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Aug 17 2015, 12:22
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(JackNaJa @ Aug 17 2015, 11:51)  If I do a soulbond with a item that have a higher level than me
Will it's PAB stats decrease ?
P.S. sry for bad english
yes, they will adapt to your level. but it's not like the difference is too much
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Aug 17 2015, 12:47
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JackNaJa
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QUOTE(rfEH @ Aug 17 2015, 16:53)  The effective stats will scale and hence decrease to your level.
But base stats does not change.
For example when I soulfused shield that was 100lvl ahead of me
The effective stat I saw at its level let say about lvl370 was 40% Block After soulfuse it decreased to my lvl at 280 it now at 39% Block
But base stat was always same at about 34.5 base Block (edit just checked it, I was confused with my other shield) or so.
My example was on block stat but the same thing happens with PAB stats.
Okay then if a soul bound item stats is depend on my level Then If that soul bound item that have a perfect stats For me , I can use that item till I've level 500 right? XD And thanks for the Advice
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Aug 17 2015, 12:58
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rfEH
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QUOTE(JackNaJa @ Aug 17 2015, 10:47)  Okay then if a soul bound item stats is depend on my level
Then If that soul bound item that have a perfect stats
For me , I can use that item till I've level 500 right? XD And thanks for the Advice
You are gonna have to ask a lvl500 guy about that (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) But seriously, you will probably want to post an item link about what you are going to soulfuse here and ask if it worth soulfusing I guess. I'm not an expert but there are plenty of cool experts people here that will help appraise your equipment for your particular playstyle. Although imho I think as you continue to play and level up you will find much better drop that will most likely be better than what you got right now. So probably hold off on soulfusing for now. Following the example of my shield, I bought it and soulfused it in order to use it, but then found a better one 1 week after soulfusing it. Kind of depressing but these things always happen. 2ND EDIT: Hmm I really don't know how to get equipment link on smartphone just looked on wiki aswell no luck there hopefully someone knows a way. EDIT: Rephrasing my question to the experts (realized that I had too many potential suffix for dumping hopefully this rephrasing makes it simpler): Please don't forget about my question (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/cry.gif) What sort of suffix do you keep for cloth armor? Also what sort of staff prefix and suffix do I keep? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. This post has been edited by rfEH: Aug 17 2015, 13:21
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Aug 17 2015, 13:13
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JackNaJa
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I can't even check my item base stats. TT (Why? : cause I didn't have a keyboard and mouse XD) I'm A smartphone player
And when I want to buy an item I must go to internet cafe to watch that base stats :/
How can I check base stats on smartphone?
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Aug 17 2015, 13:24
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(rfEH @ Aug 17 2015, 12:58)  Rephrasing my question to the experts (realized that I had too many potential suffix for dumping hopefully this rephrasing makes it simpler): Please don't forget about my question (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/cry.gif) What sort of suffix do you keep for cloth armor? Also what sort of staff prefix and suffix do I keep? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. suffix for cloth armor should be all the same (read: all armors should have the same element), except maybe for one or two prof-oriented pieces (elementalist, demon-fiend or heaven-sent). staff should match the element of your armors, but you may eventually have to choose between two kinds - ie, you want to go for holy? you can choose between katalox (more MDB) or oak (innate CR + supportive prof, which means bonus cure) sorry but i don't know more than this, you'd better wait for people more expert than me (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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Aug 17 2015, 13:42
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rfEH
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QUOTE(Scremaz @ Aug 17 2015, 11:24)  suffix for cloth armor should be all the same (read: all armors should have the same element), except maybe for one or two prof-oriented pieces (elementalist, demon-fiend or heaven-sent). staff should match the element of your armors, but you may eventually have to choose between two kinds - ie, you want to go for holy? you can choose between katalox (more MDB) or oak (innate CR + supportive prof, which means bonus cure) sorry but i don't know more than this, you'd better wait for people more expert than me (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Thanks so much Scremaz for your reply. Its better to have some clue better than none. I have no clue about maging. All this is pretty much new information for me. and Maging seems a lot more complex to me in comparison to melee (at least within my limited knowledge of this game). But thank you so much once again, this is already very helpful as I think pretty much I can already start dumping protection and warding into bazaar based on what you have said.
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Aug 17 2015, 13:56
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Dead-ed
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QUOTE(rfEH @ Aug 17 2015, 04:42)  Thanks so much Scremaz for your reply.
Its better to have some clue better than none.
I have no clue about maging. All this is pretty much new information for me. and Maging seems a lot more complex to me in comparison to melee (at least within my limited knowledge of this game).
But thank you so much once again, this is already very helpful as I think pretty much I can already start dumping protection and warding into bazaar based on what you have said.
salvage the mags+. Hg cloth price reached 10k in wtb.
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Aug 17 2015, 14:00
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(rfEH @ Aug 17 2015, 13:42)  Thanks so much Scremaz for your reply.
Its better to have some clue better than none.
I have no clue about maging. All this is pretty much new information for me. and Maging seems a lot more complex to me in comparison to melee (at least within my limited knowledge of this game).
