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Should I go about creating monsters? I've got crystals lining in the thousands, and I'm running low on supportive items. I also don't want to spend all of my credits on the darn things.

just make one or two, there's no harm having some monsters.

Is it permitted to sell gold star for COD?

And how would that transaction even be secured?

I saw one where it was 100$ for 32m credits. That's ludicrous to me considering you'd only get 1m in credits from the 100$...

I'm missing something here.

thy're looking for passive income and experience bonus from GS, and yes it's permitted.

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Elec mage,
This : Legendary Shocking Redwood Staff of Focus
or This : Magnificent Shocking Willow Staff of Destruction ?

just make one or two, there's no harm having some monsters.
thy're looking for passive income and experience bonus from GS, and yes it's permitted.

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Elec mage,
This : Legendary Shocking Redwood Staff of Focus
or This : Magnificent Shocking Willow Staff of Destruction ?

Time to make me some credits (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

lol

P.s: Sorry if I antagonized any persons. It was unintentional.

Edit: 30% Mana conservation is so friggin nice. If you've got the damage, I would go for this one tbh. I've got a similar dilemma and what I'm finding is that saving cost on mana is far more cost effective for me. And tbh I can't feel the difference in kill speed.

This post has been edited by safmy: Feb 9 2016, 13:49

Is it permitted to sell gold star for COD?

Yes, it is possible to trade HV credits for Bitcoin. But you can just accumulate Gold Stars, because a Gold Star is a Donation to the e-hentai account (Bitcoin transfer). You can actually not sell Gold Stars you already have. Like the 3 you got - you can not reduce them to 2 or 1.

And how would that transaction even be secured?

Normally you have at least 2 people in this procedure. Seller (Bitcoin), Buyer (Credits) and for security maybe a third party - who should know about the deal and be witness for this deal, so if anything is going wrong you could still recover your Credits.

I saw one where it was 100$ for 32m credits. That's ludicrous to me considering you'd only get 1m in credits from the 100$...

I'm missing something here.

100$ normally should be 27-32m credits. The reason why a Gold Star is so "precious" is the 100% xp boost after the perks nerfed to a mere addition (+100%) instead of doubleing the xp (*200%), not to mention the Hath and Credits you get every dawn and the monster lab slot bonus, etc, etc. The reason why I would like to have one is the mana regeneration rate that stacks with RR...
The 1m credits you are refering to is the bonus Credits you get for the first Gold Star you "donate".

my two cents: rather than the third party, i guess you may trust enough people who are running a shop. HV economy relies on trust, and knowing that a certain shopkeeper isn't reliable would be very bad advertising for him/her/it.
therefore it's in his/her/its interest not to steal the star (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

furthermore, not every star seller want to be known, so he/she/it may want to remain as much anonymous as possible

This post has been edited by Scremaz: Feb 9 2016, 14:36

my two cents: rather than the third party, i guess you may trust enough people who are running a shop. HV economy relies on trust, and knowing that a certain shopkeeper isn't reliable would be very bad advertising for him/her/it.
therefore it's in his/her/its interest not to steal the star (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

furthermore, not every star seller want to be known, so he/she/it may want to remain as much anonymous as possible

Well, you are right about anonymous sellers. Never figured that out oO. So asking a shop keeper for initiating such a deal could work, too. (And should be safe)

Just got this staff drop from a RE
The wiki roll tables look outdated tho...

Good?
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=bdd2ca270c

This post has been edited by Darknessy: Feb 9 2016, 14:57

The reason why a Gold Star is so "precious" is the 100% xp boost after the perks nerfed to a mere addition (+100%) instead of doubleing the xp (*200%)

Awards and Gold Star bonus are still multiplicative.

Elec mage,
This : Legendary Shocking Redwood Staff of Focus
or This : Magnificent Shocking Willow Staff of Destruction ?

Umh, probably second one, first one is redwood, of focus and rolls are quite bad (and probably also needs a reforge, no penetrator hurts, you're probably better off getting a new one).

