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Hi,

I play 1h style now and don't have too much credit for mage.

I wonder what's the benefit for soulfuse if I could pass all PFUDOR arena.(at current 3xx level)

I only soulfuse 34 block ex force shield right now. And I always can find something from shop or monster.
and any benefit for 500lv soulfuse(2x pxp from IW?)

BTW, is there any advance search function for forum?
it's hard to search the old post

can someone give me some mage tips?

currently i start off with 3 imperil cast, then t3, then t1/t2 clean up. this works fine for IWBTH but in PFFest my spark of life is getting triggered before i can even get my 3 imperils off. Am i doing this right?

currently only forged to 15 on each piece.
i know how minimal the benefits of forging past 25 on gear becomes and considering it's cloth, I can't imagine the defense bonus will be able to offset this kind of damage. is there a consensus on forge level to complete pffest?
i'm really hesitant to invest into my charged wind gear cause i'm getting slaughtered in pffest before i even reach round 500. with spirit elixiers i can last until 500-600 but the damage is so high and frequent i sometimes cant even get my 3 imperil cast off without spark of life being triggered. also my damage is kind of on the low end with only 4619MDB and 340% EDB && DDVI.

PFest is meant to be very, very hard and even at full forge, it's a little unpleasant. You should farm on IWBTH until PF is more comfortable for you. If you're not using scrolls (protection/swiftness/shadows), their buffs are considerably better than the casted/IA versions, so those help a lot.

Hi,

I play 1h style now and don't have too much credit for mage.

I wonder what's the benefit for soulfuse if I could pass all PFUDOR arena.(at current 3xx level)

I only soulfuse 34 block ex force shield right now. And I always can find something from shop or monster.
and any benefit for 500lv soulfuse(2x pxp from IW?)

BTW, is there any advance search function for forum?
it's hard to search the old post

Soulfusing keeps your equipment at your level no matter how many times you level up. It's always useful if you've got good equipment but it's not as good anymore due to level scaling. A level 500 player gets no benefit from soulfusing a level 500 item, but anything lower level is worth soulfusing even for them. (Technically, they get increased PXP gain in item world, but this is actually a negative because it means you have to do your first runs on Hell & Nintendo instead of IWBTH then PFUDOR if you want to use amnesia shards efficiently.)

Finding replacements for your equipment becomes harder when you're using good items (particularly legendaries, but even magnificents can be hard to replace).

There is this tool for forum searching. It isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than the native search, although it requires some player input. You press 'save' to save all threads on the page into its database, and then you can search them. It will show you the age of the thread (and the last time it was updated), and you can remove threads from your database at your discretion.

This post has been edited by lestion: May 30 2020, 07:07

can someone give me some mage tips?

currently i start off with 3 imperil cast, then t3, then t1/t2 clean up. this works fine for IWBTH but in PFFest my spark of life is getting triggered before i can even get my 3 imperils off. Am i doing this right?

currently only forged to 15 on each piece.
i know how minimal the benefits of forging past 25 on gear becomes and considering it's cloth, I can't imagine the defense bonus will be able to offset this kind of damage. is there a consensus on forge level to complete pffest?
i'm really hesitant to invest into my charged wind gear cause i'm getting slaughtered in pffest before i even reach round 500. with spirit elixiers i can last until 500-600 but the damage is so high and frequent i sometimes cant even get my 3 imperil cast off without spark of life being triggered. also my damage is kind of on the low end with only 4619MDB and 340% EDB && DDVI.

Always Featherweight charm your staff, its an extra percentage point in evade. I don't really have advice other than forging your gear. I used to have trouble in Pufdor item world when I didn't have my gear forged. Now I don't have trouble at all. I don't do grindfests all that much but I know charged is better for them I think. Gum and vase always makes you one shot everything too that's expensive thou. My only advice would be to forge your gear, use scrolls for the extra evade, aether shard, featherweight charm, and gum & vase for the later rounds if you can afford it. Its a double edged sword since forging for mage is really expensive.

This post has been edited by Hinoka: May 30 2020, 08:29

can someone give me some mage tips?

currently i start off with 3 imperil cast, then t3, then t1/t2 clean up. this works fine for IWBTH but in PFFest my spark of life is getting triggered before i can even get my 3 imperils off. Am i doing this right?

currently only forged to 15 on each piece.
i know how minimal the benefits of forging past 25 on gear becomes and considering it's cloth, I can't imagine the defense bonus will be able to offset this kind of damage. is there a consensus on forge level to complete pffest?
i'm really hesitant to invest into my charged wind gear cause i'm getting slaughtered in pffest before i even reach round 500. with spirit elixiers i can last until 500-600 but the damage is so high and frequent i sometimes cant even get my 3 imperil cast off without spark of life being triggered. also my damage is kind of on the low end with only 4619MDB and 340% EDB && DDVI.

Sorry to crush your dreams, but there is no way around suffering to clear PFFEST as mage.
The only thing you can do, is entering it with a (near) full forged set, use scrolls, health potions, and try to heal right before finishing the last cripple so that you enter the next round with full health.

