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Are dark spells stronger than holy because of a higher tier dark spell? I'm trying to decide which one I want to stick to and buy armour/weapon accordingly.

Weird, the wiki doesn't say anything about that. Oh well, it's outdated for some other stuff too (like maces and estocs being the worse 2H weapons, and scythes the best >_>).

Eh, where did you read that?
http://ehwiki.org/wiki/advice suggests estoc/mace.
http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Skills#Damage tells you about the OC increase.

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Equipment_Advice#Two-Handed
http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Equipment_Numbers#2H

Both pages claim bleeding is better than PA or stun for 2H weapons.

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Overcharge

No mention of the damage increase. This page also mentions soul stones, but do they even exist anymore ? It's been ages since I've seen one.

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Equipment_Numbers#2H

Note that this page is outdated.

This page also mentions soul stones, but do they even exist anymore ?

Yes.

hey guys i have some questions about my gear and skill choices

im currently on heroic difficulty and having a hard time, i get wrecked on nightmare, i think it may be because of my low physical mitigation because of my power armor, should i swap it out or am i just trying to do too high of a difficulty and when can i start going up in difficulties.

should i keep using my fiery scythe or should i switch back to a normal estoc of slaughter?

should i be using weaken or haste at my level, and should i keep up both shadow veil and protection always?

im using 3 superior hp pots and 3 godly manas, should i go all manas? cure doesent seem to be doing much at my level and hp pots seem to be much better until i get regen, is it not doing much because of my proficency?


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This post has been edited by mastaninja: Jan 14 2013, 00:57

Keep casting them spells for improving proficiency. Hard to answer equipment questions without seeing them, your links dont work.

Quick question: what is EDB?

Quick question: what is EDB?

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Acronyms

Spell damage on phase and non-redwood staffs.

This post has been edited by fishinsea: Jan 14 2013, 01:48

damn it wrong thread lol

This post has been edited by Bonebuster: Jan 14 2013, 13:44

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This post has been edited by fishinsea: Jan 14 2013, 03:13

there seems to be a lot of that going around

nvm, it's automatic or something

This post has been edited by fishinsea: Jan 14 2013, 03:14

It'd be easier to helpm you if you post your current equipment set (Character => Equipment). Also you can post links to it by hovering the cursor over the pieces and press "C".

A bit late to the party but here's my current equipment set.
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=32d8389d20
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=937ccd27fa
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=1d0edb6446
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=c5ed692d42
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=7230bfe837
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=d6d12ac07f
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=536b252b28

I had a bit more of a heavy build but recently found some Kevlar armour I think is actually decent and some shade boots. I almost managed a shade breastplate but it popped up seconds after I bought my shade feet and no longer had the spare credits.

Don't buy from bazaar.

Are dark spells stronger than holy because of a higher tier dark spell? I'm trying to decide which one I want to stick to and buy armour/weapon accordingly.

It's not the sole factor, but yes, tier 4 dark spells has almost the best damage output among spells. It's very good for situations when you need the firepower to clear most of the mobs without worrying that much about mana consumption.

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Equipment_Advice#Two-Handed
http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Equipment_Numbers#2H

Both pages claim bleeding is better than PA or stun for 2H weapons.

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Overcharge

No mention of the damage increase. This page also mentions soul stones, but do they even exist anymore ? It's been ages since I've seen one.

Huh...I finally decided to remove that two pages. Too much effort to explain again and again that it's outdated. And I've added words about damage to overcharge page.

hey guys i have some questions about my gear and skill choices

im currently on heroic difficulty and having a hard time, i get wrecked on nightmare, i think it may be because of my low physical mitigation because of my power armor, should i swap it out or am i just trying to do too high of a difficulty and when can i start going up in difficulties.

should i keep using my fiery scythe or should i switch back to a normal estoc of slaughter?

should i be using weaken or haste at my level, and should i keep up both shadow veil and protection always?

im using 3 superior hp pots and 3 godly manas, should i go all manas? cure doesent seem to be doing much at my level and hp pots seem to be much better until i get regen, is it not doing much because of my proficency?

Change some of your power of protection to plate of protection for better physical mitigation. Power of protection is tricky; some better pieces may give more benefits compared to power of slaughter + plate of protection, but most of the time the mitigation lost just not worth the small additional damage. Especially at your level. (ADB is much better at higher level because of scaling).
Also, give us the equips links by pointing at the equip and press 'c'.

You'll go all mana eventually as it's more efficient than HP pots. You'll get regen in a few levels, which is a very good curative spell once you have some curative prof. And you need to cast more curative spells to get the prof, so it's just better to use the spells instead of pots.

Scythe is fine at your level as it has bleeding, which works better than estoc till lv.150~200. Still, you should link it and let us see if it's good enough.

A bit late to the party but here's my current equipment set.

I had a bit more of a heavy build but recently found some Kevlar armour I think is actually decent and some shade boots. I almost managed a shade breastplate but it popped up seconds after I bought my shade feet and no longer had the spare credits.

