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i seriously dont get how you get to rounds over 100

i get to rounds 45 max at cakefest wearing two heavy pieces (one bought and one found) and dual weilding. going board and sword doesnt help me at all...

having a full set of heavy at such low levels is bugging me as well, i have to pay more than 3kC per piece, that woud make 15kC. i dont know where you get all these credits from...

^ same here.i was wondering myself if i just had the worst luck or my characters equips sucked horribly. i couldnt get past grindfest cake round 40.most of the time i got K'Oed from several criticals in a row

All that I am currently doing is cakefest and the arena challenges up to blazing field(not a high enough level for blazing field) and I usuall sell any spirit and mana items that I get including scrolls and infusions as well as anyequipment that I don't want like Staves and such.

Also whenever I buy something I usuall look for the cheapest stuff (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Hell I'm using mostly cloth and I can still cakefest to the end of time. I got to 117 without using items and the ran away at near full health so I could do my hourly.

3 pieces cloth, 1 piece light 1 heavy, rapier and a buckler.

I am gonna try whit 4 godly mana druaght now and c what level I get.

Whats ur stats? u people are roughly my level so

0 8 Spawned Monster G: MID=12 (Manthra) LV=27 HP=698 MP=71 SP=20 NA=95 Type=hostile
0 7 Spawned Monster F: MID=11 (Zombie Cow) LV=29 HP=730 MP=70 SP=21 NA=95 Type=hostile
0 6 Spawned Monster E: MID=5 (Giant Panda) LV=30 HP=324 MP=66 SP=17 NA=96 Type=hostile
0 5 Spawned Monster D: MID=2 (Tentacle Monster) LV=28 HP=304 MP=73 SP=18 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=7 (Scary Ghost) LV=32 HP=399 MP=67 SP=19 NA=93 Type=hostile
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=4 (Cockatrice) LV=28 HP=295 MP=59 SP=14 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=1 (Green Slime) LV=29 HP=305 MP=76 SP=17 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 1 Initializing Grindfest (Round 37) ...
0 0 Battle Start!

Normal, used 5 Crude Mana Pots. I had 57 HP and 0 MP when I got here, so I fought until I dropped just to raise proficiencies.

lol I got to 154 this time,....second wind luck is deffently importent

using mostly cloth armor. items brought along were 2x Lesser Health Draught and 2x Lesser Mana Draught.

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stats

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I run after round 100, not really much point in going on after that.

All the people who say they can get to level 100+ on cake are all under level 50. I don't see many people over 50 who are doing 100+ rounds, even with full plate armor. Monster attacks and skills just start hitting much harder than the 20ish absorb can handle. Armor absorption doesn't scale - the level 100+ plate armors don't give tons of absorb.

I could do many hundreds of levels on cake if I wanted to, using a mix of cloth and light armor and a particular staff I have. There's no point in doing it, other than proving I can, since I wouldn't get any decent items or EXP out of it. Heavy armor no amount of heavy armor at my level can make evey attack be reduced to zero, but there are other strategies that will let me do equallly as well and better. I've already demonstrated it by getting to round 50 and still having 100% full bars and items.

Once you hit about lv40, it starts to become difficult to do even 30 rounds on cake.


Freaking things start to rape with their skills.

hehe yeah

I take zero dmg from all normal attacks but I dont have full heavy.

green slime is my biggest enemy

This post has been edited by Myrmonden: Aug 25 2009, 21:39

Lucked up to 169 last night in normal grindfest. Second wind luck is good! Especially since cure got moved to earlier level. It's pretty much slash, slash, slash for me, with heals when I get in the 100-200 hp range (max hp is currently 314 or so.)

But I am one of those lowbies who lucked into heavy armor, a shield, and a decent shortsword.

Might start carrying a staff instead of sword and board just to try to get it's attack proficiency up. I tried being a mage, but game was giving me heavy rather than cloth.

I just cleared Road Less Travelled for the first time. Damn, the Last Elixir really made the last round a piece of cake. Good thing I didn't use my Bubble-Gum.

o_O does life really start to suck as you level up?

I can clear all the arenas through A Rolling Stone without using any items right now. I'll try Blazing Field in a level.

Had a lot of free time and went through the cakefest on easy...i got bored by round 203 and left. I was pleased with all the second winds i was getting though.

o_O does life really start to suck as you level up?

I can clear all the arenas through A Rolling Stone without using any items right now. I'll try Blazing Field in a level.

Can't say for everyone but for myself, I used to be able to do 200+ rounds cakefest easily when I was in my 30s. Now I can barely do 30. If I use better potions (still refuse to use anything better than crude in grindfest) I can probably do another 20 rounds but that's it.

And I use full heavy armors and dual daggers.

This post has been edited by eushully: Aug 26 2009, 03:38

Can't say for everyone but for myself, I used to be able to do 200+ rounds cakefest easily when I was in my 30s. Now I can barely do 30. If I use better potions (still refuse to use anything better than crude in grindfest) I can probably do another 20 rounds but that's it.

And I use full heavy armors and dual daggers.

That's odd. I can still go on Cakefest for as long as I want without having to drop a single pot of any sort. Unless you're using crappy gear, the disparity between armor protection and damage monsters can inflict should be that high yet.

Well, I haven't changed my armors since lv35.

I'd change my armors to see if it's any better but the only available items in bazaar is worse than what I have right now.

That's odd. I can still go on Cakefest for as long as I want without having to drop a single pot of any sort. Unless you're using crappy gear, the disparity between armor protection and damage monsters can inflict should be that high yet.

It's the damage from and rate of skill use. Regular attacks I can weather fine, but even with decent elemental ratings and heavy armor I take shittons of damage from skills even on cake.

edit: tenb, if you're reading this: Here

This post has been edited by DemonEyesBob: Aug 26 2009, 08:33

Yeah, skills are murder. Mobs regening MP isn't helping either lol.