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This post has been edited by Apocalypse Horsemen: Apr 13 2013, 17:32

Ideally for a level 100 melee fighter -

a) what number should be the main weapon proficiency?

(IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) what numbers should be the magic proficiencies (or just the most important ones)?

Ideally for a level 100 melee fighter -

a) what number should be the main weapon proficiency?

(IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) what numbers should be the magic proficiencies (or just the most important ones)?

For melee, your primary (2H, 1H or DW) should be about 60-80% of your level, depending. And you should have 50%+ your level in prof for supportive and depreciating.

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Edit:

Is DW + Heavy viable with these two weapons; either with power or plate?

http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=48e9e1e181

http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=5ba58dbb63

This post has been edited by Nightwishman: Apr 13 2013, 18:01

should i sell all my pricy materials in order to get funds or it's better to keep them?
i mave a couple of phazons right now but i think it will be a long time before i get my hands on some forge worthy phases.
same for HG materials.

damn there is so much pricy stuff i want to get and i cannot make up my mind. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
crystarium, loot trainings, IA, better equipment...

should i sell all my pricy materials in order to get funds or it's better to keep them?
i mave a couple of phazons right now but i think it will be a long time before i get my hands on some forge worthy phases.
same for HG materials.

damn there is so much pricy stuff i want to get and i cannot make up my mind. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
crystarium, loot trainings, IA, better equipment...

Just sell them when the price is still high. No one can tell when will they be removed completely from HV.

i think i will start selling artifacts as well.
what i need the most now is money and even if i can get hath from them, on average i get less than what i would get selling them for credits since i haven't maxed out the bonus to attributes yet and i don't have crystarium.

Just started using a 2 handed wep for the first time. Is the proper technique to roll your face across the number pad until everything dies or am I doing it wrong?
Seriously though, is there any major difference I should take into consideration since I've used DW my entire leveling?

Estocs suck....

or, at least at my level they do.

What is your prof? I thought the same thing, then I checked the wiki and learned prof affects the cleave rate and % damage it does. I'm waiting to pass judgement till I get 100+ prof personally.

The following effects are for every 10 points in the respective proficiency.
When using TWO-HANDED
+ 30 Physical Base Damage
+ 0.2% Attack Accuracy
+ 0.5% Parry

Domino Strike can reach up to 3 monsters away from the primary target at 100 proficiency (6 enemies splashed at maximum). Getting domino strike to proc on the second monster will automatically proc domino strike on the third monster.
The damage of Domino Strike starts at 75%/60%/40%, increasing by one percentage point for every 10 points of proficiency, capping at 250 proficiency at 100%/85%/65%.

Proc chance, in order of importance, is calculated from Two-Handed Proficiency, Strength, and Dexterity. It can be calculated with the following formula:
Domino Strike Chance = 40 + (0.04 * STR + 0.02 * DEX) * (1 + 2H / 200)

Wish I had read the wiki earlier, I would have gone for a slaughter if I had read this

Weapon drain effects (Vampire, Banshee, Illithid) and elemental strike effects can only proc on the primary target.

This post has been edited by Tyrlidd: Apr 13 2013, 22:52

Just started using a 2 handed wep for the first time. Is the proper technique to roll your face across the number pad until everything dies or am I doing it wrong?
Seriously though, is there any major difference I should take into consideration since I've used DW my entire leveling?

You got it. Mash that keyboard. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Start in the middle of the mob...bash outwards...and then time the use of the available skills to best advantage. Fine-tune based on the OC you have, and the levels you fight. Further-fine tune the potions needed to stay alive. With a bit of practice, you'll figure out how to maximize the effects of both the skills and the Domino Strike.

If you've used DW all the way until now, you should have no problem getting it. IMO, DW is like university, and 2H is grade school, in terms of HV complexity.

Estocs suck....

or, at least at my level they do.

Mine too. I just can't make them work nicely for me either...I must have bad habits from my maces.

You got it. Mash that keyboard. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Start in the middle of the mob...bash outwards...and then time the use of the available skills to best advantage. Fine-tune based on the OC you have, and the levels you fight. Further-fine tune the potions needed to stay alive. With a bit of practice, you'll figure out how to maximize the effects of both the skills and the Domino Strike.

If you've used DW all the way until now, you should have no problem getting it. IMO, DW is like university, and 2H is grade school, in terms of HV complexity.
Mine too. I just can't make them work nicely for me either...I must have bad habits from my maces.

I feel like the Mace just adds so much survivability against mobs of monsters.

When I get 3 blood tokens I'll test on FSM normal were I can clear him in 185 rounds with my mace. So see if the eth estoc is ... better or not.

