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Yeah I knew that, but they drops random (very rare) or from special battle?

fastest way to get them is from player's shops. the cost a lot but its cheaper then 80-100k they cost from the bazaar.

When browsing the WTS/WTB sections, i often see items marked as "nearMax", "maxRoll" and such.

I use the HV Equipment calculator to quickly see the base values as well as how close they are to being the highest possible value for a given item.

With the often updated equipment ranges, (updated by the totally awesome SkillChip and of course all of us who report stats outside the currently known range), this kinda blur the idea of a maxRoll or nearMax.

I see stuff for sale marked as having max baseroll, yet they are sometimes at less than 80% of their derived max.
Of course this can and will happen as the equipment ranges are frequently updated, but even then something being a maxRoll or nearMax should not be as low as 80%, especially not a "maxRoll".
The changes to the equipment ranges are, as far as i know, rather small, not something that would cause an item with a baseroll thought of as being the highest possible, end up at less than 90% of the new known maximum.

anyways, what i was wondering about is, What do you guys consider a nearMax or maxRoll?

Personally, i'd say a maxRoll is anything at or over 98%, giving a little leeway for any possible rounding or minor update to the known ranges.
I'd consider it nearMax if the baseroll is anywhere over 90%.

Sure a roll of 80% is not a low or insignificant roll, but it is in no way "nearly the highest possible roll".
by now, my attention span seems to be failing, so this is all :3

//Ilirith

I consider anything over 80-90% to be near max, depending on the stat. And I pretty much ignore quality when it comes to looking at max roll.

What's the best aura to activate after Green, for a melee fighter? (I'm leaning toward Orange for the accuracy boost.)

What's the best aura to activate after Green, for a melee fighter? (I'm leaning toward Orange for the accuracy boost.)

What weapon are you using then? Here.
You should go for red anyway since you'll really need the damage boost to kill enemies faster.

Does clearing arena on higher difficulty = better loot drop?

Does clearing arena on higher difficulty = better loot drop?

Yes. The same could be said for other types of battles as well. Usually people go for FSM in RoB on IWBTH due to the bonus as well as FSM's item drop.

What weapon are you using then? Here.
You should go for red anyway since you'll really need the damage boost to kill enemies faster.

Thanks! (I just have a shield at the moment; Lucky loot.)

Thanks! (I just have a shield at the moment; Lucky loot.)

There are some people that are giving away free equipment in the WTS section or someone here will give you some free. You'll need a 2H weapon to wipe out mobs faster.

Thanks for the info on x-item/x-attack, they seem to be useful after all o.o

What level is preferable to do the ring of bloods? If I fight them, which boss(es) do I fight? And at what difficulty?

As a sample size to my strength atm, I'm lvl 80, can clear most lower level(lvl1-8) arenas on iwbth/battle toads, the mid-tier(lvl 10-40) arenas on nintendo/hell/nightmare, and the higher level arenas(lvl 50/60/70/80) on normal(with ease)/hard because I don't want to spend lots of effort and time going through 20-40 rounds of higher difficulty for each arena when I can 1 hit them on normal/hard and only have to pot every 10 rounds and finish it fast. Even if I took the time and effort though, I can probably only do heroic(maybe nightmare) at most on the higher level arenas anyways imo.

And I should add that I'm using up most or all of my pots(8 slots) for higher difficulty (mid-tier) arenas, only time I don't use up all my pots are when I'm on normal/hard/sometimes heroic mode. Using a 2h scythe with bleed with all heavy armor.

Thanks beforehand.

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And also wondering, I'm using a scythe of slaughter atm, but would a scythe of vampire be any good or does it suck? Sounds good to me with the absorbing hp while you kill monsters since I tank massive hits with my all heavy armor set I'm using atm. Should I change to another type of weapon to be better? Sometimes I notice I'm taking too many hits and if I ever play battletoads/IWBTH I'm prone to die in 1 hit, or if I get to the later rounds of arena I have to pot up every round it seems...

