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I'm noticing I can do better now against the new monsters but I still get seriously drained of HP. Cure is only useful if I have haste on as well, otherwise the monsters tend to do more damage than cure can...well cure.

The big difference now is not having anything left to go GF after each fight

That was the really fun part, going Grindfesting after each random battle with the remaining HP and MP. Oh, I miss my Grindfest. :'(

That was the really fun part, going Grindfesting after each random battle with the remaining HP and MP. Oh, I miss my Grindfest. :'(

I miss the exp that came from it. We get more exp for random encounters now but Im still down around 300exp an hour from missing GF

This seems a little too much for normal difficulty setting. I was brought down 400HP in the first round of attacks and after 1 monster missed. Cure only seemed to delay the inevitable, and would've only been useful if they all missed one after another.

3 6 Bamboo Attack hits you for 106 physical damage.
3 5 Giant Panda uses Bamboo Attack
3 4 Cookie Monster crits you for 57 damage.
3 3 Rabid Hamster crits you for 173 damage.
3 2 You are healed for 145 Health Points.
3 1 You cast Cure.
2 7 Rabid Bite crits you for 331 dark damage.
2 6 Rabid Hamster uses Rabid Bite
2 5 Giant Panda hits you for 67 damage.
2 4 You dodge the attack from Cookie Monster.
2 3 Shadow Veil procs the effect Shadow Veil on yourself.
2 2 You cast Shadow Veil.
2 1 You gain 0.03 points of supportive magic proficiency.
1 2 Shield procs the effect Shield on yourself.
1 1 You cast Shield.
0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=9 (Cookie Monster) LV=55 HP=516 MP=129 SP=30 NA=94 Type=hostile
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=5 (Giant Panda) LV=54 HP=512 MP=105 SP=27 NA=94 Type=hostile
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=8 (Rabid Hamster) LV=59 HP=569 MP=137 SP=36 NA=94 Type=hostile
0 1 Initializing random encounter ...
0 0 Battle Start!

This post has been edited by DemonEyesBob: May 7 2009, 08:19

This seems a little too much for normal difficulty setting. I was brought down 400HP in the first round of attacks and after 1 monster missed. Cure only seemed to delay the inevitable, and would've only been useful if they all missed one after another.

Well, a rare crit on the most power attack amongst common monsters doesn't say that much, but the overnight win/lose stats do indicate that I'll need to tweak the new damage formula slightly.

i just got smacked around for 4358 damage (and even that is because i got lucky and dodged a lot)
used 2 godly health potions and 2 godly mana potions (used shield, haste, shadow veil, and cure)
i understand hard is supposed to be more difficult, but being forced to use 4 good potions in one battle really sucks =<

and i took 12 critical hits =<

33 3 Blue Slime crits you for 104 damage.
31 3 You dodge the attack from Blue Slime.
28 7 Mutant Peacock hits you for 126 damage.
28 6 Blue Slime crits you for 110 damage.
27 7 Mutant Peacock hits you for 148 damage.
22 3 Mutant Peacock hits you for 130 damage.
21 3 Blue Slime crits you for 149 damage.
20 5 Mutant Peacock hits you for 174 damage.
20 4 Blue Slime hits you for 95 damage.
19 5 Mutant Peacock hits you for 180 damage.
18 8 Amphibious Sperm Whale crits you for 171 damage.
16 9 Amphibious Sperm Whale crits you for 151 damage.
16 6 Blue Slime hits you for 80 damage.
15 7 Amphibious Sperm Whale hits you for 118 damage.
15 6 Mutant Peacock hits you for 104 damage.
15 5 Blue Slime hits you for 94 damage.
14 11 Mutant Peacock crits you for 184 damage.
11 3 Blue Slime hits you for 101 damage.
8 7 Blue Slime crits you for 128 damage.
8 6 Rabid Hamster hits you for 118 damage.
8 5 Bukkake crits you for 299 unspecified damage.
8 3 Mutant Peacock hits you for 125 damage.
6 4 Peck crits you for 331 physical damage.
5 9 Bouip hits you for 159 holy damage.
5 7 Rabid Hamster hits you for 88 damage.
5 6 Amphibious Sperm Whale crits you for 184 damage.
5 5 Peck crits you for 357 physical damage.
4 3 Mutant Peacock hits you for 100 damage.
1 3 Mutant Peacock crits you for 250 damage.

can we at least have a 3 monster max for the hourly battles?
and can we get a bit of a boost on how often we get proficiency for supportive?

edit:
about a 42% chance of getting crit'd?

