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Apr 30 2017, 17:53
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teenyman45
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QUOTE(Sapo84 @ Apr 30 2017, 09:51)  A good way to estimate the needed resist mitigation is, imho, checking hvlist for that specific resist. [ hvlist.niblseed.com] This is for dark. There are a good number of mobs with >55 resist so probably the optimal value is higher than that, but if you have a really good pants it may be worth to try it out and see. Well, if you can get a 3+2 with 1.0 prof you can also try out no-imperil play, which is definitely not bad (and probably better for nintendo or lower difficulties). Wow, I actually have a monster on your list. I thought the dagger bunny was still way too weak to make that sort of cut.
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Apr 30 2017, 18:14
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sigo8
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QUOTE(teenyman45 @ Apr 30 2017, 09:53)  Wow, I actually have a monster on your list. I thought the dagger bunny was still way too weak to make that sort of cut.
1100 is about when they start showing up for high-level players. You also have 5 others who by pure luck encountered a low-level player who was recording monsters. [ hvlist.niblseed.com] http://hvlist.niblseed.com/?selectby=train...chby=teenyman45
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Apr 30 2017, 19:30
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(chjj30 @ Apr 30 2017, 17:42)  Schade! I'm man but I still want to kiss you.
erm... as if you already did, i guess? (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)
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Apr 30 2017, 20:23
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AnonDarkMage7
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QUOTE(Sapo84 @ Apr 30 2017, 15:51)  A good way to estimate the needed resist mitigation is, imho, checking hvlist for that specific resist. [ hvlist.niblseed.com] This is for dark. Hm, so according to this, would you say a good prof factor for dark mage with imperil would be .862 since there only 61 mobs with >65 dark mig (only 18 of those above 70) ? Or would it be better to go for .9322 prof factor to deal with all mobs with dark mig of <70 (of which there's only 15)?
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Apr 30 2017, 20:59
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(abc12345678901 @ Apr 30 2017, 20:23)  Hm, so according to this, would you say a good prof factor for dark mage with imperil would be .862 since there only 61 mobs with >65 dark mig (only 18 of those above 70) ? Or would it be better to go for .9322 prof factor to deal with all mobs with dark mig of <70 (of which there's only 15)?
i wondered a similar thing, a while ago - that is: given the average mob pool and wanting no imperil playstyle, should i base my prof on the toughest mob in order to be sure to hit anything or on the high tier of the average mob pool in order not to be too overkill? iirc the answer was to go for the toughest one, but of course you'd better wait for other opinions as well (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)
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Apr 30 2017, 22:05
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SidZBear
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Is there any benefit do doing Item Worlds on PFUDOR as opposed to IWBTH?
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Apr 30 2017, 22:10
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(SidZBear @ Apr 30 2017, 22:05)  Is there any benefit do doing Item Worlds on PFUDOR as opposed to IWBTH?
exp and the usual things. personally i don't think it's worth the surplus time and efforts.
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Apr 30 2017, 22:18
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SidZBear
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QUOTE(Scremaz @ Apr 30 2017, 13:10)  exp and the usual things. personally i don't think it's worth the surplus time and efforts.
That what I assumed. Right now time is not a huge factor in my play; I can burn through my 'great' stamina in about 2-3 hours (vanilla reloader ish my frien!) I really want to hit 500 so I can start working on 'end-game' type stuff, so since I *can* clear Legendary IWs in PFUDOR, I think I will continue, even if all i get is teh extra cvrystals and exp. I was just wondering if their was another benefit I had missed.
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May 1 2017, 00:26
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Fosfacto
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Hi.
Can you please have a look to my stats.
I'm lvl 95 and I've been buying armor and weapons every 5 lvls or so from the market.
Still, I feel like an idiot because I don't know what I'm doing regarding Armors for example and for some particular reason they "feel" like they're not enough to advance properly in the game if that makes sense.
Abilities it's other things I'm completely lost since I actually just use one which is "Cure" lol
Any advice would be more than welcome. See attachments (print screens)
Thanks guys.
PS: Sorry for my English, its not my first Language.
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May 1 2017, 01:15
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(Fosfacto @ May 1 2017, 00:26)  See attachments (print screens)
you forgot them (IMG:[ invalid] style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) and uh, your english is not so bad.
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May 1 2017, 01:24
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Kinights
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QUOTE(Fosfacto @ Apr 30 2017, 19:26)  Hi.
