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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?

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?

Press C while the equipment popup is shown. A real popup window will appear. Use that URL.

Press C while the equipment popup is shown. A real popup window will appear. Use that URL.

Ah so that is how it works. Thank you. I was wondering how people were able to sell their stuff in the WTS section.

Press "c" when mousing over the item. It's in hotkeys section of wiki, visit it, it's crucial for smooth gameplay.

Is Shadow Veil actually useful since I have access to it now? I only have 7.5% evade, but I have 27.1% mitigation in phys. def. and 26.1% mitigation in mag. def.. Enemies are pushovers in Normal, but on Heroic and above they start to hit more often.

With 7.5% evade, it's probably not worth it, but that's just me.

Is Shadow Veil actually useful since I have access to it now? I only have 7.5% evade, but I have 27.1% mitigation in phys. def. and 26.1% mitigation in mag. def.. Enemies are pushovers in Normal, but on Heroic and above they start to hit more often.

If you only have 7.5% evade, chances are you don't have evade shades.
Two options:
1. If you're using light armor, try to collect armors with high evade before using SV.
Good substitutes are haste and protection.

2.Or, if you want more protection, change to heavy armor and get a high-bleeding scythe.
In that case you'll need protection only...together with cure.

If you only have 7.5% evade, chances are you don't have evade shades.
Two options:
1. If you're using light armor, try to collect armors with high evade before using SV.
Good substitutes are haste and protection.

2.Or, if you want more protection, change to heavy armor and get a high-bleeding scythe.
In that case you'll need protection only...together with cure.

I don't think I can get Shade equipment at my current level anyway. Most of my light armor are from enemy drops. Haste + Protection served me well anyway compared to Shadow Veil + Haste. Only Ethereal weapon I found so far is an Fine Ethereal Shortsword of Balance. Need to farm for HA and a Scythe since I don't have the credits to buy them at the Bazaar.

Mm.. End of Days is unlocked. I wonder if I can complete it on Heroic using a substandard Heimdal/Heaven-sent suit...

Is Shadow Veil actually useful since I have access to it now? I only have 7.5% evade, but I have 27.1% mitigation in phys. def. and 26.1% mitigation in mag. def.. Enemies are pushovers in Normal, but on Heroic and above they start to hit more often.

Think of it this way, If you are getting hit 100 times without SV, you would only get hit 80 times with it. So with your current evade of 7,5% if you used SV you'd have 1-(1-0.075)(1-.2)=.26 or 26% chance of evading with it. Making you go from getting hit 92.5 hits taken out of 100 to 74 out of 100.

Think of it this way, If you are getting hit 100 times without SV, you would only get hit 80 times with it. So with your current evade of 7,5% if you used SV you'd have 1-(1-0.075)(1-.2)=.26 or 26% chance of evading with it. Making you go from getting hit 92.5 hits taken out of 100 to 74 out of 100.

With my luck I seem to get hit more often at higher difficulties. Seems to work out fine in Normal. Shadow Veil costs 16 MP while Protection costs 13 MP. I only have 654 HP and 140 MP, so I need to conserve my MP for Haste + Protection.