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Noob question: I currently use 2h with light armor, and mostly play the shorter arenas on Nintendo or lower difficulty. (I'm less interested in clearing everything on high difficulties, than I am on low-effort grinding and gathering loot to sell or use to enhance my monster stable) How much longer will 2h-light be viable play style for me as I level up? What changes will I eventually need to make in order to still be able to play at Nintendo or Hell difficulty?

To clarify, my weapon is a hollow-forged magnificent demonic mace of balance, and my armor is a mixture of whatever exquisite-legendary gear I can get my hands on. I have grown very attached to 2h maces, because stunned enemies don't fight back.

ALSO: is anyone else still having trouble viewing [hvlist.niblseed.com] https://hvlist.niblseed.com? I heard the issue was supposed to have been fixed, but it still appears blank to me.

How far do you want to go and how much do you want to invest in it? Like uncle says, light-armor playstyles are playable (especially if you're not playing on pfudor), although they do slow down a lot later. The lowest effort playstyle is 1H+shield, the next most survivable playstyle is dual-wield (with a slaughter rapier mainhand and nimble wakizashi offhand, for super high parry), but none of the melee styles are particularly speedy at higher levels - it starts to slow down noticeably around the late 300s. Mage is much much faster but getting that speed can be expensive (though tox01's results in the DWD thread show that expense isn't necessary to get started).

Also, the site works fine for me

This post has been edited by lestion: May 28 2019, 05:52

Is counter-parry a useful stat on Katana? I do item world and it keeps getting me counter-parry (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

ALSO: is anyone else still having trouble viewing [hvlist.niblseed.com] https://hvlist.niblseed.com? I heard the issue was supposed to have been fixed, but it still appears blank to me.

Weird. The behavior of the filter-less page seems to have changed without me doing anything.
But frankly you don't want to have the entire monster database to be loaded anyway, when there is no filter.

How do I figure a good ADB (Attack Damage Bonus)?

Use this script:
https://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showtopic=212481

Use this script:
https://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showtopic=212481

Yeah, I did so as per Uncle Stu's suggestion. Thanks for the advice, though.


Ok, now another question. I've got these weapons I can choose to equip:

Magnificent Ethereal Wakizashi of the Nimble: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/193922522/a6e562ef83

Low damage, 30% parry, Void damage.

Magnificent Ethereal Shortsword of the Slaughter: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/194693388/e5b7cc5a22

Moderate damage, 17% parry, Void damage.

Magnificent Shocking Axe of the Slaughter: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/194729121/3c833af843

Highest damage, no parry, Electrical damage and forget about accuracy, this is an axe.


1H build, your tipical force/power armour build; no original thoughts were put into this build.

Which weapon would you recommend?

No, I have no rapiers. Well, I have them, but low damage.

Is counter-parry a useful stat on Katana? I do item world and it keeps getting me counter-parry (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

Overpower is useful, yes

Yeah, I did so as per Uncle Stu's suggestion. Thanks for the advice, though.
Ok, now another question. I've got these weapons I can choose to equip:

Magnificent Ethereal Wakizashi of the Nimble: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/193922522/a6e562ef83

Low damage, 30% parry, Void damage.

Magnificent Ethereal Shortsword of the Slaughter: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/194693388/e5b7cc5a22

Moderate damage, 17% parry, Void damage.

Magnificent Shocking Axe of the Slaughter: https://hentaiverse.org/equip/194729121/3c833af843

Highest damage, no parry, Electrical damage and forget about accuracy, this is an axe.
1H build, your tipical force/power armour build; no original thoughts were put into this build.

Which weapon would you recommend?

No, I have no rapiers. Well, I have them, but low damage.

I would go for the shortsword

this bothers me for a while...
are scrolls have different action speed formula than potions?
because I sometimes see expiring cooldown when using scrolls.

this one health potion cooldown finished after using scroll of shadow


and this one mana potion cooldown finished after using scroll of swiftness.

I think the item cooldowns are just based on number of turns, even if you do an action that takes 0 time.

I think the item cooldowns are just based on number of turns, even if you do an action that takes 0 time.

you meant player action instead of actual battle turn (which tied to buff counter)?
that makes sense...

This post has been edited by Fudo Masamune: May 29 2019, 07:45

Weird. The behavior of the filter-less page seems to have changed without me doing anything.
But frankly you don't want to have the entire monster database to be loaded anyway, when there is no filter.

The default filter hides monsters that haven't been scanned in 30 days, and it looks like nothing has been scanned since April 17th. Is the scanning API also broken?

How do Shadow Veil and Haste interact with Heavy armour build?

Do they have any effect or better not to cast them?

