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I am wondering if it's smart to spend my credits on the trainer for "luck of the draw" and "item scavanger" now or should i wait till i am at a higher level?

for me, I'll wait cuz when you reach the level that can challenge boss, you'll get some useful credits if win. I prefer scavenger than luck of draw.

Does Dark magic use the Forbidden Proficiency?

Yes, but you probably won't use it that much.

Quoting HV 0.3.5 Release Notes...
Unless, there was a later change, the first 25 points of Interference do not affect you, except for the new spell Soul Burst at 250.

Eh, I don't know about that interpretation. I assume that he didn't mention the interference reduction on damage in that update because nothing had been changed about it.

Unless, there was a later change, the first 25 points of Interference do not affect you, except for the new spell Soul Burst at 250.

Nope:
With 20.9 interference:

3 2 Thunderstorm hits Fire Fox for 1976 elec damage.
2 10 Inferno hits Fire Fox for 394 fire damage.
2 8 Inferno hits Blue Slime for 1388 fire damage.
2 6 Inferno hits Tentacle Monster for 2228 fire damage.(major weakness to fire)
2 4 Inferno hits Amphibious Sperm Whale for 1385 fire damage.
2 2 Inferno hits Cockatrice for 1667 fire damage.
1 12 Thunderstorm hits Fire Fox for 880 elec damage.
1 10 Thunderstorm blasts Green Slime for 1668 elec damage.(minor weakness to elec)
1 8 Thunderstorm hits Blue Slime for 323 elec damage.
1 6 Thunderstorm hits Tentacle Monster for 1354 elec damage.
1 4 Thunderstorm hits Amphibious Sperm Whale for 1178 elec damage.
1 2 Thunderstorm hits Cockatrice for 1153 elec damage.


With 0 interference:

3 2 Thunderstorm hits Scary Ghost for 2219 elec damage.(don't have weakness to elec)
2 7 Inferno hits Blue Slime for 1643 fire damage.
2 5 Inferno hits Cookie Monster for 1502 fire damage.
2 2 Inferno hits Tentacle Monster for 2615 fire damage.(major weakness to fire)
1 9 Thunderstorm hits Rabid Hamster for 1817 elec damage.
1 7 Thunderstorm hits Blue Slime for 480 elec damage.
1 6 Thunderstorm hits Cookie Monster for 1172 elec damage.
1 5 Thunderstorm hits Scary Ghost for 825 elec damage.
1 2 Thunderstorm hits Mutant Peacock for 3177 elec damage.(minor weakness to elec)

I know this is very little data, but you can judge yourself.

Quoting HV 0.3.5 Release Notes...
Unless, there was a later change, the first 25 points of Interference do not affect you, except for the new spell Soul Burst at 250.

While an interference at up to 20 does not decrease your chance to cast and land a spell, it still reduces your damage from offensive spells by 1% per point.

The 0.3.5 release notes don't say that this has changed.

I wanted to see what happens if your interference is over 100, but I can only get it up to 96.3... If anyone out there has worse equipment, or lower proficiencies, and can get over 100, I'd be interested to know the results.

Does magic accuracy get a bonus when a focus item is equipped in the offhand? Does that mean that magic damage is halved if you equip a battlecaster in the offhand?

Does magic accuracy get a bonus when a focus item is equipped in the offhand? Does that mean that magic damage is halved if you equip a battlecaster in the offhand?

-yes, since 'focus' have magic acc bonus
-no

This post has been edited by cmdct: May 15 2010, 00:45

Are Infusions worth bringing into battle or are they just swag for the bazaar?

Are Infusions worth bringing into battle or are they just swag for the bazaar?

Only in special cases, and in the infusion slots, not the normal ones.

Yes, but you probably won't use it that much.

Yeah, I'll get it, play with it for a few days, do some Dark grinds, and then forget about it.

The 0.3.5 release notes don't say that this has changed.

My interpretation of 0.3.5 is a total revamp of Interference, negating all previous Release Notes.

As cm's small data set, I get more variance using the same mage armor set in the same round.

I wanted to see what happens if your interference is over 100, but I can only get it up to 96.3... If anyone out there has worse equipment, or lower proficiencies, and can get over 100, I'd be interested to know the results.

