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Heavy? You mean as in plate? Well of course that didnt work. Well i admit, 1H does need a bit of work to get of the ground. But it is worth it, no other style can get so invincible. But for 1H to actually work optimal, you would need to stop using haste and shadow veil, it is just that when you stop using them without having the propper equipment you will get your ass handed to you. And with propper i would mean in your case a full power armor set of protection. Not slaughter, or balance, not even warding, at least not at the beginning. You also need a weapon of slaughter, sure as sure not a club, its stun debuff will be mostly negated by the stun you get from counter attacks, and because stun doesnt stack, means you will have nearly nothing from the stun from the block. A rapier would be best imo, but a shortsword would work for the beginning and last but sure as sure not least the shield. Force Shield. The higher the block the better, the only thing i actually think is worth bothering would be the PAB it has, optimal would be SDE, but for the first shield any would do. Get your weapon IW, Butcher/Fatality would be best but for starter most any IW will do. Now get some prof, get some forging. On your weapon damage and parry, dex if you can. On your Shield block all the way, dex and end if you have and can. On your armor, PM, Dex and End. Some MM wouldnt hurt but that is a lower priority as long as your parry, block and PM is still low. Later on a optimal defensive build would be made of three protection and two warding. Because later on five protection would be more as you need and when you did reached that point magical attacks would be your weakness. There you are done, you reached the most easy and lazy style in all of HV, does even allow you to go PFUDOR easy.

Because that is the reason you are poor. Because you play at such a low difficulty that your drops arent worth anything and you dont even get much credits.

Hello,

Thank you. I'm looking at the equipment available on the WTS section, and it looks like I can only find exquisite or lower items that meet your criteria. Will that be acceptable? I'm probably too poor for a full auction-based regear, never mind the cost of IW'ing and upgrading the items.

Also, there are all these acronyms both in your post and in the forum that I don't recognize. EDB? DEA? SDE? PM? Is there a glossary somewhere?

Finally, does plate/1h kill faster or slower than light/2h on hell or lower difficulties?

Hello,

Thank you. I'm looking at the equipment available on the WTS section, and it looks like I can only find exquisite or lower items that meet your criteria. Will that be acceptable? I'm probably too poor for a full auction-based regear, never mind the cost of IW'ing and upgrading the items.

Also, there are all these acronyms both in your post and in the forum that I don't recognize. EDB? DEA? SDE? PM? Is there a glossary somewhere?

Finally, does plate/1h kill faster or slower than light/2h on hell or lower difficulties?

TBH i wouldnt go lower as exq at all. And with the IW i can help you. For the start absolutly any IW will do. And at the same time will make your stronger and should allow you to do any later IW yourself.

There, just a single minute searching in the wiki.
https://ehwiki.org/wiki/Acronyms

Also you really, really should play on anything lower as hell. You really shouldnt, not even at your level.

Eh, plate again? When people talk about heavy, they dont really mean plate. They mean power. Power armor gives you additional damage, plate doesnt. So i dont know how fast or slow 2h actually is, i never actually did bother to waste my time with it. But when you struggle even on lower difficulties, even if 1H wouldnt be faster, it would sure as sure be more comfortable, because when you finally got it going you will not have to heal as much, after a bit improving from that and if you actually insist in staying on lower difficulties -even when i wouldnt understand why, at least not in the longterm- you would need to never heal ever again.

Some mages did allready die in the secret pony level. The worst that did happen to my defensive 1H set was that i had to use cure four times.

This post has been edited by Uncle Stu: Aug 17 2021, 20:17

TBH i wouldnt go lower as exq at all. And with the IW i can help you. For the start absolutly any IW will do. And at the same time will make your stronger and should allow you to do any later IW yourself.

There, just a single minute searching in the wiki.
https://ehwiki.org/wiki/Acronyms

Also you really, really should play on anything lower as hell. You really shouldnt, not even at your level.

Eh, plate again? When people talk about heavy, they dont really mean plate. They mean power. Power armor gives you additional damage, plate doesnt. So i dont know how fast or slow 2h actually is, i never actually did bother to waste my time with it. But when you struggle even on lower difficulties, even if 1H wouldnt be faster, it would sure as sure be more comfortable, because when you finally got it going you will not have to heal as much, after a bit improving from that and if you actually insist in staying on lower difficulties -even when i wouldnt understand why, at least not in the longterm- you would need to never heal ever again.

Some mages did allready die in the secret pony level. The worst that did happen to my defensive 1H set was that i had to use cure four times.

