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Duration for what?

Buff duration is affected by supportive proficiency. I don't think the proficiency equation has changed, so it should be the same after as before the patch, unless you did something with abilities or are mage and use a different staff.

deprecating as well. my silence lasts something like 14 turns in melee build (242 base prof), but when i equipped a curse-weaver set it went up to 22 turns or so

Why would someone prefer Arcanist over Shadowdancer? Is the reduced mana usage / additional Wis really a factor important enough to be worth considering, except maybe in Grindfest? (But now, melee doesn't even need to worry about mana costs due to new potion system...)

once arcanist came also with negation-range resist, so there were more sense. now, i'm not sure anymore, especially since the PAB nerf... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Is 39.8% a good block percentage? Or should I aim for something higher?

i go by memory. if it's on the shield alone it's pretty good (it should be something like force MMax or so, at your level). if it's the whole block on stat page, it should be pretty low iirc

any recommendation on grinding 1H prof?

hellfest run?

any recommendation on grinding 1H prof?

hellfest run?

item world is da best.

not much damage, but full of monster.

2 days IW reach 50 1H prof.

any recommendation on grinding 1H prof?

hellfest run?

Isn't crappy equipment IW is better for grinding proficiency?

Go to last round of TTT and keep whacking the goddesses since yggdrasil will heal them forever.

any recommendation on grinding 1H prof?

It depends how productive you want to be during that time. I prefer to either () have high prof/efficiency and play while paying a decent amount of attention to HV, or () pay 0 attention while gaining proficiency. I don't like playing while paying attention while stats are inefficient.

For the second method: Grab a terrible low-level non-rapier 1h weapon from bazaar, and don't use a shield or any armor. Hopefully your base strength is low as well. My damage goes from 7400 to 1325 when doing that, so you'll be doing very little damage - exactly what you want. Find a very low PXP piece of gear, hopefully 110 PXP or less. Maybe put SV/Haste/Protection/Spark into IA, though if PXP is low enough that won't be necessary since you'll be taking next to no damage. Start item world on IWBTH, cast Regen only, and whack away. It'll take forever to kill monsters, so you can just keep mouse hovering with MouseMelee or whatever while watching anime/etc in another window. Zero attention needed. Repeat many times and your proficiency will eventually be high. If you take too much damage despite IA, put on armor if you need to. (want to avoid armor and shield normally because Str/Dex -> +dmg and block -> +dmg)

I don't like the Trio+Tree much because they have the potential to do more than an insignificant amount of damage - if you don't have enough IA it can require attention. (It also means you have to fight through 99 rounds first to get there) Yggdrasil also hits you, so if you use a shield during those 99 rounds, counter-attacks will gradually damage and kill the tree eventually. I'm not sure how much HP the norns have on low difficulties, but if it's too little and your damage is too much (some damage is needed to get through the first 99 rounds), you might kill them before they're healed.

Isn't crappy equipment IW is better for grinding proficiency?

The lower the PxP, the weaker the mobs. The lower the quality tier, the shorter IW. The higher difficulty, the more health the mobs have. The crappier your weapon equip(s), the less damage you make.

Hence -> low Pxp (<110 ideally) Crude item at PFUDOR + wield a stupidly bad weapon + something to watch while you mindlessly cherry-tap-mouse-melee ~15 rounds of monsters who can barely scratch you.

This post has been edited by pcsbx: May 26 2015, 09:11

Hello. I was reading the Advice page on the wiki again carefully, and was looking through my equipment. I have enough soul shards, and was wondering...

Is this:
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=413faf1791

better than this one I was looking at:
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=befa770e81


even though one's exquisite and the other is magnificent? That's what it looks like... but I don't know.


Specifically, is the near-exquisite-max damage of the first staff worth soulbinding?

I was trying to go melee, but I'm not rich enough for power armor, so will stay with mage for now.

I'm trying to upgrade the Block on my new Shield, and I wish to accurately calculate how much Mid-Grade / High-Grade Wood I need to purchase. Forging 101 didn't mention forging costs and the Wiki only vaguely mentions "the material costs gradually rise". Does the High-Grade Wood cost increase by one every five tiers? Does the Binding cost ever increase?

Hence -> low Pxp (<110 ideally) Crude item at PFUDOR + wield a stupidly bad weapon + something to watch while you mindlessly cherry-tap-mouse-melee ~15 rounds of monsters who can barely scratch you.

IWBTH monsters have same HP as PFUDOR monsters, so IWBTH is easier.

Is this:
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=413faf1791

better than this one I was looking at:
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=befa770e81
even though one's exquisite and the other is magnificent? That's what it looks like... but I don't know.
Specifically, is the near-exquisite-max damage of the first staff worth soulbinding?

I was trying to go melee, but I'm not rich enough for power armor, so will stay with mage for now.

