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When you upgrade an item's stat that is further boosted by IW, does the upgrade only apply to the original or both? E.g. a willow staff has 10% counter-resist and you give it Pen5. If you upgrade its CR by 50%, is it +5% or +15%?

When you upgrade an item's stat that is further boosted by IW, does the upgrade only apply to the original or both? E.g. a willow staff has 10% counter-resist and you give it Pen5. If you upgrade its CR by 50%, is it +5% or +15%?

Iirc the bonus from IW comes last. Also what percentaces do you now actually mean? Because upgrades mean less and less the higher the upgrade is.

When you upgrade an item's stat that is further boosted by IW, does the upgrade only apply to the original or both? E.g. a willow staff has 10% counter-resist and you give it Pen5. If you upgrade its CR by 50%, is it +5% or +15%?

You can't upgrade Counter-Resist.

Is a Waki of Swiftness useful for Niten or DW ? Should I pair it with a Rapier or something else ?

Is a Waki of Swiftness useful for Niten or DW ? Should I pair it with a Rapier or something else ?

I would prioritize Balance or Nimble as opposed to swiftness.

I would prioritize Balance or Nimble as opposed to swiftness.

I've recently got a Leg. Ethereal Club of Balance, I was thinking of using it as main hand in DW, with the Leg. Fiery Waki of Swiftness in offhand, since it has good stats overall, nice parry on top of attack speed ...
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In wiki, it is written that

499? Gifts may now include High-Grade materials

Does here "?" represent that it is not confirmed!

This post has been edited by ALL_MIGHT: Sep 5 2018, 03:52

Something like that. But even if it actually starts at 499, it would maybe mean one HG Mat every two or three months, so going beyond 500 is adviced.

Oh... the horror of multi-element-spell micromanagement...

Anyway,

using the right setup, any T1 spell will deal more damage than whatever bonus damage coming from those -25 elemental mitigation.

which means

1. you don't actually need to care about cool-down by spamming T1 spell while waiting for T2/T3 spell cooldown
2. whatever time spent micromanaging the spell status effect exploit are wasted time compared to watching T1 spell steadily melt the enemies.

but yeah, if that's only for fun, then it's your choice.

T3 Wrath of Thor hits for AVERAGE of 25000 elec damage
T2 Chained Lightning hits for AVERAGE of 18000 elec damage
T1 Shockblast hits for AVERAGE of 12000 elec damage
T3 Flame, Cold, Wind blasts for AVERAGE of 15000 fire damage
T3 Paradise Lost hits for AVERAGE of 15000 holy damage
T3 Ragnarok hits for AVERAGE of 15000 dark damage
+15% Damage to afflicted (Breached Defense, Burning Soul, Deep Burns, etc...)
-You drain 45 points of mana
-You drain 783 points of health
-Vital Theft hits for 436 damage.

So yes T1 Shockblast being < 1/3 the mana but only 5 targets is good for spamming.

T3 Wrath of Thor hits for AVERAGE of 25000 elec damage
T2 Chained Lightning hits for AVERAGE of 18000 elec damage
T1 Shockblast hits for AVERAGE of 12000 elec damage
T3 Flame, Cold, Wind blasts for AVERAGE of 15000 fire damage
T3 Paradise Lost hits for AVERAGE of 15000 holy damage
T3 Ragnarok hits for AVERAGE of 15000 dark damage
+15% Damage to afflicted (Breached Defense, Burning Soul, Deep Burns, etc...)
-You drain 45 points of mana
-You drain 783 points of health
-Vital Theft hits for 436 damage.

So yes T1 Shockblast being < 1/3 the mana but only 5 targets is good for spamming.

this is 20 round run average equip IW on IWBTH difficulty, using same weapon and equip, same ability setup, the only difference is the first one using exclusively Elec spell (because the equip is an elec mage equip)
I simply change the spell rotation.

Elec spell rotation is using highest tier possible whenever available.
Rainbow spell rotation = wrath of thor - flames of loki - fimbulbetr - storms of njord (actually, tier them as tier 4-3-2-1 and use the highest tier available, but it should generally follow the rotation - except when there's some break from the rotation due to using healing spell or using items/gems)

Elec exclusive :


rainbow :


The 1 element exclusive took 366 turn, while the rainbow one took 405 turn, that's 10% increase in time. and I believe that difference will only increase the better your equip for the specialized element is, the higher difficulty is, and the longer the round are. for example, here's the same IW run using dark element, using better dark mage armor and exclusively using dark spell.



¯\(ツ)/¯
but yeah, sure, if you're happy with your playstyle, don't make me stop you.

