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"All trophies have 0.1% chance for Peerless" was from
https://ehwiki.org/wiki/Loot_Drop_Rolls
is it changed?

Changed? More like never true in the first place. Who wrote this?

Changed? More like never true in the first place. Who wrote this?

I changed it to:
All trophies have 0.0001% chance for Peerless

I think that's at least closer to reality, based on Blackjac's records.

I changed it to:

Well, when this is also wrong at least i know who to blame this time. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/duck.gif)

This post has been edited by Uncle Stu: Dec 13 2018, 17:56

on another topic, which one is better to upgrade my Magnificent Power Helmet of Protection???
currently I thinking between these one...
Legendary Mithril Power Helmet of Balance
Legendary Cobalt Power Helmet of Balance
or should I just change other eq. first and wait for a slaughter one to come???
my current eq. are these...
Main Shield Helmet Armor Gauntlets Leggings Boots
maybe I need to upgrade my shield first if I want to use them atleast till Lv. 400???

I would take Cobalt one. Closer to your level, can be used without Soulfusing (you can use it and then sell it back). Has higher chance to get useful Item World bonus (has elemental prefix, -1 in pool for bonus selection). Difference in damage is small ( partially compensated by higher attributes [compared at no or low level forging] ). Difference in cost can be used to forge other items (like weapon)...

I think:
- Yes, you need better helmet (around your level any Legendary or even Magnificent will be better).
- Block-wise shield is okay for your level (compared to a 20 forged 76% Legendary shield your block is less by 5%). But yeah, keep an eye out for a new Legendary one.

Just put it on a shortcut somewhere and occasionally click it when you feel like doing it, especially REs as those have 5x exp multiplier
after the preliminary grind to make it reach around your level, I believe using it only on the daily SGs arena would keep it equally around your level.
Haven't been grinding it at all since around lvl 400 and it's on 1:1 with my level so far

I use the mouse wheel up to cast Imperil. When done this way, only in-between rounds, turns/second need not drop at all. However it is difficult to know exactly when the last monster will die, so you could lose some turns/second there.

I've never used Imperil on schoolgirls (may start soon, as my mana supply is increasing) but my deprecating proficiency is 370 at level 360. I've been casting Weaken (and later Imperil) occasionally when I have too much mana since a very low level. I still feel that Imperil misses a lot at my current level, so single target Imperil isn't that great.

I wish there were a way to choose between single target Imperil and multiple target Imperil depending on how many monsters you are facing, or for it to get automatically cheaper on one monster.

well, if the goal is to get dep prof around my Lv., I already achieve it then..
atm Lv. 326, my dep prof is sitting on 339.042...
but when casting imperil on SG, sometimes I only need to cast once and sometimes I need to cast it twice or three time to connect...
at worst it even need 4-5 times to cast imperil successfully...
my question is, is it normal to happen when my dep prof is over my Lv.???
or because my WIS which is atm only 330+15 with magic hit rate 93.8%???
should I invest more in WIS, because usually I made it arround Lv.+5 point...

pretty much normal, even with my 0.37 depre prof factor and penetrator 5 on mage (637/465, 51.9% depre counter resist according to sssss2's HV utils) sometimes it still take 2-3 cast for them to connect.

20 times more exp but only 3-6 time more chance feel like that the equipment would too fast need to replaced.

that's why you buy from auction and soulfuse, and unless you're maging, some cheap magnificent equipments are fine too.


shield is not SDE, so it's relatively cheap, the armor is a cobalt slaughter, and I did PFFest with these equipment without any problem...

This post has been edited by Fudo Masamune: Dec 13 2018, 23:03

Using phone currently so can't type much, but you probably can benefit from getting a cotton of the elementalist as your effective elemental proficiency is a bit low.

Thank you, Much appreciated (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
but could I ask why cotton? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

STR -> 0
DEX -> your level / 2
AGI = END -> your level
INT = WIS -> as much as possible

EP elemental -> 660, get some shoes of elementalist

Better Imperil -> MAXIMIZE RIGHT NOW!!!
Better Arcane Focus -> maximize

don't waste points on unused elements, add them to magnet and silence for example, they're usefull against FSM and Dragons

Thank you very much, I really appreciate the detail. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

Get a better staff, forge it and get at least Penetrator5 if you are going to play at PFU.
I know it is costly, but it is a must for playing mage.
The impact of level scaling is moderate at your level so you may think this is not necessary,
but when you come around 400 it is very difficult to play at PFU with Magnificent build.