Well, you are right about anonymous sellers. Never figured that out oO.

lol. you know, there are many more star sellers around here than what it may seem. only a few of those are publicly known. usually people open a WTB and wait for someone to contact him - either on the thread or via PM. it's a bit cheaper and surely quicker than waiting for a star to appear on WTS.
also, they don't do always - i guess it depends on their actual money, not everyone can afford to throw away 100$/month, afterall.
and just in case, i'm not a seller (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)

So asking a shop keeper for initiating such a deal could work, too. (And should be safe)

probably it's too much sweets from Mardi Gras, but i'm not sure what you mean here. can you explain it better? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

however remember we have an admin here, who may not be very present for pipsqueaks (fittingly!) but surely is for big things. afterall, either if you sell a star and you're not paid or you are buying it and don't pay the seller you can still publish the screenshots of the transations. eventually, this thing will reach Tenboro's ears and the thing will be solved some way.

my two cents: rather than the third party, i guess you may trust enough people who are running a shop. HV economy relies on trust, and knowing that a certain shopkeeper isn't reliable would be very bad advertising for him/her/it.
therefore it's in his/her/its interest not to steal the star (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

furthermore, not every star seller want to be known, so he/she/it may want to remain as much anonymous as possible

What is the actual process of buying a star? Can they actually transfer it to you or something?

however remember we have an admin here, who may not be very present for pipsqueaks (fittingly!) but surely is for big things. afterall, either if you sell a star and you're not paid or you are buying it and don't pay the seller you can still publish the screenshots of the transations. eventually, this thing will reach Tenboro's ears and the thing will be solved some way.

I believe this too. Assuming that the seller sends the bitcoins to a bona fide E-H wallet (which should be guaranteed if he sends it to address supplied by the system), and assuming that the buyer has records of the agreed transaction in forum PMs or in MMs, Tenboro can review the matter and potentially reverse any transaction if he chooses to do so. So I don't see any point for a person to be an ass.

What is the actual process of buying a star? Can they actually transfer it to you or something?

1. Buyer and seller agree on transaction details and sending order.
2. Buyer uses the donation system to send a message to the seller with the wallet address tagged to his account.
3a. Seller sends the bitcoins to the wallet address.
3b. Buyer sends the agreed remuneration to Seller
4. Buyer uses the received bitcoins to donate for a star

(3a and 3b order can be reversed)

This post has been edited by mozilla browser: Feb 9 2016, 15:41

I believe this too. Assuming that the seller sends the bitcoins to a bona fide E-H wallet (which should be guaranteed if he sends it to address supplied by the system), and assuming that the buyer has records of the agreed transaction in forum PMs or in MMs, Tenboro can review the matter and potentially reverse any transaction if he chooses to do so. So I don't see any point for a person to be an ass.

well, i don't know exactly if Tenboro can or cannot reverse such transations, but i guess a ban will follow (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

btw, i remember in the past he also banned gold stars when needed. surely a Triple and also a Septua, iirc - so the fact you donated 100$ allows you to buy 2x monster slots, a handful of perks and so on, but not the right to be an ass (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

well, i don't know exactly if Tenboro can or cannot reverse such transations, but i guess a ban will follow (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

btw, i remember in the past he also banned gold stars when needed. surely a Triple and also a Septua, iirc - so the fact you donated 100$ allows you to buy 2x monster slots, a handful of perks and so on, but not the right to be an ass (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I think he means that Tenboro can return the btc to the payer's wallet instead of the buyer's. Having stars doesn't mean you are exempt from any rules at all.

The way the wallets work is that you can only deposit into the wallet, but never withdraw from it, other than purchases from HentaiVerse stores. I.e star upgrades or rent-a-server slot. In traditional btc your wallet is your own to spend wherever you please. You could buy a coffee with btc in some shops.

I think the consensus here is right that, irrespective of the manner of the trade, it is likely to result either in an easy transaction or an intervention for the void transaction. The system seems to be quite fool proof tbh.

The only time I can see it go wrong is if the credit was sent before hand, and the btc was not received. The person could've used the credit and salvaged gears etc. But that would be one kamikaze way out. A ban would be undeniable.

Plus I don't mind losing $100 if it means I discovered a rotten pair of apple in the HentaiVerse.

Edit: Also Tenboro mentioned that all wallets are transfered to an offline space every day. Once the transaction is complete those bits and pieces of btc are Tenboro's to do as he pleases, we just gain the pixel benefit in some other shape or form.

