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As you read it, I shall weep. Though I note with pride that I got as far as level 17 in one year with no equipment other than what I started with, and some flimsy level one fire magic.

You need to prioritize HP/MP tanks. If you're not going to be a mage, don't bother with attack spells. You also don't need SP-OC until way later.

Save up credits and buy some better equipment from one of the WTS threads. Try to find a high Block shield (most likely a Kite), some Evade Silk, and Average or higher quality Heavy. Light is for the most part useless.

Is Innate Arcana worth it? I mean I don't fully get what it does exactly like it auto casts a buff when you face a new set of enemies? Or does it auto attack enemies with some spell right off bat at start of a round?

I am wondering because I am debating on should I get that first or should I wait until I can get Black or White Aura (I have rainbow already)

You need to prioritize HP/MP tanks. If you're not going to be a mage, don't bother with attack spells. You also don't need SP-OC until way later.

Save up credits and buy some better equipment from one of the WTS threads. Try to find a high Block shield (most likely a Kite), some Evade Silk, and Average or higher quality Heavy. Light is for the most part useless.

Thanks a lot! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Is Innate Arcana worth it? I mean I don't fully get what it does exactly like it auto casts a buff when you face a new set of enemies? Or does it auto attack enemies with some spell right off bat at start of a round?

I am wondering because I am debating on should I get that first or should I wait until I can get Black or White Aura (I have rainbow already)

Yes, very much.

Innate Arcana is more of a sustained spell than an automatically cast spell. Basically, it lets you have a buff spell (Shield, Barrier, SV, Haste) on at all times. At the start of every turn, it automatically deducts MP for one turn of each spell you have on, based on the spell's cost and how many levels of IA you have. This way, you won't have to waste turns recasting or wasting MP from "lost turns" because the battle ends before the spell runs out.

Is Innate Arcana worth it? I mean I don't fully get what it does exactly like it auto casts a buff when you face a new set of enemies? Or does it auto attack enemies with some spell right off bat at start of a round?

I am wondering because I am debating on should I get that first or should I wait until I can get Black or White Aura (I have rainbow already)

Ninja'd heh

One level of Innate Arcana isn't necessarily worth it, but 2 or more is for sure once the upkeep starts going down.

Innate Arcana basically "runs" a supportive spell without you having to cast it and drains mana per turn based on how much mana it normally costs to cast divided by how many turns it lasts.

So let's say you have 40 turn haste that costs you 35 mana to cast. IA will drain .88 mana per turn and you'll gain all the usual benefits of haste without having to cast it,

This post has been edited by Conquest101: Aug 18 2010, 04:05

As <- This states, I got OWNED. This is what I meant.

8 3 The effect Overwhelming Strikes has expired.
8 2 You are healed for 86 Health Points.
8 1 You cast Cure.
7 6 Giant Panda misses the attack against you.
7 5 Cookie Monster hits you for 32 slashing damage.
7 4 Tentacle Monster hits you for 26 piercing damage.
7 3 You are healed for 98 Health Points.
7 2 You cast Cure.
7 1 You gain 0.03 points of curative magic proficiency.
6 6 Cookie Monster misses the attack against you.
6 5 The effect Bleeding Wound on Giant Panda has expired.
6 4 Bleeding Wound hits Giant Panda for 43 damage.
6 3 Giant Panda hits you for 44 slashing damage.
6 2 Tentacle Monster hits you for 34 piercing damage.
6 1 You hit Cookie Monster for 57 slashing damage.
5 7 Cookie Monster hits you for 33 slashing damage.
5 6 Bleeding Wound hits Giant Panda for 43 damage.
5 5 You parry the attack from Giant Panda.
5 4 Tentacle Monster hits you for 23 piercing damage.
5 3 Giant Panda gains the effect Bleeding Wound.
5 2 You gain the effect Overwhelming Strikes.
5 1 You crit Giant Panda for 84 slashing damage.
4 4 Cookie Monster hits you for 23 slashing damage.
4 3 You block the attack from Giant Panda.
4 2 Tentacle Monster misses the attack against you.
4 1 You hit Giant Panda for 43 slashing damage.
3 4 Cookie Monster hits you for 24 slashing damage.
3 3 Giant Panda hits you for 41 slashing damage.
3 2 You block the attack from Tentacle Monster.
3 1 You hit Giant Panda for 43 slashing damage.
2 5 You parry the attack from Giant Panda.
2 4 You parry the attack from Cookie Monster.
2 3 Tentacle Monster hits you for 32 piercing damage.
2 2 You hit Giant Panda for 47 slashing damage.
2 1 You gain 0.03 points of one-handed weapon proficiency.
1 5 Giant Panda hits you for 34 slashing damage.
1 4 You evade the attack from Cookie Monster.
1 3 Horrible Rape hits you for 78 dark damage.
1 2 Tentacle Monster casts Horrible Rape
1 1 Giant Panda evades your attack.
0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=2 (Tentacle Monster) LV=23 HP=514 MP=28 SP=0 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=9 (Cookie Monster) LV=24 HP=530 MP=23 SP=1 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=5 (Giant Panda) LV=25 HP=556 MP=14 SP=0 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 1 Initializing random encounter ...
0 0 Battle Start!

