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I've been saving hath to get Crystarium V perk and am close to the amount for it. Because of the changes related to precursor artifact rewards and the common practice of playing on hell in grindfest, I am unsure if it is worth it at this point. What I am asking is if it is better for me to invest in other perks that would make it easier for me to grind more efficiently.

These are my current hath perks:

Thinking Cap
Innate Arcana V
Crystarium IV
Tokenizer I
Dæmon Duality I

Also, when using infusions with physical weapons, is it mor efficient to use an infusion with the same elemental property (EX: Fire Strike-Infusion of flames) or the opposite element for status effects (EX: Fire Strike-Infusion of frost) ?

If your goal is simply to "grind more efficiently", I would suggest increasing your difficulty from Hell to as high as you can handle. You could then put the credits that you would have spent on Crystarium V into forging your gear (though with the next update changing how forging works, who knows if doing that now will be worth it), buying new gear, switching from melee to mage, or saving up for a Gold Star (very expensive, but it's very much worth it).

Infusions of the element that your weapon already has will do nothing. It just adds a strike temporarily, and if the weapon already has that strike, then it doesn't do anything. If your weapon is IW10, then you already have two, void and <element>. You can have up to 3 strikes at a time, so you should apply the infusion whose type is boosted for the current day.

When will the Future Changes to Equipment Mechanics be deployed to Persistent? Is this moment still a good time to soulfuse and upgrade some expensive equipments?

This post has been edited by aaadka: Apr 26 2023, 16:13

When will the Future Changes to Equipment Mechanics be deployed to Persistent? Is this moment still a good time to soulfuse and upgrade some expensive equipments?

No one knows for sure. As the changes will be very large, the new patch that should have been released at the beginning of the year was postponed without a scheduled date. I find it very likely that the release will be next semester (July or August). So, I don't think it's time to invest in IW and upgrades (unless you really need to do this to improve your gameplay, and you think it's worth even for only 3 or 4 months).

When will the Future Changes to Equipment Mechanics be deployed to Persistent? Is this moment still a good time to soulfuse and upgrade some expensive equipments?

Soulfuse should be okay. Tenb mentioned that equip will still be usable after patch and Soulfuse would still exist in some form. Upgrade, I would still do it but it would be a gamble. Personally I would gamble on some kind of compensation for lower level players and if we don't get that, at least playing would be better for you now.

Edit: ok you're not low level but still I'd go for it. Living on the edge.

This post has been edited by Noni: Apr 26 2023, 17:37

Thank you for your advices!

Monsterlab, what is the strategy for a casual player? I currently have 14 monsters, 8 under level 100, 3 in 100-200 bracket, 2 in 200-300 bracket and 1 300+

Monsterlab, what is the strategy for a casual player? I currently have 14 monsters, 8 under level 100, 3 in 100-200 bracket, 2 in 200-300 bracket and 1 300+

Unlock as many monsters as you can. Only choas scavenger and keep them low level. You'll maximize your gift output that way.

Hello again, I've got a couple more questions if you all don't mind.

For one, since I'm thinking about buying mage gear I've decided to wait till level 400 to be able to soulfuse level 500 gear. Is it worth it in the meantime to buy some legendary 1H gear to help out currently? I currently handle everything I'm doing on IWBTH, but PFUDOR is still pretty annoying. Credits and exp are slow, so I figure it'll be a while to both get level 400 and to afford a set.

Also, what percentiles are considered good enough to purchase/keep items with? I have the script that shows them but I'm not really sure what's good enough in each category to want to stick with for a while.

Hello again, I've got a couple more questions if you all don't mind.

For one, since I'm thinking about buying mage gear I've decided to wait till level 400 to be able to soulfuse level 500 gear. Is it worth it in the meantime to buy some legendary 1H gear to help out currently? I currently handle everything I'm doing on IWBTH, but PFUDOR is still pretty annoying. Credits and exp are slow, so I figure it'll be a while to both get level 400 and to afford a set.

Also, what percentiles are considered good enough to purchase/keep items with? I have the script that shows them but I'm not really sure what's good enough in each category to want to stick with for a while.

