[X] My Assistant

Thanks Evil Scorpio, arialinnoc, and loserneo for the help on the first one. Got the hang of it now. Seems like it is the easy thing to do so people don't have to ask about your gear when needing help.

I have a few questions that I wanted to ask:

1. How would I go about linking my equipment in my sig. I saw the format for linking Karma but not one for equipment.

2. Does absorb only proc when you use an attack elemental spell or can it also proc with an elemental weapon proc? I tried using debuffs to see if that would proc absorb but it seems it needs to be magical damage?

3. What would you guys recommend for how many AP to put into debuffs (weaken, imperial, etc). With buffs I usually put max AP on them (to get the most out of them) but with debuffs it seems I shouldn't as much since I am not constantly using them. I really only use them on RoB.

For Question 2 and 3:
Absorb works only when a monster "casts" magical attack, not when it "uses" magical attack. That is why it is commonly used in schoolgirl marathon against the Schoolgirls. The success rate is only 75%; but using the scroll of absorption, the success rate is 100%.

Celestia Lindwurm uses Burning Desperate (crushing). <-absorb wont work

Celestia Lindwurm casts Dragoon Tempest (holy). <-absorb may work

Currently the only monsters who could cast absorb is the Tree, in the Trio Arena. But Elemental Strike users dont have to worry about that, since the Elemental Strike counts as physical damage, not magical


For debuffs, weaken and silence shall be maxed, especially when you are against Hard+ FSM. 3-point in X-Nerf if you do IWBTH hourlies or at last Arena round, consider Magnet too. If you are not a mage or is using estoc/rapier, dont take Imperil.

Poison, Blind, Confuse, Nerf sucks at the moment, so never use them

This post has been edited by Coma: Dec 10 2012, 22:52

For Question 2 and 3:
Absorb works only when a monster "casts" magical attack, not when it "uses" magical attack. That is why it is commonly used in schoolgirl marathon against the Schoolgirls. The success rate is only 75%; but using the scroll of absorption, the success rate is 100%.

Celestia Lindwurm uses Burning Desperate (crushing). <-absorb wont work

Celestia Lindwurm casts Dragoon Tempest (holy). <-absorb may work

Currently the only monsters who could cast absorb is the Tree, in the Trio Arena. But Elemental Strike users dont have to worry about that, since the Elemental Strike counts as physical damage, not magical
For debuffs, weaken and silence shall be maxed, especially when you are against Hard+ FSM. 3-point in X-Nerf if you do IWBTH hourlies or at last Arena round, consider Magnet too. If you are not a mage or is using estoc/rapier, dont take Imperil.

Poison, Blind, Confuse, Nerf sucks at the moment, so never use them

Thank you for the reply. That clears up the confusion I had with absorb. Still looking for a decent exquisite/superior ethereal rapier of nimble to buy from the WTS thread to use on my offhand before I can drop imperial. Can't wait for x-nerf for IWBTH hourlies. They are doable at my current level but its annoying when a monster special move can take half of my health sometimes ( SoL is a life saver). That and having 10 spawn on DW doesn't help either heh.

This post has been edited by Endless Origin: Dec 10 2012, 23:17

got a stamina question; is it better to keep your stamina above 80, where you get an exp and power bonus but faster drain, or is itbetter to get more rounds per stamina without the bonus?

Thank you for the reply. That really clears up the confusion I had with absorb. Still looking for a decent exquisite/superior ethereal rapier of nimble to buy from the WTS thread to use on my offhand before I can drop imperial I guess. Can't wait for x-nerf for IWBTH hourlies. They are doable at my current level but its annoying when a monster special move can take half of my health sometimes ( SoL is a life saver). That and having 10 spawn on DW doesn't help either heh.

If you dont have X-Nerf, Weaken/Silence the strongest two first. That will ease your burden a bit.

got a stamina question; is it better to keep your stamina above 80, where you get an exp and power bonus but faster drain, or is itbetter to get more rounds per stamina without the bonus?

I personally use the first 20 stamina in more difficult arena (schoolgirl marathon and the Trio) at higher difficulty for higher exp boost, then do the rest (like the first 20 arena) in BT

I might looks like a prick by posting this, but... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

... monster "casts" magical attack, not when it "uses" magical attack.

X : Magical attack
O : Skill attack

The difference is not trivial.

If you dont have X-Nerf, Weaken/Silence the strongest two first. That will ease your burden a bit.
I personally use the first 20 stamina in more difficult arena (schoolgirl marathon and the Trio) at higher difficulty for higher exp boost, then do the rest (like the first 20 arena) in BT

I thought you only got 20 stamina back each day; or did that change recently?

if you want the extra credits/xp then let yourself back to great. Also makes iwbth-ing more than a couple rounds much more bearable.

if crys / iw the +25% damage is nice but stamina is better conserved for the credits imho.

Basically, do all the arenas you can on highest comfortable difficulty you can, til you run out of great stamina, and do everything else on normal.

No, it didn't change. Energy drinks, or suck it up and only regen to say 90-95 stamina. It's enough to do all of TNT + some schoolgirl arenas in great. At your level you should have enough to do all your arenas in great all the time if that's all you want to do.

Edit: Getting ninja'd all day and night. I need to be less verbose or type faster.

This post has been edited by loserneo: Dec 10 2012, 23:30

What do u mean with "I cant use it" ? Do you see "create monster" button but u cant click on it?

Edit: try to reload the page and the "create monster" button should be highlighted yellow now.

Ah, you know what, I'm an idiot.