By the way, I tried the advice, it worked great. Before I'd be dead in two. Now I can get far in item world. Again, thanks.

As <- This states, I got OWNED. This is what I meant.

8 3 The effect Overwhelming Strikes has expired.
8 2 You are healed for 86 Health Points.
8 1 You cast Cure.
7 6 Giant Panda misses the attack against you.
7 5 Cookie Monster hits you for 32 slashing damage.
7 4 Tentacle Monster hits you for 26 piercing damage.
7 3 You are healed for 98 Health Points.
7 2 You cast Cure.
7 1 You gain 0.03 points of curative magic proficiency.
6 6 Cookie Monster misses the attack against you.
6 5 The effect Bleeding Wound on Giant Panda has expired.
6 4 Bleeding Wound hits Giant Panda for 43 damage.
6 3 Giant Panda hits you for 44 slashing damage.
6 2 Tentacle Monster hits you for 34 piercing damage.
6 1 You hit Cookie Monster for 57 slashing damage.
5 7 Cookie Monster hits you for 33 slashing damage.
5 6 Bleeding Wound hits Giant Panda for 43 damage.
5 5 You parry the attack from Giant Panda.
5 4 Tentacle Monster hits you for 23 piercing damage.
5 3 Giant Panda gains the effect Bleeding Wound.
5 2 You gain the effect Overwhelming Strikes.
5 1 You crit Giant Panda for 84 slashing damage.
4 4 Cookie Monster hits you for 23 slashing damage.
4 3 You block the attack from Giant Panda.
4 2 Tentacle Monster misses the attack against you.
4 1 You hit Giant Panda for 43 slashing damage.
3 4 Cookie Monster hits you for 24 slashing damage.
3 3 Giant Panda hits you for 41 slashing damage.
3 2 You block the attack from Tentacle Monster.
3 1 You hit Giant Panda for 43 slashing damage.
2 5 You parry the attack from Giant Panda.
2 4 You parry the attack from Cookie Monster.
2 3 Tentacle Monster hits you for 32 piercing damage.
2 2 You hit Giant Panda for 47 slashing damage.
2 1 You gain 0.03 points of one-handed weapon proficiency.
1 5 Giant Panda hits you for 34 slashing damage.
1 4 You evade the attack from Cookie Monster.
1 3 Horrible Rape hits you for 78 dark damage.
1 2 Tentacle Monster casts Horrible Rape
1 1 Giant Panda evades your attack.
0 4 Spawned Monster C: MID=2 (Tentacle Monster) LV=23 HP=514 MP=28 SP=0 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 3 Spawned Monster B: MID=9 (Cookie Monster) LV=24 HP=530 MP=23 SP=1 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 2 Spawned Monster A: MID=5 (Giant Panda) LV=25 HP=556 MP=14 SP=0 NA=97 Type=hostile
0 1 Initializing random encounter ...
0 0 Battle Start!

By the way, I tried the advice, it worked great. Before I'd be dead in two. Now I can get far in item world. Again, thanks.

The pic shows you're playing on hard, try switching down to normal (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

This post has been edited by alfonx: Aug 18 2010, 04:56

It.. It worked. Dear god... it WORKED.

karma for you alfonx. No credits as you can see, I'm a cheapskate. Thank you.

Yes, very much.

