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How is spike shield damage calculated?

I checked again briefly today, here's my guess: it's just 10% of the damage you take reflected back at the enemy. However its type is changed to magical elemental and should be subject to appropriate modifiers from your equipment EDB and the enemy's elemental resistance. I don't know if the damage you took removes your crushing/slashing/piercing/elemental resistance to calculate how much to reflect back. Likewise your physical mitigation and the enemy's magical mitigation may affect the calculation. With all these complications, I can't tell if randomness is re-rolled for the reflected damage.

If you block or parry, the spike shield inflicts 5 damage, which is the minimum. If you evade, spike shield does not inflict any damage, and probably can't inflict the ailment either. Magical attacks from monsters also don't get hurt by the spike shield.

(IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) I have a question, at the last auction I saw several Legendary Charged Cotton Shoes of the Heaven-sent, and they all sold for what they were worth (Since two of them were level 500 and had regular stats they did not exceed 8m), I am sure that The price evaluation that Lestion gave me for mine is more than 100% accurate, and in fact I think my shoes will be worth more because they are level 402 and they do not have to be repaired because they come from the Shrine and everything that comes from there comes out 100% of their condition.

But I am sure I saw some shoes of that same type of level 442 sell for only 450K, and even though I was checking the stats I couldn't find a certain reason why.

Has anyone else seen what I saw? And if so, why did those shoes sell for so little?

(IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) Hey Nekki you were offering at the last auction, by any chance did you see the level 442 Legendary Charged Cotton Shoes of the Heaven-sent that also only sold for 450k?

This post has been edited by Arkoniusx: Apr 28 2020, 03:18

I stuck at level 279, the difficulty is great and i die easy, is there anything i can do to increase survival and level up?

Now I'm playing 1H + Heavy armor, my equipment and status are below.

https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63544855/9be6b62180
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63343485/8af4b4f3e3
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63332524/b8a3da7be5
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/39081728/88c1ea7eaf
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/65820285/6c08f50a5a
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63551681/9eb7c466a7
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63349274/d582010dc8

Strength 332
Dexterity 305
Agility 280
Endurance 331
Intelligence 200
Wisdom 280

Which equipments i focus to buy and the average cost of them?

Thanks for the help.

On a quick inspection, what I can tell you is that what you bring totally wrong is your primary weapon and shield. They are going to tell you many things over there, but I will tell you the most truthful; if you are going to play in the 1H fighting style you will totally depend on the shield, and there are times until it can ignore your main weapon if the shield you have is good enough.

DO NOT PLAY THE SINGLE-HAND FIGHT STYLE WITH A Wakizashi and especially not with one of the suffix slaughter, I recommend you take a tour of the wikia, and learn a little more about the correct suffixes for each weapon and each fighting style .

By the way, you are already reaching the level where you must consider a lot that your weapon has IW 10, regardless of the combination (Later you will find the correct combination), ask someone to do you the favor of doing that job, because of the the way you're equipped now you couldn't survive on the IW in any way.

I stuck at level 279, the difficulty is great and i die easy, is there anything i can do to increase survival and level up?

Now I'm playing 1H + Heavy armor, my equipment and status are below.

https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63544855/9be6b62180
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63343485/8af4b4f3e3
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63332524/b8a3da7be5
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/39081728/88c1ea7eaf
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/65820285/6c08f50a5a
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63551681/9eb7c466a7
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63349274/d582010dc8

Strength 332
Dexterity 305
Agility 280
Endurance 331
Intelligence 200
Wisdom 280

Which equipments i focus to buy and the average cost of them?

Thanks for the help.

Look for equipment at stores and auctions.