My big concern then is getting the appropriate equipment. Since all I can find are exquisite items, how do I transition to power armor if exquisite is too low? The auctions seem very expensive, and even when I find a magnificent or higher item, it rarely meets the suffix specifications that you laid out. Everything else seems doable. I greatly appreciate your IW offer, and if I can find the appropriate equipment (and am able to afford it!), I may get back to you.

Secret level? So *That* is why some people have the text ponyslayer.

I'm confused. Should I use the term heavy, or power? I always thought heavy = plate, and power as a subset of plate. I'll use whatever term you want me to.

The reason I stayed on lower difficulties was precisely to avoid struggling. The fact that I recently had to heal at all during some random encounters disturbed me and is what prompted this inquiry.

I'm really sorry if I seem dense. I'm really just a casual. In fact, for the longest time I deliberately would lower my stamina to avoid leveling, because I heard it would make my playstyle harder, and I was too lazy to make the adjustment earlier.

This post has been edited by Somnophil: Aug 17 2021, 20:38

1h is OP, least sensitive to equipment figting style.
Any rapier, any force shield, 4 pieces of power armor, 1 piece of shielding plate armor, and you good to go for IWBTH nonSG arena clearing without much problems. RE even easier so probably can clear PFUDOR RE.

Any means Exq+, but on Isekai i played with superior kite shield till late 200lvls.

This post has been edited by Mud attheBaseofLotus: Aug 17 2021, 20:53

My big concern then is getting the appropriate equipment. Since all I can find are exquisite items, how do I transition to power armor if exquisite is too low? The auctions seem very expensive, and even when I find a magnificent or higher item, it rarely meets the suffix specifications that you laid out. Everything else seems doable. I greatly appreciate your IW offer, and if I can find the appropriate equipment (and am able to afford it!), I may get back to you.

It can be a little hard to find appropriately low level equipment at auction for someone of your level, but if anything did come up in your level range, it'd most likely only cost 50k - the minimum bid - unless it was particularly amazing.

Exquisite isn't really too low; many are playing on isekai with exquisite armor. The biggest thing you can do is try to get a magnificent or legendary weapon - either a shortsword of slaughter or rapier of slaughter - and a legendary force shield (doesn't matter what primary attributes it has, or the prefixes/suffixes).

But in a pinch, you can also use an exquisite or higher buckler of the barrier (again, any attributes, any affixes). Exquisites can be forged pretty cheaply (check HVMarket for materials).

Generally, don't bother buying stuff from the bazaar - it'll cost much more than it's worth, and there's usually a reason someone sold it there in the first place.

I'm confused. Should I use the term heavy, or power? I always thought heavy = plate, and power as a subset of plate. I'll use whatever term you want me to.

Heavy is the class of armors that include both plate and power; we would generally say heavy to refer to both, but plate is not commonly actually used because power is safe enough & offers much more damage. So realistically if someone says they're wearing heavy armor, that generally means a full set of power armor.

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I just want to give people the necessary information.

It can be a little hard to find appropriately low level equipment at auction for someone of your level, but if anything did come up in your level range, it'd most likely only cost 50k - the minimum bid - unless it was particularly amazing.

Exquisite isn't really too low; many are playing on isekai with exquisite armor. The biggest thing you can do is try to get a magnificent or legendary weapon - either a shortsword of slaughter or rapier of slaughter - and a legendary force shield (doesn't matter what primary attributes it has, or the prefixes/suffixes).

But in a pinch, you can also use an exquisite or higher buckler of the barrier (again, any attributes, any affixes). Exquisites can be forged pretty cheaply (check HVMarket for materials).

Generally, don't bother buying stuff from the bazaar - it'll cost much more than it's worth, and there's usually a reason someone sold it there in the first place.
Heavy is the class of armors that include both plate and power; we would generally say heavy to refer to both, but plate is not commonly actually used because power is safe enough & offers much more damage. So realistically if someone says they're wearing heavy armor, that generally means a full set of power armor.

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Okay. I don't the proper gear in the WTS section except a magnificient shortsword of slaughter that is only 30 levels above me (So I can soulfuse it). I don't see the shield that is specified, though. I can make the power armor work, but only if I soulfuse all of it since it is of wildly different levels of my own. Is that okay?

Would that produce faster gameplay than legendary/magnificent leather armor with a fully IW'd mace? My goal is not so much to advance as it is to just feed my monsters and distract myself from... more toxic mental compulsions.

Okay. I don't the proper gear in the WTS section except a magnificient shortsword of slaughter that is only 30 levels above me (So I can soulfuse it). I don't see the shield that is specified, though. I can make the power armor work, but only if I soulfuse all of it since it is of wildly different levels of my own. Is that okay?