QUOTE(Ikki Pop @ Dec 12 2018, 02:05) *

DEX -> your level / 2

Too low.
It should be similar to your level to get some parry chance.

Thank you for the info and direction about my staff.
I'm not gonna worry about my DEX, maybe I'll compromise DEX = 3/4 MyLevel (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Extra spirit points means absolutly nothing for mages. They dont use spirit stance so the only use for them is the Spirit Shield and SoL and both dont use Spirit points as points but as percantages so having a few SP more or less means literally nothing.

Thank you appreciate the reply.
However spirit is important because of "Spark of Life" and since I play @ PFUDOR I get sparked back to life fairly often. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I also use Spirit Shield in tough battles

This post has been edited by Goodman2011: Dec 14 2018, 07:34

Thank you appreciate the reply.
However spirit is important because of "Spark of Life" and since I play @ PFUDOR I get sparked back to life fairly often. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I also use Spirit Shield in tough battles

You know that i am talking about SoL and Spirit Shield in the quote of me you have in your post? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) They both take a percentage. SoL uses all the time 50% of your SP. So when you have lets 1000 SP, it uses 500 SP. When you now increase your SP by lets say whole 100. SoL will use 550 SP. So having more SP means nothing in this case. And the same goes for Spirit Shield. When an hits you hard enough to trigger it and the attack will take lets say 5%. This attack will take 5% no matter what. Those 5% dont care if they are now made of 100 or 1000 SP. And no i didnt say that every usage of the Spirit Shield cost 5% it was just an example to show why as a mage you dont actually benefit from more SP. It doesnt hurt, it doesnt help you. It is just there.

And do you really have to make a new post for every single post you answer? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Thank you, Much appreciated (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
but could I ask why cotton? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Cotton is the only type of cloth armor that has the "of the elementalist" suffix, which provides bonuses to your elemental proficiency. Elemental proficiency is important because they:

1) Provide counter-resist and elemental mitigation reduction (which is crucial at higher difficulties)
2) Reduce the cast time of spells
3) Reduce mana cost of spells

Even ignoring 2) and 3), 1) is significant enough that you would want your proficiency factor (effective proficiency divided by your level) to be somewhat close to 1.7, which (I think) is not possible unless you have at least one piece of your armor being a cotton of the elementalist.

What difficulty are you playing at, and what is your typical spells sequence for a round (e.g. imperil all monsters, then electric spells until they are dead?).

As a side note, if you are not planning to upgrade your armor soon, I would send it off for IW service (simple IW - they are not worth specific potencies IW) and then soulfuse. Same thing for the staff, though I second the suggestion to upgrade staff if you have funds - aim for a shocking willow staff (with a good suffix - preferably destruction). Legendary Shocking Willow Staff of Destruction will be out of your price range unless you are lucky (I got my staff for 350k, but I think normally even with those rolls you are probably looking at a bit higher than that), but magnificent shocking willow of destruction or a legendary staff with non-optimal suffixes should still be decent upgrades.

Also, not sure if you are actually trying 1h mage with the waki & buckler in your post - those are not what you want for 1h mage, but I'll hold off on explanations since I assume you are probably using staff 100% of the time.

And do you really have to make a new post for every single post you answer? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Aye. Multi-quote is the way.

Aye. Multi-quote is the way.

Yeah, that has never worked for me. So i just quote, write my answer and just copy past the whole post and quote another post when i actually need to. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

You know that i am talking about SoL and Spirit Shield in the quote of me you have in your post? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) They both take a percentage. SoL uses all the time 50% of your SP. So when you have lets 1000 SP, it uses 500 SP. When you now increase your SP by lets say whole 100. SoL will use 550 SP. So having more SP means nothing in this case. And the same goes for Spirit Shield. When an hits you hard enough to trigger it and the attack will take lets say 5%. This attack will take 5% no matter what. Those 5% dont care if they are now made of 100 or 1000 SP. And no i didnt say that every usage of the Spirit Shield cost 5% it was just an example to show why as a mage you dont actually benefit from more SP. It doesnt hurt, it doesnt help you. It is just there.

