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price are correlated to the amount of money buyer willing to pay and how much money they actually got.

Indeed, that's why to my experience melee gear is dirt cheap. Since barely anyone melees anymore.

For example:
My kevlar set which I find totally awesome (and according to equipment ranges is only around 5% away from having the highest mitigation possible, so it's not that they aren't good enough) cost me a grand total of 200k.

My dark set which I'm using atm only has 2 fenrir parts, ballistic has 2 of the 3 pieces I need to get a full fenrir set, but in comparison the bids are currently 100k and 250k.

So yeah, I got a kevlar set for less than the price of 1 fenrir part. Guess melee gear truly is expensive.

This post has been edited by rawrpies: Jan 4 2012, 15:53

You're comparing apple and orange. But I guess you're already know that so, whatever...

This post has been edited by buktore: Jan 4 2012, 15:59

How come Crysfest is better with Great stamina?
I mean you don't get the +50 % credits bonus, which isn't that bad at all on arenas with truckloads of monsters, and you can always use some credits on lower levels... Selling crystals is that profitable to a beginner?

Also, with the stamina drain being only 0.005, to me it seems like you can go on like forever in Crysfest after your stamina drops below 80.

I'm asking because I'm always looking for a better way to improve my stamina efficiency, and Arenas till Normals status, then Crysfest and IW seemd to work great for me ^^;

Well you may need to look at that in different perspective...
1. Crysfest/Grindfest/IW have more monsters per round than arenas on average, which means the +50% EXP bonus from great stamina is more effective.

2. Crysfest consume half the stamina per round when comparing with arenas, which means you can grind more EXP per stamina.

3. +50% credit bonus seems to be good, but for low-level players most of the credits is from the clearing bonus of arenas instead of the credits you gain per round.
And since the clearing bonus isn't affected by great stamina, it seems to be better for them to play in normal areans only.
It also secures their credits source without much risk, since playing through arenas in high difficulty can be risky for low-level players.

And for different levels there can be different strategies, so what seems to be the best way for us may not be the same for those players.

I think he's referring to stuff like Ethereal Slaughter weapons, Power Armor of Slaughter, Shade Armor of the Shadowdancer, Shield Armor of the Barrier. Which usually sell for scary amounts of credits.

I think he's referring to stuff like Ethereal Slaughter weapons, Power Armor of Slaughter, Shade Armor of the Shadowdancer, Shield Armor of the Barrier. Which usually sell for scary amounts of credits.

Scary amount of credits! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

A good melee gear also have this same mystic property as the 'special gift' (like Tenbora box) of enticing people to just keep them, put it on altar and worship it for life. Like in this case for example... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Well you may need to look at that in different perspective...
1. Crysfest/Grindfest/IW have more monsters per round than arenas on average, which means the +50% EXP bonus from great stamina is more effective.

2. Crysfest consume half the stamina per round when comparing with arenas, which means you can grind more EXP per stamina.

3. +50% credit bonus seems to be good, but for low-level players most of the credits is from the clearing bonus of arenas instead of the credits you gain per round.
And since the clearing bonus isn't affected by great stamina, it seems to be better for them to play in normal areans only.
It also secures their credits source without much risk, since playing through arenas in high difficulty can be risky for low-level players.

And for different levels there can be different strategies, so what seems to be the best way for us may not be the same for those players.

Yeah, that's right. At least I hope I'm not totally screwing things up lol...

And how about these:
(IMG:[i.imgur.com] http://i.imgur.com/FG9qU.png)
I already know the energy drink restores stamina by 20, but what about the ones above? What do they cost, and how much? An amount of credit, or some actual potions from the stock, or ??

This post has been edited by LangTuTaiHoa: Jan 4 2012, 16:41

the only stamina restoring item is the energy drink, there is no better or worse item to restore stamina.

see http://ehwiki.org/wiki/items for a list of all items (besides equipment) that you can obtain.

And how about these:
(IMG:[i.imgur.com] http://i.imgur.com/FG9qU.png)
I already know the energy drink restores stamina by 20, but what about the ones above? What do they cost, and how much? An amount of credit, or some actual potions from the stock, or ??

A new function has been added that allows you to use restoratives to restore your health/magic/spirit/stamina outside of battles. These options can be found by clicking the "Restoratives" button found below the vital bars.