I'd also highly advise you to fill your END PAB to the brim, so that you can get as many PMit and HP as possible from it. And have many points in AGI too, both for the evade and extra PMit. But of course, don't neglect the rest. You can leave INT and WIS slightly behind and compensate that with DD levels.

PFFEST is awfully difficult for everyone nowadays, even for mages with near maxed DD and bullshit high profs. That's mostly the fault of the ever stronger monster roster.

Some would also advise you to use the Scroll of Life like a pig to help you make it easier, but TBH it can become very expensive quickly, on top of creating an umbalance in your stocks of scrolls.

Considering my build as a heavy power armor and rapier + shield user, I use several support spells. Is it really worth to invest in the Innate Arcana hath perks, and if so to what level should I purchase?

Can i parry with a staff equipped? If so is it worth investing into DEX as a mage?

Considering my build as a heavy power armor and rapier + shield user, I use several support spells. Is it really worth to invest in the Innate Arcana hath perks, and if so to what level should I purchase?

Imo it is absolutly worth it to get the IA perk as 1H. And what level you should purchase depends imo on how much credits you actually want to spend for saving a few mana potion/draught. I mean in the end 1H does only need two support spells you even can set in a auto cast slot. Protection and Spirit Shield so i would say you would do fine with IA II. Every level above that is maybe a nice to have, sure as surer no must have.

Can i parry with a staff equipped? If so is it worth investing into DEX as a mage?

Yes, you can parry with a staff, and yes it is worth investing into Dex as mage, but how much exacly, well that is up to debate.

Can i parry with a staff equipped? If so is it worth investing into DEX as a mage?

yes you can parry, but it will not bring you much in defense. Your defense comes from AGI and END. You can put some points in DEX, it's much better than putting it in STR

Can i parry with a staff equipped? If so is it worth investing into DEX as a mage?

DEX is the second most important PAB to invest in, after END, since you get absolutely none from your equipment.
It's because it's the only source of Parry you can get, and almost all the attacks you'll receive are physical.

This post has been edited by decondelite: May 30 2020, 14:23

thanks for the tips. scrolls made such a huge difference, now i can do pffest up to 800 and spark of life almost never gets proc'd (after 800 still rough). putting more points in endurance and agi is a good idea too. sacrificing 20MDB for 500hp, more pmit and evade is definitely worth it.

maybe i will invest more into my mage gear but phazons went up by over 100k in the last month, not really sure i care that much about my mage build to indulge in those prices

This post has been edited by jackalo: May 30 2020, 17:42

Is it worth to invest into a legendary xxx power (piece) of yyy to replace a legendary aaa plate (piece) of bbb? If yes, why?

Is it worth to invest into a legendary xxx power (piece) of yyy to replace a legendary aaa plate (piece) of bbb? If yes, why?

So you ask why a Leg Power Armor would be better as a Leg Plate Armor? Well that is quite easy. Damage. A plate might have higher overall mitigation, but imo the difference isnt really high enough to compensate for the lack of additional damage power armor does give you. You have to keep in mind, that additional damage also means, higher clear speed and thereby lower number of possible monster attacks which means less overall damage you have to tank. But that doesnt mean you shouldnt upgrade your mitigations, because you shoud. And this does include Crushing, Piercing and Slashing.

Faster clear talks to me, alright I'll try and get a full set of power armor, thanks!

Quick question, what is the correct combination of Potencies, for Katanas?

I've never done the IW on a double-handed weapon, and I have several Katanas whit the Sufix Slaughter, one of which had better stats than the one sold at the previous auction, and I want to get the most value out of the weapon, I need those credits. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Quick question, what is the correct combination of Potencies, for Katanas?

I've never done the IW on a double-handed weapon, and I have several Katanas whit the Sufix Slaughter, one of which had better stats than the one sold at the previous auction, and I want to get the most value out of the weapon, I need those credits. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

As i remember i have allready told you, IW a weapon wont get you actually any additional credits in auction. It would just be a waste of amnesia shards on your side.

According to wiki (https://ehwiki.org/wiki/HentaiVerse_Settings#Challenge_Level), on PFUDOR "Random equipment drops will be at minimum Superior quality", this doesn't affect arena clear bonus? I've done the first 3 arena on PFUDOR and 2 times I got average quality.

This post has been edited by Evyy: Jun 1 2020, 10:42

this doesn't affect arena clear bonus?

No, it doesnt. From the arenas of the first page still have the chance to just give you average equipment as clear bonus.

Oh ok, thanks!

There's this wiki page to get an idea of which Arena Clear Bonuses can be affected by higher difficulties.

There's this wiki page to get an idea of which Arena Clear Bonuses can be affected by higher difficulties.

Ehm, your link just talks about trophies and the info that difficulty doesnt affect arena clear bonus was added shortly after i answered his question before someone thinks it would be a good idea to mention that it is written in his link.