I feel like the Mace just adds so much survivability against mobs of monsters.

When I get 3 blood tokens I'll test on FSM normal were I can clear him in 185 rounds with my mace. So see if the eth estoc is ... better or not.

I think DW is better for RoB hands down. I'm honestly not sure where else it excels though. IW seems to take forever and some of the longer arenas can get tedious as well if you don't have enough points in overcharge to pull off the AoE combo consistently.

This post has been edited by Tyrlidd: Apr 13 2013, 23:31

I think DW is better for RoB hands down. I'm honestly not sure where else it excels though. IW seems to take forever and some of the longer arenas can get tedious as well if you don't have enough points in overcharge to pull off the AoE combo consistently.

I DW for arenas and it's not that bad. Instead of using overcharge on skills I just go into spirit stance and mash 123456 and depending on the difficulty you can usually kill things in 1-2 hits. More if IWBTH because they parry/evade.

Though I agree IW are a lot more tedious.

I think DW is better for RoB hands down. I'm honestly not sure where else it excels though. IW seems to take forever and some of the longer arenas can get tedious as well if you don't have enough points in overcharge to pull off the AoE combo consistently.

Arena is not tedious if you know what you are doing. Using skills is far more tedious than just turning on spirit stance and chopping fuckers down. I kill enemies on IWBTH in 2-4 hits usually. I will time my trio later and see how fast I can do it. But I bet I can do it faster than the majority of players.

Mine too. I just can't make them work nicely for me either...I must have bad habits from my maces.

At your level estoc should work far better than the other two-hand weapons, so yeah, you're doing something wrong (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) .

Arena is not tedious if you know what you are doing. Using skills is far more tedious than just turning on spirit stance and chopping fuckers down. I kill enemies on IWBTH in 2-4 hits usually. I will time my trio later and see how fast I can do it. But I bet I can do it faster than the majority of players.

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm at a point right now where I've just started having points left over to start investing in spirit and overcharge, so things may change soon now that I can sustain spirit stance for more than one round before it depletes.
My biggest problem is I keep getting enemies on IWBTH that take 8+ hits to kill even with spirit stance. Most of the giants take 14-18 without spirit stance.
Not that this means 2h automatically solves this issue. I'm just confused on how to deal with all the high health monsters and I'm hoping to find an easier way to deal with them somehow.

Why do people talk about The Trio and the Tree so much when there are 5 arena's beyond it?

This post has been edited by Tyrlidd: Apr 14 2013, 00:34

^Because T&T is the last Arena that doesn't has a god every round after round 50, and thus adding way to much time to be profitable.

I have 18 points in spirit tank and 20 in overcharge. Should I be shifting more into spirit tanks/overcharge or is this about the right balance?

What is the best way to manage stamina?

Clearing all arena challenges and random encounters uses more than 20 points of stamina per day which usually leaves me with 80 stamina or less and the more I level up the more new challenges to clear. How should I approach this problem?

I thought of buying energy potions to keep great stamina level but I'm unsure whether it's worth it or not.
Or should I just let stamina drop to normal and live without the bonuses?

I'd appreciate some advice.

What is the best way to manage stamina?

Clearing all arena challenges and random encounters uses more than 20 points of stamina per day which usually leaves me with 80 stamina or less and the more I level up the more new challenges to clear. How should I approach this problem?

I thought of buying energy potions to keep great stamina level but I'm unsure whether it's worth it or not.
Or should I just let stamina drop to normal and live without the bonuses?

I'd appreciate some advice.

What I do is clear the first few arenas on high difficulty, then the later ones with a moderate difficulty to maximize credit and item yields. Clear the ones in the middle even if you drop below great stamina, the items and tokens are still worth it and stamina only drains at a rate of 1 per 100 rounds as opposed to one per 20 rounds at great.
The bonus credits you gain from great stamina are not worth the 12k-13k or so energy drinks are worth for the most part.
Even assuming you gain 150 credits total per round average (so ~100 base, 50 bonus) you only get 20k bonus, but this is assuming you every bit of the stamina for arenas and you are doing all of them on high difficulty consistently.
Chances are it is worth it between the bonus credits and damage at higher levels, but I don't think we have enough arenas unlocked quite yet to fully utilize it without waste.
You generate 20 stam a day, and only have 31.5 stam worth of arenas at great status.
Level 170 or so it might be worth it though.

As for stamina relating to IW/GF, just go in at normal. The drops don't change any and difficulty rank loss due to 25% less damage is pretty negligible unless you are doing it on high difficulties or IW high ranking gear.

Any experts are free to correct me, this is my opinion.