To keep it simple, the system will automatically determine the optimal mix of restoratives to use. It will always pick the weaker items first, starting at Lesser and moving up to the more powerful ones if weaker restoratives are not available.

It will however never use Elixirs, and it will not use items from the Battle Inventory.

Restoring Health/Magic/Spirit will always use enough items to fill the bar all the way up, while restoring Stamina will only use a single Energy Drink.

You can also use Tokens of Healing to restore all three vital stats for free.

I noticed that popping average pot while barely over 50% will actually use 2, despite the fact one should be enough. Wonder why's that?

Is it still possible to do Item Worlds on BT efficiently? That is, without having to nerf everything and ET like crazy once you reach a certain point (level 120~150+).

Remember that most of the restoratives recover your base hp/mp/sp instead of what you see in your character screen.
You can easily check your base HP/MP/SP from the gems in-battle.

Just starting out a new character, wanted to play a mage/caster role...

are there different builds for this role or just 1 cookie cutter?
and wat stats should i invest in?

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Character_Stats#Primary_Attributes

It's tough to start as a mage, so use balanced stats until at least level 50.

Just starting out a new character, wanted to play a mage/caster role...

are there different builds for this role or just 1 cookie cutter?
and wat stats should i invest in?

I was a newbie a few days ago, but now I'm a 2H melee fighter who uses deprecating and supportive magic. It's not that bad but getting credits is a chore in the beginning. You might head up into the freebies section if anyone is giving away free equipment.

Staff of focus (ebony or redwood) and leaning heavily on intelect is how mage starts - you want to minimize missed shots. Then turn towards hp and mana, and their stats - endurance and wisdom. Whenever you notice you cannot use blast (get attacked/ heal / blast (get attacked), or heal at very start of round without monsters launching their attack after heal, is the time you need more speed (=agi). But never boost your agi past your wisdom, and your wisdom past int. Str gives you hp at quater rate of end, and dex is almost useless.

As far as abilities go, focus on maxing inferno first, its 2x cost is no problem at start. Do not bother with fireball, use magic missle when not infernoing. It will last till 20 when you get Thunderstorm - save ability points from 15 onward so you can max it asap. Do not invest in exp at first - you want to hoard max credits before you hit points of sharply increased difficulty, and not at all in spirit and overcharge.

Gear is simple, only use cloth of elementalist, if you have none, plug the slot with any cloth. Do not use leather or plate as a mage, it itenferes with magic. Ebony staffs can do more dmg, redwoods boost other things, such as heal or buffs.

Avoid buying gear at bazaar, buy price is 10x of sell price. Browse this forum instead to buy gear from players. First arena clear rewards can afford you few nice pieces - just remember very high level items slow you down.

This post has been edited by Valheran: Jan 4 2012, 20:03

...Then wait till till you can afford them? You're apparently used to losing, so why not do the smart thing and stop losing by not fighting it till you're more prepared? (You're also saving Tokens of Blood by doing so)

Because when you miss killing the boss by a slice of life it's frustrating enough to try again asap? >_>

I already mentionned two times what's wrong with my technique meaning I don't need some kind of condescending comment on how I fail and why.

I just gave you positive karma for snubing me, thanks my total ignorance of how this forum works and my poor english skills.

This post has been edited by La_Mangouste: Jan 4 2012, 21:14

Because when you miss killing the boss by a slice of life it's frustrating enough to try again asap? >_>

I already mentionned two times what's wrong with my technique meaning I don't need some kind of condescending comment on how I fail and why.

I just gave you positive karma for snubing me, thanks my total ignorance of how this forum works and my poor english skills.

"Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life"

Halizorat's comment was directed at your insistence to quote your 2k credits in the bank. I felt he was pretty diplomatic about it. In fact, very helpful.

I killed FSM first try. I killed IPU first try. I killed RL first try. Just need the right strategy and careful preparation beforehand. And thinking outside the box in some cases...

Mace is probably one of the worst weapons to use on a boss... Seriously... By the way, slaughter isn't the only suffix that exists

e: PS. I spent 3 blood tokens + 1 godly mana + ~10k credits (this includes all my gear bought via credits) to kill RL.

This post has been edited by dcherry: Jan 4 2012, 21:19

I would like to know how to create hyperlinks to my equipment in the Hentaiverse and sell them in the WTS thread. It seems people are trying out to sell loot they earned from battles to get some credits.

Also, is it better to stick with 2H for melee in the Arena or should I start focusing on magic at higher levels?