Can you please have a look to my stats.
I'm lvl 95 and I've been buying armor and weapons every 5 lvls or so from the market.
Still, I feel like an idiot because I don't know what I'm doing regarding Armors for example and for some particular reason they "feel" like they're not enough to advance properly in the game if that makes sense.
Abilities it's other things I'm completely lost since I actually just use one which is "Cure" lol
Any advice would be more than welcome. See attachments (print screens)
Thanks guys.
PS: Sorry for my English, its not my first Language.
Well, if the only spell you are using is cure, then you can start from that. Every fighting style benefits greatly from using Supportive Spells, so you should start using at least protection and regeneration if you aren't yet. This post has been edited by Kinights: May 1 2017, 01:25
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May 1 2017, 01:24
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jantch
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May 1 2017, 01:41
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Cleavs
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uh, alright.
image 1: drain ability is useless. you can unslot it. absorb is so-so. i'd say to unslot both and use APs on, saying, spark and/or shadow veil
image 2: well, 2H Leather should perform decently at your level. purchasing items from bazaar every so often is fine, but you may want to check free shops (and FreeSHop in particular) in WTS section. the most important thing to consider is that armors *have* to be of the same kind - which means: Light armors with Light armors, Heavy with Heavy
image 3: stat distribution, uh... use all your EXP. but INT is way too high. you can be a mindless warrior and everything will be fine anyways. lower it to... 50? and in exchange raise DEX, to the point of STR/END/WIS
as for the rest, i don't see anything wrong in particular. how do you usually play?
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May 1 2017, 01:43
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Kinights
Group: Gold Star Club
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QUOTE(Fosfacto @ Apr 30 2017, 19:26)  Snip
QUOTE(jantch @ Apr 30 2017, 20:24)  Your stat distribution isn't really good for melee, as there's no point to having WIS and INT higher than STR and DEX. To make it simple, create a new persona and leave your stats as 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 0 : 0.5, as that should be enough for a light armor user. ------------------- You should look into your Fighting Style, as you have the DW Damage ability slotted, but is only using a katana. If you want to use Niten, you need to equip a wakizahi on your off-hand slot, but bear in mind that you won't get any proficiency in 2H or DW while using that style. ------------------- For your gear, common leather isn't really that good compared to shade, so you can look for shade pieces to exchange while leveling, but it might be quite hard to find them as self-drops or in your level range in the forums. This post has been edited by Kinights: May 1 2017, 01:46
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May 1 2017, 02:28
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Cleavs
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QUOTE(Kinights @ May 1 2017, 01:43)  To make it simple, create a new persona and leave your stats as 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 : 0 : 0.5, as that should be enough for a light armor user.
personally i don't advise to create a new persona so early. if the matter is only stat destribution, in a couple of days he may already reach a pseudo-optimal situation. eventually he'll need that slot later. QUOTE(Kinights @ May 1 2017, 01:43)  For your gear, common leather isn't really that good compared to shade, so you can look for shade pieces to exchange while leveling, but it might be quite hard to find them as self-drops or in your level range in the forums.
not only. at that level, the 0 piercing mitigation that Shade brings will be quite hard to bear with and the little Evade it can give will be all eaten away by BUR. Leather armors offer a better all-around defense. Shade will need a bit more levels to come in handy. maybe one piece to boost ADB could still be useful, but for now there are more cons than pros. This post has been edited by Scremaz: May 1 2017, 02:29
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May 1 2017, 02:41
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Epicskunk
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QUOTE(Kinights @ Apr 30 2017, 17:05)  There's actually an advised META to use while leveling, which should mostly be: Level 0 ~ Level 200 - Light Armor + 2H weapon Level 150 ~ Level 200 - Light Armor + 1H + Shield Level 200 ~ Level 500 - Power Armor + 1H + Shield Level 300 ~ Level 500 - Mage Of course, it's not required to follow this example as a rule, but it will make your life playing much easier, as playing as a mage with a low level and not having all abilities related to your spells unlocked is quite hard and time consuming. It makes it only viable to play on low difficulties, while you could be playing on Hell+ with another fighting style, which every expert would recommend, as your income would be higher that way. Anyways, as most equipment in the