This post has been edited by HigherMakoto: Dec 11 2012, 01:40

Would it be worth it to buy an Exquisite Ethreal Club of Slaughter and have somebody level it to max for 1-1.3m (the bulk of my credits)?

I'm wondering if the boost in damage would be worth dumping all my credits into it.

Now accuracy has counter-parry, so if I have 200 accuracy, my attacks would always strike true? Monster parry/evade is so annoying for 2H in SS...

Would it be worth it to buy an Exquisite Ethreal Club of Slaughter and have somebody level it to max for 1-1.3m (the bulk of my credits)?

I'm wondering if the boost in damage would be worth dumping all my credits into it.

I dont know if that's worthy to you, but if u are sure to max it, why not buy a hollowed/demonic/astral one for a cheaper price and maybe a better dmg type? Elemental dmg is poor for high level.
I began using DW after reaching 200 with
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=7e4a3e90fc
and
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=f22eb1d208
dark strike is such a great increase to damage. If you only want a void weapon with elemental strike, maybe you can try voidseeker on elementals.

Would it be worth it to buy an Exquisite Ethreal Club of Slaughter and have somebody level it to max for 1-1.3m (the bulk of my credits)?

I'm wondering if the boost in damage would be worth dumping all my credits into it.

In most case, nope. Unless your club happens to be the best you can have for the next 100 levels and have 4PABs

It takes an average of 10 IWBTH or 100 Easy runs to level from 0 to 10. If you have too much time/stamina, then you can just IW it yourself.

Now accuracy has counter-parry, so if I have 200 accuracy, my attacks would always strike true? Monster parry/evade is so annoying for 2H in SS...

Nope, accuracy have counter-evade, only the 1H+Shield have counter-parry.

At 200 accuracy, your hits will never miss or be evaded, but still can be parried

Would it be worth it to buy an Exquisite Ethreal Club of Slaughter and have somebody level it to max for 1-1.3m (the bulk of my credits)?

I'm wondering if the boost in damage would be worth dumping all my credits into it.

It's a gamble. You understand that potencies are mostly random, right? Leveling a weapon to max doesn't guarantee a significant boost in damage because you might get shit PAB potencies and little in the way of Butcher and Swift Strike. Furthermore, even if your item receives good potencies, you might end up resetting it if it didn't get the elemental strike you wanted. Leveling a weapon that has four PABs to start helps tremendously because it ensures that all potency gains will be either Butcher or Swift Strike.

That aside, if you feel that the club is a significant improvement over your current weapon, then I see no reason not to buy it. (Unless the price is outstandingly high, or something...)

Time for me to ask direction for my character again (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
-Now I have enough to buy IA 2 or should I look for better equipment?

My equipment:
weapon
helmet
body
gauntlet
legs
boots

-I think I can use those equipment for next 80 level?
For weapon I think I will just IW it, as for other ethereal mace in WTS that's better than mine(better damage and stun) cost like 500k or more.
And for fleet/shadowdancer equipment that have strength and endurance together a bit rare, for now I settle with only 1 equipment with str+end together(str in 3 equipment and end in 3 equipment)

Current IA slot:haste
Should I buy IA2, what should I place in it(shadow veil/spark of life/protection).
-Shadow Veil make me harder to hit, but my light armor prof will be more slow to grow(it's slow enough now with haste always on)
-On the other hand, for now I rarely need spark of life as I usually play in heroic and nightmare(as my regen 1 don't heal enough to play harder than nightmare)
-I 'think' protection is useless for shade user, but correct me if I'm wrong

my current stat:
(IMG:[i1352.photobucket.com] http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q659/t15131325/stat.jpg)

In most case, nope. Unless your club happens to be the best you can have for the next 100 levels and have 4PABs

It takes an average of 10 IWBTH or 100 Easy runs to level from 0 to 10. If you have too much time/stamina, then you can just IW it yourself.

The thing is ever since hitting 200 I have a hard time killing stuff on harder difficulty levels and I'm not really trying to run IW 100 times to max a weapon.

And it would be a 4 PAB club.

This post has been edited by HigherMakoto: Dec 11 2012, 05:54

The thing is ever since hitting 200 I have a hard time killing stuff on harder difficulty levels and I'm not really trying to run IW 100 times to max a weapon.

And it would be a 4 PAB club.

Why don't you try 2H weapons? For most of the arenas it will run smoother once you have 100/200 proficiency to hit more monsters with domino strikes. Leave DW for special arenas like end of days, FSM, first few arenas, etc.

Time for me to ask direction for my character again (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
-Now I have enough to buy IA 2 or should I look for better equipment?

Your equip should be okay, but you still have some trainings to do, don't you? IA2 is good, of course, so you can treat it as some long-term target. Or you can grab IA2 first, the second IA usually is the most beneficial one.

I thought you only got 20 stamina back each day; or did that change recently?

And well, if you're playing a lot you will get less than 20 stamina, since it won't regen when you're fighting.

This post has been edited by varst: Dec 11 2012, 06:04

Depends on quality and luck, that number can vary depending on your individual items. I find that for some that I've recorded it has been certainly a bit lower than that.

But if you're not willing to do 100, I doubt you're willing to do even 90. It is quite time and stamina-consuming.

Why don't you try 2H weapons? For most of the arenas it will run smoother once you have 100/200 proficiency to hit more monsters with domino strikes. Leave DW for special arenas like end of days, FSM, first few arenas, etc.

Would 2H work well with my Shade of the Shadowdancer gear? My 2H prof is at 0 atm (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) .

Oh yeah, I've always wondered, are those early arenas still worth doing? Can you get tokens from them?