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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.

Uncle Stu, I know that I don't need a Ethereal Rapier for a proper weapon, as I'd rather have a Hallowed one (for example, to combo it with Holy Imperil) and Hollow-forge it.

Point is, my level is 229. I'm not sure if I would be able to get all those potencies at my level plus soul-fusing, so for now I'm switching weapons all over until I find a suitable one (let's say, a Legendary Hallowed Rapier of Slaughter) so that I can start to work with it.

I want to deal Void damage to bypass mitigations and I want a rapier, I guess, for the piercing effect (or however is called).

It being Ethereal is because, for now, it's the easiest and cheapest way of getting Void damage. I expect to discard weapons as I level up until I get a decent quality one.

Right now, the best rapier I have at hand is Exquisite, not even Magnificent.

Uncle Stu, I know that I don't need a Ethereal Rapier for a proper weapon, as I'd rather have a Hallowed one (for example, to combo it with Holy Imperil) and Hollow-forge it.

Point is, my level is 229. I'm not sure if I would be able to get all those potencies at my level plus soul-fusing, so for now I'm switching weapons all over until I find a suitable one (let's say, a Legendary Hallowed Rapier of Slaughter) so that I can start to work with it.

I want to deal Void damage to bypass mitigations and I want a rapier, I guess, for the piercing effect (or however is called).

It being Ethereal is because, for now, it's the easiest and cheapest way of getting Void damage. I expect to discard weapons as I level up until I get a decent quality one.

Right now, the best rapier I have at hand is Exquisite, not even Magnificent.

There are some players (in the WTS section) who offer free 'simple' IW services to low level players, where they will level an item to 10. You might not get the best potencies possible, but a non-ethereal weapon will always become hollowforged at level 10 and deal void damage. It will be significantly easier than specifically hunting an ethereal weapon, which may cost you more and actually negatively affect you (in that it won't have any burden).

There are a couple cheap mag rapiers of slaughter within your soulfuse range in decondelite's auction right now, too. Consider picking one of those up?

This post has been edited by lestion: May 31 2019, 13:57

Sold. And the remaining ones are out of my range, lvls 364 and 368.

And not that I have 1500 Soul Fragments to spare. I have 500, barely enough to soulfuse a Magnificent weapon of my level or lower.

Edit: ah, you meant the auction. Yeah, well, I'll try to get that one, but a bit expensive.

This post has been edited by ahroun: May 31 2019, 18:32

As if rapiers were the only viable choice to play 1H...
If it's to use a low level magnificent, I'd totally chose a Wakizashi of the Nimble instead. Way cheaper, way more effective defense-wise.

And offense wise?

It takes me long to kill Konata & friends in lvl 225 arena with my shortsword, even if I imperil them, and I'd like to do that arena faster.

The idea of the rapier is to trigger pierce defense, isn't it?

And offense wise?

It takes me long to kill Konata & friends in lvl 225 arena with my shortsword, even if I imperil them, and I'd like to do that arena faster.

The idea of the rapier is to trigger pierce defense, isn't it?

Yes that helps. But if you use imperil on her ass the difference with other high parry weapons is very small. And if you want to make short work of the girls, use some infusions ass well.

But it looks like the scanning isn't?

I blame everyone who does actually fully read the posts of the person responsible for the database. Tbh i actually only did even give anything to the bounty because i thought that was part of the whole fix goddammned. Are you all now really telling me that i am the only person who did notice how much the shit hit the fan? Really?

And offense wise?

It takes me long to kill Konata & friends in lvl 225 arena with my shortsword, even if I imperil them, and I'd like to do that arena faster.

The idea of the rapier is to trigger pierce defense, isn't it?

Rapiers are no good against Schoolgirls, as Penetrated Armor and Imperil are additive, but can't reduce a monster's PMit below 0%. While Bleeding Wound is completely independant and can have 5 stacks at once against SGs, which is ideal.
The cherry on the cake now: SGs have maximum 47%Pmit at your level (66%PMit at level 500), so they should be left to only 7%PMit with Imperil alone. Therefore, a single stack of Penetrated Armor would therefore have almost no effect at all on them after applying Imperil.
Some players do use the Vital Strike skill with their rapier to apply some powerful BW on SGs, but for my part I wouldn't recommend that, as it'd quickly deplete your OC bar and the stacks wear off quickly anyway. And it needs one to be proficient at setting up Monsterbation to keep a smooth gameplay, which is most likely not your case.

As Noni stated, the solution to your issue is quite simple.
You need your weapon to be Hollowforged (IW10) first, with ADB Forge 5 second, and with a total of 3 strikes third (void strike from hollowforged+innate elemental strike+elemental strike from an infusion). That's the very best you can have right now.
If you can, favor a Demonic/Hallowed weapon: Mikuru, Yuki and Ryouko all have -1% elemental mitigation against these two elements. Dark/Holy infusions are therefore the best ones against them.

This post has been edited by decondelite: May 31 2019, 22:06

I blame everyone who does actually fully read the posts of the person responsible for the database. Tbh i actually only did even give anything to the bounty because i thought that was part of the whole fix goddammned. Are you all now really telling me that i am the only person who did notice how much the shit hit the fan? Really?

There are some very skilled people busy cleaning it up now. Yes the fan was excrement-hit, you noticed that correctly. Keep faith, i am sure things will be spotless and smelling of roses very soon.

Keep faith,

Yeah, i better dont write what comes into my mind right now. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

I've given the entire community two weeks to check if everything was working fine. No one reported anything for this entire time, or should I say no one has given a shit to the entire project. Just like everything else, I might add. Therefore, no complaints allowed.

It's too easy to always leave the same ones with the hands full of shit, to deal with all the crap that does concern everyone, and then to point the finger at them when something goes wrong. I'm fine with carrying that burden (almost) alone without getting any (financial) compensation in return. But at least I'd like to have a very minimum of respect for that, and not to have to bear with people who don't seem to realize that what I'm doing is a privilege and not a due.

For now, if you'll excuse me, leave me alone, be patient, let randomuser and me fix the shit up. Reading unpleasant commentaries is the last thing I need.

@Noni:
Feel free to edit if you want, as I am really pissed right now and I needed to vent my anger a bit.

So, I've been accumulating a lot of GP, and I've been wondering about the lottery system. I've been buying only a single ticket for the weapons and armor I'm interested in, but I haven't won anything yet.

Is there any reason to purchase more than one ticket? Also, does the winner of any of the prizes get the things automatically placed in their inventory or do they need to do something to claim them?