bazaar and on the forums are mostly above level 300 due to the level average of players, which aren't even in your soulfusing range, like Scremaz said, your best chance at getting frugal prefixed equip at your level will be gambling trophies at the shrine. Of course, as it depends on RNG, I'd reccomend selling any trophy you get and focus on leveling up, as when you get to around level 250~300, you will be able to start finding some equipment you can soulfuse without having to depend on RNG to get the piece you want. Is there any way of getting the items I need, which I made a WTB of? Because I DID try to use light armor with 2H weapons, and I ended up being destroyed by the easiest, bot enemies (the ones that are not pets, but actual creatures) in Easy difficulty, so I am forced to use the technique called "glass cannon". Trust me, the times that I tried the meta way of doing it would be considered as a really good reason to tell me that I am a piece of shit; I was THAT bad. Besides, being a mage helps me alot right now. The only problem is getting the items.I can potentially go Easy mode to collect credits, and when I want to level up, I can easily beat any arena in Hell difficulty for exp. My ONLY problem on doing this is time, since I have a job. Edit : Yes, I still do know that I cannot soulfuse any equipment that is 101 levels higher than me. What I will simply do is get the equipment. And if I can't soulfuse it yet, then I will simply grind my way until I have a high level to do so. Easy! Also, I seriously did not know that the levels of the equipments in the market that is placed by the system was the average of everyone's levels. And what's worse is that what I need is not just ***** Frugal Phase *****, I actually need them in Heimdall Suffix,as well, to boost my main power. But I wouldn't mind if it was just Frugal,but then it would be temporary. This post has been edited by Epicskunk: May 1 2017, 02:53
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May 1 2017, 03:07
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-Shun-
Group: Gold Star Club
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QUOTE(Fosfacto @ May 1 2017, 06:26)  Hi.
Can you please have a look to my stats.
I'm lvl 95 and I've been buying armor and weapons every 5 lvls or so from the market.
Still, I feel like an idiot because I don't know what I'm doing regarding Armors for example and for some particular reason they "feel" like they're not enough to advance properly in the game if that makes sense.
Just stick with average leather/self drop superior+ leather until you're a few dozen levels near 200. As for weaps, gonna be hard to find something good enough to keep at your level for forging and item world. You can try the WTS shops offering free stuff for lowbies. I remember Sweetness Overload giving away credits to players of a certain level range as well. QUOTE Abilities it's other things I'm completely lost since I actually just use one which is "Cure" lol
Seeing as you have the buff abilities added, you're using those too right? And yea, use Shadow Veil like Scremaz said, along with regen, protection and haste. If you have that buff already. QUOTE(Epicskunk @ May 1 2017, 08:41)  Is there any way of getting the items I need, which I made a WTB of?
Because I DID try to use light armor with 2H weapons, and I ended up being destroyed by the easiest, bot enemies (the ones that are not pets, but actual creatures) in Easy difficulty, so I am forced to use the technique called "glass cannon". Trust me, the times that I tried the meta way of doing it would be considered as a really good reason to tell me that I am a piece of shit; I was THAT bad.
Can we see your abilities, gear and stat page for light + 2h? This post has been edited by -Shun-: May 1 2017, 03:09
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May 1 2017, 03:12
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Kinights
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QUOTE(Epicskunk @ Apr 30 2017, 21:41)  Is there any way of getting the items I need, which I made a WTB of?
Because I DID try to use light armor with 2H weapons, and I ended up being destroyed by the easiest, bot enemies (the ones that are not pets, but actual creatures) in Easy difficulty, so I am forced to use the technique called "glass cannon". Trust me, the times that I tried the meta way of doing it would be considered as a really good reason to tell me that I am a piece of shit; I was THAT bad.
Besides, being a mage helps me alot right now. The only problem is getting the items.I can potentially go Easy mode to collect credits, and when I want to level up, I can easily beat any arena in Hell difficulty for exp. My ONLY problem on doing this is time, since I have a job.
Edit : Yes, I still do know that I cannot soulfuse any equipment that is 101 levels higher than me. What I will simply do is get the equipment. And if I can't soulfuse it yet, then I will simply grind my way until I have a high level to do so. Easy!
Also, I seriously did not know that the levels of the equipments in the market that is placed by the system was the average of everyone's levels.
And what's worse is that what I need is not just ***** Frugal Phase *****, I actually need them in Heimdall Suffix,as well, to boost my main power. But I wouldn't mind if it was just Frugal,but then it would be temporary.
