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Ah heck yeah! Good job on making weaken better! Hehehe now to find me some good equips~

Actually I've got something now that worries me A LOT. Now that monsters can regen their Mana, it's gone pretty much awry! I mean it's hell when you have more than 3 monsters on you on casting spells that procs for usually huge damages, and can repeat that in less than 3 turns. It's really broken for the monsters' side.

This post has been edited by Ido013: Aug 6 2009, 02:23

I cleared my cache, and tried to replicate the Magic Missile problem. Based on a sample size of one attempt, it seems to have gone away.

Next thing:

- Weaken has been modified in the following way:
-- Instead of causing a reduction to the Attack Rating of the monster, which was a bitch to balance on all levels, Weaken now directly cuts the damage of all physical attacks by a fixed percentage. The damage is reduced by 15% for every point put into the spell, for a maximum 75% reduction in damage for all physical attacks and skills.

I think something's wrong with this. I have five AP in Weaken and it only seems to be cutting the damage by about 50%. Naturally I've been reluctant to allow monsters to hit me at full power just so I can make a more accurate estimate... but I did compare Weaken with Shield a few times, and the average damage done by any given monster was about the same for each spell.

Freeze-->Flare= magic m.

This gives me an idea...

I got hit with the magic missile bug too, and it cost me 400C. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

...
Freeze-->Flare= magic m.

This gives me an idea...

Freeze-->Flare= magic m. © (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

This post has been edited by bbgr: Aug 6 2009, 03:18

Clearing the cache fixed the Magic Missile bug.

- Playing on easier difficulty ratings now places a significant penalty on the loot quality bonus normally given for reaching higher rounds, as well as on how many credits you gain from a battle

- Playing on higher difficulty ratings now give a larger increase modification to this bonus

What exactly do you consider easier and higher? Below and above Normal?

- Added a number of trophy artifact drops from legendaries.

Will these ever have functionality or a way for others to view them, or are they just there for me to admire in my own inventory?

This post has been edited by hitokiri84: Aug 6 2009, 03:54

Is anyone else not able to do arenas right now? No matter what difficulty I set it to none of the arenas will open for me to do them (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Edit: Here's a pic
[gannonman.com] (IMG:[gannonman.com] http://gannonman.com/thumb/Untitled_213731862.jpg)


This post has been edited by Dndestroy: Aug 6 2009, 04:15

Arena is working fine.

Is anyone else not able to do arenas right now? No matter what difficulty I set it to none of the arenas will open for me to do them (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Edit: Here's a pic
[gannonman.com] (IMG:[gannonman.com] http://gannonman.com/thumb/Untitled_213731862.jpg)

Look closely at your credits. You don't have enough.

Ah....completely forgot about that....spent them all on an ability point and glossed over that (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Hmm how come it looks like I miss my attacks way more often than before?

Everyone says weaken got better but it's worse for me. Peacocks hit me anywhere from 30-40 damage with regular attacks and 60 or so damage with peck after weakening. Brutal. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

The font size of my item inventory is a lot smaller now and it's straining my eyes to see all my items on my laptop. The font size of the stuff I have over in my battle inventory and the rest of the text on the page is the same as it was, though.

And also, I have a long list of items and I wish there was a way to sort them in separate folders or something. I'm thinking about dumping the items I don't really use in Grindfest because my list is getting so long and I have to scroll down.

13 3 Peck hits you for 54 physical damage.

12 5 Peck hits you for 49 physical damage.

11 2 Mutant Peacock hits you for 31 piercing damage.

9 2 Mutant Peacock hits you for 36 piercing damage.

8 3 Peck hits you for 59 physical damage.

6 2 Mutant Peacock hits you for 34 piercing damage.

4 7 Peck hits you for 53 physical damage.

2 3 Mutant Peacock hits you for 34 piercing damage.

350+ damage with weaken in effect. Hope armor helps to reduce this cause that's alot of damage to take. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

How many points of Weaken do you have? I changed it to 5 after the update and it really helps.

- Weaken has been modified in the following way:
-- Instead of causing a reduction to the Attack Rating of the monster, which was a bitch to balance on all levels, Weaken now directly cuts the damage of all physical attacks by a fixed percentage. The damage is reduced by 15% for every point put into the spell, for a maximum 75% reduction in damage for all physical attacks and skills.
-- Targets affected by Weaken can no longer score critical hits with physical attacks or skills.
-- Weaken now also causes the target to take slightly more damage from physical attacks.

Thought you should see this then...

6 2 Cookie Monster hits you for 16 slashing damage.
6 1 You crit Cookie Monster for 118 crushing damage.
5 2 You dodge the attack from Cookie Monster.
5 1 You hit Cookie Monster for 81 crushing damage.
4 2 Cookie Monster crits you for 34 slashing damage.
4 1 You hit Cookie Monster for 66 crushing damage.
3 3 Weaken procs the effect Weakened on Cookie Monster.
3 2 You cast Weaken.
3 1 You gain 0.01 points of deprecating magic proficiency.
2 3 Cookie Monster hits you for 30 slashing damage.
2 2 Green Slime has been defeated.
2 1 You hit Green Slime for 72 crushing damage.
1 4 Cookie Monster hits you for 32 slashing damage.
1 3 You dodge the attack from Green Slime.
1 2 Icestrike hits Green Slime for 325 cold damage.
1 1 You cast Icestrike.
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=1 (Green Slime) LV=36 HP=345 MP=87 SP=18 NA=96 Type=hostile
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=9 (Cookie Monster) LV=36 HP=352 MP=87 SP=20 NA=96 Type=hostile
0 1 Initializing arena challenge #5 (Round 2 / 3) ...
0 0 Battle Start!

As for my level of weaken I have all 5 points.

What exactly do you consider easier and higher? Below and above Normal?

I'm wondering this myself. I've been doing hourly battles on nightmare and not had any items drop. Forget equipment, I'm talking anything. The loot rate and I have never got along very well :(

This post has been edited by DemonEyesBob: Aug 6 2009, 06:16

I've done a round of 8 fights in normal and not even a single potion drop...I'm almost out of them gah

I'm actually taking more damage with Weaken than before. D= Monsters used to do pitiful damage, now it just sort of takes the edge off so I don't die as quickly. I even have it maxed and everything. At least it costs a little cheaper to cast.

And still no equip drops. ;_;

Nice one. I like how i got very strong by this update, it's like my stats got boosted by 200% (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)