I see you don't have any donation so your leveling up towards lv400 would cost a few month at least. And yes, buying some 1H equipment to solid your experience in IWBTH and PFUDOR is essential. My wind mage was fully operating when I was lv400, and it did took me a long time to play on 1H (~4 month as a gsc member). Before you actually become a mage, you still have something to do, i.e. pick your element, find 1 piece of elementalist and 4 pieces of phase of that element, and one willow of destruction. Those will cost you by ~5M to 10M depends on your rivals on auction and those items' quality. Further you'll probably spend ~10M to forge all of them. The IW of your staff may also take you a few weeks to finish.

conclusion: yes, you should go get a decent 1H set and you will have to use them for quite a long time.

One question about monsterlab.

If I have enough slot of monsters, would it be efficient if I create lv 30 monsters only and just leave them undruged and staved? Or maybe only feed all of them once then leave them untill they all vanished then just create new sets? Feeding high level monsters seems to cost a lot and they just don't bring the cost back in a short period of time.

One question about monsterlab.

If I have enough slot of monsters, would it be efficient if I create lv 30 monsters only and just leave them undruged and staved? Or maybe only feed all of them once then leave them untill they all vanished then just create new sets? Feeding high level monsters seems to cost a lot and they just don't bring the cost back in a short period of time.

hmmm I haven't done that math. Creating a new monster costs crystal+token, and making a lv25 monster stronger takes a bit of crystal and keeps him happy. I'd expect that it's cheaper to just feed the lv25 monster crystals when they are unhappy, and then use the tokens for new ones or for upgrading scavenger. Because, that raises the chance of double gifts. Surely that's more effective than creating new ones all the time

I was graciously donated
[286758101] Legendary Demonic Wakizashi of the Nimble (Lv.277)
by Timothy_L. Which upgrade and potency should on I focus if I want to use this in Arena once I soulfuse it? I have 2mil credit so looking to be efficient with money. This will be for my DW build on offhand.

I was graciously donated
[286758101] Legendary Demonic Wakizashi of the Nimble (Lv.277)
by Timothy_L. Which upgrade and potency should on I focus if I want to use this in Arena once I soulfuse it? I have 2mil credit so looking to be efficient with money. This will be for my DW build on offhand.

overpower5 + anything you get with it.

Thanks Noni. So potencies is more important that forge upgrades. Do you know how much Amnesia Shards it typically take to get a desired level 5 potency? Current IW service charges 800k. I wonder if buying Amnesia Shards shard from the market is cheaper.

Thanks Noni. So potencies is more important that forge upgrades. Do you know how much Amnesia Shards it typically take to get a desired level 5 potency? Current IW service charges 800k. I wonder if buying Amnesia Shards shard from the market is cheaper.

The energy drinks (and time consumption) are what makes it expensive, not amnesia shards. Personally i was lucky and it took me like 4 EDs and 2 or so hours to get Butcher lvl.5 and Fatality lvl.4 on my shortsword.

Two hours?! That seems unrealistically quick. How many amnesia shards did you have to use? A rough estimate is find too since I want to estimate the cost for reforging to overpower5

Two hours?! That seems unrealistically quick. How many amnesia shards did you have to use? A rough estimate is find too since I want to estimate the cost for reforging to overpower5

takes me about 15 minutes at a leisurely pace to do 100 rounds of IW at PFUDOR, i reforged only like 5 times maybe until i got the potencies i wanted. So that's about 50 for a peerless equipment.

Hmm ok thanks for the info. It's a dent in cost with my current credit saved but not too bad. I hope to achieve your pace one day. My current pace is ~20min with my DW build at school girl arena (80 rounds) at Hell difficulty (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Please give me some advice about farming crystal in Grindfest.
1) Which challenge level should I choosing, should I play as PFUDOR ?
2) Is there a number of round should I reach then exit and start play from round 1 again, or should I play through all 1000 rounds ? I'm mean what is best strategy for blance between time consuming and crystal harvest ?
Thank you for reading.

Please give me some advice about farming crystal in Grindfest.
1) Which challenge level should I choosing, should I play as PFUDOR ?
2) Is there a number of round should I reach then exit and start play from round 1 again, or should I play through all 1000 rounds ? I'm mean what is best strategy for blance between time consuming and crystal harvest ?
Thank you for reading.

harvesting crystals: you need the Crystal perks, all of them if you can. Then, above round 500 the crystal drop is max, before that it's lower. So try to do as many rounds above 500 as you can. Also you need to play on IWBTH at least to make it profitable for the stamina consumption. I'd personally prefer PFUDOR but IWBTH is good enough. I'd say on PFUDOR, you'd probably flee at round 800. IWBTH you probably reach 1000.