Hmm, I guess that 2H + light might not be as good as back then, as I've seen a lot of people saying they still have troubles with it in low levels. And there's probably no easy way to get specific equipment at your level other than being lucky shrining trophies or finding a rare offer on WTS, but just keep your WTB open in case another low level player has what you want and also checks the forums. Also, some people will probably want to murder me for suggesting this, but you should try using leather + 1H + shield, as it's the tankiest possible fighting style you can use, even though it's not effective on the clearspeed aspect, but if your goal is to level up fast, you can try using it on higher difficulties to pass the low level bottleneck faster. If you don't think it's better than your mage build, then of course just keep doing your best to find the gear you want while leveling up.
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May 1 2017, 03:24
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AnonDarkMage7
Group: Gold Star Club
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QUOTE(Epicskunk @ May 1 2017, 02:41)  Is there any way of getting the items I need, which I made a WTB of?
Because I DID try to use light armor with 2H weapons, and I ended up being destroyed by the easiest, bot enemies (the ones that are not pets, but actual creatures) in Easy difficulty, so I am forced to use the technique called "glass cannon". Trust me, the times that I tried the meta way of doing it would be considered as a really good reason to tell me that I am a piece of shit; I was THAT bad.
Besides, being a mage helps me alot right now. The only problem is getting the items.I can potentially go Easy mode to collect credits, and when I want to level up, I can easily beat any arena in Hell difficulty for exp. My ONLY problem on doing this is time, since I have a job.
Edit : Yes, I still do know that I cannot soulfuse any equipment that is 101 levels higher than me. What I will simply do is get the equipment. And if I can't soulfuse it yet, then I will simply grind my way until I have a high level to do so. Easy!
Also, I seriously did not know that the levels of the equipments in the market that is placed by the system was the average of everyone's levels.
And what's worse is that what I need is not just ***** Frugal Phase *****, I actually need them in Heimdall Suffix,as well, to boost my main power. But I wouldn't mind if it was just Frugal,but then it would be temporary.
Question, why frugal of all prefixes? I get that frugal is nice at low levels for saving mana, but why dead set on frugal instead of charged (faster cast = taking less damage = less healing = some mana saved, but more importantly less real time used to clear RE/arena/etc) or radiant (more damage = mobs die faster = less real time spent)? I mean i guess true profit per round spent, but cost of mana pots is usually small compared to coin gained from drops and especially with your limited time, i would think either of the other two would work better.
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May 1 2017, 03:24
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Epicskunk
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QUOTE(-Shun- @ May 1 2017, 04:07)  Can we see your abilities, gear and stat page for light + 2h?
Got rid of them way too long ago. Back at those times, I didn't knew that I could use C to get a link to the equipment I highlighted. Or the wiki for the Hentaiverse.I do remember that my weapon was a Superior Estoc, but can't remember anything else, like what quality was my armor, what prefixes and suffixes did my equipmemts have, etc. QUOTE(Kinights @ May 1 2017, 04:12)  Hmm, I guess that 2H + light might not be as good as back then, as I've seen a lot of people saying they still have troubles with it in low levels.
And there's probably no easy way to get specific equipment at your level other than being lucky shrining trophies or finding a rare offer on WTS, but just keep your WTB open in case another low level player has what you want and also checks the forums.
Also, some people will probably want to murder me for suggesting this, but you should try using leather + 1H + shield, as it's the tankiest possible fighting style you can use, even though it's not effective on the clearspeed aspect, but if your goal is to level up fast, you can try using it on higher difficulties to pass the low level bottleneck faster.
If you don't think it's better than your mage build, then of course just keep doing your best to find the gear you want while leveling up.
Guess I just gotta wait. I mean, it won't appear out of nowhere. But I did get 1 piece of what I need; I found it in the shop.Hence why my WTB thread has 4 equipments needed, and not 5. QUOTE(abc12345678901 @ May 1 2017, 04:24)  Question, why frugal of all prefixes? I get that frugal is nice at low levels for saving mana, but why dead set on frugal instead of charged (faster cast = taking less damage = less healing = some mana saved, but more importantly less real time used to clear RE/arena/etc) or radiant (more damage = mobs die faster = less real time spent)? I mean i guess true profit per round spent, but cost of mana pots is usually small compared to coin gained from drops and especially with your limited time, i would think either of the other two would work better.
I believe Frugal would help me extremely well, because faster cast cannot help me when I need too much mana to even cast the spells.And Radiant cannot help me either, because it is hard to find Radiant.Not that Frugal is easier to find than Radiant. Also, my very first +Quote reply. Wooooo.
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