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Hello! I'm trying to decide what hath perk(s) to invest in. I've got innate arcana 4 and postage paid. Currently, I have 1k hath and 1.3m credits (looks like it'd buy me 400 hath). I play 1H heavy armor and am level 247.

My scripts mention I don't have coupon clipper every time I buy catalysts so I thought I should buy that, but a comment here from around May said it wasn't worth it. I haven't been able to clear two levels of Ring of Blood, so I'm considering Tokenizer 1 and thinking cap 1. I saw both, along with DD recommended in a comment from November.
I don't have any particular goals, just leveling and getting better gear.

Daemon Duality I is expensive and completely worth it. Tokenizer 1 isn't really worth it yet imo. It's great when you play a lot of item world and grindfest, but in arenas a lot of the tokens you get are end of battle bonuses and not affected by tokenizer. Vigorous Vitality is a great defensive boost, giving +10% base health, which also boosts healing. Thinking cap is good for more experience, but do the adept learner training up to 230 or so first as that's a better deal. Coupon clipper costs about 3 million credits, so you'd have to spend 30 million credits in the item shop for it to be worth it.

Daemon Duality I is expensive and completely worth it. Tokenizer 1 isn't really worth it yet imo. It's great when you play a lot of item world and grindfest, but in arenas a lot of the tokens you get are end of battle bonuses and not affected by tokenizer. Vigorous Vitality is a great defensive boost, giving +10% base health, which also boosts healing. Thinking cap is good for more experience, but do the adept learner training up to 230 or so first as that's a better deal. Coupon clipper costs about 3 million credits, so you'd have to spend 30 million credits in the item shop for it to be worth it.

This is great, thank you so much! I've only gotten Adept Learn up to 100, so I'll focus on training that after I finish ability boost for lvl 250 abilities. I think I'll try to save up for DD I, but get VV if I hit a wall with difficulty/surviving fights.

At what point am i supposed to be able to beat A Dance with Dragons as a 1h melee? I can't see myself doing 90 rounds on PFUDOR at the moment.

At what point am i supposed to be able to beat A Dance with Dragons as a 1h melee? I can't see myself doing 90 rounds on PFUDOR at the moment.

I am NO expert, but I generally beat a new arena challenge on Normal first to get the reward, then work on beating it at higher levels. Also, once you see special monsters each round (they are red/purple on my UI), then I try to slow/silence those to mitigate damage and then imperil/kill it first before killing the less deadly enemies.
It also helps to use infusions before the battle. You can use a voidseeker shard (lasts 60m) and two different infusions (lasts 15m) on your weapon.

This post has been edited by FootIdeeFixe: Dec 30 2022, 02:52

At what point am i supposed to be able to beat A Dance with Dragons as a 1h melee? I can't see myself doing 90 rounds on PFUDOR at the moment.

Well I am a newbie too, but I think that is related to your equipment
Currently I can beat A Dance with Dragons as 1h melee with the following equipment

Magnificent Ethereal Rapier of the Banshee
Magnificent Amber Force Shield of Deflection
Legendary Ruby Power Helmet of Protection
Exquisite Cobalt Power Armor of Warding
Peerless Jade Power Gauntlets of Protection
Magnificent Ruby Power Leggings of Protection
Exquisite Amber Plate Sabatons of Protection

I have got OFC and I need to keep on using all draught. But that is a terrible experience, as I took about 40 minutes to finish that........

This post has been edited by billgates2114: Dec 30 2022, 06:08

Well I am a newbie too, but I think that is related to your equipment
Currently I can beat A Dance with Dragons as 1h melee with the following equipment

Magnificent Ethereal Rapier of the Banshee
Magnificent Amber Force Shield of Deflection
Legendary Ruby Power Helmet of Protection
Exquisite Cobalt Power Armor of Warding
Peerless Jade Power Gauntlets of Protection
Magnificent Ruby Power Leggings of Protection
Exquisite Amber Plate Sabatons of Protection

I have got OFC and I need to keep on using all draught. But that is a terrible experience, as I took about 40 minutes to finish that........

I'm still working on getting my equipment up2date so maybe that's it.