Would that produce faster gameplay than legendary/magnificent leather armor with a fully IW'd mace? My goal is not so much to advance as it is to just feed my monsters and distract myself from... more toxic mental compulsions.

I think you have got lots of suggestions here. I will give you some summary.

1. Want to earn credit and become rich?
a. Find Free credit post in WTS page, get some free credits from other generous players
b. Are you willing to spend real world money in this HV game? If you were, buy a star and you will be rich, you life in HV will be tons better.
c. Make sure you clearly all the Schoolgirl(SG) arena everyday, if you feel unsafe or too time-consuming, go with lowest difficulty normal for SG arena, the drop rate of trophy is fixed at 10% for any difficulty levels, this is the most efficient way to earn credit for players at your level. DO NOT shrine the trophy, sell them on HV Market.

2. Make sure you play as much Random Encounter as you can, make sure you don't waste soul fragments on equip which is not Legendary or Peerless. Save them and trust me you will need lots of soul fragment.

3. You can stay at 2h light, but for you, go to 1h is still way better, or go to mage if you become super rich in the future.

make sure you don't waste soul fragments on equip which is not Legendary or Peerless. Save them and trust me you will need lots of soul fragment.

or go to mage if you become super rich in the future.

This is such a bad advice. Talking about Leg and Peerl when he is still worried to even get a Exq set. And while i agree that soulfragments shouldnt just spend on anything, for someone who does barely play and doesnt has much credits and is low level fusing a Mag when it is a decent piece is fine. And go mage? Yeah, cant see that happen from what he told us about his money situation, so what hell? In what way could that be a good advice for him? Because it isnt.

This is such a bad advice. Talking about Leg and Peerl when he is still worried to even get a Exq set. And while i agree that soulfragments shouldnt just spend on anything, for someone who does barely play and doesnt has much credits and is low level fusing a Mag when it is a decent piece is fine. And go mage? Yeah, cant see that happen from what he told us about his money situation, so what hell? In what way could that be a good advice for him? Because it isnt.

Don't get me wrong again man. My point is, DO NOT waste soul fragment on equips that are not leg or peerless. I am not saying he MUST have a leg or peerless. Please re-read my suggestions. One common mistakes that I believe many new players will make is wasting their valuable sould fragment on equips, which they realize that they are all rash in the future, just because they cannot find good equips they can equip at their level. It happens a lot as I have heard. So that's why I mentioned that. And for my advice of being a mage, I have clearly made the assumption that if he became RICH, maybe by selling a star.

Thanks for your honesty uncle, you are definitely a very nice, helpful, and enthusiastic person as we all have seen, but sometimes, I feel like you misunderstood others' opinions quite often. Maybe it is because I am not native English speaker so my written English was kind of unclear to you (though I have lived in the USA for more than 10 years including schooling and working). Anyway, again, thanks for point out this.

So... What should I do until I can obtain a full magnificent or higher set of power armor and the rapier of slaughter? Should I just buy pieces of equipment as they appear and I can afford them, and hold onto them until I have a full set? And what if soulfusing things is the only way to make them workable for my level?

I guess if its your first equipment and its higher level than you, then you have no much choice other than just soulfuse it.
But for replacement pieces, i'd say dont soulfuse it unless you gonna use it for at least a month. It is very depends of how often you play, for some people it could be as long as half a year.

But then again, how you gonna use equipment which level is higher then yours without soulfusing it, and at low level most equipment like this, while low level good equipment is a deficit so would be fight on auctions... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

So... What should I do until I can obtain a full magnificent or higher set of power armor and the rapier of slaughter? Should I just buy pieces of equipment as they appear and I can afford them, and hold onto them until I have a full set? And what if soulfusing things is the only way to make them workable for my level?

I suggest you should at least try to find the weapon within 100 lv. first...
You could soulfuse it, but not before doing simple IW10 on it...
This is IMO higher priority than armor...

As for power armor, just buy ones that aren't too far with your lv, maybe ~5/10 lv within your lv...
Don't buy one that have more than ~70 lv. than you so you could eventually use it without soulfusing...
this is in order not to waste soulfragment too much...
Before you could use new armor, just use the best one you have whether its plate or power...
Only soulfuse armor if it is really exceptional...

This post has been edited by Greshnik: Aug 18 2021, 18:13

So... What should I do until I can obtain a full magnificent or higher set of power armor and the rapier of slaughter? Should I just buy pieces of equipment as they appear and I can afford them, and hold onto them until I have a full set? And what if soulfusing things is the only way to make them workable for my level?