Tips:

1 - Magnificent (preferably with 3 PABs) or Legendary, with up to 100 levels above your (the closer the better). Soulfuse as soon as possible (if you choose to use an IW service, do not do soulfuse before, of course (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif) ).
2 - Preferred weapon: Rapier of Slaughter (any prefix)
3 - Preferred shield: Force Shield (any prefix and suffix)
4 - Preferred heavy set: a mix of Power Protection and Power Warding (any prefix)
5 - Make Item World of all equipment until the end (IW10). Look for IW services. There are some who do it for a low price for lower level players like you.
6 - At first, don't worry too much about the quality of the stats. Good equipment is very expensive, and if you don't have enough credits now, you will certainly have it in the near future.
7 - In general, you can find this equipment for 30k to 300k each (depending on the level and quality). Low level equipment with good stats can cost more than 1m.
8 - Over time, you can replace the equipment you buy with better ones (one by one, without hurry). The more you level up, the more equipment options you have to choose from.

Good luck on your journey! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I stuck at level 279, the difficulty is great and i die easy, is there anything i can do to increase survival and level up?

Now I'm playing 1H + Heavy armor, my equipment and status are below.

https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63544855/9be6b62180
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63343485/8af4b4f3e3
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63332524/b8a3da7be5
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/39081728/88c1ea7eaf
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/65820285/6c08f50a5a
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63551681/9eb7c466a7
https://hentaiverse.org/equip/63349274/d582010dc8

Strength 332
Dexterity 305
Agility 280
Endurance 331
Intelligence 200
Wisdom 280

Which equipments i focus to buy and the average cost of them?

Thanks for the help.

Hello. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I see many issues in there:
1) All your equipment are obsolete and extremely weak. They have low stats compared to modern equipment. It's really about time for you to acquire new equipment.
2) Playing with a Wakizashi of Slaughter is very fine: it provides an excellent defense. But your current wakizashi is obsolete, hence has low stats. In particular, its Parry stat is absolutely awful compared to modern Wakizashis. Switch it for either another, recent, Wakizashi (Slaughter/Nimble), or a Rapier (Slaughter/Nimble), or a Shortsword (Slaughter). All of these will do an excellent job to play 1H.
3) Your buckler is completely unfit to play 1H. Not only it is obsolete (low stats), but its suffix is generally undesired: the bonus in PMit provided by the Protection suffix is very low. To top it off, the main stat of the shield, Block, is abysmally low. If you want to use a Buckler, prefer a Buckler of the Barrier. Force Shield is the most recommended one to play 1H. You can go for a Kite Shield, but their Block is a bit lower than a Force Shield or a Buckler of the Barrier.
4) All your armor are extremely weak as well. To top it off, Power gear of Superior quality provides quite weak defense and has extremely high interference. Even when it comes to modern equipment, I wouldn't recommend Superior Power, but Exquisite Plate instead.

So really, just dump all of your equipment to the Bazaar and switch for brand new, shiny, sturdy equipment. Your current set is not even fit to be donated in the FreeSHop: that's how obsolete/bad it is.

This post has been edited by decondelite: Apr 28 2020, 10:47

(IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) I have a question, at the last auction I saw several Legendary Charged Cotton Shoes of the Heaven-sent, and they all sold for what they were worth (Since two of them were level 500 and had regular stats they did not exceed 8m), I am sure that The price evaluation that Lestion gave me for mine is more than 100% accurate, and in fact I think my shoes will be worth more because they are level 402 and they do not have to be repaired because they come from the Shrine and everything that comes from there comes out 100% of their condition.

But I am sure I saw some shoes of that same type of level 442 sell for only 450K, and even though I was checking the stats I couldn't find a certain reason why.

So a couple of things to answer here in random order.

Condition percentage really doesn't matter for auction cost. Repair cost is a tiny pittance compared to anything else.

The shoes you see at level 442 that sold for 450k weren't Shoes. They were Pants. That makes the big difference. The end goal of Holy Players is 1.0 proficiency, which usually requires a staff and two pieces of Heaven-Sent cloth. Shoes and gloves have the lowest stats so those are the usual pieces used for Divine proficiency, so players can free up the remaining three pieces for Radiant Phase for more attack.

However, with 600 Divine proficiency, +10% perk, and Peerless Divine Prof rolls on a staff and Robe of Heaven-Sent, you get very near 1.0 proficiency. Something like 0.997 I think. Pants can be subbed out for the Robe for not much worse than that. But it has to be very close to perfect. Otherwise it's not worth it. Those pants in question sold 450k. I had an L. Charged Pants of Heaven Sent 3 years ago with 97% Lmax Divine proficiency that I think sold for 40 million. Because it was that close to perfect.