Well I am a newbie too, but I think that is related to your equipment
Currently I can beat A Dance with Dragons as 1h melee with the following equipment

Magnificent Ethereal Rapier of the Banshee
Magnificent Amber Force Shield of Deflection
Legendary Ruby Power Helmet of Protection
Exquisite Cobalt Power Armor of Warding
Peerless Jade Power Gauntlets of Protection
Magnificent Ruby Power Leggings of Protection
Exquisite Amber Plate Sabatons of Protection

I have got OFC and I need to keep on using all draught. But that is a terrible experience, as I took about 40 minutes to finish that........

them exquisite armors hinder you. possibly even the lack of END on that shield. for now, try to look for replacement for armors (body slot in particular) and IW10 the rapier for elemental strike, that should already boost your firepower a bit.
don't bother about draughts, pretty much everyone keeps them on.
also, i assume that your abilities are all slotted already.

At what point am i supposed to be able to beat A Dance with Dragons as a 1h melee? I can't see myself doing 90 rounds on PFUDOR at the moment.

it's related to your equips, perks, abilities etc etc. it's impossible to say it without knowing a bit more. i'd say somewhere inbetween lv300-310 range

I am NO expert, but I generally beat a new arena challenge on Normal first to get the reward, then work on beating it at higher levels. Also, once you see special monsters each round (they are red/purple on my UI), then I try to slow/silence those to mitigate damage and then imperil/kill it first before killing the less deadly enemies.

not possible with DWD. DWD is locked at PF difficulty. also, imperiling schoolgirls is good if you want to clear the quest within a reasonable time, but when your survivability is still low you may want to clear some of the other fodders first

This post has been edited by Scremaz: Dec 30 2022, 14:41

At what point am i supposed to be able to beat A Dance with Dragons as a 1h melee? I can't see myself doing 90 rounds on PFUDOR at the moment.

When you unlock it. It might not be fun, but it's definitely possible. Weaken is your friend. You should also try to have a Rapier, Force shield and as much power armor as you can. The weapon should be maxed in the item world (though soon that will change?), and maybe forged a little.
The shield's block should be forged as much as you can provided it's a keeper for a decent while. Forging block is relatively cheap, so while you still end up losing something, it's not nearly as much as with weapons. When you salvage equip you get quite a bit of used up materials, too.

Don't forget to have the typical stuff like spirit shield always on.

it's related to your equips, perks, abilities etc etc. it's impossible to say it without knowing a bit more. i'd say somewhere inbetween lv300-310 range

When you unlock it. It might not be fun, but it's definitely possible. Weaken is your friend. You should also try to have a Rapier, Force shield and as much power armor as you can. The weapon should be maxed in the item world (though soon that will change?), and maybe forged a little.
The shield's block should be forged as much as you can provided it's a keeper for a decent while. Forging block is relatively cheap, so while you still end up losing something, it's not nearly as much as with weapons. When you salvage equip you get quite a bit of used up materials, too.

Don't forget to have the typical stuff like spirit shield always on.

Well my current equip is bad i guess, especially the boots lol. Any tips on what i should be replacing asap?
Peerless Shocking Shortsword of Slaughter
Exquisite Force Shield of Warding
Magnificent Cobalt Power Helmet of Protection
Magnificent Onyx Power Armor of Protection
Magnificent Zircon Power Gauntlets of Warding
Exquisite Power Leggings of Warding
Superior Power Boots of Balance

Working on getting the sword to IW10 rn and i already have a replacement for the Leggings in 10 levels time.
What abilities should i always use? Right now i usually do Regen+Spirit Shield+Heartseeker and spam Imperil. If it gets though i also add Shadow Veil, should i be using Better Haste and Better Protection too?
Gonna try Weaken next time, never used that before.

Well my current equip is bad i guess, especially the boots lol. Any tips on what i should be replacing asap?
Peerless Shocking Shortsword of Slaughter
Exquisite Force Shield of Warding
Magnificent Cobalt Power Helmet of Protection
Magnificent Onyx Power Armor of Protection
Magnificent Zircon Power Gauntlets of Warding
Exquisite Power Leggings of Warding
Superior Power Boots of Balance

Working on getting the sword to IW10 rn and i already have a replacement for the Leggings in 10 levels time.
What abilities should i always use? Right now i usually do Regen+Spirit Shield+Heartseeker and spam Imperil. If it gets though i also add Shadow Veil, should i be using Better Haste and Better Protection too?
Gonna try Weaken next time, never used that before.

shield!