And do you really have to make a new post for every single post you answer? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Thanks, and sorry for all the posts. I thought I was thanking different people for different posts so that is why I made different posts replying to each of them. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Ok I just read wiki on spells: SOL Do not know what is "enough" and how is it derived?
I thought it was 10% of base SP. But it does not state that and I quote:

"Any attack that would one-shot a target with 2 or more HP leaves it alive but on the brink of defeat. The buff is removed when triggered (and 50% of the player's base SP is consumed). If the player does not have enough SP remaining the trigger will fail and the player will die. "

Anyway, so your saying doesn't matter how much you have to begin with, because the point at which SOL does not trigger because spirit is too low, is the same fraction/percentage ~4 triggers.

Thanks

This post has been edited by Goodman2011: Dec 14 2018, 08:58

Ok I just read wiki on spells: SOL Do not know what is "enough" and how is it derived?

Ehm, it is kinda obvious. I mean you did even quote the answer yourself. When SoL does consume 50% of your SP, so enough had to be enough for it to consume, so 50% and above.

Btw i dont know this because i dont use SoL, but i wonder does it really use 50% of the whole SP? Can a SoL use confirm this? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Ehm, it is kinda obvious. I mean you did even quote the answer yourself. When SoL does consume 50% of your SP, so enough had to be enough for it to consume, so 50% and above.

Btw i dont know this because i dont use SoL, but i wonder does it really use 50% of the whole SP? Can a SoL use confirm this? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

I believe it's base spirit and since almost everyone slot SP tank ability (+100%), it ended up using 25% of max SP or something.
and yeah, that's about right I guess..



max SP is 1956
0.75*1956 = 1467
after spark is 1452 (1437 before 15 SP refreshment), quite possible it wasn't 100% full when it sparked or something.

Thanks, and sorry for all the posts. I thought I was thanking different people for different posts so that is why I made different posts replying to each of them. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Ok I just read wiki on spells: SOL Do not know what is "enough" and how is it derived?
I thought is was 10% of base SP. But it does not state that and I quote:
Anyway, so your saying doesn't matter how much you have to begin with, because the point at which SOL does not trigger because spirit is too low, is the same fraction/percentage ~4 triggers.

Thanks

The threshold is calculated in Monsterbation: minSP = 0.5-0.5*spboost/(spboost+100)

That formula seems to work. So the boost skills have use, but the base SP does nothing. It doesn't matter if you start with 1000, or 2000 full. It's all percentages.

The threshold is calculated in Monsterbation: minSP = 0.5-0.5*spboost/(spboost+100)

That formula seems to work. So the boost skills have use, but the base SP does nothing. It doesn't matter if you start with 1000, or 2000 full. It's all percentages.

Thanks I knew from playing/using it, that it uses like 25% or 4 triggers before SOL fails.
Is this the same with Spirit Shield and Spirit Stance, doesn't matter how much SP you have?

This post has been edited by Goodman2011: Dec 14 2018, 08:48

The same with Spirit Shield and Spirit Stance, doesn't matter how much you have?

I'm only talking about mages: yes for shield. Stance, mages don't use stance.

I'm only talking about mages: yes for shield. Stance, mages don't use stance.

ok Thank you.
I guess silly me, because I do use stance. Maybe it isn't efficient, but I do when ~2/3 enemies are dead or I'm low on mana.
"https://ehwiki.org/wiki/Spirit_Stance"

This post has been edited by Goodman2011: Dec 14 2018, 09:05

didnt read all post about mage.
i need a element Destruction staff with 5 penetrator.
cloth Proficiencies better than damage?
why using Elec? didnt 9/13 monster has 25% Elec Resistances?

holy and dark use like 4 time more mana does they do more base damage
or just because most monster are not Resistance to it?

how equipment condition works,
start lower stats below 100%?

This post has been edited by reigenxd3: Dec 14 2018, 14:16

I don't know why, but I heard that dual wielding (DW) is not good.
Why is it no better than 1 handed?