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Just a a quick question: Which Rapier is best pony? I mean Rapier.

[Average Prism Rapier of Balance]
[Fine Rapier of the Cheetah]
[Fine Rapier of the Illithid]
[Fine Rapier of Balance]
[Fine Rapier of the Cheetah]
[Fine Rapier of Slaughter]
[Superior Rapier of Balance]
[Superior Rapier of Balance]

I'm not sure if I should keep them all or just pick a favorite and sell off the rest.

None of them looks decent to me. There's a much better rapier pop up from time to time in WTS (maybe even now) and no one seem to care...

Basically, what I'm saying is that its not hard to find a good rapier if you really want to actually get one. So there's no point (beside for your own amusement) keeping the non usable one that you don't use.

i think http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=1ec984727b is the better of them all. Just because of the higher attack and better stats. http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=d83fb1bff2 if you have higher parry.

But i prefer higher duration for the penetration of 3-4 or so just because the damages get low once it ends. Here is one i like and own: http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=b7b44abc2c

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Main strategy: Block with the shield. Kill most enemies with counter-strikes.

Equipment
Weapon: Average axe of slaughter (Any suggestions to a change of the type of weapon?)
Shield: Tower shield (focusing solely on block %)
Other armor: Any tips on what to look for?

Also, how do people get their equipment all the way to level 100+? Did they really go through item world or they just had a very high level in Luck Of The Draw?

In terms of armor you should get shield armor if you aim to block and counter-strike. I suggest heavy armor and shield attribute which can give anything like 2-6% in general or penetration if you find you can't block enough. Also your tower shield is not very high in terms of block, there are 30% and such if you keep looking.
Here is one: http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=ccbc37c2ec
Just don`t worry about the level you purchase the equipment they`ll grow on you and its just a bit of extra burden and interference in my opinion. Bracket status are what they give you and they slowly rise in respect to your leveling to suit the equip.

This post has been edited by 545454: Oct 8 2011, 06:14

I seem to be getting a whole lot more Fine and Superior Equipment lately...

In general, what suffixes for Plate and Shield Armor are worth keeping to maybe sell later on? I'd imagine Barrier and Protection ones would be worth keeping, but I'm not sure about the Mitigation ones.

Also, since Dragon Hide has been rolled into Leather, are any of those worth keeping as well? Out of all forms of equipment, I've probably gotten the most Superior ones for Leather.

I seem to be getting a whole lot more Fine and Superior Equipment lately...

In general, what suffixes for Plate and Shield Armor are worth keeping to maybe sell later on? I'd imagine Barrier and Protection ones would be worth keeping, but I'm not sure about the Mitigation ones.

Also, since Dragon Hide has been rolled into Leather, are any of those worth keeping as well? Out of all forms of equipment, I've probably gotten the most Superior ones for Leather.

I prefer protection imo. Most of my heavy armor happen to be protection and i have 49.5% physical mitigation. Though i do try to balance it a bit by having protection armor with high magical mitigation (33.6% total). I think its pretty good stats. Terms of elemental mitigation i find they are too generalized but do help for some legendary monsters with certain elemental skills. Currently have helmet and shoes with thunder and dark mitigation ( didn`t like those dark damages from mikuru and nagato, the electric was just because in lower level i had mind raper kill me with his dam thunder skill.)

I`d just keep the dragon hide in my opinion, it just sounds nice and makes it sound rare in terms of age. Like those old items with prism and diamond and other tags even after people level them up.

This post has been edited by 545454: Oct 8 2011, 06:32

It feels like ever since I increased Quartermaster my artifact drop rate has hit rock bottom. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I've gone from getting 1-4 per day to just 1 every few days. I wish you could unlearn Trainings.

Just a a quick question: Which Rapier is best pony? I mean Rapier.

None of them, I would say.
I guess you're using it in off-hand DW, right? (and it's logical too)
Then what matter most should be its PA rate and duration.
However, the rapiers you've posted has 2 problems:
1. their level's too low
2. their base duration's too low.

Try this one. Should be a base 2.5 rapier, so should be a 4-turner for you.

I seem to be getting a whole lot more Fine and Superior Equipment lately...

In general, what suffixes for Plate and Shield Armor are worth keeping to maybe sell later on? I'd imagine Barrier and Protection ones would be worth keeping, but I'm not sure about the Mitigation ones.

Also, since Dragon Hide has been rolled into Leather, are any of those worth keeping as well? Out of all forms of equipment, I've probably gotten the most Superior ones for Leather.