Shield has by far the highest prio.
Sword is end-game good.

Then after shield + forge of shield a bit: replace boots and leggings. or just replace them with self drops

yes better protection is essential.

This post has been edited by Noni: Dec 30 2022, 20:42

Got it, going to be looking for shields in WTS section.. I already have Better Protection maxed so i guess ima autocast it.

Dear experts.
I'm not clear on what I should be selling and what I should be salvaging. It seems that scraps that you get from <=average equipment are worth more than the Mid/High Grade mats I get from salvaging superior equips. Should I set it to auto salvage Average and below and auto sell Exquisite and below? What about Mag items? Should I be selling those in the WTS forum?

Dear experts.
I'm not clear on what I should be selling and what I should be salvaging. It seems that scraps that you get from <=average equipment are worth more than the Mid/High Grade mats I get from salvaging superior equips. Should I set it to auto salvage Average and below and auto sell Exquisite and below? What about Mag items? Should I be selling those in the WTS forum?

Oh I think I found the answer to my own question! Guess that makes me the expert (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
It looks like HV Utils can tell you what's better for each item! I think it even uses the current market value of each grade of material or maybe it's just hard-coded if it doesn't fluctuate very often.

I wasn't far off that it's usually better to sell Sup and above and Salvage Average and below with a few exceptions around Crude pieces but even those and tiny differences (like 10 credits).

By default it also locks the below types of equipment from being selected when bulk selling/salvaging so I guess those can all go on a WTS thread (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cool2.gif)

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Peerless
Legendary
Magnificent && Rapier && Slaughter
Magnificent && (Force Shield || Buckler && Barrier)
Magnificent && Fiery && Redwood && (Destruction || Elementalist || Surtr)
Magnificent && Arctic && Redwood && (Destruction || Elementalist || Niflheim)
Magnificent && Shocking && (Willow || Redwood) && (Destruction || Elementalist || Mjolnir)
Magnificent && Tempestuous && (Willow || Redwood) && (Destruction || Elementalist || Freyr)
Magnificent && Hallowed && (Oak || Katalox) && (Destruction || Heaven-sent || Heimdall)
Magnificent && Demonic && (Willow || Katalox) && (Destruction || Demon-fiend || Fenrir)
Magnificent && (Radiant || Charged) && Phase
Magnificent && Charged && (Elementalist || Heaven-sent || Demon-fiend)
Magnificent && (Savage || Agile) && Shadowdancer
Magnificent && Power && Slaughter

them exquisite armors hinder you. possibly even the lack of END on that shield. for now, try to look for replacement for armors (body slot in particular) and IW10 the rapier for elemental strike, that should already boost your firepower a bit.
don't bother about draughts, pretty much everyone keeps them on.
also, i assume that your abilities are all slotted already.
it's related to your equips, perks, abilities etc etc. it's impossible to say it without knowing a bit more. i'd say somewhere inbetween lv300-310 range
not possible with DWD. DWD is locked at PF difficulty. also, imperiling schoolgirls is good if you want to clear the quest within a reasonable time, but when your survivability is still low you may want to clear some of the other fodders first

Thanks a lot for the advice
I don't know if weaken is necessary or not, as I do not put my points on better/faster weaken
But all the 1H, heavy armor abillities are slotted
For the equipment, honestly I don't know how to find the lv300 heavy armor...........
most WTS heavy armor are in ~lv350........

For Legendary items like Axes and Leather and the like, is it better to simply salvage them rather than selling? I noticed that they don't really sell in auctions unless they're of a specific prefix and suffix.

I'm curious - is anyone out there an endgame level 2H/light build? It seems like most people are either mages or 1H/heavy. Have I chosen a dead-end path LOL? I don't mind progressing slowly - I still never play above Nintendo, but I hope it will be possible at SOME point to play at PFUDOR. (My equipment is still nothing great, since I rely on drops rather than buying on the forums. Feels more like actual adventuring that way...)

For Legendary items like Axes and Leather and the like, is it better to simply salvage them rather than selling? I noticed that they don't really sell in auctions unless they're of a specific prefix and suffix.

Very good slaughter axe has some use in end-game. Leather, no use. Salvage only if the value of the materials+core is higher than what the bazaar offers for it. It's just a matter of optimizing the income. I use HV Utils to help me see what's better. You do need to update the material prices every now and then though.

