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How high do I need, I'm at 56 prof...

http://ehwiki.org/wiki/Spells#Curse_Weaving

I just come back from a long break, and my estoc + plate seems to fall off. My clear speed on heroic is very slow, while before I could roflstomp the mode easily. Apparently, PA from estoc is nerfed and now 120 in accuracy isn't high enough anymore. Should I change from estoc to scythe? And what should I do with my armor to get higher accuracy? Would light armor be a better choice?

weapon procs were nerfed in general for lower difficulties cuz of the extra turns needed to stack. I use scythe for lower difficulties, and estoc for serious stuff, but you need something that is comparable/better to your estoc to make gains. I'd stick with heavy, and look for at least one power of balance w/ 15+ accuracy.

This is my current plate set

Exquisite Plate Helmet of Protection
Exquisite Plate Cuirass of Protection
Exquisite Plate Gauntlets of Protection
Exquisite Plate Greaves of Protection
Exquisite Plate Sabatons of Protection

And how do you think I can improve this power set?
Superior Power Helmet of Protection
Exquisite Power Armor of Warding
Fine Power Gauntlets of Slaughter
Superior Power Leggings of Protection
Superior Power Boots of Slaughter

And my weapon
Superior Ethereal Estoc of Slaughter

regarding power set. head is crap. Do NOT use power of protection w/o end. Try to find some other prefix for body. Gloves & boots are fine if you're going damage, but likely won't be usable for IWs due to lack of pmi or (boots) endurance. Legs aren't great for protection.

Choosing power pieces depends on usage. If you want to crush everything as fast as possible, don't have worries about health/pmi / healing (like running through arenas on normal for instance) you want as much damage as possible, and all other considerations are moot. If you are looking for some pieces to supplement plate set in high difficulty, to increase damage, i prefer finding a good piece of slaughter or 2 (or balance for accuracy as needed), and plate for the others. Add in power of protection if it doesn't hurt your pmi too much.

weapon is pretty nice for a superior.

This post has been edited by etothex: Feb 1 2013, 09:56

Hah, just realized I can activate more auras now that slots are gone (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

So as a light melee player, which of these should I do now?
Blue (+1% magical mit and +2 wis)
Violet (+2% magical hit chance, +1 str, +1 int)

I assume Indigo is useless for melee (magic crit and int).

Violet if you have less than 100% hit chance. Otherwise I'd say blue, but if you truly don't need more mana then Violet.

So, I'm working my way on getting a full set of Plate-Protection armor. I found a helmet today but I don't think it's as good as my current helmet?
Current helm: Superior Shield Helmet of Deflection
New helm: Superior Plate Helmet of Protection

The problem I mostly have with the new helmet is the lower PABs plus no STR bonus. However, it does have better PMI and less Interference, so I'm not sure if I shouldn't use it.

So, I'm working my way on getting a full set of Plate-Protection armor. I found a helmet today but I don't think it's as good as my current helmet?
Current helm: Superior Shield Helmet of Deflection
New helm: Superior Plate Helmet of Protection

The problem I mostly have with the new helmet is the lower PABs plus no STR bonus. However, it does have better PMI and less Interference, so I'm not sure if I shouldn't use it.

Use it.

1. Reached Level 100 and I'm still ranked Lord? According EH Wiki, rank Ascended is unlocked at Level 100.

2. How to use Spark of Life effectively? Is it possible to predict when a monster is about to crit me?

3. Is there a difference between [shop] & [wts] suffix in the WTS thread?

This post has been edited by hujan86: Feb 1 2013, 12:33

1. Reached Level 100 and I'm still ranked Lord? According EH Wiki, rank Ascended is unlocked at Level 100.

2. How to use Spark of Life effectively? Is it possible to predict when a monster is about to crit me?

1. Look closer at this page. If you've cleared the Arena, yes, it's unlocked, but you have to select it (it will no longer auto-select your highest rank title).

2. SoL is a fire-and-forget spell, if you have IA3 you can put it in there. Otherwise, the only way to figure out if a mob is about to frag you is to carefully monitor the MP/SP bars. You can be guaranteed that unless MP >=50% and SP=100%, the mob will not hit you with a special. However, there is no guarantee the mob *will* hit you with a special even with full bars.

1. Reached Level 100 and I'm still ranked Lord? According EH Wiki, rank Ascended is unlocked at Level 100.

2. How to use Spark of Life effectively? Is it possible to predict when a monster is about to crit me?

3. Is there a difference between [shop] & [wts] suffix in the WTS thread?

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100-149     Ascended     +6% Damage +1% Evade     Clear the level 100 Arena Challenge "Endgame".

2. Just have it on at all time on higher difficulty. The best way to use it is to put it on IA. No, you can't predict crits.

3. No, just preference of the seller.

1. Reached Level 100 and I'm still ranked Lord? According EH Wiki, rank Ascended is unlocked at Level 100.

2. How to use Spark of Life effectively? Is it possible to predict when a monster is about to crit me?

1. You also have to clear the level 100 Arena Challenge "Endgame". Then change the rank to Ascended manually in your settings.

2. I usually cast it while Channeling to avoid the mana cost and extend the duration. It lasts quite a while. You can't predict crits, but you can see when a monster's mana bar is approaching 50% full, giving it enough for a special attack.