I used to have a set of Plate Armor that was around 80 or 100. (Burden was one of those two numbers and Interference the other.) I couldn't cast anything. Even now, with highish Heavy Armor prof and Interference down in the 60s, I only have a 20% successful cast rate and the magic is so weak that even with near capped Elemental prof, I can do more damage with a Staff Attack than magic.

This post has been edited by Alpha 7: May 15 2010, 04:21

I wanted to see what happens if your interference is over 100, but I can only get it up to 96.3... If anyone out there has worse equipment, or lower proficiencies, and can get over 100, I'd be interested to know the results.

Not 100 but, still...

25 Rounds of CakeFest, 1st 5 Rounds Staff Attack-only, last 20 Rounds normal Elemental. No Holy/Soul magic used.

Using this Heaven-sent Katalox Staff with both set-ups...

All-Phase * Interference: 0 Elemental Bonus: 0 (Total: 131.44)
==============================================

Offensive Statistics:
Physical:
Accuracy: 89.58%
Crit chance: 10.47%
Average damage dealt per hit: 265.3
Average damage dealt per crit: 482.44
Average damage dealt: 285.87

Magical:
Interference: 0%
Resistance: 43.48%
Crit chance: 15.45%
Coalesced Mana chance: 8.54%
Channeling chance: Infinity%

Average damage dealt per spell: 986.33
Average damage dealt per spell crit: 1492.76
Average spell damage dealt: 1054.1

All-Plate * Interference: 61.9 Elemental Bonus: -36.38 (Total: 95.06)
==============================================

Offensive Statistics:
Physical:
Accuracy: 83.95%
Crit chance: 19.12%
Average damage dealt per hit: 206.79
Average damage dealt per crit: 358.23
Average damage dealt: 231.1

Magical:
Interference: 31.88%
Resistance: 44.68%
Crit chance: 12.08%
Coalesced Mana chance: 11.91%
Channeling chance: Infinity%
Average damage dealt per spell: 284.16
Average damage dealt per spell crit: 569.16
Average spell damage dealt: 314.89

Phase, no pots used. Plate, 3 Greater Mana Draughts used.

I am surprised how low the failure rate was, although I did once have 6 straight failures. Another surprise the Staff Attack was weaker in Full Plate with the usual melee Stat bonuses from the Plate. I had and used all 4 Tier I elemental spells, attacking the mobs with their weakness, starting with Inferno against a Fire weak mob.

In the plate, collateral magic damage was weaker, especially when the magic was against a strength. "Inferno blasts Fire Fox for 99 fire damage." (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) However the direct magic assaults against a mob's weakness produced 700-1400 damage. The weakness of collateral damage severely nerfed the spell crit numbers, every 13-1500 direct blast was matched by several 100-300 collateral blasts.

This wasn't a total waste, I got two equipment and a Mana Elixir out of it.

Probably this question has been asked already a dozen of times, but still I need to know...
What´s the best way (place/difficulty etc.) to get a token of blood? I´ve gotten one so far in a cakefest (and kicked MBP´s sorry ass by the way LOL), but not yet another one... any ideas?

This post has been edited by HybridGuardian: May 15 2010, 19:35

Probably this question has been asked already a dozen of times, but still I need to know...
What´s the best way (place/difficulty etc.) to get a token of blood? I´ve gotten one so far in a cakefest (and kicked MBP´s sorry ass by the way LOL), but not yet another one... any ideas?

The best way to have ToB is cleared all the arena everyday.

Because there is an "Arena Token Bonus!", you will have plenty of ToB in no time (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

Check here and see for yourself
https://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showtopic=21004

Probably this question has been asked already a dozen of times, but still I need to know...
What´s the best way (place/difficulty etc.) to get a token of blood? I´ve gotten one so far in a cakefest (and kicked MBP´s sorry ass by the way LOL), but not yet another one... any ideas?

Difficulty has no effect on Token drop rates. As for the best place: As the odds of a blood token dropping increases as you go up the arenas, the best place would be Blue Skies Lie Beyond the Clouds.

..., the best place would be Blue Skies Lie Beyond the Clouds.

Getting there... in due time bro.!

Since my account reset I've reached level 41 and so far here is my progress.

And here is my main equipment.

http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=0518b2ab70
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=71b08f7cb9
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=a092153923
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=3dd032512d
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=5d87b6f6bf
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=72be1c2dcc
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=255d0db59e

Also, I use this weapon to cake grind my two-handed, dual wielding, cloth, light, heavy and supportive proficiencies at least three times a day, focusing on on armor proficiency per grind. Also as much Arena I dare handle that day.