Neither piece has a matching prefix/suffix - not worth soulbinding. But, that doesn't mean they'd be terrible for self-use without forging/soulbind. Still, neither has EDB even at Smax, and though the Destruction one has Emax MDB, its EDB is terrible (for wind), and PABs are pretty shoddy too.

If I were you I'd buy a good, still-unassigned staff worth 500k+ at least before considering soulbinding.

I wish to accurately calculate how much Mid-Grade / High-Grade Wood I need to purchase. Forging 101 didn't mention forging costs and the Wiki only vaguely mentions "the material costs gradually rise". Does the High-Grade Wood cost increase by one every five tiers?

One more mid-grade going to high-grade every 5 or so levels has been my experience, though you might just have to guesstimate, buy, upgrade, and buy more if needed. Only one binding for each level is required.

This post has been edited by Superlatanium: May 26 2015, 09:29

Hello. I was reading the Advice page on the wiki again carefully, and was looking through my equipment. I have enough soul shards, and was wondering...

Is this better than this one even though one's exquisite and the other is magnificent? That's what it looks like... but I don't know.

Specifically, is the near-exquisite-max damage of the first staff worth soulbinding?

I don't know too. Staff usually equipment mages have most fuss about. Simply by seeing their quality and prefix/suffix, both of them is not really worth worrying. If I have enough soul fragment, I would want at least a magnificent with matching prefix-suffix and emax roll at mdb, edb, and int. But hey, you already have enough soul fragment right?

I was trying to go melee, but I'm not rich enough for power armor, so will stay with mage for now.

It's other way around. Look at phazon price if you don't believe me.

I don't know too. Staff usually equipment mages have most fuss about. Simply by seeing their quality and prefix/suffix, both of them is not really worth worrying. If I have enough soul fragment, I would want at least a magnificent with matching prefix-suffix and emax roll at mdb, edb, and int. But hey, you already have enough soul fragment right?
It's other way around. Look at phazon price if you don't believe me.

+1, this too. Keep saving soul fragments, you'll be very happy later when you eventually find or buy something quite nice. Maybe equip one of those meh staffs now and toss it for another when it starts to degrade too much. Or just give up on mage entirely until you're a higher level.

Just a quick question.
There's some thread people WTB gold star, is that gold star is the one from donation stuff?
If yes how does the transaction works? is the star mogglemailed (is that even possible) or they transfer the donation fund to the buyer account?

Just a quick question.
There's some thread people WTB gold star, is that gold star is the one from donation stuff?
If yes how does the transaction works? is the star mogglemailed (is that even possible) or they transfer the donation fund to the buyer account?

Credits are sent before, after, or half-and-half, or something. The person who gives credits uses the donation page to send their E-H bitcoin address to the other person, and the other person uses whatever method they wish to send bitcoins to that address. The transaction is verified, and the $100 can then be applied, resulting in a gold star.

Ah... so the donation fund is transfered to the buyer account one.
thank you (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Go to last round of TTT and keep whacking the goddesses since yggdrasil will heal them forever.

this. and remember to fondle urd every now and then, otherwise it'd be a terrible waste.

to speed things up you can keep the tree silenced until you kill two of the sisters, and then let the tree heal only the remaining one. i never noted a difference in their procs, so no point in choosing which one has to survive/be endlessly groped

this. and remember to fondle urd every now and then, otherwise it'd be a terrible waste.

to speed things up you can keep the tree silenced until you kill two of the sisters, and then let the tree heal only the remaining one. i never noted a difference in their procs, so no point in choosing which one has to survive/be endlessly groped

You never noticed Urd's proc? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) I get annoyed whenever I see Urd in close proximity to FSM or in slots B, C, or I in TT&T.

Although for the purpose of proficiency grinding in T&T, none of the norn procs matter.

You never noticed Urd's proc? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) I get annoyed whenever I see Urd in close proximity to FSM or in slots B, C, or I in TT&T.

Although for the purpose of proficiency grinding in T&T, none of the norn procs matter.

well, tbh i did TTT only a few times and usually went for gods like FSM asap - dealing with 'fury of the sisters' on FSM and RL is quite troublesome already, letting apart other procs like 'lamentations of the future' - not disliking to spam silence and a low-MP elemental spell to remove 'absorbing ward' when the tree is being cut (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

in T&T arena and with 1H power build, it's not like you will see any difference. goddesses have quite weak attacks either way

New arena drop is so good. Today without sg.

Magnificent Fiery Rapier of the Nimble
Magnificent Arctic Estoc of Slaughter
Magnificent Katalox Staff of the Heaven-sent
Legendary Charged Cotton Cap of Warding
Magnificent Ruby Phase Robe of Surtr

With old system i d get max 1 mag or even zero.
UPD. Strange. Cant lock that rapier.

This post has been edited by nec1986: May 26 2015, 11:56

http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=beba579082

is this worth keeping for later or is it best to salvage or bazaar it?