You don't need perfect rolls with shoes and gloves. But the higher they are the better because it reduces the amount a player has to get their personal DProf up to hit 1.0. The pair I sold in this auction went for 4m. I have another pair at 92% that might hit 20m or 30m.

EDIT: Price psychology for levels probably becomes inverse too depending on player level. As a level 500 player, I would rather buy level 500 equipment because I don't have to soulbound it, and thus can sell it off later if I so choose. Equipment stats also go up slightly with levels so an equipment piece at level 300 is weaker than one at 500, so I would have to soulbound a level 300 piece to make it worth it

This post has been edited by Ea-Moon: Apr 28 2020, 15:09

Some stats go up slightly with levels but others go up linearly, so wearing a higher level equipment is important.

I think the pricing should be slightly higher for level 500 items, mostly independent of buyer. Pricing should drop with level until around 499, then it should suddenly rise again for the reason mentioned. But don't expect it to rise a lot (in practice it doesn't at all). And as usual equipment level does not matter for very high end equipment, as those would attract buyers of any level.

As a lower level player, sometimes I'll avoid bidding on level 500 equipment so that a level 500 buyer can win it. I suppose that psychology might keep the level 500 prices from visibly increasing but I doubt most people would do like me.

Hello experts. Do you think this staff is good to start playing as a mage? In the last few days two players offered to buy it at more than twice the price I paid (300k).
Do you think is worth keeping it or should i sell it and search for a better one?

Hello experts. Do you think this staff is good to start playing as a mage? In the last few days two players offered to buy it at more than twice the price I paid (300k).
Do you think is worth keeping it or should i sell it and search for a better one?

It is a very good staff to start playing mage. You could keep it, you could even consider soulfusing it. Or, if you want to switch to another element later on, you can just use it and sell it fully IW'd and forged. Don't sell it for cheap! Consider selling if someone offers you in the 5-10m range, that's an amount you can get a better staff for.

I would recommend that you get at least pen4 on this staf. Optimal is also possible: pen5spel4. But I would not settle for less than pen4 even as starting mage.

Also, forge the staff at least to lv. 5 on all important stats (not physical damage hit chance). And if you can afford it, forge the shit out of it, on MDB and EDB and elemental prof.

Does elemental spell damage on a rapier of slaughter increase physical melee damage hits of the elemental strikes? I'm leaning towards no.

For example, spell damage +35 on fiery rapier of slaughter - does that increase the damage of my fire elemental strike?

Does elemental spell damage on a rapier of slaughter increase physical melee damage hits of the elemental strikes? I'm leaning towards no.

For example, spell damage +35 on fiery rapier of slaughter - does that increase the damage of my fire elemental strike?

No, those two are completly unrelated. EDB is only a multiplicator for that specific element magical attacks. So unless you play as 1H mage, the EDB of a weapon does mean absolutly nothing.

Good to know - thanks!

EDB might be able to increase the damage of your spike shield on 1H, actually.

That's only a fraction of the damage your elemental strikes do so overall it is negligible, but the spike shield can do significant damage on very rare occasion when you suffer a huge blow from an enemy skill, because it reflects back some modified fraction of the damage.

among all types of mages,what's the best choice for "a dance with dragon" arena?
and how efficient it can actually be?
let's say if i have a 30m budget for the build,and proficiency is around 400,how many rounds it might take to clear that arena i mentioned?

Does elemental spell damage on a rapier of slaughter increase physical melee damage hits of the elemental strikes? I'm leaning towards no.

For example, spell damage +35 on fiery rapier of slaughter - does that increase the damage of my fire elemental strike?

No it doesn't. EDB is only for spell casts.

Hello! I have some question about Random encounter.

Soul fragments
Capped at ~60/day; cap recovers by 1 every 2 hours.

1. cap recovers by 1 every 2 hours What does this sentence mean? You need to wait 10 hours before you can get another 5 soul drop?
2. Does cap reset everyday at Down of the day time? Today since dawn of the day event, I played random encounter 10 times and got soul fragment drop only 1 time.

