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Um.. are we talking about FOL on Normal or what???? I know some people *cough* conquest *cough* that can 1shot inferno on heroic, so you need to give some detail (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Oh, yeah definitely normal to start with, gotta work your way up but I found that the most efficient for prof, items and exp was high end IW. I went from 110 to 130 in exquisite IW runs just blasting away with FoL. Caught my elemental proficiency up from 30 to 125 as well. I can just barely manage 1hko's with FoL on hard now, heroic is still beyond me.

I'm still only level 135 now, and 110 when I started mageblasting. You'll have arcane focus right off the bat, which I didn't get to grab for 20 levels. Should make things much easier.

This post has been edited by marcho: Dec 18 2010, 10:24

This is almost certainly a dumb question...

Do the numbers of your offhand weapon apply to the main weapon as well? For example if your secondary weapons increases your accuracy, does that apply only to that weapon or will your main weapon hit more frequently as well? How about the critical bonus? I don't recall my offhand ever critically hitting but I might be mixing things up about that.

-Vakuen

it applies on both (lol i also asked this maybe a week ago)

No one can 1 shot inferno on heroic, at least to the best of my knowledge. The people that even comes close to doing it is with thunderstorm.

I can technically do it if I switch in my surtr phase and change my staff around. Not with great reliability though.

I can consistently one-shot heroic with T-storm now though.

I just reach lv40 and I have some question

Is Haste a good spell for mage?
now I use 4 element spells (fire ice elec wind). Should I invest my point in holy element?

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

This post has been edited by shizukuxii: Dec 19 2010, 16:06

haste is a good spell for every class.. a bit mana expensive for your level, though
for offensive spells i let speak the mages

How much character sheet proficiency does one get for 77 elemental proficiency from a staff? Do these convert 1:1?

Prof bonuses from equipment are added to your natural proficiency.

I just reach lv40 and I have some question

Is Haste a good spell for mage?
now I use 4 element spells (fire ice elec wind). Should I invest my point in holy element?

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

get holy since one of bosses is weak against holy...

perhaps it's still too early to get holy at lvl 40, because tier 1holy spells costs the same as tier 2 elemental spells. And many monsters resists holy, so it's not that good spell against normal monsters.

got a question about the bleed damage from ethereal axe...

is the amount of bleed damage from the axe always the same regardless of the level, defense, type, etc of the monster?

will proc-ing PA before bleed make a difference?

since ethereal is soul, if i proc bleed on a monster weak against soul, will there be a bonus to the bleed damage?

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This post has been edited by HNTI: Dec 20 2010, 17:42

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just press c when selecting te item

got a question about the bleed damage from ethereal axe...

is the amount of bleed damage from the axe always the same regardless of the level, defense, type, etc of the monster?

will proc-ing PA before bleed make a difference?

since ethereal is soul, if i proc bleed on a monster weak against soul, will there be a bonus to the bleed damage?

Yes.

No.

No.

Whats a good level to start Ring of Blood?

100? once I get Spark of Life?

What should My Prof look like around that level?

and whats best to fight them as 2h Melee w/ normal evade gear with heavy chest and legs or full evade Mage?

and what are some good spells to use against them? like slow, sleep, poison?

edit: and is Barrier better then Shield?

This post has been edited by ki1ler7: Dec 20 2010, 19:16

Whats a good level to start Ring of Blood?

100? once I get Spark of Life?

What should My Prof look like around that level?

and whats best to fight them as 2h Melee w/ normal evade gear with heavy chest and legs or full evade Mage?

and what are some good spells to use against them? like slow, sleep, poison?

edit: and is Barrier better then Shield?

1 depends on whom you are trying to defeat,
any boss can be defeated on lvl 50.
any legendairy can be defeated from level 75. Just like the bosses, not that hard except surviving their soul attack.
edit: (right elemental mitigation and weaken/bewilder helps though and if it fails scroll of life/god)
The gods are trickier, but they can be defeated before you reach lvl 120
2 doesn't matter that much, unless you are going to PA and magic them to death. I have killed the legendairies with less than 20 divine proficiency (i did have some heaven sent gear equipped though)
3 haven't fought them with 2h, so i can't answer that one
4 poison, slow (optional, but i didn't bother using slow on the gods though, because it would costed too much mp), weaken and bewilder or silence on the gods
5 neither are usefull on someone who is atleast a legendairy and isn't that usefull on bosses.
edit: but barrier is an useless spell in general

This post has been edited by hyl: Dec 20 2010, 19:38

Whats a good level to start Ring of Blood?

100? once I get Spark of Life?

What should My Prof look like around that level?

and whats best to fight them as 2h Melee w/ normal evade gear with heavy chest and legs or full evade Mage?

and what are some good spells to use against them? like slow, sleep, poison?

edit: and is Barrier better then Shield?

it is very difficult to say as the fighting style, quality of the equipment, the stats distribution, the spells available, etc. varies too much between each player.
but the RoB monsters are definitely beatable with the required min level... with the help of items of course.

since you substitute spark with its scroll counterpart, level 100 cannot be said to be a good level to start RoB.
if you want to play if safe, i personally feel that 110 is a good level to start the RoB since you get silence which will completely stop its magic and special attacks, effectively preventing 1 hit KOs from happening.

as close to your level limit as possible.

any kind of armor setup is possible so long as your action speed isn't too low and cause the monster to double turn you too many times.
PA+poison+bleed is a good combo if you are going melee.
the usual mage staff setup if you are going for elemental weakness.
i have tried maging with a battlecaster rapier and battlecaster shield setup for PA+poison+magic spells. not the fastest way but it works pretty well if the monster is resistive(Resistance) to all your magic spells.
haven't heard of anyone trying 2 hand yet...

poison is a must if you do not have silence.
sleep is only useful if you need a few extra turns to buff yourself up.
haven't tried the others so can't comment on them. i only have poison, silence and AF.

personally i feel that shield is better than barrier as the monsters will do physical attacks a lot more frequently than magic attacks.

will proc-ing PA before bleed make a difference?

No.

Um, when did that happen? I don't remember seeing it in any release notes, and it doesn't look that way when I test it.

9 4 Spreading Poison hits Green Slime for 3672 damage

8 2 Green Slime gains the effect Spreading Poison.
8 1 You cast Poison

7 4 Spreading Poison hits Green Slime for 2448 damage
7 2 Green Slime gains the effect Penetrated Armor.
7 1 You hit Green Slime for 962 piercing damage.

5 2 Green Slime gains the effect Spreading Poison
5 1 You cast Poison

This post has been edited by hitokiri84: Dec 20 2010, 20:11

Um, when did that happen? I don't remember seeing it in any release notes, and it doesn't look that way when I test it.

9 4 Spreading Poison hits Green Slime for 3672 damage

8 2 Green Slime gains the effect Spreading Poison.
8 1 You cast Poison

7 4 Spreading Poison hits Green Slime for 2448 damage
7 2 Green Slime gains the effect Penetrated Armor.
7 1 You hit Green Slime for 962 piercing damage.

5 2 Green Slime gains the effect Spreading Poison
5 1 You cast Poison

They are talking about bleed not poison.

They are talking about bleed not poison.

Oops. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I just woke up, so let me off the hook on this one.