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Have soul fragment drop patterns changed? I recall getting a flat 5 per RE, I've had several I noticed today without a fragment drop. I only really noticed on my latest RE because I only got one drop in total from all mobs - I thought all mobs were guaranteed to drop something on RE. Probably should have screenshotted, but came here to see if this is normal, just unlikely.

Have soul fragment drop patterns changed? I recall getting a flat 5 per RE, I've had several I noticed today without a fragment drop. I only really noticed on my latest RE because I only got one drop in total from all mobs - I thought all mobs were guaranteed to drop something on RE. Probably should have screenshotted, but came here to see if this is normal, just unlikely.

I think it's normal, i got 50-60 souls a day from 20-22 RE in a day (max 24 RE a day)...

Apparently I'm about as observant as a ostrich then. Please excuse my ignorance, maybe all the IW runs making me dumb

I actually have a question about the armor selection against monsters. I remember people talking about wearing armors of slaughter for maximum damage output, especially if they have the savage prefix.

I am a power armor user. Which power armors should I focus on wearing if they are not armors of slaughter?

Should I focus on protection or warding armors for power armor?

Does having a mix of the two armors work better? If so, which sections of the outfit should I wear either protection or warding? (Ex: Gauntlets of Warding and Boots of Protection)

I am a power armor user. Which power armors should I focus on wearing if they are not armors of slaughter?

Should I focus on protection or warding armors for power armor?

Does having a mix of the two armors work better?

common consensuous if protection is better. personally i wouldn't see anything bad in a mix due to how stats are added, like 3 protection + 2 warding. or 2 protection + 2 warding + 1 balance. something like that. should also be better for your wallet.

as for which ones, well... depends on what you can find.

I actually have a question about the armor selection against monsters. I remember people talking about wearing armors of slaughter for maximum damage output, especially if they have the savage prefix.

I am a power armor user. Which power armors should I focus on wearing if they are not armors of slaughter?

Should I focus on protection or warding armors for power armor?

Does having a mix of the two armors work better? If so, which sections of the outfit should I wear either protection or warding? (Ex: Gauntlets of Warding and Boots of Protection)

Slaughter is always preferred if you play 1H + power, but it's pretty costly so the next best option is protection or warding.
Protection is since most enemy use physical attack while warding is because the most dangerous attack that can kill you is usually a high amount of magic damage since power armor naturally have lower magic mitigation, a mix of both might be a good idea.
Dampening can be a good choice too since heavy armor is kinda low on crushing mitigation mmm...

This post has been edited by VawX: Mar 29 2018, 13:14

Dampening can be a good choice too since heavy armor is kinda low on crushing mitigation mmm...

There is no power armor of dampening though.

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From my actual experiences, if you want high speed clearance time, use slaughter (but expensive), and the minus side of slaughter is using too many cures/health draughts and i hate that. So now i'm using 1 protect (2 in near future) + 3 warding (2 in near future) + 1 slaughter and no cure/health draught needed...

If you want to use full slaughter you should full forging the whole set to get the best experience in battle (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/faint.gif)

Edit : this week's auctions almost have the whole set of slaughter like last 2 weeks

This post has been edited by igs88: Mar 29 2018, 15:43

Experts, how is LDKD compared to LDWD?
Also I see people have different opinions on the stats. Some say MDB is priority, others say EDB matters more. I just want to know how to evaluate a good willow staff

In my experience, LDWD is better than LDKD, mainly because of the CR. But you can still play decently with a katalox. Just slightly slower.

I value MDB over EDB in a staff. But if you can afford both, it's even better. You can still play with lower stats staff, just slightly slower.

I value MDB over EDB in a staff.

which makes me wonder: is the total firepower still something like MDB * ( 1 + EDB) ?

It should be. And in most cases base mdb point is more or less same as base edb.
For example, if we have 30 base mdb and 86 edb, it gives at 500 level ~12970 magic score. With 30/60 forge its 17485. Now 31 mdb increases to 13065/17656 and 87 edb to 13086/17646. With full 50/100 forge its 19003 and 18983. So usually difference is extremely minor and we can count just sum of mdb+edb in staff for comparison.

Would this https://hentaiverse.org/equip/149619853/4377ce5aac be worth soulfusing?

Would this https://hentaiverse.org/equip/149619853/4377ce5aac be worth soulfusing?

What's your fighting style?

What's your fighting style?

1 hand with force shield.

1h with force shield pretty much solely uses Rapier of Slaughter. You can probably sell the waki, but it's very bad for 1h.

1 hand with force shield.

Auction it, make money, and upgrade your (almost) equipment set to rapier + force shield + all power armor...

Would this https://hentaiverse.org/equip/149619853/4377ce5aac be worth soulfusing?

I don't think you should soulfuse it NOW, however...
...its the best you can get as 1h wind mage, and its totally worth a lot. So if you're planning to play later as 1h wind mage (waki+buckler+cloth), then its worth soulfusing but i'd recommend doing it only when you get cloth gear. Its pretty useless for melee (unless you go niten, which isn't that good anyway and i don't know much about), so either keep it for now or sell it if you need credits (just don't rush, auction is the best option).

Edit:

A battlecaster wakizashi would be better for 1h mage

lolno.

This post has been edited by quitetanky: Mar 30 2018, 03:45

on the other hand, it's very good for DW. possibly even for niten

on the other hand, it's very good for DW. possibly even for niten

If only DW or niten were any good... Wait, why would you need waki for dw? Wouldn't going dw become completely useless if you don't try to get as much damage output as possible or else you end up with something inferior to 1h in any situation? For me the case was that dw outdamaged 1h until like lvl 320, or probably earlier.
Tru stori: was building shade DW build for months, yesterday was dicking around with power selfdrops, nothing particular, just a few exquisites, modified persona and equipped everything just to check stats for 1h, then forgot to switch back and went doing arenas. Was surprised when trash power with 1h outperformed my specialized for arenas dw build. Did some testing, and well, now 1h peforms as good as dw but is much simpler and safer. Also later that day found out that my 1h shade tank is better for iw then perma-frd dw build which i had specifically for iw. Now need to sell tonns of equipment i was buying for future dw use.

I don't think you should soulfuse it NOW, however...
...its the best you can get as 1h wind mage, and its totally worth a lot. So if you're planning to play later as 1h wind mage (waki+buckler+cloth), then its worth soulfusing but i'd recommend doing it only when you get cloth gear. Its pretty useless for melee (unless you go niten, which isn't that good anyway and i don't know much about), so either keep it for now or sell it if you need credits (just don't rush, auction is the best option).

A battlecaster wakizashi would be better for 1h mage, nonetheless this weapon is a good option for those who run 1h mage or niten. I would rather sell it than soulfusing.