- Don't mix armor types (plate/shield/power vs shade/kevlar) as you'll be losing the armor prof bonus.
- Use the better suffixes. For starters, it's protection for plate/kevlar, and fleet/shadowdancer for shade.
- You can find better equips in the WTS on this forum, so avoid buying things from bazaar (especially when people only throw junks into that nowadays)
- You may choose to wait till Evil_Scorpio's around to comment on your equips (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This post has been edited by varst: Jan 14 2013, 07:28

Noob Question: Is it normal to be getting fucked up around level 140? Specifically, I can do the random encounters on battletoads difficulty (with items) with about 80% success, but in the arena anything over 25 rounds I have to do on normal, and even then it's a struggle (I haven't even been able to complete the level 140 arena on normal). They hit me for ridiculous amounts of damage.

As you can probably tell from the screenshot below, I currently use heavy armor and dual wield (sword/rapier). My gear is what you would imagine it to be. Likely of average quality, no upgrades or levels (can't do item worlds on anything other than easy, and they just take way too much time for gear that probably won't last long).

So yeah, I was wondering if any expert could offer a diagnosis (if you need some information that I've omitted, let me know). Perhaps there's something I can tweak or need to do to level things out, or maybe this is just par for course?

Thanks in advance




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Likely your gear sucks, but cant see it. Check WTS section on the forums for cheap/free stuff that will likely be a huge upgrade. If you are low on credits without buying from other people on forums its likely you either shop a lot on bazzar (dont do this) or spent a lot on training. High levels of drop training takes years of playing to recoup the cost. Much better to get half decent gear imo. Keep up protection to reduce damage taken, and regen over cure because its more efficient. Changing the sword to either a club or an axe will be a good survival/damage upgrade. Link abilities as well, cause it's likely you don't have weaken (which you will want), an essential spell to beating strong monsters (like IWBTH random encounters).

Noob Question: Is it normal to be getting fucked up around level 140? Specifically, I can do the random encounters on battletoads difficulty (with items) with about 80% success, but in the arena anything over 25 rounds I have to do on normal, and even then it's a struggle (I haven't even been able to complete the level 140 arena on normal). They hit me for ridiculous amounts of damage.

As you can probably tell from the screenshot below, I currently use heavy armor and dual wield (sword/rapier). My gear is what you would imagine it to be. Likely of average quality, no upgrades or levels (can't do item worlds on anything other than easy, and they just take way too much time for gear that probably won't last long).

So yeah, I was wondering if any expert could offer a diagnosis (if you need some information that I've omitted, let me know). Perhaps there's something I can tweak or need to do to level things out, or maybe this is just par for course?

The main stats screen alone is insufficient. We also need to know the equips you're using, the abilities you've picked, and the trainings (page) you've done so far. But from the screen alone there's some advices

- Why are you having so many unused aura points? Have you picked any level of refined aura yet? How about pack rats? What's the potions you're bringing into battles?
- Your supportive prof is way too low. Have you been using any of the supportive spells (protection, haste) in battles?
- Crushing + piercing. That means non-void club + rapier. Crushing damage can be quite a hassle due to its inefficiency against high HP monsters; try to find ethereal club/axe for mainhand.
- Pick some more points in WIS. It will give you more MP and MP regen.
- Start to use 2H weapons, which works much better against lots of enemies. DW has its limitation: it's not the best weapon set against large amount of enemies.

That's probably it for now.

Noob Question: Is it normal to be getting fucked up around level 140? Specifically, I can do the random encounters on battletoads difficulty (with items) with about 80% success, but in the arena anything over 25 rounds I have to do on normal, and even then it's a struggle (I haven't even been able to complete the level 140 arena on normal). They hit me for ridiculous amounts of damage.

As you can probably tell from the screenshot below, I currently use heavy armor and dual wield (sword/rapier). My gear is what you would imagine it to be. Likely of average quality, no upgrades or levels (can't do item worlds on anything other than easy, and they just take way too much time for gear that probably won't last long).

So yeah, I was wondering if any expert could offer a diagnosis (if you need some information that I've omitted, let me know). Perhaps there's something I can tweak or need to do to level things out, or maybe this is just par for course?

A little fucked up on BT/IWBTH? Sure, since the high PLs are coming into play (with craploads of Chaos Upgrades), but you're only vs. PL ~300 monsters at Normal, so you shouldn't be getting the crap kicked out of you that badly. Clearing your latest arena on Normal because of issues of endurance is pretty common (Pack Rat 5 is great for that), taking 'ridiculous amounts of damage' on Normal is not. Regen II shows up at 150, and it's awesome for patching some of those endurance issues. Cast it off Channeling and you don't have to worry about HP for 50+ rounds. Most Heavy builds rarely use Cure after they get Regen II (mages are not so lucky).

Post gear and abilities and consider picking up 2H style for arenas. I suspect part of your issue is the whole 'oh shit, I'm getting beat on by 5 mobs while I beat on this one to kill it' issue of DW, but you're in Heavy, so getting beat on shouldn't be a problem.

This post has been edited by PK678353: Jan 14 2013, 11:47

'oh shit, I'm getting beat on by 5 mobs while I beat on this one to kill it' issue of DW, but you're in Heavy, so getting beat on shouldn't be a problem.

High enough PMI or high enough evade/parry combined with regen/regen II will eventually completely bypass this issue (even 10 mobs at once won't be a problem). Until you get to that point, sleep/weaken/silence do wonders. I actually use to use sleep the most, especially for hourlies, when I was at that level.

This post has been edited by T_Starrk: Jan 14 2013, 12:30