Thanks

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And also wondering, I'm using a scythe of slaughter atm, but would a scythe of vampire be any good or does it suck? Sounds good to me with the absorbing hp while you kill monsters since I tank massive hits with my all heavy armor set I'm using atm. Should I change to another type of weapon to be better? Sometimes I notice I'm taking too many hits and if I ever play battletoads/IWBTH I'm prone to die in 1 hit, or if I get to the later rounds of arena I have to pot up every round it seems...

Thanks

Scythe got nerfed in this update. Play on a lower difficulty level. Since you're using heavy armor, estoc would be a great choice for you. Probably wouldn't play any harder than Heroic at your current level.

Asking again (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

And also wondering, I'm using a scythe of slaughter atm, but would a scythe of vampire be any good or does it suck? Sounds good to me with the absorbing hp while you kill monsters since I tank massive hits with my all heavy armor set I'm using atm. Should I change to another type of weapon to be better? Sometimes I notice I'm taking too many hits and if I ever play battletoads/IWBTH I'm prone to die in 1 hit, or if I get to the later rounds of arena I have to pot up every round it seems...

Thanks

Dont use Vampire, at higher difficulty monsters doing more damage than you could leech, also the proc occurs only for the primary target, which isnt helping much if you are taking hits from multiple mobs. Regen + Protection is all you need.

Slaughter is fine, especially if you want to kill them before they could land any hit

Scythe got nerfed in this update. Play on a lower difficulty level. Since you're using heavy armor, estoc would be a great choice for you. Probably wouldn't play any harder than Heroic at your current level.

Thanks to both of you! So I get an estoc of slaughter? how about mace? since scythe got nerfed.

And should I do ring of blood at this level, and if yes, what difficulty do I do it at? Is there any benefit for doing it at higher difficulty? Sorry I have so many questions, still trying to get back into this game.

Thanks to both of you! So I get an estoc of slaughter? how about mace? since scythe got nerfed.

And should I do ring of blood at this level, and if yes, what difficulty do I do it at? Is there any benefit for doing it at higher difficulty? Sorry I have so many questions, still trying to get back into this game.

You could but they tend to be somewhat expensive due to their rarity. Maces are good if you're wearing light armor (especially Shade).

Best to save all your blood tokens for FSM. Most people do RoB on Normal just to get the credits. FSM on IWBTH drops a great arena bonus as well as its own item, but you'll be there for a long time taking down its HP on such a high difficulty. Besides, you need the right equipment and spells before taking on FSM on IWBTH.

You could but they tend to be somewhat expensive due to their rarity. Maces are good if you're wearing light armor (especially Shade).

Best to save all your blood tokens for FSM. Most people do RoB on Normal just to get the credits. FSM on IWBTH drops a great arena bonus as well as its own item, but you'll be there for a long time taking down its HP on such a high difficulty. Besides, you need the right equipment and spells before taking on FSM on IWBTH.

Alright thanks. RoB on normal for credits doesn't sound too bad, since don't you get the token back for killing the monster? Cause I feel like FSM on IWBTH will probably be at least 100 levels away or more lol. Thanks again.

don't you get the token back for killing the monster?

No.

Alright thanks. RoB on normal for credits doesn't sound too bad, since don't you get the token back for killing the monster? Cause I feel like FSM on IWBTH will probably be at least 100 levels away or more lol. Thanks again.

Nope. Tokens are usually dropped as Arena clear bonuses, but very rarely do they drop on other places. There are 3 types of tokens: Blood, Chaos, and Healing. Blood tokens are somewhat hard to get unless you clear arenas daily to get some tokens.

RoB on normal for credits doesn't sound too bad, since don't you get the token back for killing the monster?

As Varst said, killing monster doesn't get token back. RoB does however have a heightened chance of token drops, similar to arena's end bonus.

This post has been edited by Yuuki17: Jun 1 2012, 06:55

Just some more info from my HVStat - The chance to get a token from arena bonus is about 1/8 and each token has the same chance to drop.

Cause I feel like FSM on IWBTH will probably be at least 100 levels away or more lol.

You cant' even fight it until level 100, so yeah. I've gotten him up through Hell and I'm feeling confident about Nintendo and probably Battletoads. IWBTH is going to be freaking brutal.

As Varst said, killing monster doesn't get token back. RoB does however have a heightened chance of token drops, similar to arena's end bonus.

RoB has a guaranteed token drop I thought