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with club you effectively kill monsters in one hit if that hit connects and stuns, but you still have to make that hit

So for DW you suggest that Rapier/Waki is the best at the moment?

For the waki, should I then look for one with a very high counter-parry or what are the stats I should look for?

Quick question, is it productive to sell crystals? You can take advantage, or it is better to spend the crystals that I get on the monsters that I already have and raise them to level 500 to receive High grade materials to sell them.

I say this because I can buy the first level of crystarium, and I want to start earning more credits.

Selling crystals can be quite profitable. But most people will just buy full crystal packs aka 1000 of each crystal. So, don't get your hopes up too much, when you just get crys I. Because, that doesnt make too much of a difference. Also doing GF is highly recommended for getting crystals. I mean even with Crys V all arenas of a day only bring you around 1.5 Crystal Pack. Btw, high training in scavenger would also be helpfull.

So for DW you suggest that Rapier/Waki is the best at the moment?

For the waki, should I then look for one with a very high counter-parry or what are the stats I should look for?

I like Club/Rapier myself. I've tried PFFest with it and it didn't do too badly (I quit after some time because fuck it's boring).

Waki doesn't come with counter-parry by itself, so you'd need to forge as high Overpower as possible on both pieces if you do that.

While with Club, you can get by with a lot less OP than you would need with non-stun weapons.

Quick question, is it productive to sell crystals? You can take advantage, or it is better to spend the crystals that I get on the monsters that I already have and raise them to level 500 to receive High grade materials to sell them.

I say this because I can buy the first level of crystarium, and I want to start earning more credits.

Be able to clear PFFEST first, then we can talk. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

OK, I have this legendary ethereal axe of the Illithid that I got in the Shrine, I was not using it because I thought that if I was not at level 10 of the IW, it would not help me to move faster in the battles of the arena, but I just tried it and thanks to it , I am quickly breaking up the monsturos in the difficult IWTH.

I was using a Legendary shocking axe of slaugther that Uncle Stu left me at level 10 of the IW, but it does not compare at all to the damage I do with this axe, (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) was it not supposed that the weapons with the Illithid suffix were useless?

This is the weapon I been use in my off-hand:

Legendary Shocking Axe of Slaugther

And this is the one i'm using now:

Legendary Ethereal Axe of Illithid

Remember this? Well, I could never verify if it was really true or not, but I am sure that the Legendary Shocking Axe of Slaugther failed the attacks due to the weight I had, even so it does not matter, because I soulfuse with the other axe, since he got 5 levels of overpower, 4 levels of swift striker, but best of all Dark innate attack.

It was not the best legendary weapon that I had in my hands, but it turned out to be the one that brought me the most luck, now I can fight in all the arenas in PFUDOR difficulty with the dual-welding fighting style, and the continuous use of weaken without spending unnecessary things, and to think that when I saw that weapon I thought I would never use it.

Now, what I came to ask is that if you can teach me how to map the weaken spell to the keys of the keyboard or mouse, and also if you can; the special skill Frenzy blows.

It would help me a lot to finish the Arena challenges in minutes. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

This post has been edited by Arkoniusx: Oct 1 2019, 08:56

Remember this?

An axe in offhand? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

Either way, binding things to keys can be done with monsterbation, even if I don't remember how. Just don't bind two skills to the same key. And start using skills/spells less if possible - more autonomy means your build is becoming better

An axe in offhand? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

Either way, binding things to keys can be done with monsterbation, even if I don't remember how. Just don't bind two skills to the same key. And start using skills/spells less if possible - more autonomy means your build is becoming better

I was my off-hand weapon because at the time that message was published, the weapon dont have any level of IW. Now is my main hand weapon.

I was wondering why some ppl want to buy multiple gold star.


Also, how are they going to trade anyway? One party must trust the other and sent the item first?

I was wondering why some ppl want to buy multiple gold star.

What else would they spend their credits/hath on?

Also, how are they going to trade anyway? One party must trust the other and sent the item first?

Basically, yes. You send credits/hath to one party, and your wallet address through the donation interface, and the other party sends the funds.

I was wondering why some ppl want to buy multiple gold star.
Also, how are they going to trade anyway? One party must trust the other and sent the item first?

In addition to what kamio said: each star gives a tiny bit of extra EXP per round. And, being catgirl gives you all kinds of benefits, like an extra profile picture (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) and access to an even more exclusive forum (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cool2.gif)

Being catgirl also gives you the privilege of being thought to be a Rich Catgrill even though you actually are a poor player. And head pats for free if you are cute enough. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

I get it now. Thanks (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I thought we agree to do any "random thoughts or theorycrafts about HV" on ponyverse and keep this thread to ask and answer question.

