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When does artifacts randomly drop? Is it after each completed round in the Grindfest and Arena? Or is it only at the very end of an Arena?

Just after any completed round, I believe. Last round of arenas/ random encounter seems to have a better chance though.

This post has been edited by LangTuTaiHoa: Apr 5 2012, 12:52

Now with full Shield of Protection I have:

47.7% Phys Mit
34.2% Mag Mit
22.1% Block

Is this good?

Can anybody playing melee style tell me how you cleared the End of Days with what kind of equip at what level?

Can anybody playing melee style tell me how you cleared the End of Days with what kind of equip at what level?

I replied in the chat thread, but basically DW w/ void weapons should work. Use spirit shield only and no spark of life to save spirit consumed.

Now with full Shield of Protection I have:

47.7% Phys Mit
34.2% Mag Mit
22.1% Block

Is this good?

That and this is my current eq:

Main Hand
Helmet
Body
Hands
Legs
Feet

@muramasa

"good" is quite vague and depends on what u usually do and at what difficulty. my ideal equipment set would be two pieces of high block chance shield's of barrier and 3 pieces of power's of slaughter. my current equipment falls way short of my ideal except my mace and my own personal standard of good (i have an extremely high standard).

imo, your equipment is not very good. if your aiming for shield armor the most important stat should be block chance, my minimum would 5%+ (base chance) on non barriers, and 9%+ (base chance) on barriers. if your equipment can get you through what you need to do though then it's good enough but can easily get better.

Just after any completed round, I believe. Last round of arenas/ random encounter seems to have a better chance though.

are they?
they definitely has a better drop chance, but the equip and artifact roll seems doesn't get boosted too.

@muramasa

"good" is quite vague and depends on what u usually do and at what difficulty. my ideal equipment set would be two pieces of high block chance shield's of barrier and 3 pieces of power's of slaughter. my current equipment falls way short of my ideal except my mace and my own personal standard of good (i have an extremely high standard).

imo, your equipment is not very good. if your aiming for shield armor the most important stat should be block chance, my minimum would 5%+ (base chance) on non barriers, and 9%+ (base chance) on barriers. if your equipment can get you through what you need to do though then it's good enough but can easily get better.

Block over Mit? What is/are the advantage?

Block over Mit? What is/are the advantage?

well, that suggestion was really only if your going for shield armor. if you wanted mitigation, you could just go straight plate right? i suggested two high chance barrier pieces because of diminishing returns (you won't get the full benefits as you get more pieces that have block chance), they can get you close to 20% but can get quite pricey.

block works the same as evade except it isn't affected by burden. block completely cancels out damage if it occurs, while mitigation reduces the damage you receive when hit. the real advantage of heavy armor is the crush/piece/slash mitigation they get, that is what makes them signifcantly better than kevlar

This post has been edited by qqaaqq: Apr 5 2012, 15:25

Was wondering whats the best way to stat a mage, my stats atm are.

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Was wondering whats the best way to stat a mage, my stats atm are.

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While it is not impossible, you will have difficult time as mage at your level.

For starter, switch stat points from Intelligence to Wisdom, it gives much more bonus than Intelligence, plus you need more mana.

Ability Points should always go into HP Tank, followed by MP Tank. Get Cure, Protection, and Aura Slot. For long-term play, grab Weaken, Blind, Regen, Shadow Veil, Haste, and Arcane Focus

Grab some Gossemar equipments that offer good surivial, such as "of Protection" or "of Earth-walker", you will need them until you get Shadow Veil and Regen. Then decide what type of magic attacks you will be using: popular choices are either wind/elec and divine/dark. Your equipments should be based around improving that elemental proficiency.

Decide what type of staff you will need based on what type of magic you use most often, also try pick staffs that offer at least 35% Ether Thief and has "of focus" prefix with at least 20% mana conservsion.

@Smidgz

I don't think maging is too bad now at lower level. The problem is that you'll need to spend way more mana potions, and most of the time you've to buy them from other players/bazaar.