But thank you so much once again, this is already very helpful as I think pretty much I can already start dumping protection and warding into bazaar based on what you have said.
also, in this current build of HV mages pretty much need 0-cooldown imperil to be able to play efficiently - which is earned at lv310. additionally, Holy and Dark have quite higher mana requirements (albeit they are quite effective in SGs marathons) and require their unique abilities (respectively, Holy Imperil and Dark Imperil), so most likely you'll need a shitton of APs. and obviously, nobody has any clue on how things will work after 0.84 (aka rebalancing patch or revising mitigations patch) will happen (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) This post has been edited by Scremaz: Aug 17 2015, 14:01
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Aug 17 2015, 14:30
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rfEH
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Thanks Dead-ed and Scremaz for advice, I think I might want to hold on to my mag+ stuffs for now since they are rare for me in the cloth and staff category in general, nearly all my drops are melee related for some reason. Yeah I know its a bit early for me to mage but I need to know what I can safely sell off/salvage because my inventory is getting really high I've got about 700 equip (that grow daily) where probably about 500 of them are cloth or staff types. EDIT as you saw from my previous post I am planning to get rid of about 300 so I thought I should double check before I do something irreversible. Base on the information I have: I think I'm going to keep all (elementalist, demon-fiend or heaven-sent) cloth for now, one or two best picks of the rest of them. And just keep all the staffs for now. Thanks for both for all of your replies, they have been very helpful. I've previously calculated both mastery points and ability point requirements for mage and its crazy high in comparison to melee, 4 more major ability slots to enable maging from memory. Also about next 0.84 patch, yeah I heard lots of scary rumors about that one (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) This post has been edited by rfEH: Aug 17 2015, 14:33
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Aug 17 2015, 14:51
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EsotericSatire
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QUOTE(nobody_xxx @ Aug 17 2015, 02:34)  we can always rage quit after new patch (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif) Never Betray. 
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Aug 17 2015, 15:44
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Superlatanium
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QUOTE(rfEH @ Aug 17 2015, 12:30)  I think I'm going to keep all (elementalist, demon-fiend or heaven-sent) cloth for now, one or two best picks of the rest of them. And just keep all the staffs for now. If you're running low in inventory space, only keep staffs with a matching prefix + suffix which are also Mag+, unless you want to keep an Exquisite or two for self-use.
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Aug 17 2015, 16:40
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rfEH
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QUOTE(Superlatanium @ Aug 17 2015, 13:44)  If you're running low in inventory space, only keep staffs with a matching prefix + suffix which are also Mag+, unless you want to keep an Exquisite or two for self-use.
Cheers Superlatanium for your advice, I just realized my staff collection is fairly small so I can afford to keep all my staff, it is mainly my cloth collection which is excessive. But at this stage I don't even know what matching prefix +suffix is right now, unless you mean elemental spell damage bonus being matched up. I probably don't have any staff matching up right now which I guess probably means most of my staff can probably be thrown out. I know nothing about maging since I'm too low leveled to really consider it, right now I am just currently slowly training staff prof and elemental prof up (spellspam FTW but still so tedious) to prepare for the transition if I do decide to change style . But thank you so much for you reply, I think I'm starting to get an idea on how to pick the right staff for my own use now. QUOTE(mozilla browser @ Aug 17 2015, 14:14)  I was gonna say to see Info on identifying nice equips if you don't know how to identify nice equips. But there's no section for Cloth. Why not?! Tetron, go write one. Cheers mozilla browser for posting link to this. There is a cloth section. And that cleared up my mind about what is meant by matching prefix and suffix for the staff and what to keep of all the staff types. Didn't know that general guidelines like that even existed, now I know what to look for in nearly all my equipment. Many thanks again, This post has been edited by rfEH: Aug 17 2015, 16:52
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Aug 17 2015, 17:32
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jacquelope
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QUOTE(Superlatanium @ Aug 17 2015, 06:44)  If you're running low in inventory space, only keep staffs with a matching prefix + suffix which are also Mag+, unless you want to keep an Exquisite or two for self-use.
What's a good shield to get?
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Aug 17 2015, 17:40
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rfEH
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QUOTE(jacquelope @ Aug 17 2015, 15:32)  What's a good shield to get?
Force shield? due to having high block. And hopefully you cancelled that axe order I posted a reply on other thread and sent you MM to warn you the axe you were planning to buy is lvl 421 which is too high for you to equip or soulfuse.
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Aug 17 2015, 17:49
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jacquelope
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QUOTE(rfEH @ Aug 17 2015, 08:40)  Force shield? due to having high block. And hopefully you cancelled that axe order I posted a reply on other thread and sent you MM to warn you the axe you were planning to buy is lvl 421 which is too high for you to equip or soulfuse.
I already sent credits for it, how do I cancel? I'm going to take a time-out on equipment hunting except maybe a force shield, I stared at that thing for five minutes and could have sworn I saw "level assigned". Everything else I see is less than 600 damage, that's not much improvement from what I have.
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Aug 17 2015, 17:56
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Superlatanium
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QUOTE(rfEH @ Aug 17 2015, 14:40)  I just realized my staff collection is fairly small so I can afford to keep all my staff, it is mainly my cloth collection which is excessive. But at this stage I don't even know what matching prefix +suffix is right now, unless you mean elemental spell damage bonus being matched up. I probably don't have any staff matching up right now which I guess probably means most of my staff can probably be thrown out. Generally speaking, what this means is that, for a particular element, a staff is the right type (eg. Oak for Holy), and has a useful prefix (EDB of that element), and has a useful suffix (EDB of that element, or proficiency of that element, or Destruction, or maybe Focus). If a staff lacks any of those, its value goes down drastically and is often not even worth trying to sell. I'd hold off on grinding proficiency until you're sure you're going to switch in the next couple days or so. Proficiency rises more slowly the closer it gets to your level, so the most efficient use of time is to go from 0 to (level) at once, rather than, eg., (0 to (2/3)level) and then ((2/3)level to (4/5)level) and then ((4/5)level to (level)), with lowered proficiency gain before the end. QUOTE(jacquelope @ Aug 17 2015, 15:32)  What's a good shield to get? Force shield. High block, and less need to Featherweight to get under 70 burden.
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