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           |      damage |  count |    avg |   hits |    avg |  crits |    avg |  rate |  mult
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You        | 491,269,981 | 21,595 | 22,749 | 10,208 | 15,828 | 11,387 | 28,954 | 0.527 | 1.829
Cold Strike|  75,304,621 | 18,846 |  3,996 |  9,274 |  4,091 |  9,572 |  3,903 | 0.508 | 0.954
Dark Strike|  69,281,453 | 18,344 |  3,777 |  9,020 |  3,857 |  9,324 |  3,699 | 0.508 | 0.959
Void Strike| 127,588,552 | 17,864 |  7,142 |  8,808 |  7,289 |  9,056 |  6,999 | 0.507 | 0.960
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counter    | 304,948,491 |                 | 26,516 | 11,501 |

I had some new thoughts on the data from the Research for 1H thread. Why do crits occur slightly less often (0.508 versus 0.527) with the elemental strikes than the main attack? This explanation is easy, it's because when the main hit kills the elemental strikes don't occur, and the main hit is more likely to kill when it is a crit.

Let's probe deeper. Why does Void Strike do notably less than half (7289/15828 = 46.05%) of the main hit? That's an 8.5% loss (50/46.05 = 1.08575) in expected damage! Some testing I just did with other methods confirm it should be exactly half damage; applicable roundings I encountered were four orders of magnitude lower.

I believe the reason is due to Penetrated Armor. Not counting crits, you can see that the main hit occurred 10208 times while Void Strike only had a chance to be performed 8808 times. That's quite a loss. And losing those 1400 hits means that Void Strike didn't get as many chances to hit while PA was active, thus losing damage potential when this method of data gathering is used.

We should properly think of Void Strike as doing 50% damage, therefore the elemental comparison subsequently performed was biased toward Cold! We can try to roughly fix that by extrapolating the amount of bias that Void Strike received. Cold Strike hit 9274 - 9020 = 254 more times than Dark Strike, which might suggest that Dark Strike lost 254/1400 * 8.575% = 1.556% due to bias.

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Cold Strike |  18.74% | * Flame Spike
Dark Strike |  18.60% |
Holy Strike |  18.51% |
Fire Strike |  17.93% | * Shock Spike
Elec Strike |  17.17% |
Wind Strike |  17.12% |
Cold Strike |  16.90% |
Fire Strike |  15.47% |

This is the adjusted table in Research for 1H, with my 1.556% crude multiplier penalizing both entries for Cold Strike. We can't be sure Cold Strike is best anymore. The random statistical uncertainty in each of these values is 0.23% since Cold Strike measured in the 18.90% to 19.13% range. It could be insightful to repeat this test with a non-Arctic rapier.

I have no explanation for why elemental strikes only did 96% of normal damage when they crit in this data, that's why I ignored them. I just confirmed with other methods that they should be exactly the same at present. In older versions of the game the elemental strikes used to say they crit (whenever the main attack did) however the damage was normal. It could have been 96% back then, I don't know.

I thought we agree to do any "random thoughts or theorycrafts about HV" on ponyverse and keep this thread to ask and answer question.

Yeah, I think that BWS' post would look great in the ponyverse. Take a look if you want, to see how it does there. (don't panic, this is reversible if needed)

This post has been edited by DJNoni: Oct 3 2019, 07:45

I wasn't sure if we had agreed upon future practices yet, but since that issue isn't settled, I suggest we make an entire new giant thread dedicated to theorycrafting. Ponyverse is too cluttered with random things, it will be harder to search for and link useful information in the future. It was pointed out that I link Research for 1H too often; part of the reason is that it's simply easier to find than a lot of other informative posts.

Making a new giant thread has few drawbacks that I can see. Pinning it would be optional; Ponyverse isn't pinned and is healthy. In the long run it won't even add an extra thread to this forum: there's already an Asked the Experts so a new thread will delay the eventual need to create another archive.

no, it's still the quality roll.

If it’s the quality roll, and the min. quality stays the same in both cases, does that mean the x+1 min. quality is affecting the chances for drop’s quality being higher than the minimum quality? E.g. if tiers 4 and 5 both give minimum quality of Superior for clearing killing Yggdrasil, the tier 5 from IWBTH/PFUDOR will have higher chance of dropping a non-Superior equipment.

I wasn't sure if we had agreed upon future practices yet, but since that issue isn't settled, I suggest we make an entire new giant thread dedicated to theorycrafting. Ponyverse is too cluttered with random things, it will be harder to search for and link useful information in the future. It was pointed out that I link Research for 1H too often; part of the reason is that it's simply easier to find than a lot of other informative posts.

Making a new giant thread has few drawbacks that I can see. Pinning it would be optional; Ponyverse isn't pinned and is healthy. In the long run it won't even add an extra thread to this forum: there's already an Asked the Experts so a new thread will delay the eventual need to create another archive.

I concur - a new thread would be preferable for searchability.

I concur - a new thread would be preferable for searchability.

Of nog objections, I will make it so.