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At my level, should i invest points into mind control for the confuse spell solely for PFUDOR REs? I normally have to weaken, slow, and silence every mob due to them triggering either my spark of life or just getting my hp low enough were i have to spend a turn healing which tends to take a long time when I'm against >6 mobs. Also I only hit 5 mobs at a time (dark mage) just due to T2/3 spells taking too long of a cast time (which again will cause me to heal or trigger spark). Since mind control makes them attack allied monsters, I'm thinking that using it would let me not worry/spend the extra 1-2 rounds on every group of 3 mobs which would let me kill off a few mobs first reducing damage i take so I save even more rounds not having to heal. Is this a good idea, or will the confused mobs just attack ea other, break their debuff then nail me with a spirit attack while completely undebuffed the next round resulting in my death?

I haven't tried it, but what I understand from others is that mind control isn't very useful. Monsters tend to die before they can do damage to their friends. And it costs one turn to cast - that makes you vulnerable.

Problem is, you chose the hardest route possible, dark mage at level 271... rather you than me. 1h heavy allows higher difficulty, faster level up to level 310. As long as you have fun with it, do whatever you please. But don't expect a quick fix by investing ability points.

Ok cool. For example: http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=b8c3c19358
Would this be high enough block or aim higher?

Higher would be better but it's SDE so it's still pretty usable.
I personally would sacrifice at least 1 block point to get SDE instead of the other, inferior, alternatives.

At my level, should i invest points into mind control for the confuse spell solely for PFUDOR REs? I normally have to weaken, slow, and silence every mob due to them triggering either my spark of life or just getting my hp low enough were i have to spend a turn healing which tends to take a long time when I'm against >6 mobs. Also I only hit 5 mobs at a time (dark mage) just due to T2/3 spells taking too long of a cast time (which again will cause me to heal or trigger spark). Since mind control makes them attack allied monsters, I'm thinking that using it would let me not worry/spend the extra 1-2 rounds on every group of 3 mobs which would let me kill off a few mobs first reducing damage i take so I save even more rounds not having to heal. Is this a good idea, or will the confused mobs just attack ea other, break their debuff then nail me with a spirit attack while completely undebuffed the next round resulting in my death?

You should just drop down the difficulty to something you can manage without getting killed.
Use all your arsenal (T3 and T2) and gain levels.
Sooner or later (lvl 310 will help with the 0 cooldown imperil) you will handle PFUDOR RE much easily.

This post has been edited by Sapo84: Feb 27 2017, 22:30

I haven't tried it, but what I understand from others is that mind control isn't very useful. Monsters tend to die before they can do damage to their friends. And it costs one turn to cast - that makes you vulnerable.

Problem is, you chose the hardest route possible, dark mage at level 271... rather you than me. 1h heavy allows higher difficulty, faster level up to level 310. As long as you have fun with it, do whatever you please. But don't expect a quick fix by investing ability points.

I like the mage, and the reason I'm asking is because it takes me about...10+ turns before i even start attacking in PFUDUR REs since i have to stack debuffs and buff myself as well. mind control would solely be for REs and until maybe 0 CD imperil which I'm still a ways out from, I'm jsut wondering if be useful to slot in for now to reduce the damage I take as well as reduce turns i spend healing and debuffing. Haven't gotten to use that skill very much so I don't know how much it works in practice.

Ok cool. For example: http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=b8c3c19358
Would this be high enough block or aim higher?

If it were at your level, it would be fine, but for level 364, being only Mag and having less than Lmin block is a bit underwhelming. If I were you, save your soul fragments for something higher-quality, or find something closer to your level.

Your goal should be a Legendary SDE force shield, aim for ~40% block or more, below level 400. They're not that uncommon (though they cost a bit at lower levels). Still, it's worth it if you have the fragments.

Is there anyway to tell what an item's stats would be if you where to soulbind it? As in if i had a low level item that I soulbinded to bring up to my level, how much would the stats on the item increase by.

Is there anyway to tell what an item's stats would be if you where to soulbind it? As in if i had a low level item that I soulbinded to bring up to my level, how much would the stats on the item increase by.

The base stats don't change at all; if you want to figure out the new scaled stat, use the formula on the Level Scaling page on the wiki.

The base stats don't change at all; if you want to figure out the new scaled stat, use the formula on the Level Scaling page on the wiki.

That is what i was looking for , thank you

Is upgrading equips past level 10 generally not worth it? I heard it yields smaller resut

Is upgrading equips past level 10 generally not worth it? I heard it yields smaller resut

At your level, that's definitely true (except for shield, for 1h, you can upgrade block to 15-20 or so if you can and if it's good enough). If using Power, upgrading armor at all might not work well simply because Actuators are too expensive for you to spend, and because your equip quality is likely low.