This post has been edited by Ebil☆Panda: May 7 2009, 11:37

@Tenb: If a status affect kills an enemy, it doesn't show how much damage that affect should've done (it's like how regular attacks used to be before you changed it). Not very important, but still a bug.

The hourly battles I can limp through on normal (don't even try hard any more) but the last rounds on arenas now are borderline infuriating. I find myself just curing over and over again until I can find one opening to attack and then repeating.

Also, no answer on question of whether or not we could get a defend option under skills. It really sucks that I always have to do something when I'd just rather sit there and let a potion do it's work or something and maybe raise my defense in the process for that turn. I know the last round of the an arena battle is going to be ass rape central so I'd rather go in a bit prepared if possible.

Well, a rare crit on the most power attack amongst common monsters doesn't say that much, but the overnight win/lose stats do indicate that I'll need to tweak the new damage formula slightly.

Also I dunno if this is taken into account but a win lose isn't all there is too it, as instead of wining easily on normal I'm barely winning on easy...

Also using more potions, not risking the harder arena challenges.

Ans loosing occasionally, so the win/lose ratio might not have gone down all that much...


This post has been edited by nick321: May 7 2009, 11:45

The hourly battles I can limp through on normal (don't even try hard any more) but the last rounds on arenas now are borderline infuriating. I find myself just curing over and over again until I can find one opening to attack and then repeating.

I gave up on the arena. I was just pissing away credits trying to do any over "A New Beginning". Basically it came down to the exact same scenario where at the end even with items all I was doing was curing. This made worse by the fact that i usually blast the boss enemy with my Spirit attack and still lose (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

I gave up on the arena. I was just pissing away credits trying to do any over "A New Beginning". Basically it came down to the exact same scenario where at the end even with items all I was doing was curing. This made worse by the fact that i usually blast the boss enemy with my Spirit attack and still lose (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

I gave it 3 shots, used up like 10 items, and I just can't beat it :'[

It may be just me, but it seems like mobs are resisting spells more often now. That's generally why I lose - I'll have a mob resist three times in a row, while it and its buddies are whaling on me.

while it and its buddies are whaling on me.

If that was done on purpose well done sir (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

As for resisting spells I havent noticed that personally. On the rare occasions I use them Ive actually had better luck after the new improvement (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I'm getting way more resitance these days.

I just got an ASHPD Portal Gun (My first special item (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) however when I hover or even try to select it nothing happens. Is this right for special items or is this a glitch

I just got an ASHPD Portal Gun (My first special item (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ) however when I hover or even try to select it nothing happens. Is this right for special items or is this a glitch

artifacts fuctions aren't enabled yet (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I'll never get an artifact. Then again, I don't do grindfest or a lot of arena battle. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

I have no problems killing any group of enemies without legendaries on normal (4-5 monsters in a random battle can be rough, but more than doable), and I use very few cures or items. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

If I am to ever die with multiple enemy encounters (this goes for arena as well) it will be in the first 2-3 rounds. If not then they have little chance of winning against me, but this is probably just my playing style talking.

This post has been edited by Spectre: May 7 2009, 16:53

After the tweak this morning the win/loss ratio on random encounters on Normal went from 1 in 3 to 1 in 9, which is lower than before.

Also I dunno if this is taken into account but a win lose isn't all there is too it, as instead of wining easily on normal I'm barely winning on easy...

I sort the results by difficulty level.

@Tenb: If a status affect kills an enemy, it doesn't show how much damage that affect should've done (it's like how regular attacks used to be before you changed it). Not very important, but still a bug.

Not really, I decided to leave it as it was since changing it would be more complex.

Also, no answer on question of whether or not we could get a defend option under skills. It really sucks that I always have to do something when I'd just rather sit there and let a potion do it's work or something and maybe raise my defense in the process for that turn. I know the last round of the an arena battle is going to be ass rape central so I'd rather go in a bit prepared if possible.

Maybe. I can't imagine it being used much, so I don't know if it's worth my time.

It may be just me, but it seems like mobs are resisting spells more often now. That's generally why I lose - I'll have a mob resist three times in a row, while it and its buddies are whaling on me.

Resists haven't been touched.

"Unspecified damage".

Just wondered if this will become specified at some point.

The only fight Ive lost today happened just before when a Manthra and 3 of its friends butchered me. Normal is still easy to win it just takes a little more. Maybe you spoiled us before by making it too easy Tenbs (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)