Not for me. The only advantage for me, is that I can avoid recasting over and over, or if I melee perhaps, but unless I'm dealing with higher difficulties I can pass with the full cost of SV.
IMO the amount of hath needed for the 4 ranks IA isn't really worth the trouble.

[i20.photobucket.com] Stats

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Equips:
Head
Feet
Legs
Hands
Body
Main Weapon
Offhand Weapon


Currently I am having STR, DEX, AGI and END all even until level 30 where I will start putting less into END, I rarely use magic, except for cure, so I put little into INT and WIS. My strategy is to have above average damage and be hard to hit and hit my enemy often. Basically an assassin like build.

Most of my equips are just cheap stuff I found in bazaar/WTS forum (spent less than 3000 C) on everything

Few questions I have about the game that I'm not 100% on.

1) Stats
just wanted to know if I have this stuff right.
STR - More damage / less damage taken
DEX - More evade chance
AGI - more chance to hit / faster action time
END - more health
INT - more magic damage
WIS - more Mana

2) does difficulty affect the drop chance of items/equips/artifacts?

Currently I am on easy difficulty just trying to get credits, for training. As for training, I am switching between Luck of the Draw, Scavenger, and Quartermaster.

So does anyone see any problems as to what I am doing, or can give me a better alternative as to what I am doing now?

yes the difficulty does affect the drop change but not by much,try only on cake,thats how i got were i am only on cake train the:

scavenger
luck of the draw
quartermaster
archaelogist to get more drops and beter 1's ^^'

Currently I am having STR, DEX, AGI and END all even until level 30 where I will start putting less into END, I rarely use magic, except for cure, so I put little into INT and WIS. My strategy is to have above average damage and be hard to hit and hit my enemy often. Basically an assassin like build.

be hard to hit -> get equip with high evade

hit my enemy often -> focus on agi/action speed

1) Stats
just wanted to know if I have this stuff right.
STR - More damage / less damage taken
DEX - More evade chance
AGI - more chance to hit / faster action time
END - more health
INT - more magic damage
WIS - more Mana

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Character_Stats

huh I must have missed that, thanks a lot, very helpful.

Two questions:

Does difficulty effect the rate of quality items dropped in arena challenges?

How do I take pictures of my states and stuff in the game to post if need advice on equipment and such?

Two questions:

Does difficulty effect the rate of quality items dropped in arena challenges?

How do I take pictures of my states and stuff in the game to post if need advice on equipment and such?

yes, in whatever you're doing i.e arenas/IW

1-click print screen key (on the keyboard), then paste in pain, then save the image.
2-upload the image in a website like [www.tinypic.com] this one
3-copy one of the links generated, and put where you want to post.

mouse over the equipment and press ctrl + c.

then copy the link of the pop up.

When doing IW, what are the levels of difficulty needed in order to level items more than just one level per win? I tried on Hard but only got 1 level higher. Just got a Average Bronze Katana to match with my Waz but it is only level 9 (well 10 now)

When doing IW, what are the levels of difficulty needed in order to level items more than just one level per win? I tried on Hard but only got 1 level higher. Just got a Average Bronze Katana to match with my Waz but it is only level 9 (well 10 now)

There's no guarantee even at battletoads to level up 2 levels, it's just higher than normal difficulty means higher probability to level up more.

I made a real effort to find this info on my own but couldn't find it, so I was wondering if anyone knew what:

1) the formula to see how much XP is needed to gain a level at a certain level (ex. How much XP is needed to get from level 34 to 35, 37 to 38, ect....)

2) the formula to see how much XP is needed to add points to Primary Attributes (ex. How much XP is needed to bring STR from 18 to 19, 50 to 51 ect...)

I made a real effort to find this info on my own but couldn't find it, so I was wondering if anyone knew what:

1) the formula to see how much XP is needed to gain a level at a certain level (ex. How much XP is needed to get from level 34 to 35, 37 to 38, ect....)

2) the formula to see how much XP is needed to add points to Primary Attributes (ex. How much XP is needed to bring STR from 18 to 19, 50 to 51 ect...)

No one has figured them out yet, but people have been collecting the data and we do have some tables. I have the XP needed to raise stats up to 262. My Level table has a few holes in it, though, and doesn't go up as high.