Protection for plate, protection/barrier for shield (except superior shield armor of protection with very good block). At least that's how I keep them.
You'll need to check if they have high mitigation though, as it's not guaranteed matter.

As for dragon hide, it's worth keeping if it's of battlecaster suffix (of course) or spirit-ward/thrice-blessed with max mitigation.
I do think dragon-hide's a bit better in burden/interference (should have base difference about 1), but that's hardly noticeable.

So selling Mitigation ones for elements not used by bosses and keeping all others would be my best bet?

Also, I just realized I worded one question horribly. What I meant to ask is that since Leather is the "new Dragon Hide", are there forms of Leather equipment that is worth keeping, or should I just dump them all?

It feels like ever since I increased Quartermaster my artifact drop rate has hit rock bottom. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) I've gone from getting 1-4 per day to just 1 every few days. I wish you could unlearn Trainings.

Probably just bad luck. Quartermaster has an extremely small effect on artifact drops. Like maybe you'll see 5% less artifacts if you max it.

@ varst

Battlecaster armor is worth keeping, yes. But even if you're talking about a good one (no example, sorry) Is it worth using nowadays? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) I ask this simply because I really have no idea...

I have a few of them. All junk, of course... Since I sold all the good one (including a pretty nice BC kevlar) for a nice chunk of PROFIT! ... So what I have left are the one that I couldn't sell. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)

.....

Also, a question!


What would be a better thing to train if I want to get more equipment drop: Scavenger 25 > 26 or Quartermaster 9 > 10 ... ??? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

I kinda want to train Quartermaster more, though, simply so that it reach the half point, like my Scav (25) and Arche (5) ... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

Scavenger 25->26 will give you 1.33...% more of everything (hence 1.33...% more equipment), Quartermaster 9->10 will give you ~3.45% more equipment.

None of them, I would say.
I guess you're using it in off-hand DW, right? (and it's logical too)
Then what matter most should be its PA rate and duration.
However, the rapiers you've posted has 2 problems:
1. their level's too low
2. their base duration's too low.

Try this one. Should be a base 2.5 rapier, so should be a 4-turner for you.

Thanks for the rapier, but I'm using it as a mainhand when I DW, with this [Fine Dagger of the Nimble].

When I one hand, I use either this [Superior Buckler of the Barrier] or this [Fine Kite Shield of Protection].

@ mkonji

Thanks! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ... Hmm, that kinda hard to decide.



PS. Congrats on the exquisite shade and eth waki! ... How do you people get like bazillion rare drop per day, it seems so unreal to me... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

PS. Congrats on the exquisite shade and eth waki! ... How do you people get like bazillion rare drop per day, it seems so unreal to me... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

Pure luck. I did Battletoads high-level arena for like a week and got nothing and then went down to Nightmare and bam a Magnificent Kite Shield of the Barrier, Exquisite Shade, and Ethereal Wakizashi in the span of 4 days. Snowflake has a weird sense of humor. And thanks.

Should i change my style from axe + shield to dagger/rapier + shield? I'm thinking that being more defensive would help me in the arena.

Should i change my style from axe + shield to dagger/rapier + shield? I'm thinking that being more defensive would help me in the arena.

I recommend Club+Shield, personally. In addition to being good damage (you do more damage to a stunned target), stunned targets can't attack, so it's actually good defensively as well.

True, but it's only 1 target at a time. There are simply far too many for that to work well in the later parts of the arena. And i can kill most monsters in 2 or 3 strikes (except rares) so the extra damage doesn't help me much. I'm better off with bleeding .

True, but it's only 1 target at a time. There are simply far too many for that to work well in the later parts of the arena. And i can kill most monsters in 2 or 3 strikes (except rares) so the extra damage doesn't help me much. I'm better off with bleeding .

Stick to Axe, then. Daggers have remarkably low bleed and PA is pretty much useless. Parry means more counterattacks, but it's a pretty small difference.

I'm currently using this http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=c9c8a1284f
with Heimdall phase. Would I be getting higher damage with an Ebony Staff of Destruction or a Katalox Staff of Heimdall?
A few examples for good staffs would really help.

This post has been edited by roadgray: Oct 8 2011, 17:19

@ roadgray

You playing mage now? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

What's your impression with the new job compared to your previous one? Was it still the "Its so awesome; it cure cancer!" kind of feelings that I heard people proclaims numerous time about a year ago? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)