Try to even your primary stat now, with some focus on INT/WIS.

'Of elementalist' should be the best choice, since as a mage you're going to kill things before they have have a chance to kill you. It's also for long-term use before switching into EDB phases.

Ether theft is not useful at lower level. 'Of focus' staff can help with your accuracy; the better choice is ebony, followed by redwood. MDB should also be an important point in consideration.

Edit: By the way, next time it's better to give us more information, like the ability page and equips links.

This post has been edited by varst: Apr 5 2012, 17:05

I would like to ask
How mage can finish IW or x25 Arena (Above 20 rounds)

Magic Point is no enough for me to complete it
If use Ether theft , the Health Point decrease much and soon die (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

I would like to ask
How mage can finish IW or x25 Arena (Above 20 rounds)

Magic Point is no enough for me to complete it
If use Ether theft , the Health Point decrease much and soon die (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

I don't know how to explain it. It is heavily dependent on your strategy/equipments.
There is a way to improve the ET efficiency: try to ET on early rounds, when monsters deals lower damage.
But still IW is something like 'if you can finish it, you will know the way to do so.

This post has been edited by varst: Apr 5 2012, 18:48

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10    3    Shameless Rita has been defeated.
10    2    Orbital Friendship Cannon hits Shameless Rita for 145871 void damage.
10    1    You use Orbital Friendship Cannon.

Wait a minute, what the hell is "Orbital Friendship Cannon" and why did you hit my sweet little Rita with it? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Wait a minute, what the hell is "Orbital Friendship Cannon" and why did you hit my sweet little Rita with it? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

not sure if your joking or not. Just in case, its the skill you get for getting all the pony figurines.

I would like to ask
How mage can finish IW or x25 Arena (Above 20 rounds)

Magic Point is no enough for me to complete it
If use Ether theft , the Health Point decrease much and soon die (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

At your level, I will assume you can do End of Days (aka the Schoolgirl Marathon).

You should pack superior or godly mana, try to keep Shadow Veil, Regen II and Haste up, cast tier 2 magic through out the arena rounds.

As soon as you reach round 50, clear off non-schoolgirl monsters, cast weaken + blind / or just silence the girl, pop SoL, cast Magic Missile to proc the CM (any single-target spells also work), then hit her with staff to proc ET. Rinse and repeat until you got mana full.

This whole process is no fun and can take 4~12 hours.

I would like to ask
How mage can finish IW or x25 Arena (Above 20 rounds)

Magic Point is no enough for me to complete it
If use Ether theft , the Health Point decrease much and soon die (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

Just because someone that is level 300-375 can do something doesn't mean someone that is much lower in level can do the same thing. Higher level players can have +10k health and +2k mana along with the ability to do much more damage.

2 things that will make it easier to do IWBTH is cast weaken & nerf/x-nerf on the monster. That takes time and mana but you'll use less mana casting damage spells and will kill them faster. Doing this you'll need to ET.

But the truth is Melee has a very easy job clearing most things now on BT-IWBTH. If you just want to clear lower levels fast then mages is the way go to. I'd also use mage to clear schoolgirls.

Wait a minute, what the hell is "Orbital Friendship Cannon" and why did you hit my sweet little Rita with it? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I asked for ice-cream with my pie and didn't get any... so she had to die (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)


I've got 502 agi so my action speed is 400.8 with haste? How many monsters have an action speed higher then that? or how much agi do they need for that?

not sure if your joking or not. Just in case, its the skill you get for getting 21 pony figurines.

FTFY

Just maxed out OC. Where should prioritize putting my AP into now?

Options:
- MagNet. Slows down FSM and I think I've seen others talking about using it on the Dragons. Otherwise, I don't see myself using it that much.
- X-Nerf. Solely for IWBTH hourlies. Probably the least likely path I'll take.
- SoL. Cause I'm psycho and still don't have it. Still don't see why I'd use it though...
- Soul & Dark spells. Because unlocking those resistance abilities cost so much damn AP.

Thoughts?