Hello. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I see many issues in there:
1) All your equipment are obsolete and extremely weak. They have low stats compared to modern equipment. It's really about time for you to acquire new equipment.
2) Playing with a Wakizashi of Slaughter is very fine: it provides an excellent defense. But your current wakizashi is obsolete, hence has low stats. In particular, its Parry stat is absolutely awful compared to modern Wakizashis. Switch it for either another, recent, Wakizashi (Slaughter/Nimble), or a Rapier (Slaughter/Nimble), or a Shortsword (Slaughter). All of these will do an excellent job to play 1H.
3) Your buckler is completely unfit to play 1H. Not only it is obsolete (low stats), but its suffix is generally undesired: the bonus in PMit provided by the Protection suffix is very low. To top it off, the main stat of the shield, Block, is abysmally low. If you want to use a Buckler, prefer a Buckler of the Barrier. Force Shield is the most recommended one to play 1H. You can go for a Kite Shield, but their Block is a bit lower than a Force Shield or a Buckler of the Barrier.
4) All your armor are extremely weak as well. To top it off, Power gear of Superior quality provides quite weak defense and has extremely high interference. Even when it comes to modern equipment, I wouldn't recommend Superior Power, but Exquisite Plate instead.

So really, just dump all of your equipment to the Bazaar and switch for brand new, shiny, sturdy equipment. Your current set is not even fit to be donated in the FreeSHop: that's how obsolete/bad it is.

god
i’ve been using energy drink intentionally just to keep my stamina above 80 and level faster

EDB might be able to increase the damage of your spike shield on 1H, actually.

That's only a fraction of the damage your elemental strikes do so overall it is negligible, but the spike shield can do significant damage on very rare occasion when you suffer a huge blow from an enemy skill, because it reflects back some modified fraction of the damage.

Even in a whole PFest the damage from the spike shield is absolutly nothing.

I mean not even 4 million against the 2 billion damage i deal with normal attacks? Would it matter even if the damage was doubled? I dont think so.

among all types of mages,what's the best choice for "a dance with dragon" arena?
and how efficient it can actually be?
let's say if i have a 30m budget for the build,and proficiency is around 400,how many rounds it might take to clear that arena i mentioned?

Complicated question. Optimal given infinite budget, access to gear that doesn't even exist for sale for months at a time, and high prof levels after grinding for at least months, most likely years? Holy!

The rest of the time? Dark's more accessible (albeit still more expensive for radiants than elemental styles).

With only 30m to spend a beginner mage is likely to be looking at around 3-4k turns (they will be massively underforged, possibly geared with random plain pieces, and not likely to have much in the way of DD levels). In this case, it is not much of an improvement over melee styles, except much more dangerous and likely to be slower in real time.

With a budget more in the region of 100m you can start looking at getting to about 2.4k with low DD levels. 200m, about 2.1k. After grinding for a while, investing in DD levels? My current DWD time is 1.5k at DD7, so I still have room to get better.

god
i’ve been using energy drink intentionally just to keep my stamina above 80 and level faster

You are setting fire to money (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) You don't need to level faster! You get pretty much nothing out of it besides monsters with higher HP!

Hello! I have some question about Random encounter.

Soul fragments
Capped at ~60/day; cap recovers by 1 every 2 hours.

1. cap recovers by 1 every 2 hours What does this sentence mean? You need to wait 10 hours before you can get another 5 soul drop?
2. Does cap reset everyday at Down of the day time? Today since dawn of the day event, I played random encounter 10 times and got soul fragment drop only 1 time.

Ignore the cap recovery time, it's a little murky but it means sometimes you can get more than 60 per day depending on timing. As far as I know, yes, it resets at dawn. Soul fragment drop rate is related to difficulty. If you do your REs on PFUDOR, you will get them more reliably.

Does elemental spell damage on a rapier of slaughter increase physical melee damage hits of the elemental strikes? I'm leaning towards no.

For example, spell damage +35 on fiery rapier of slaughter - does that increase the damage of my fire elemental strike?

this information is available on the wiki along with lots more!