Hi, so I'm just getting started in HV and have some questions ...

I'm using mace and going to use the domino strike and stun from it to make my way. My ideal goal is to proc domino strike + stun so I could hack away at them freely and efficiently, not just one at a time (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) so I'm intending to raise my STR and DEX primarily for domino proc, and the crits for stuns. Is it right or wrong?

And my current stat is this: [easycaptures.com] http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/532/7686571904.png what will you suggest me to raise?

Also, I wonder what's so good with estocs? Idk anything about it because I havent used it yet, but I cant see it being different than other 2H BW weps (except different procs ofc) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

This post has been edited by masskiss: Feb 1 2013, 13:41

estocs are popular because as you level, monster PMI and MMI rises too, and at 200 it is quite significant.

As for builds, melee keeps their INT about 1/3rd of WIS cost for mana, all others close to equal. The exponential curve for raising them means that you can't deviate too much without incurring significant losses - you should instead differentiate by using armors with stats you wish on them.

Hi, so I'm just getting started in HV and have some questions ...

I'm using mace and going to use the domino strike and stun from it to make my way. My ideal goal is to proc domino strike + stun so I could hack away at them freely and efficiently, not just one at a time (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) so I'm intending to raise my STR and DEX primarily for domino proc, and the crits for stuns. Is it right or wrong?

And my current stat is this: [easycaptures.com] http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/532/7686571904.png what will you suggest me to raise?

Also, I wonder what's so good with estocs? Idk anything about it because I havent used it yet, but I cant see it being different than other 2H BW weps (except different procs ofc) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

can you link your equipment instead ?
press "c" when hovering over equipment and copy-paste the link

I have start playing as mage for a few days. I would like to know do holy work better than dark for grinding crystal on low level grindfest?

estocs are popular because as you level, monster PMI and MMI rises too, and at 200 it is quite significant.

Yes, and? Oh, I'm guessing this is where the PA comes, huh? And it could be stacked too ... Now I see ...

As for builds, melee keeps their INT about 1/3rd of WIS cost for mana, all others close to equal. The exponential curve for raising them means that you can't deviate too much without incurring significant losses - you should instead differentiate by using armors with stats you wish on them.

My initial thought was to keep raising STR since it plays a bigger role in the formula of DS happening than DEX, right now I'm only at 44% chance, some DEX for crits and of course AGI because I dont want monsters to attack me twice in a turn. And whenever I pick my armor, I only consider it's specialty (evade for light, PMI for heavy, etc) and I dont really consider the PABs lol. Right now I'm using light armor set which may be crappy because I bought them on the store (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Oh I should remind you guys, my dream build was to proc DS + stun as high as possible, while DS is capped at 80% and stun depends on the wep, crit hits always proc right? So I think STR for DS and DEX for stun is important ... What do you masters think?

can you link your equipment instead ?
press "c" when hovering over equipment and copy-paste the link

Yeah, sorry I forgot to post them. Here goes:
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=8dfb1ea338
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=65757022fc
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=fb2667ea16
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=cbc2f6e9c3
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=bf51beea7d
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=cdf33c8ec9

Your mace is surprisingly good for level 40, though it can certainly be improved. Don't trade it for non-ethereal one.

leather....is, like cotton, trash. Shade or Kevlar, for critting Shade of the shadowdancer or balance power can help you most - you can pick few equips from free shops in WTS. However, fair warning: your chosen build isn't exactly popular, as mace doesn't provide any damage and while it may let you go further in the same amount of time with equip providing more damage one can get more rewards.

PABs are often the difference between "barely sellable" and "can fetch a nice sum".

This post has been edited by Lement: Feb 1 2013, 18:17

1. What does Assimilator do? Does it have to do with Proficiency gained during the course of battle?

2. Does training Power Tank increases EXP & Credits gained from battles?

I have start playing as mage for a few days. I would like to know do holy work better than dark for grinding crystal on low level grindfest?

um yes? because purge has lower cost than pestilence

long post

for stats http://ehwiki.org/wiki/HentaiVerse_Advice#Melee_Builds
your weapon should suffice for now
change your armor into a set/mix of kevlar of protection and shade of fleet/shadowdancer.

This post has been edited by aiwotorimodose: Feb 1 2013, 18:47

1. What does Assimilator do? Does it have to do with Proficiency gained during the course of battle?

2. Does training Power Tank increases EXP & Credits gained from battles?

1. Yes, Assimilator increases proficiency gained during battle. However, you gain them at a rate of 0.01, 0.02 or 0.03. Given that a rank of Assimilator only increases your gains by 10%, you'd need to train all the way to get a noticeable change. Leave it till you've solidified your build, stats, item drops and such, as grinding proficiencies isn't difficult.

2. Power is its own little thing. Just read the wiki.

1. Yes, Assimilator increases proficiency gained during battle. However, you gain them at a rate of 0.01, 0.02 or 0.03. Given that a rank of Assimilator only increases your gains by 10%, you'd need to train all the way to get a noticeable change. Leave it till you've solidified your build, stats, item drops and such, as grinding proficiencies isn't difficult.

2. Power is its own little thing. Just read the wiki.

Almost accurate, assimilator increases the chance of you getting prof per action, it'll always be a random number between 0.01 and 0.03.