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I would like to be able to access my settings page while montage-ing. currently montage seems to lock out EVERYTHING, including the settings page.

Is this a question? If you are wondering whether it is ever going to happen, the answer is no. Tenboro would either have to re-write how the settings page works or how the montage system works. He is not going to waste his time doing either.

Is this a question?

Yes.

About montages: speculation as to how Tenboro chooses to waste his time aside, the idea is that you're supposed to leave it running overnight, while you're asleep. Or whenever it is that you sleep. And you probably don't want to be changing your settings in your sleep - who knows what you might end up doing?

I have to ask because I'm worried I may screw up, and I didn't really get the answers I found through searching so I will be specific: How does selling items to other users work exactly?

I see one way is for the user to transfer credits through User CP and, I assume, you send the item through MoogleMail (In-between question: does that cost credits for the Seller?), but I guess that needs a lot of trust on the selling user and since I'm basically a newbie... Is there a way to secure the transaction?

The other way I'm not sure I understood correctly. What I got is: You attach the item to a mail, set up a price (COD?), but have to pay 10% of that price so it basically ends up costing 10% more for the buyer. Is that how it works? And what if they never reply, does the item ever return?

Thanks in advance.

MoogleMail COD is basically the only way of securing the transaction. The 0.4.0 release notes should tell you everything you need to know.

I see one way is for the user to transfer credits through User CP and, I assume, you send the item through MoogleMail (In-between question: does that cost credits for the Seller?), but I guess that needs a lot of trust on the selling user and since I'm basically a newbie...

It doesn't require that much trust for the seller if you send your credits first.

Is there a way to secure the transaction?

Without costing additionally credits? No. But that was the point of the COD.

The other way I'm not sure I understood correctly. What I got is: You attach the item to a mail, set up a price (COD?), but have to pay 10% of that price so it basically ends up costing 10% more for the buyer. Is that how it works?

Well, it does not inherently cost 10% more to the buyer, but most sellers would pass along the cost to the buyer.

And what if they never reply, does the item ever return?

You can withdraw the message. You, however, don't get a refund for the 10% cost on the COD. (The seller is the one who pays it when they sell the item).

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Damn you Sayo and your answering first...

This post has been edited by Boggyb: Feb 5 2010, 04:55

It doesn't require that much trust for the seller if you send your credits first.

I meant in the sense that you have to trust the seller to send the item after you send the credits. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

Thanks both of you.

I meant in the sense that you have to trust the seller to send the item after you send the credits. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

Thanks both of you.

Oh, you probably don't have to worry too much about any of the people running the shops in the WTS threads. Only one of the posters there is that much of a dick to not send it after taking your credits. (I'll not say who because people might think that is my own opinion of the poster influencing that, even though the guy IS a royal dick).

I meant in the sense that you have to trust the seller to send the item after you send the credits. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

It's really in the seller's best interest not to cheat you by not delivering. They're trying to make a bigger profit than the shop normally gives, which they can only do if they can maintain good relationships with buyers willing to pay more than the shop. If it's references you want, I could PM you a list of people I've bought from repeatedly. Of course, since I'm also a seller, you may not trust me, either. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

It's 50%, although I've never seen one that was actually that high. I have at least 2 in the 40 range, and one of those is an old Magnificent, so you have basically 0 chance to ever see one maxed.

50% PA or 50% ET?
It would be magnificent to have a 40% PA rapier (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Are you fighting legacy battles? This is the old system where you fight in the ad space and only get three actions: Fight, Magic, Legendary.

Yes.
Is this a bad thing, fighting in Legacy mode?

Also, how do you start Item World?

It's 50%, although I've never seen one that was actually that high. I have at least 2 in the 40 range, and one of those is an old Magnificent, so you have basically 0 chance to ever see one maxed.

50% PA or 50% ET?
It would be magnificent to have a 40% PA rapier (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

You can tell by the context from the post before it...

All procs are capped at 25%, with the exception of ET which is at least 35% (might be as high as 50%, I don't remember).

Yes.
Is this a bad thing, fighting in Legacy mode?

Also, how do you start Item World?

Well there's your problem. Legacy battles don't have any of the fancy stuff like stats, equipment, and abilities or anything that we've all been talking about. It took massive Legendary power (see that little power bar under people's names in the forums? That's what you needed to kill them) to kill the Bosses in Legacy. You want to switch to HentaiVerse.

5 6 Scary Ghost dropped [Scroll of $2,000,000,000]
0 1 Initializing Item World (Round 57 / 103) ...

What is the effect of the Scroll of $2,000,000,000 (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

What is the effect of the Scroll of $2,000,000,000 (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

It's just a Scroll of the Avatar. The movie "Avatar" has earned US$ 2 billion. I got bored and renamed it. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) At least I know that someone else is reading the thread, too.

Has anyone been able to get values for the buffs given by Heartseeker from Tenboro?

Has anyone been able to get values for the buffs given by Heartseeker from Tenboro?

IIRC, Tenboro said that he didn't add a detailed description to it because no one would understand it even if he had. i.e. what it actually does is not simply something like +5% accuracy and +5% damage but is something much more complicated.

IIRC, Tenboro said that he didn't add a detailed description to it because no one would understand it even if he had. i.e. what it actually does is not simply something like +5% accuracy and +5% damage but is something much more complicated.

Dang. That makes it tough to quantify how useful the spell is. It costs a lot of MP and lasts quite a while, but if it doesn't really add that much power, I'm not sure if it'd be worth casting without a Mystic Gem.

From my small amount of data collection with Arcane Focus, I've found that it significantly increases your magic accuracy, and gives about +20% damage, at my proficiency level.

Without Arcane Focus, at least one of the 9 monsters in a round fully resists my initial Thunderstorm. I have 86% magic accuracy and 61.5% magic +hit, which gives about 5% overall miss chance, which lines up with how often I get full resists. With Arcane Focus, however, I almost never see a full resist... maybe less than one in 3 rounds, but I haven't really been recording it. So it's certainly got a very strong affect on accuracy.

The +20% damage may be way off, though, because it's so hard to be sure due to the randomness inherent in the damage system. I haven't really looked at the difference that arcane focus makes on my crit chance, but my unmodified crit chance is near 20%, and I recall seeing a noticeably higher than 1 in 5 crit chance with Arcane Focus up. Against full 9-monster packs, I regularly see 3 or more crits from a single AOE.

Anyway, that's for Arcane Focus. I wouldn't be surprised if it's at very similar for Heartseeker, though. Besides, there's a decently high chance that you'll find a Mystic gem relatively early in an arena, so you can get the full benefit of Heartseeker without having to spend any mana on it. Or you could cast Heartseeker early and use your first mystic for a free, super-long Regen II.

Quick question about power-up gems:

Are their drop rates influenced by Scavenger?

Quick question about power-up gems:

Are their drop rates influenced by Scavenger?

No. Nor is the type influenced by Luck of the Draw.