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I totally forgot about them regening MP. No wonder I can't seem to get pass round 5 now.

It's harder right? Then again the Weaken isn't really stronger either...thought it was tweaked to be stronger... only to find out it is reduced to lower than what would be fun XD

Am I wrong or all the monster are more easy to defeat?

I noticed this after the update...

Note: I've reciced more Second Wind in the last 24 hours that in all my HV life! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif) (all in grindfest and not in the arena)

Monsters are NOT easier to defeat on my end!

My character on the other hand......

I see some of the arena challenge layouts have been altered. Like Power Flux starts spawning one mini-boss at round 6, two at 11, and three in the last round.

I'm about to pass level 20 and just find out my hability tree totally changed, i mean switching ratings for spells. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
I really dunno much about the internal formulas, so i ask you guys where I should invest my futures points, increasing Health Tank or Elemental Ratings?
This is my current stats
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Thxs for the advices. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Anyone else notice that you can get Armor Proficiency even when you dodge attacks? It feels amazing to not take damage and get a bonus for it.

Oh, and xanagu. Definitely get the HP Tanks.

This post has been edited by Blutkaefer: Aug 7 2009, 07:20

Absorb is still breaking for me, I just had it happen again:

3 7 Burning Tail hits you for 161 fire damage.
3 6 Fire Fox uses Burning Tail
3 5 Haunt hits you for 54 dark damage.
3 4 Scary Ghost casts Haunt
3 3 Regen procs the effect Regen on yourself.
3 2 You are healed for 311 Health Points.
3 1 You cast Regen.
2 3 Absorb procs the effect Absorbing Ward on yourself.
2 2 You cast Absorb.
2 1 You gain 0.01 points of supportive magic proficiency.
1 5 Fire Fox crits you for 201 slashing damage.
1 4 Scary Ghost hits you for 64 physical damage.
1 3 You gain 0.02 points of shield proficiency.
1 2 Fire Fox resists your spell.
1 1 You cast Icestrike.
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=7 (Scary Ghost) LV=103 HP=1119 MP=183 SP=53 NA=80 Type=hostile
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=6 (Fire Fox) LV=108 HP=1032 MP=224 SP=60 NA=86 Type=hostile
0 1 Initializing arena challenge #5 (Round 1 / 3) ...
0 0 Battle Start!

It disappeared on turn three, never triggered the remaining rounds.

Absorb is still breaking for me, I just had it happen again:

It disappeared on turn three, never triggered the remaining rounds.

Seems like the buff was removed whenever it had a chance to trigger, even if it didn't. Should be fixed now.

Anyone else notice that you can get Armor Proficiency even when you dodge attacks? It feels amazing to not take damage and get a bonus for it.

Yeah I noticed that too

It seems easier to gain armor proficiency than weapon proficiency... or is it just me? Yes, I use magic too but my armor prof grows so much faster than weapon that this doesn't explain it all...

Well consider that each turn you swing your weapon once, but can have a mob of 10+ attackers each swatting at you, it only makes sense armor would go up faster.

I think this was brought up before but...

1 3 Weaken procs the effect Weakened on Amphibious Sperm Whale.

5 3 Amphibious Sperm Whale crits you for 16 crushing damage.

6 4 Amphibious Sperm Whale crits you for 16 crushing damage.

I thought this couldn't happen if they were Weakened. If it matters, the Whale was also Poisoned, but I doubt that has anything to do with it.

It seems easier to gain armor proficiency than weapon proficiency... or is it just me? Yes, I use magic too but my armor prof grows so much faster than weapon that this doesn't explain it all...

And why doesn't it make sense? You attack a single monster per turn with your weapon and get attacked many, many times in return, depending on how many monsters are in the mob. Of course it's going to go up faster.

example

I had a weapon well before I had armor, yet my highest proficiencies between the two sets are:

One-Handed - 17.52
Light Armor - 52.22

This post has been edited by hitokiri84: Aug 7 2009, 18:42

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One-Handed - 17.52
Light Armor - 52.22

I (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) at this...

My are all 0... who knows why... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

- Sleep and Confuse now have a base 90% chance to break the spell when the target takes damage. Each additional ability point strengthens the spell and reduces this chance by 10%, to a maximum of 50%.

The description of Sleep still says any action is guaranteed to wake the target up.

@Tenb: suggestion: maybe upping the loot bonuses for lower, but still difficult, arena challenges? I just beat A New Beginning on hard, which for me, is fucking hard. I got a lesser health draught as my reward and not a monster dropped a thing :\
Test of Faith: lesser mana potion... :'(

Does the loot rate just not like me??

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Also: Do monsters use magic/spirit on other monsters when confused?

This post has been edited by DemonEyesBob: Aug 8 2009, 09:51

I didn't find any refference for the difficulty settings that is now updated to Legacy Encounters and HentaiVerse Encounters.
Is the Legacy Encounters = old simple battle system and HentaiVerse Encounters the right one for dropping credits and equipment?
Just want to make sure.

Thanks.

Weapon proficiency seems extremely stingy compared to magic proficiency. In my last battle I cast Windblast, Shield, and Cure once each and all got proficiency points, yet 10 Attacks got no proficiency points. While this battle might be a bit extreme, most battles in which I whack-away in are only delivering WP about once every 7 attacks, whereas magic gives points about most of the time, and obviously as a mage-type my magic profs, especially Elemental are much higher than my only WP.

I need better than a 1 in 7 chance, at 0.45 WP and Level 45, to even bother trying to raise it, especially when I can end a battle two or three times faster with just magic.

@ Bob - Yes, the Random Generator that gives out prizes hates you, bbgr, and me. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

A new battle just moments ago...

24 3 You are Victorious!

20 1 You cast Weaken.

18 2 You cast Cure.
18 1 You gain 0.02 points of curative magic proficiency.

12 2 You cast Cure.
12 1 You gain 0.02 points of curative magic proficiency.

11 2 You cast Shield.
11 1 You gain 0.03 points of supportive magic proficiency.

7 2 You cast Cure.
7 1 You gain 0.02 points of curative magic proficiency.

4 1 You gain 0.01 points of two-handed weapon proficiency.

1 2 You cast Shield.
1 1 You gain 0.01 points of supportive magic proficiency.

0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=26 (Amphibious Sperm Whale) LV=45 HP=490 MP=84 SP=24 NA=93 Type=hostile
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=7 (Scary Ghost) LV=43 HP=489 MP=81 SP=22 NA=92 Type=hostile
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=6 (Fire Fox) LV=41 HP=414 MP=90 SP=23 NA=95 Type=hostile
0 1 Initializing random encounter ...
0 0 Battle Start!

Six magic casts = five prof gains. 18 Attacks = 1 weapon prof gain. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


This post has been edited by Alpha 7: Aug 8 2009, 10:13

I also think the max prof gain per use should go up a bit when the difference between max prof and current is, say, FUCKING HUGE.

I also think the max prof gain per use should go up a bit when the difference between max prof and current is, say, FUCKING HUGE.

+1