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Monster edible prices seem to have ballooned, is there a particular reason behind it, or is it just the price finally catching up to demand?

I believe it is a matter of demand. This is because it is very easy and cheap to create monsters with PL > 250.

30m? Yeah you should be able to know at least 10 minutes off that.

Sounds good to me. Should I focus on getting radiant pieces too to make up for the lost firepower of redwood, or are charged phases still gonna be good enough to accomplish that?

Sounds good to me. Should I focus on getting radiant pieces too to make up for the lost firepower of redwood, or are charged phases still gonna be good enough to accomplish that?

if you never want to play grindfest then radiants are better since you don't have to race the imperil in arenas.

This post has been edited by Acetominaphene: Jul 3 2023, 01:53

This is my first question.
In a recent random encounter, I was defeated in a single turn with "Spark of Life" on and full SP, which never happened to me before. What would be causing this case? For example, was it because I took more than 1 fatal damage in that single turn?

This is my first question.
In a recent random encounter, I was defeated in a single turn with "Spark of Life" on and full SP, which never happened to me before. What would be causing this case? For example, was it because I took more than 1 fatal damage in that single turn?

Does your max health end in 1 or 6? Due to a bug, that can cause spark to not work. You can add or remove 1 point of endurance to fix it.

Does your max health end in 1 or 6? Due to a bug, that can cause spark to not work. You can add or remove 1 point of endurance to fix it.

No, my max health ends in 9, but I was not at max health in that turn. I also cast arcane focus in that turn though.

No, my max health ends in 9, but I was not at max health in that turn. I also cast arcane focus in that turn though.

Did you also have spirit shield active? You may have taken enough damage that your SP went too low for spark to work. Arcane Focus has a long cast time, so you could have taken hits from several monsters in that 1 turn.

Example: Monster A, B and C hit you with raw damage that would normally insta-kill you, so spirit shield converts some of A and B's attack to SP damage, and your health is low enough that C's would kill even if spirit shield kicked in, so spark should save you, but SP is now too low to activate so spark fails and you die.

Did you also have spirit shield active? You may have taken enough damage that your SP went too low for spark to work. Arcane Focus has a long cast time, so you could have taken hits from several monsters in that 1 turn.

Example: Monster A, B and C hit you with raw damage that would normally insta-kill you, so spirit shield converts some of A and B's attack to SP damage, and your health is low enough that C's would kill even if spirit shield kicked in, so spark should save you, but SP is now too low to activate so spark fails and you die.

No, I did not cast spirit shield. I auto-cast hasten and spark of life in that battle, then I successively cast protection, regeneration, arcane focus in each turn and I was defeated suddenly.

No, I did not cast spirit shield. I auto-cast hasten and spark of life in that battle, then I successively cast protection, regeneration, arcane focus in each turn and I was defeated suddenly.

probably bad luck, I think you may have run out of mana for instance. Then the auto-cast stuff stops. Or, by pure chance you ended up at health 1 instead of 0 or lower. And at 1, the spark won't trigger anymore.

probably bad luck, I think you may have run out of mana for instance. Then the auto-cast stuff stops. Or, by pure chance you ended up at health 1 instead of 0 or lower. And at 1, the spark won't trigger anymore.

But the situation when the spark is triggered and the health is 1 occurred to me many times. How to explain this?

This post has been edited by TwistedCrows: Jul 5 2023, 09:03

But the situation when the spark is triggered and the health is 1 occurred to me many times. How to explain this?

if your spark triggers, your health will always be 1.
if your health is 1, your spark will not trigger again.

So that means if your health is 1 and you do not receive excessive damage, your spark will not trigger because you are not about to die*. By the mean time, if you do not increase your health, you will be defeated in the next tick if you fail to evade any further damage.

Additionally, there is a bug which your spark will fail to trigger when your max health is end by 6 or 1. Adjust your endurance point to avoid that.

This post has been edited by Acetominaphene: Jul 6 2023, 23:28

if your spark triggers, your health will always be 1.
if your health is 1, your spark will not trigger again.

