MP have been fully restored! 1301 7 Arena Token Bonus! Received: [Token of Healing] 1301 6 Arena Clear Bonus! Received: [Godly Health Draught].....UMMMM yeah... 1301 5 Flying Spaghetti Monster dropped [Noodly Appendage] 1301 4 You are Victorious!
Used 6 mana elixirs and 2 soul stones
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Dec 1 2009, 02:31
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hitokiri84
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QUOTE(uth @ Nov 30 2009, 17:45)  Flying Spaghetti Monster Down
1301 10 You gain 205226 Credits! 1301 9 You gain 28916.46 EXP! 1301 8 Your HP and MP have been fully restored! 1301 7 Arena Token Bonus! Received: [Token of Healing] 1301 6 Arena Clear Bonus! Received: [Godly Health Draught].....UMMMM yeah... 1301 5 Flying Spaghetti Monster dropped [Noodly Appendage] 1301 4 You are Victorious!
Used 6 mana elixirs and 2 soul stones
Congrats. Just a fair warning, but don't expect anything special out of the trophy either. (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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Dec 1 2009, 03:18
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uth
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QUOTE(hitokiri84 @ Nov 30 2009, 19:31)  Congrats. Just a fair warning, but don't expect anything special out of the trophy either. (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Ya I wasn't expecting anything other then the normal crap you get from trophies... Well I beat Endgame on Nintendo... so I think I might try battletoads tomorrow, but damn its gonna be expensive, I needed 7 godly mana draughts, 2 godly mana potions, 1 mana elixir, 1 scrolls of gods, and 1 scroll of the avatar.... This post has been edited by uth: Dec 1 2009, 04:00
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Dec 1 2009, 14:00
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nick321
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Insane
I just completed Killzone on normal, yay 7000 credits.
Plus some crappy reward.
Wondering if I'm ready for a 1:1 ledgendary. Can kill the bosses OK at the moment.
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Dec 1 2009, 22:19
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grumpymal
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Just cleared Dreamfall on Normal. Took pretty much every single one of my items -- 9 Godly Mana Draughts, a Godly Health Draught, a Shield scroll, and a Mana Elixir. Its just too damn long and my mana can't keep up. In the end, I even had to use my Spirit to deal a deathblow to the Boss because I was out of mana, out of items, and Silence was on Turn 0. And what do I have to show for it? Just a Godly Mana Potion. Not even a token.
I'll probably swap out my Spirit Draught for another Mana Draught since I'm not likely to need it, but Dreamfall is my new Endgame.
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Dec 3 2009, 03:39
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masquepiph
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Wow
Manbearpig 1v1 on Nintendo. It's all going along fine, he's weakened and bewildered, 1/2 health left, and then BOOM.
79 6 You have been defeated. 79 5 Spreading Poison hits Manbearpig for 394 damage. 79 4 Global Warming hits you for 7593 fire damage. 79 3 Manbearpig casts Global Warming
I have 4800HP...
Guess this means I actually have to invest in silence, and then I have to use a stronger regen so it's regular attacks don't fuck me over. Stupid absorb not catching crits :'(
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Dec 3 2009, 03:45
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uth
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I keep spark up, its even worse with just silence the physical dmg is insane.
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Dec 3 2009, 03:59
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masquepiph
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QUOTE(uth @ Dec 2 2009, 22:45)  I keep spark up, its even worse with just silence the physical dmg is insane.
Shitfuck. I actually completely forgot about spark! /stupid Be right back >_< This post has been edited by DemonEyesBob: Dec 3 2009, 03:59
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