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Thank you~~May I ask one more question?

Sometimes in the battle window, monster box becomes temporarily red then goes back to normal again? What does this mean? For reference, I have monsterbation and HVUtils scripts activated when battling.

EDIT: It looks like this but I have no idea why as this only happens to some of the monsters



This post has been edited by Saioux: Jan 27 2019, 01:31

Actually, I would say it's a toss up between good rapier and good shield, but I don't think you can afford a good shield just yet... rapier and shield are higher priorities than armor.

Actually, I would say it's a toss up between good rapier and good shield, but I don't think you can afford a good shield just yet... rapier and shield are higher priorities than armor.

I am currently using lv170 Exquisite Hallowed Rapier of Slaughter.

Jantch generously donated a Gold Coupon to me, and I used it and got Magnificent Fiery Wakizashi of Balance. Did I fuck up big time? I kinda feel bad as the coupon probably could've been used better in someone else's hand...

Just level up for now and save funds for a better rapier and shield.

It's okay you got the Waki. No one really expects good things from coupons.

In retrospective just selling it could've been better, but that's a shitty thing to do with something I got as a donation lol.

Thank you for your help!

Thank you~~May I ask one more question?

Sometimes in the battle window, monster box becomes temporarily red then goes back to normal again? What does this mean? For reference, I have monsterbation and HVUtils scripts activated when battling.

EDIT: It looks like this but I have no idea why as this only happens to some of the monsters

It occurs because Monsterbation is waiting for the monster database to reply for the update request.
But when it's only 1 or 2 monsters out of the batch, then it means that this monster in particular needs to be updated, so you should scan it (while it is not afflicted by any malus, though stunned and bleeding wound are tolerated).

I'm sorry if the monster database is having hickups. I haven't had time yet to check why it's having trouble at irregular intervals.

Thank you~~May I ask one more question?

Sometimes in the battle window, monster box becomes temporarily red then goes back to normal again? What does this mean? For reference, I have monsterbation and HVUtils scripts activated when battling.

EDIT: It looks like this but I have no idea why as this only happens to some of the monsters

IIRC Monsterbation has an option to highlight monsters not in the database. You can either scan them (if data transmission is activated), ignore it, or toggle it off in the script.

Edit: Beaten by decondelite.

This post has been edited by Nicosai: Jan 27 2019, 02:09

when did HGC drop in price so much ? and is there a reason behind that?

Is the most important supportive spell for survivability Protect? If I were to get one slot for IA, should I use it for Protect or Spark of Life?

Should I not use haste? I've read it's bad for1H+Heavy

This post has been edited by Saioux: Jan 27 2019, 04:26

I've been meaning to ask, but don't the monsterbation have a major security error for the database it's hosting (a.k.a allowing anyone to modify)? Anyone can screw up the data it have...

This post has been edited by ihatenamingthings: Jan 27 2019, 04:32

when did HGC drop in price so much ? and is there a reason behind that?

The value dropped about 6 months ago.

Basically it is the traditional situation between supply (high) and demand (low).

In addition, over time, players of higher levels (and/or richer) already have high forge level equipment (or even full forge). So they do not need much material (or none).

Is the most important supportive spell for survivability Protect? If I were to get one slot for IA, should I use it for Protect or Spark of Life?

Should I not use haste? I've read it's bad for1H+Heavy

Haste is less useful for 1H Heavy. It does boost your survival a bit, so it's really situational, as you shouldn't have issues with survival anyway.

I don't do 1H Arena, but I maintain a 1H set for RE, and spark is a good IA choice, because unlike the other buffs, it's the only one that could "run out" before it's duration. This means if you proc spark frequently, it's a lot better to IA spark, as it's a permanent spark effect.

You could abuse that with OFC to do early PFU RE. The trick is to cast (almost all) supportive buffs including haste, then start hitting / curing until you reach ~210 OC. Activate Spirit stance -> OFC for a wipe. If they burst'd you to low health (~30%), keep hitting and let spark proc. On top of tanking a large hit with a bit of HP and SP, you also get a strong defensive buff for ~2 rounds.

Is it just me or occasionally arena runs is 3x as hard as it normally is?

Some runs I get sparked at the first round, had to cure ~2x a round (early on), and getting nuked every other turn down to 30%.

Some I hold down a single key, and wouldn't even take more than 10% damage per round. Feels like a forced death/ difficulty spike for no particular cause, no gear/level/difficulty change, at all.

Do you have any specific arena in mind?

nothing in particular. The one just now was To Kill A God. I cleared in reverse from End of Days, and it was relatively uneventful.

It wasn't last round or anything, it's very early on. Suddenly they all start hitting like a truck from the first round. I've noticed that yesterday, even the ~30 rounds sometimes feel the same.

Edit: Happened again at Exile, ran out of mana due to non-stop need for cure and died. Took ~same damage in 57 rounds as I took on my entire End of Day run.

This post has been edited by ihatenamingthings: Jan 27 2019, 07:08

Well, today is holy day. So with the right monster in that round that should explain it.

damage is mostly piercing, little to none magic damage though?

How do you determine which monster to kill/weaken/silence first? I'm trying out RE @ IWBTH, and sometimes I just get killed instantly,

Should I configure monsterbation so that hp bar length is relative to HP, and kill of weaker monsters? As for silencing, do I do that based on their mp bar or sp bar or both?

damage is mostly piercing, little to none magic damage though?

Well holy day is about holy damage, magic or physical. But when the damage was just from piercing attacks i would say, that your block and parry rng just let you down. I suggest get more of both and of course dont forget your mitigations.

How do you determine which monster to kill/weaken/silence first? I'm trying out RE @ IWBTH, and sometimes I just get killed instantly,

Should I configure monsterbation so that hp bar length is relative to HP, and kill of weaker monsters? As for silencing, do I do that based on their mp bar or sp bar or both?

You mean when there are just normal monster around? Not at all, sometimes i kill from the top, other times i kill from the botton, but that has more to do with where my mouse cursor is at that time as with what monster i encounter. When you get killed instantly, you are playing on the wrong difficulty. Use a lower difficulty, get stronger and try it again after you got stronger.

Thank you for your reply. So you mean I should set arena at difficulty for which I don't have to debuff monsters to survive?

Also, do you have some idea about the block change and parry chance one can achieve around lv300? Right now my block and parry chances are 43.5 and 24.9 %, respectively.