Is there any more I could be doing?

EDIT
Also, does anybody know how to read this thing?
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It's throwing me through a loop to be honest.

This post has been edited by Anomtai: May 16 2010, 04:25

Is there any more I could be doing?

Your equip has too much interference and burden... and isn't that great. I would say you'll be better off being naked than wear http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=3dd032512d. What happened to your phase pants?
You also need a better wakizashi. More parry, and some more accuracy.
Lastly, I think the reason cmal uses niten is because he can stand the interference and burden. First, burden doesn't effect him because his action speed is already over the cap. Second, his title/stats mitigate interference, so he can still effectively cast decap and support skills. Also, he has the proficiency for it... and you need to gain some proficiency. 50% of your level is bad.

I have Phase shoes but not I've never had Phase pants.

I'm grinding up my all my armor proficiencies to counter burden. I have at least one armor type for each armor slot. Though I had to take what I could get sometimes, I have a Flimsy Leather Breastplate and a Flimsy Silk Pants just ensure that can be focus grinded.

hello fellow grandmaster,

i am reaching the Tier 7: Master, so i am wondering what should i upgrade for the FOcused Aura 1
My main is DW and my secondary is sword and a shield

My second question is is there anything i need to improve on my char, or should i stick with what i am doing now.
currently i can only manage to item world up to lvl 50 with health and mana potions.







thank you.

http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=0518b2ab70
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=71b08f7cb9
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=a092153923
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=3dd032512d
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=5d87b6f6bf
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=72be1c2dcc
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=255d0db59e

It would be even more helpful if you posted a cap of your Equipment page stats. And you really ought to swap in some evade cloth. Silk is always good, since it often has accuracy bonuses which is more beneficial at lower levels (before your base Accuracy is over 90%). It'll help with your Compromise and give you a bit more Avoidance. Overall, you'll get more benefit from Silk than the measly amount of defense you get from leather. Other than upgrading your armor, you really just need to keep grinding away and doing as many arenas as you can. And instead of grinding every armor type, try to do runs with just one type to maximize gains. That's what I did in the beginning to catch up.

Also, does anybody know how to read this thing?
[attachmentid=5172]
It's throwing me through a loop to be honest.

Don't bother trying to read it, its mostly broken. The arrows are supposed to represent when your normal attack would take place relative to the normal attacks of the mobs.

Lastly, I think the reason cmal uses niten is because he can stand the interference and burden. First, burden doesn't effect him because his action speed is already over the cap. Second, his title/stats mitigate interference, so he can still effectively cast decap and support skills. Also, he has the proficiency for it... and you need to gain some proficiency. 50% of your level is bad.

Actually Interference and Burden are less a problem for me before stat deductions because of the gear I wear. And I use Niten because I have the gear and stats to be beastly (I can clear To Kill a God in about 10 minutes on Normal; a mage could do it faster, but they don't count because they have AoEs, elemental weaknesses they can exploit, and more potential damage modifiers). Before I switched to mostly Niten, I was going mostly DW, and before then I was 1HS.

i am reaching the Tier 7: Master, so i am wondering what should i upgrade for the FOcused Aura 1
My main is DW and my secondary is sword and a shield

Go for Red if you plan to continue being heavy on the melee, but Yellow is a good choice, too.

My second question is is there anything i need to improve on my char, or should i stick with what i am doing now.
currently i can only manage to item world up to lvl 50 with health and mana potions.

If you plan to continue using spells or transitioning to mage later, then you need to beef up your WIS and INT. You'll also probably be better off carrying only mana potions, since casting Cure/Regen is more efficient than health potions and you'll also be able to use the MP for other things.

(I can clear To Kill a God in about 10 minutes on Normal; a mage could do it faster, but they don't count because they have AoEs, elemental weaknesses they can exploit, and more potential damage modifiers).

If a mage needs to exploit elemental weaknesses at that level, they are doing it wrong.

edit: I just did it in 4 minutes. I probably could have done it a little faster had I not tried to proc channeling. It probably would have taken another minute had I not got Konata as my legendary.

This post has been edited by Boggyb: May 16 2010, 05:48