So that means if your health is 1 and you do not receive excessive damage, your spark will not trigger because you are not about to dead. By the mean time, if you do not increase your health, you will be defeated in the next tick if you fail to evade any further damage.

Additionally, there is a bug which your spark will fail to trigger when your max health is end by 6 or 1. Adjust your endurance point to avoid that.

OK, that's it. Sincere thank for your explanation!

New to the game here, need some advice. Long story short after reading from the wiki's I ended up using 1H + Shield + Heavy armor. Currently at lvl 170 on Nintendo difficulty

Some questions on top of my mind:

1. Is Heavy Armor still recommended for 1H + Shield playstyle? was just wondering if the wiki is still up to date.
2. Is the game intended to be played in PFUDOR difficulty? I find myself struggle in the last difficulty, and I found the game challenging enough on current diff (nintendo)
3. I've read that if we made a thread we'll be getting 2x EXP from the forum, is this still valid? and does it need to be a thread or reply like this counts?

Thanks in advance everyone.

This post has been edited by emptywaves: Jul 7 2023, 11:03

New to the game here, need some advice. Long story short after reading from the wiki's I ended up using 1H + Shield + Heavy armor. Currently at lvl 170 on Nintendo difficulty

Some questions on top of my mind:

1. Is Heavy Armor still recommended for 1H + Shield playstyle? was just wondering if the wiki is still up to date.
2. Is the game intended to be played in PFUDOR difficulty? I find myself struggle in the last difficulty, and I found the game challenging enough on current diff (nintendo)
3. I've read that if we made a thread we'll be getting 2x EXP from the forum, is this still valid? and does it need to be a thread or reply like this counts?

Thanks in advance everyone.

1. Yes, definitely.
2. Not at your level, no. It's recommended to play the hardest difficulty you can handle comfortably due to better drops and rewards, but don't make yourself miserable. Level scaling makes it easier to handle higher difficulty at higher levels.
3. Any forum post within the last 30 days will do. So you're set for the next 30 days, but feel free to post more!

Thanks for the detailed answers, much appreciated

I play with 1H+heavy.
I have been reading this long forum and learned that block rate is most important for 1H+heavy, but most experts recommend power armor.
So I have a question.
Why is power armor preferred over shielding plate? I am using some shielding plate pieces and am happy with the survival rate in PFUDOR random encounters, should I still switch to power armor?

I play with 1H+heavy.
I have been reading this long forum and learned that block rate is most important for 1H+heavy, but most experts recommend power armor.
So I have a question.
Why is power armor preferred over shielding plate? I am using some shielding plate pieces and am happy with the survival rate in PFUDOR random encounters, should I still switch to power armor?

shielding is not needed, because a legendary force shield + block fully forged gives you so much block already. That's already more than enough for surviving PFUDOR. So why not use the other pieces of equipment to speed up your play? Power gives ADB boost - more damage, so faster. That's why. Shield for block, rest for offense.

shielding is not needed, because a legendary force shield + block fully forged gives you so much block already. That's already more than enough for surviving PFUDOR. So why not use the other pieces of equipment to speed up your play? Power gives ADB boost - more damage, so faster. That's why. Shield for block, rest for offense.

Thanks for the reply.
As far as I can see in the bazaar, shields with lower required level have lower block rate and shields with higher required level have higher block rate.
At my level (266lvl) it is difficult to get shields with high blocking rate, so I think I will continue to use shielding plate for a while.

Thanks for the reply.
As far as I can see in the bazaar, shields with lower required level have lower block rate and shields with higher required level have higher block rate.
At my level (266lvl) it is difficult to get shields with high blocking rate, so I think I will continue to use shielding plate for a while.

that's not how HV equip work. If you get a legendary force shield (almost) any legendary force shield is good enough. And some magnificent force shields as well. If you soulfuse, you bind to your level and the equip stats scale with your level. So in the end, you should only look at the BASE block (hover over) not the block you see.
Just install life-percental-ranges script and everything is clear.

Just install life-percental-ranges script and everything is clear.

Speaking of which, what's the best/preferred font people use for HV?