Should I try this shield instead of my current one? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Should I try this shield instead of my current one? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

For 1H,i think you should not

For 1H,i think you should not

+1

For 1H,i think you should not

+1

Ok, thanks. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

this is 20 round run average equip IW on IWBTH difficulty, using same weapon and equip, same ability setup, the only difference is the first one using exclusively Elec spell (because the equip is an elec mage equip)
I simply change the spell rotation.

Elec spell rotation is using highest tier possible whenever available.
Rainbow spell rotation = wrath of thor - flames of loki - fimbulbetr - storms of njord (actually, tier them as tier 4-3-2-1 and use the highest tier available, but it should generally follow the rotation - except when there's some break from the rotation due to using healing spell or using items/gems)

Elec exclusive :


rainbow :


The 1 element exclusive took 366 turn, while the rainbow one took 405 turn, that's 10% increase in time. and I believe that difference will only increase the better your equip for the specialized element is, the higher difficulty is, and the longer the round are. for example, here's the same IW run using dark element, using better dark mage armor and exclusively using dark spell.



¯\(ツ)/¯
but yeah, sure, if you're happy with your playstyle, don't make me stop you.

Wow, that's a detailed analysis. THANKS
If only MS updates could be half as through, maybe the 5 computers I've had to reinstall windows for friends because MS updates corrupts the SFC database! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) BTW: I in favor a 30 year pain and suffering class action suite against MS. Who's with me? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Anyway, nice scripts, I hope that was a 400 round battle script too.
I haven't done "A Dance with Dragons" because it takes 150 rounds. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
Someday I'll read the scripts to make sure their aren't any extra-wares in them & then use them.
But as I've said before my "No-Script" Add-On won't be happy with me. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

What does the Counter-Parry Item Potency actually affect?

Does it boost Counter AND Parry? Counter ON Parry? Counter on Block/Parry?

What does the Counter-Parry Item Potency actually affect?

Does it boost Counter AND Parry? Counter ON Parry? Counter on Block/Parry?

PFD monsters sometimes parry your attacks. It prevent the parry of monsters.

So, I know that PL 500 is the benchmark for monsters to start bringing you HG mats.

Is there any sort of benchmarks I can follow for what is best to put your crystals into? Like, is putting crystals in your monster from 25 -> 100, or 25 ->300 totally useless, because only when you tick 500 do they give anything better?

So, I know that PL 500 is the benchmark for monsters to start bringing you HG mats.

Is there any sort of benchmarks I can follow for what is best to put your crystals into? Like, is putting crystals in your monster from 25 -> 100, or 25 ->300 totally useless, because only when you tick 500 do they give anything better?

Yeah, imo everything between 25 and 500 does not matter at all. Except you care actually about a few more MG Materials. So somewhere above 500 would be the first mark. Just you have to keep in mind even a whole bunch of 500+ monster dont bring you that much HG mats. They will do it every now and then so in the end every level you increase them when they are allready above 500 does actually increase the chance for HG. And the second important mark would be 750, some people would say now because it eliminates the chance for LG mats, but imo the chance for them are even below 750 allready so low that it does not matter much. I would say because it has of course a higher HG chance as 500, it lowers the moral drain what will in the end save you some Happy Pills and imo the most important reason for this mark, the switch from edibles to cuisine. And imo the last important mark is 1250 another reduced moral drain, higher HG chance and it is allready a PL they appear even to Lvl 500 and get scanned. Some people may now say but what about 1500? For the 100% HG chance? Yeah, i am aware of that. But when i look at the cost i am not sure if this would ever worth it. And think everything around 1500 or even higher is just for showing off.

Does that help?

edit: typo

This post has been edited by Uncle Stu: Sep 7 2018, 05:33

Yeah, imo everything between 25 and 500 does not matter at all. Except you care actually about a few more MG Materials. So somewhere above 500 would be the first mark. Just you have to keep in mind even a whole bunch of 500+ monster dont bring you that much HG mats. They will do it every now and then so in the end every level you increase them when they are allready above 500 does actually increase the chance for HG. And the second important mark would be 750, some people would say now because it eliminates the chance for LG mats, but imo the chance for them are even below 750 allready so low that is does not matter much. I would say because it has of course a higher HG chance as 500, it lowers the moral drain what will in the end save you some Happy Pills and imo the most important reason for this mark, the switch from edibles to cuisine. And imo the first important mark is 1250 another reduced moral drain, higher HG chance and it is allready a PL they appear even to Lvl 500 and get scanned. Some people may now say but what about 1500? For the 100% HG chance? Yeah, i am aware of that. But when i look at the cost i am not sure if this would ever worth it. And think everything around 1500 or even higher is just for showing off.

Does that help?

Yes, perfect, thanks Uncle. Pretty much exactly what I was asking for.