Also I must've neglected the benefit of having a gold star, RR seems mighty delicious now knowing it stacks with the Gold star perk.

This post has been edited by safmy: Feb 9 2016, 16:10

Sure, when you take your time and experiment with the fighting style you enjoy the most, you should go for a set suiting your needs. After a short while (8-12 auctions) you should have a full set. The auctioneers do a good job, because they evaluate stuff before they accept it (at least Wannaf doing so), because they do not want to sell crap like a Legendary Cobalt Leather of Warding Level 423. There simply is no reason in this item. It is to high level for starters to soulfuse it (at 323 you should go for other gear!).

I agree auctioners are doing a good job. Basically they are just modifying the items based on the demand, at the moment it means lots of mage and 1H equipment.

There has to be some crap around, so you can make small profit by salvaging or bazaaring it. When you look in the Legendary Equipment thread, there are loads of crap Legendaries posted. This is not because the fighting styles are so different, it is because you can develop models on fighting styles, called Theorycrafting.
Therefore we have some diffent approaches to the HV minigame. You can go the main stream route (most players will) or you play a niche style. Main stream means you want to get the stuff 95% of your armor class (heavy, light, cloth) intent also to get, so it has a high price tag on it. So you need to get the most for your buck, so you need to check utility.

Of course some equipment will remain as "crap", but I just think it's a shame that so many of Legendaries and even Peerless equipment goes unused because they don't fit any viable fighting styles. By "viable" I mean fighting styles that are efficient in terms of spending/income, turns/monster, fit the player's t/s and can be used in high difficulties. HV isn't really a competitive game even though there is the race to 500 going on, but I still assume most players want to make some credits while playing.

As for the theorycrafting, it is important part of the game too, and the current popular and highly efficient fighting styles are the result of that work done by the community. There are many niche styles that can be played too, but compared to the popular ones they are usually inefficient. I myself am using a niche style with my 1H+light armor set, but it is far from optimal. Only reason I can use it with some efficiency is that I have somewhat high t/s (~3+ t/s), for someone with higher ping it would be simply unbearable. Also looking at the clearing times and turns by 1H+Power armor users with similar ping to mine, I could be 2-3x more efficient with that more popular fighting style. I don't think such increase in efficiency tells anything but the fact that some fighting styles are objectively better than others in the current HV. This of course translates to the higher demand for such equipment.

For the materials we also have Monster Lab. Scraps and Energy Cells can be either bought or obtained by salvaging lower quality equipment (Crude-Magnificent). I just wish there was more variety in the viable fighting styles so that most of the Legendary+ equipment didn't end up salvaged/Bazaared.

Even if propagated so, mages can not do everything as swimmingly as they intend to do. So every mage still has some heavy/light armor to do some arenas which are challenging as mage, but are fairly easy with a different gear setup. TT&T is such an arena. The critical point pops after defeating Yggdrasil and the Nornes get their buffs. As some starter mage, you are certain to fail at this point at PF. Even later on, it is still a an Elixir heavy arena, and when getting a CD lock out you are likely to trash 10 Tokens of Blood.

The main problem, why gear is likely to be unused, is because you can no longer hand it down to those in need of it. Shade of Negation is a brilliant armor for light players below 250. But you can just click salvage, if it is not with a valauble Prefix like Savage or Agile. The Level lock hits those who are in need the most and thus they go with the drops they get. Well, they get a mighty XP boost, so they can climb up to higher levels faster. True, but they can not use the gear we had at their level and so I think they level a bit slower. Well, they could at least get some unassigned legendaries as long as they are available, even if these are niche gear, but PAB > niche at lower levels.

It is true that mages can have hard time in some battles, but from what I have seen once they get their set good enough there is no melee style that can come even close to the turn efficiency of mages. I don't think it's a coincidence that so many high level players are mages. 1H+Power armor is a good backup set for mages if they need the extra tankiness in some battles, but I don't think they need to look at other fighting styles after those sets.

I agree that low level players are the ones that could benefit most from the currently unused equipment, the level cap is a bit unfortunate indeed. However, I think that soulfuse level cap is here to stay, so I would like to see the change as a balancing of fighting styles so that more of the generated equipment was useful regardless of level.

