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Personas. Thanks, forgot about them.
And for Monsterbation as well.

Personas. Thanks, forgot about them.

I know my pappenheimer, so it was obvious to mention it. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

I know my pappenheimer

Hey, we use that saying in Dutch as well!

Hey, we use that saying in Dutch as well!

Iirc it is a quote from schiller's wallenstein.

What's the optimal item-world strategy if you don't have Dark Descent for untradeable equipment?

I found some sweet level ~lvl 425/500 power armor/weapon legendaries in the Bazaar (which I'm very far from being able to equip, but still). I don't have Dark Descent, and not only is it unaffordable right now, it seems like it's not worth it unless I'm spending ~575 Amnesia Shards.

I know the optimal IW strat is usually one round of IWBTH for level 2, then PFUDOR for the rest. Should I instead level these equipment 1 potency level at a time (start with 1 round of Hell difficulty?), or just spend the extra amnesia shards?

Also, how important is Juggernaut on armor? Does it stack additively or multiplicatively with HP Tank/Heavy Armor HP?

This post has been edited by arctos33: Nov 20 2019, 23:47

Also, how important is Juggernaut on armor?

Juggernaut level 5 on each is musthave

Juggernaut level 5 on each is musthave

> Jug 10 on 1H set

>> /me must be doing something horribly wrong

Hey guys, just need some advice: What would be, theoretically, the fastest way using melee to clear arenas?

I'm getting burned out of playing HV, so I want to test different builds.

Also, how important is Juggernaut on armor? Does it stack additively or multiplicatively with HP Tank/Heavy Armor HP?

additive
until somebody change the wiki to include juggernaut :
https://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?s=&am...t&p=5531382

Hey guys, just need some advice: What would be, theoretically, the fastest way using melee to clear arenas?

I'm getting burned out of playing HV, so I want to test different builds.

collect credits using melee then build mage?

What's the optimal item-world strategy if you don't have Dark Descent for untradeable equipment?

I found some sweet level ~lvl 425/500 power armor/weapon legendaries in the Bazaar (which I'm very far from being able to equip, but still). I don't have Dark Descent, and not only is it unaffordable right now, it seems like it's not worth it unless I'm spending ~575 Amnesia Shards.

I know the optimal IW strat is usually one round of IWBTH for level 2, then PFUDOR for the rest. Should I instead level these equipment 1 potency level at a time (start with 1 round of Hell difficulty?), or just spend the extra amnesia shards?

Depends on how much credits you have. Cheapest would be:
1. Hell - reforge if not J1 and repeat
2. PFUDOR after that - risk of reforging 3 instead of 2, but that's not that often. Reforge when no jug in this round.
3. Continue PFUDOR until J5 is not possible anymore or very unlikely

I have Jug 11 right now. I was going to make a post sometime about more recent thoughts I had on it, but I'll save it for later as other topics are more important.

It's probably most important on mage and might be least important on 1H, as heavy armor users tend to be lacking in magical defense so elemental mitigation potencies aren't worthless in comparison.

For power armor, I should be working to have 'slaughter' on all of my power armors, correct? Or should I have a mixed set of slaughter, wisdom, and protection for optimal stats?

For power armor, I should be working to have 'slaughter' on all of my power armors, correct? Or should I have a mixed set of slaughter, wisdom, and protection for optimal stats?

The 3 types of armour sets people go for as far as I'm aware of

Full power of slaughter
Protection/Warding mix (i.e 3 warding, 2 protection)
Full balance

I go for protection/warding, but I hear (and I haven't tried it to confirm) that full slaughter can be just as defensive as warding/protection as you basically kill everything before they can special attack you. Slaughters more expensive though.

The 3 types of armour sets people go for as far as I'm aware of

Full power of slaughter
Protection/Warding mix (i.e 3 warding, 2 protection)
Full balance

I go for protection/warding, but I hear (and I haven't tried it to confirm) that full slaughter can be just as defensive as warding/protection as you basically kill everything before they can special attack you. Slaughters more expensive though.

Hmm, looks like I'll need to experiment then. Thank you for the info!

For power armor, I should be working to have 'slaughter' on all of my power armors, correct? Or should I have a mixed set of slaughter, wisdom, and protection for optimal stats?

What do you mean by wisdom? Warding?

But anyway, i would say that depends what you are looking for.

As a defensive build i would suggest a mix made of two warding and three protection.
As a offensive build i would suggest a mix made of one or two balance and the rest slaughter.

What do you mean by wisdom? Warding?

But anyway, i would say that depends what you are looking for.

As a defensive build i would suggest a mix made of two warding and three protection.
As a offensive build i would suggest a mix made of one or two balance and the rest slaughter.

Sorry, I meant to Warding, not wisdom.

I'm not sure which build would be better, defensive or offensive, but I guess that just means I need to experiment. Thank you.

I'm not sure which build would be better, defensive or offensive, but I guess that just means I need to experiment. Thank you.

Well i would say that depends on what you plan to do. An offensive build would allow you to do the arenas faster, and in case you have very limited time, would allow you to increase your income because you could do more arenas or even all per day. Or with the defensive build you would be able to do whole PFest and increase your income that way, in case you have at least some crystarium perks. Otherwhise i wouldnt suggest to waste you time with Grindfest.

Hmm, looks like I'll need to experiment then. Thank you for the info!

If you play PFDfest daily and you don't have credits to forge, then defensive and offensive are equally fine. But with haste(proved in HV Research Thread, that with haste is almost as good as no haste in GF), and a block fully-forged force shield, you may not need any forgings on slaughter armors to finish GF. So I still advocate slaughters.

If you only play Arenas and IW, then slaughters for sure. Considering the current prices of slaughter with 50% ADB rolls are sometimes only 500k, I suggest you go full mediocre slaughters.

Last week's auction result(It's not always, but they are getting cheaper): [Hea03] Legendary Cobalt Power Boots of Slaughter (434, ADB 53%) (seller: tai2_1) oohmrparis 500k #109; winning for 1.4h / 48.1h; +7.0%

This post has been edited by -vincento-: Nov 26 2019, 00:39

Just saw that Ether Tap can stack to x2, can any other boost stack like that? And, as a Mage build, does Focusing ever become practical? I can only imagine it becomes useful when I have high agility, fully upgrade Haste and plan to spam 3rd Tier Spells, but since I can't avoid attacks it seems highly situational and only practical in the late game.

Just saw that Ether Tap can stack to x2, can any other boost stack like that? And, as a Mage build, does Focusing ever become practical? I can only imagine it becomes useful when I have high agility, fully upgrade Haste and plan to spam 3rd Tier Spells, but since I can't avoid attacks it seems highly situational and only practical in the late game.

I have never found any use for Focus. Not for mage, not for melee. Yes, other boosts can stack, for instance Penetrated Armour.