Some bindings are quite costly too. Other than for shield's block, if upgrading past level 5 costs you more than ~10k per level, I'd avoid forging further until you're higher level and have more funds and better equips available to you on the market.

what % increase of damage would you value each point of Mitigation reduction when using the formula Mitigation reduction = (prof_factor ^ 1.5) * 50 on average? Basically trying to figure out if it's worth soul binding my mag cotton gloves of the demon fiend to equip for an extra 58 forbidden proficiency which would bring my prof factor to 91+58 = 149 and my mitigation reduction from 9.73 to 20.38 at the cost of reducing my dark spell damage bonus from 142% to 115% (as well as losing 25 wisdom).

what % increase of damage would you value each point of Mitigation reduction when using the formula Mitigation reduction = (prof_factor ^ 1.5) * 50 on average? Basically trying to figure out if it's worth soul binding my mag cotton gloves of the demon fiend to equip for an extra 58 forbidden proficiency which would bring my prof factor to 91+58 = 149 and my mitigation reduction from 9.73 to 20.38 at the cost of reducing my dark spell damage bonus from 142% to 115% (as well as losing 25 wisdom).

On one hand, first maximize mitigation reduction as much as possible (up until mitigation reduction is maxed after Imperil).

On the other hand, below 310, mage will barely work regardless. I wouldn't bother. There are also higher quality equips that you'll be in range of being able to soulfuse soon enough.

Btw, your prof_factor is a number between 0 and 1 (and to maximize Imperil's effectiveness, if you have all Imperil's AP invested, you'll need prof of ~1.68-1.70 times your level, or, have 0.68-0.70 prof_factor). What's your actual current prof_factor?

On one hand, first maximize mitigation reduction as much as possible (up until mitigation reduction is maxed after Imperil).

On the other hand, below 310, mage will barely work regardless. I wouldn't bother. There are also higher quality equips that you'll be in range of being able to soulfuse soon enough.

Btw, your prof_factor is a number between 0 and 1 (and to maximize Imperil's effectiveness, if you have all Imperil's AP invested, you'll need prof of ~1.68-1.70 times your level, or, have 0.68-0.70 prof_factor). What's your actual current prof_factor?

It's .3358, and I like being mage, like a little challenge...and it's fun wiping 5+ mobs at once at lower difficulties.

This post has been edited by abc12345678901: Feb 28 2017, 07:51

If it were at your level, it would be fine, but for level 364, being only Mag and having less than Lmin block is a bit underwhelming. If I were you, save your soul fragments for something higher-quality, or find something closer to your level.

Your goal should be a Legendary SDE force shield, aim for ~40% block or more, below level 400. They're not that uncommon (though they cost a bit at lower levels). Still, it's worth it if you have the fragments.

I've been saving fragments for a leg, so I'll wait for a good one. Hopefully your next auction will have one. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Btw, your prof_factor is a number between 0 and 1 (and to maximize Imperil's effectiveness, if you have all Imperil's AP invested, you'll need prof of ~1.68-1.70 times your level, or, have 0.68-0.70 prof_factor). What's your actual current prof_factor?

Since he plays as dark mage it's probably better to go above 0.7 (or to go 0.65-0.7 now and then reach 0.8 with the perk).

Welp i did some math, looking at the monster list, the average dark resistance seems to be in the mid 40s so using the lv 275 dark imperil at -15 (since I'm so close to that level already) and assuming a 45 dark reduction i figure each mitigation reduction from proficiency is about 1.425% damage increase. So running numbers again, I come up with the cotton gloves soulbound giving me about 1.7% more average damage than my phase ones...at the cost of 25 wisdom and this is from look at it only with the imperil applied rather than what their mitigation would be with the mitigation reduction i already have which would screw it closer to breaking even (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . Of course on anything other than a SG and on mobs I don't bother imperiling (when i do lower difficulty arenas) the cotton should win out on average damage, but would still mean i have to spend soul fragments to bind an equipment. Is it worth doing or should I wait longer to see if anyhting better drops (though even on PFUDOR REs i rarely get magnificent gear).

Gear pieces for reference:

phase gloves
cotton glvoes

which would bring my prof factor to 91+58 = 149

Just to make sure, these numbers are only additional prof above your level, right? (that is, your effective proficiency is in the high 300s or low 400s now, yeah?)

This post has been edited by Superlatanium: Feb 28 2017, 11:45

Just to make sure, these numbers are only additional prof above your level, right? (that is, your effective proficiency is in the high 300s or low 400s now, yeah?)

ya, i have 362 forbidden proficiency atm (just leveled up)

I heard you can sell artifacts? how?

I heard you can sell artifacts? how?

like precursor artifact, boss trophies etc? Just send them to a buyer in the WTB section via Bazaar-->mooglemail, remember to attach a CoD
mooglemail info

I heard you can sell artifacts? how?

like precursor artifact, boss trophies etc? Just send them to a buyer in the WTB section via Bazaar-->mooglemail, remember to attach a CoD
mooglemail info

via mooglemail, possibly with a COD.

whether you want to open a WTS, answer to a WTB (either publicly or privately is fine) or whatever else is your call.