I searched my equip inventory and these are the only equips I found that might be "useful" for you.

Legendary Ethereal Rapier of the Nimble
Legendary Ethereal Shortsword of Slaughter
Legendary Fiery Wakizashi of Slaughter

Magnificent Power Boots of Warding
Magnificent Power Leggings of Warding
Legendary Amber Power Gauntlets of Warding
Magnificent Jade Power Armor of Warding
Legendary Amber Power Armor of Balance
Legendary Ruby Power Helmet of Balance
Magnificent Zircon Power Armor of Slaughter

Unfortunately, they are all “chicken ribs” which means that there is chicken meat on it so you don't want to waste and throw it away but there is only a little meat on it so not worth the effort to cook and eat it (it is an old slang). Soulbound any of the above equip is a bad idea for you as they are low quality equips and soulbound will cost you tons of precious soul fragment due to your 293 level. Maybe when you reach a higher level (around 330-ish) to be able to equip them without soulbound, you can ask me again and I can give some of them to you.

This post has been edited by davidtsu: Aug 18 2021, 18:41

Legendary Ethereal Rapier of the Nimble
Legendary Ethereal Shortsword of Slaughter

Excellent offhand and main hand for dw.

How does Monster Power Level and difficulty work?

I've done some item worlding and felt that the enemies in there were way harder than even in the arena (on nightmare, but even on normal they can hurt). I've not played for quite some time, so I have nothing upgraded in the item world yet, and it seems a bit too much of a significant factor. At least based on my short isekai experience, where the first thing I did was maxing out an average weapon I bought from the bazaar.
That said, is item world balanced based around rarity? I'm not even doing a super rare thing (exquisite), yet it feels a bit too much, in comparison to arena or whatever. The power level seem to be similar to what's in random encounters or the arena and regardless of difficulty. (900-1000, which actually feels rather high for my level, but I wouldn't know)

How does Monster Power Level and difficulty work?

I've done some item worlding and felt that the enemies in there were way harder than even in the arena (on nightmare, but even on normal they can hurt). I've not played for quite some time, so I have nothing upgraded in the item world yet, and it seems a bit too much of a significant factor. At least based on my short isekai experience, where the first thing I did was maxing out an average weapon I bought from the bazaar.
That said, is item world balanced based around rarity? I'm not even doing a super rare thing (exquisite), yet it feels a bit too much, in comparison to arena or whatever. The power level seem to be similar to what's in random encounters or the arena and regardless of difficulty. (900-1000, which actually feels rather high for my level, but I wouldn't know)

Item World ramps up massively as you go through more and more waves (the number being based on the quality of the item itself). The wiki lists the item exp-to-difficult ratio.

This post has been edited by votp: Aug 18 2021, 20:08

Item World ramps up massively as you go through more and more waves (the number being based on the quality of the item itself). The wiki lists the item exp-to-difficult ratio.

You don't wanna know how often I looked at that page, and somehow managed to overlook that. Yes, it makes sense now. I somehow thought only grindfest is like that, while arena definitely isn't. My isekai average I maxed had like 20 rounds, while this one is close to 60. No wonder it really hurts at the end.

Thanks. Makes me happy I didn't fall into the immediate legendary trap. That would've been even worse.

I suggest you should at least try to find the weapon within 100 lv. first...
You could soulfuse it, but not before doing simple IW10 on it...
This is IMO higher priority than armor...

As for power armor, just buy ones that aren't too far with your lv, maybe ~5/10 lv within your lv...
Don't buy one that have more than ~70 lv. than you so you could eventually use it without soulfusing...
this is in order not to waste soulfragment too much...
Before you could use new armor, just use the best one you have whether its plate or power...
Only soulfuse armor if it is really exceptional...

Got it. I'll look for the weapon. Regarding the armor, I kinda scrapped, sold, or bazaar'd everything but two sets of light armor, so the "best one I have" will still be stuff I have to buy new. Superior stuff picked up from the bazaar should be fine for getting started though, right?

This post has been edited by Somnophil: Aug 18 2021, 20:33

Got it. I'll look for the weapon. Regarding the armor, I kinda scrapped, sold, or bazaar'd everything but two sets of light armor, so the "best one I have" will still be stuff I have to buy new. Superior stuff picked up from the bazaar should be fine for getting started though, right?

Hmm...
Well, if your light set is better than superior I think its better to use it first while looking for heavy set...
Using superior at that lv. is kinda awkward... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Just remember don't mix light/heavy...