Just a curious question about your fighting style. I suppose you are still using Mace with Arcanist armor? If so, do you cast spells too? Imperil would be my guess, but do you use offensive spells too?

I agree auctioners are doing a good job. Basically they are just modifying the items based on the demand, at the moment it means lots of mage and 1H equipment.

Not gonna lie, I thought I was the shit when I swapped to dual wield from two-hand. Clear speed was paramount to me and I never gave 1h+power a shot because I thought how could 1 sword beat 2??? Then I tried it because I kept finding mag/leg power gear and one legendary shield dropped. I hotchpotched a set together and was shocked that I was able to do PF much much easier and with less drain on resources vs dual wield.

The fact that your OC goes up so quickly also helped alot. Still doesn't make sense to me, weapon/shield clearing faster than dual wield. I can understand surviving better but certainly not clearing faster.

It's fair for mage to clear quicker because of the amount of resources you have to spend (I've chugged enough elixirs to piss a bucket of blue).

My next venture will be to try Estoc because I think that's another niche variant that I think is viable.

The fact that your OC goes up so quickly also helped alot. Still doesn't make sense to me, weapon/shield clearing faster than dual wield. I can understand surviving better but certainly not clearing faster.

That's because with dw (read: non-1h) 70% oc goes into parry.
1h is still an imbalance, better to go for it.

That's because with dw (read: non-1h) 70% oc goes into parry.
1h is still an imbalance, better to go for it.

Yea I'm aware of it now, just didn't fit my attempt at prescribing real life logic to the game.

Not to mention the Wiki also mentioned that the most damage inflicting set was rapier slaughter/waki balance. Which is what I went for.

But I suppose that's how anyone learns in life. Read a bit, stumble a bit. Then get a useless Peerless gear. EZ.

Yea I'm aware of it now, just didn't fit my attempt at prescribing real life logic to the game.

Not to mention the Wiki also mentioned that the most damage inflicting set was rapier slaughter/waki balance. Which is what I went for.

But I suppose that's how anyone learns in life. Read a bit, stumble a bit. Then get a useless Peerless gear. EZ.

Or jump straight to level 500 & go "what now?".

I believe this too. Assuming that the seller sends the bitcoins to a bona fide E-H wallet (which should be guaranteed if he sends it to address supplied by the system), and assuming that the buyer has records of the agreed transaction in forum PMs or in MMs, Tenboro can review the matter and potentially reverse any transaction if he chooses to do so. So I don't see any point for a person to be an ass.
1. Buyer and seller agree on transaction details and sending order.
2. Buyer uses the donation system to send a message to the seller with the wallet address tagged to his account.
3a. Seller sends the bitcoins to the wallet address.
3b. Buyer sends the agreed remuneration to Seller
4. Buyer uses the received bitcoins to donate for a star

(3a and 3b order can be reversed)

Woah, sounds complicated, particularly the part about getting a wallet address...

As for the theorycrafting, it is important part of the game too, and the current popular and highly efficient fighting styles are the result of that work done by the community. There are many niche styles that can be played too, but compared to the popular ones they are usually inefficient. I myself am using a niche style with my 1H+light armor set, but it is far from optimal. Only reason I can use it with some efficiency is that I have somewhat high t/s (~3+ t/s), for someone with higher ping it would be simply unbearable. Also looking at the clearing times and turns by 1H+Power armor users with similar ping to mine, I could be 2-3x more efficient with that more popular fighting style. I don't think such increase in efficiency tells anything but the fact that some fighting styles are objectively better than others in the current HV. This of course translates to the higher demand for such equipment.

I had an idea months ago, can't remember what the conclusion was. The gist is that if you are at the stage where your defence is so good that you never need to Cure... even if your ping is so poor that you can ordinarily only get 1 turn/s, you can simply submit 4 actions simultaneously or pipelined, to reach 4 turn/s.

Woah, sounds complicated, particularly the part about getting a wallet address...

It's simple. Just go to https://e-hentai.org/bitcoin.php, key in the Seller's name in the box. Seller gets a PM from the gallery system with the wallet address. Sellers should be reasonably familiar with bitcoin, and know what to do with it.