I'm curious - is anyone out there an endgame level 2H/light build? It seems like most people are either mages or 1H/heavy. Have I chosen a dead-end path LOL? I don't mind progressing slowly - I still never play above Nintendo, but I hope it will be possible at SOME point to play at PFUDOR. (My equipment is still nothing great, since I rely on drops rather than buying on the forums. Feels more like actual adventuring that way...)

2h is just very bad, compared to all other styles. It just has too little defense, and unlike mage, it does very little damage. So in the end it's almost impossible to stay alive in PFFEST. 2h heavy may be a bit better in end-game, with a mace for stun, but still.... DW is safer, stronger, 1h is much safer and still strong, and mage is just much much faster.

I'm curious - is anyone out there an endgame level 2H/light build? It seems like most people are either mages or 1H/heavy. Have I chosen a dead-end path LOL? I don't mind progressing slowly - I still never play above Nintendo, but I hope it will be possible at SOME point to play at PFUDOR. (My equipment is still nothing great, since I rely on drops rather than buying on the forums. Feels more like actual adventuring that way...)

2h is just very bad, compared to all other styles. It just has too little defense, and unlike mage, it does very little damage. So in the end it's almost impossible to stay alive in PFFEST. 2h heavy may be a bit better in end-game, with a mace for stun, but still.... DW is safer, stronger, 1h is much safer and still strong, and mage is just much much faster.

I'm not a 2H player although, but as far as I know 2H is far enough to survive in PFUDOR arena without need that really good equips. As my test in Isekai the 2H even performs better defensive than Niten, and in the non-SG normal arena the 2H is not really worse than DW, too. The main problem for 2H is that it works bad against SG, that will consume you lots of time.
According my few play experience in Isekai, I would say the both Mace/Estoc is OK for a normal player to play the arena, try make good use of the 2H skills, and with some use of weaken you should able to play in higher difficulty. The 2H equips are cheap, buying some is a good opinion, but if you want to try collecting by yourself, you should also try higher difficulty, as higher difficulty drops better equips
Pretty anon is a 2H player, he have the 2H record in IW/Pfest with Longsword and light armor. And he should still playing 2H at least in Isekai, you may ask him if you need detail advice

I'm not a 2H player although, but as far as I know 2H is far enough to survive in PFUDOR arena without need that really good equips. As my test in Isekai the 2H even performs better defensive than Niten, and in the non-SG normal arena the 2H is not really worse than DW, too. The main problem for 2H is that it works bad against SG, that will consume you lots of time.
According my few play experience in Isekai, I would say the both Mace/Estoc is OK for a normal player to play the arena, try make good use of the 2H skills, and with some use of weaken you should able to play in higher difficulty.

Thanks. Yeah, I have to rely heavily on 2H skills to soften up groups of enemies, which is why playing arenas is actually easier than random battles at higher levels. When playing arenas, they start off with fewer enemies, giving me a chance to build up overcharge to use my skills. But if I get a random encounter with a full compliment of enemies, it's hard to survive long enough to build the overcharge needed to use skills. I can scrape by on IWBTH, but a random encounter with the max number of enemies on PFUDOR is too much for me to survive (with my current stats/equipment, anyway).

A NEW QUESTION: Can anyone tell me what happens if I soulfuse equipment that's above my level? Do the equipment's stats decrease? Do they not ever increase until I reach the same level the item was originally?

Thanks. Yeah, I have to rely heavily on 2H skills to soften up groups of enemies, which is why playing arenas is actually easier than random battles at higher levels. When playing arenas, they start off with fewer enemies, giving me a chance to build up overcharge to use my skills. But if I get a random encounter with a full compliment of enemies, it's hard to survive long enough to build the overcharge needed to use skills. I can scrape by on IWBTH, but a random encounter with the max number of enemies on PFUDOR is too much for me to survive (with my current stats/equipment, anyway).

A NEW QUESTION: Can anyone tell me what happens if I soulfuse equipment that's above my level? Do the equipment's stats decrease? Do they not ever increase until I reach the same level the item was originally?

you can soulfuse equipment higher than you level, but not more than lv 100
that is, if you are at lv298, you can soulfuse equipment at lv398
the stat will then grow with your level

It is better to soulfuse equipment with at least magnificent or above as the soul fragment are very valuable