How do Shadow Veil and Haste interact with Heavy armour build?

They gave mostly a flat bonus, so what you get from them is overall the same as with other armor sets.

Do they have any effect or better not to cast them?

That depends more on your playstyle as on the armor you use. Lets say you play 2H Heavy, in that case you should really use it. If you play 1H Heavy, you should really stop using it as soon as you can survive without it.

The default filter hides monsters that haven't been scanned in 30 days, and it looks like nothing has been scanned since April 17th. Is the scanning API also broken?

The API is running smoothly. The monster information function and highlight work perfect. But it looks like the scanning isn't? We need to check with decondelite!

This post has been edited by DJNoni: May 30 2019, 07:35

Guys, I need advice!

I have over 15 million credits and I was wondering if its worth it to fully max Scavenger / Luck of the Draw / Quartermaster ?

I don't need equipment, I have legendaries and 2 peerless. So money right now is only for training

What would be more beneficial to max out?

This post has been edited by savethequeen2: May 30 2019, 10:32

Guys, I need advice!

I have over 15 million credits and I was wondering if its worth it to fully max Scavenger / Luck of the Draw / Quartermaster ?

I don't need equipment, I have legendaries and 2 peerless. So money right now is only for training

What would be more beneficial to max out?

Well, what hath perks do you have? I wouldn't fully max those out unless you have absolutely nothing else to use your money on.

They gave mostly a flat bonus, so what you get from them is overall the same as with other armor sets.
That depends more on your playstyle as on the armor you use. Lets say you play 2H Heavy, in that case you should really use it. If you play 1H Heavy, you should really stop using it as soon as you can survive without it.

You mean both of them or only Shadow Veil?

In fact, I wasn't using Shadow Veil, but I thought that a 15 or 25% evade rate would be better than nothing.

You mean both of them or only Shadow Veil?

In fact, I wasn't using Shadow Veil, but I thought that a 15 or 25% evade rate would be better than nothing.

you use them for survivability and ease of play. and they give bonus regardless your armor, burden, interference or whatever.
people prefer not using haste and shadow veil on 1h melee if possible for more counter (and supposedly faster clear time).
but I myself use both as in my case it doesn't change clear time that much.

This post has been edited by Fudo Masamune: May 30 2019, 15:15

You mean both of them or only Shadow Veil?

In fact, I wasn't using Shadow Veil, but I thought that a 15 or 25% evade rate would be better than nothing.

Reasoning behind the posts against shadow veil and haste:

Evade comes before block/parry, but 1H players want to block + parry as many attacks as possible to trigger their counter-attacks.

Attack speed essentially increases your speed relative to the opponents, meaning you can take more actions between opponents being able to attack you. It's useful for survival, because it's essentially slowing down the enemies, but again as a 1H player you want to be triggering those counters.

If you're playing any other playstyle, though, haste and shadow veil should always be used.

Yeah, I realized on those points as he mentioned them.

I do want to be hit, or at least the chance of it, so I can parry/block and counter back.

Moreover as I'm using a Shortsword (no decent Ethereal Rapiers at hand) that has some parry on it too.

I do want to be hit, or at least the chance of it, so I can parry/block and counter back.

Actually you just dont want get all those blocks and parrys been prevented by high attack speed bonus and evade. Oh, and dont worry, you just cant get your evade down to zero, or at least not with the higher tiers of power armor. I have allready 4.6 % evade chance, a bit high for my taste but i cant help it, higher tier means less burden.

Moreover as I'm using a Shortsword (no decent Ethereal Rapiers at hand) that has some parry on it too.

Let me just tell you this, in case no one else did before. You dont want an ethereal rapier. If it would be the best you have, fine use it, but an ethereal rapier is nothing but completly overrated. All it actually does is give you a rapier without burden and interference. At least later on you wont give a fuck about interference and less burden just means even more evade. And every single weapon get hollow forge at IW 10. So the void damage is absolutly nothing special you wont get otherhwise. And if you are really lucky, you get after lets say 60 or 70 reforge finally the potencies as you want them and at IW 10 (because an ethereal weapon allready has void damage) you get an elemental strike and that strike is fire in this case. Great isnt it? After all that work, after all those investment, after all those extra credits you had to pay to get this ethereal rapier (because people just pay for that word one or two extra M for good weapons) the worst elemental strike that is out there. And nope, except the lack of burden and interference there is no bonus at all for ethereal weapons. Two identical weapons one ethereal one holy and the elemental strike of the ethereal is holy both with the same IW potencies will be completly equal. They dont have more damage, they dont have more parry, they are just not better in any way. Except the allready mentioned lack of burden and interference. There is absolutly no reason to want one when you play 1H.