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Its just me, or gaining proficiency is much much harder now?

To gain 443 one-handed prof from lvl 442 I need to grind ~20 TT PFUDOR arenas, which is basically half exp for next player lvl (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Its just me, or gaining proficiency is much much harder now?

To gain 443 one-handed prof from lvl 442 I need to grind ~20 TT PFUDOR arenas, which is basically half exp for next player lvl (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Not at my level... Had just leveled to 352 when update hit, so 1H and heavy profs were at 351. Did a really low amount of REs and 2 arenas yesterday (lv. 110 and lv. 165 ones), on PFUDOR, so I guess that about half of my exp was from dawn. Got 353 today (because of dawn again) and my profs are at 354, what means that I already got this level prof and also the next one! So, I'd say it's easier (at least on my level, again).

Quick question to those who would be knowledged in this field:
Is it normal if I feel like my brand new Leg Ehtereal Estoc of Slaughter with 180% acc in Hell difficulty feels very slow to kill mobs compared to my Leg Tempestuous Shortsword of Balance 200%acc/20% anti-parry + shield in PFUDOR?
I'm starting to feel like I should just do all arenas with my 1H to go faster and get better drops.

Quick question to those who would be knowledged in this field:
Is it normal if I feel like my brand new Leg Ehtereal Estoc of Slaughter with 180% acc in Hell difficulty feels very slow to kill mobs compared to my Leg Tempestuous Shortsword of Balance 200%acc/20% anti-parry + shield in PFUDOR?
I'm starting to feel like I should just do all arenas with my 1H to go faster and get better drops.

2H is kind of broken, so you definitely should go with 1H and look for rapier for max efficiency.

Quick question to those who would be knowledged in this field:
Is it normal if I feel like my brand new Leg Ehtereal Estoc of Slaughter with 180% acc in Hell difficulty feels very slow to kill mobs compared to my Leg Tempestuous Shortsword of Balance 200%acc/20% anti-parry + shield in PFUDOR?
I'm starting to feel like I should just do all arenas with my 1H to go faster and get better drops.

wait until you'll try a rapier with that shield

wait until you'll try a rapier with that shield

Actually I find that the Bleeding is effective as I have 5-6 mobs bleeding at the same time, even while they're stunned.

Actually I find that the Bleeding is effective as I have 5-6 mobs bleeding at the same time, even while they're stunned.

Sure it is effective. Just not as effective as penetrated armour + permanent spirit stance + parry. Rapier will significantly improved your speed

Sure it is effective. Just not as effective as penetrated armour + permanent spirit stance + parry. Rapier will significantly improved your speed

unless we're speaking about a very highly forged, high-tier Leg Axe of Slaughter. in that case i guess the surplus ADB could make up for the lack of PA, and both counter-stuns and BW could take care of the half-dead monsters. just my thought though.

unless we're speaking about a very highly forged, high-tier Leg Axe of Slaughter. in that case i guess the surplus ADB could make up for the lack of PA, and both counter-stuns and BW could take care of the half-dead monsters. just my thought though.

Has this been tried?

unless we're speaking about a very highly forged, high-tier Leg Axe of Slaughter. in that case i guess the surplus ADB could make up for the lack of PA, and both counter-stuns and BW could take care of the half-dead monsters. just my thought though.

You also have to consider the loss in parry (so less counter-attacks and spirit gain).
It needs to be tested.

Given the new HP scaling it's possible that rapier is not as mandatory as before.

Has this been tried?

speculated. it's not like many people have available such a weapon.

You also have to consider the loss in parry (so less counter-attacks and spirit gain).

yes, yes. btw, is the total amount of counters related to the sum of counters from block and those from parry?

Do parry and evade rolls occur before or after block? That is quite essential to get the best out of the shield.

speculated. it's not like many people have available such a weapon.
yes, yes. btw, is the total amount of counters related to the sum of counters from block and those from parry?

Axe with shield and heavy armor?

Do parry and evade rolls occur before or after block? That is quite essential to get the best out of the shield.

priority is: evade > block > parry.

this is why you should have your evade as low as possible

Axe with shield and heavy armor?

yep. 1H Power style with a high-ADB Axe of Slaughter rather than a rapier. Butcher potency appreciated, i guess

priority is: evade > block > parry.

this is why you should have your evade as low as possible
yep. 1H Power style with a high-ADB Axe of Slaughter rather than a rapier. Butcher potency appreciated, i guess

like this one? Peerless Ethereal Axe of Slaughter

like this one? Peerless Ethereal Axe of Slaughter

Tell us! Please, how does it perform compared to a rapier?

Tell us! Please, how does it perform compared to a rapier?

I will test it tomorrow. Don't have the time today.

My rapier
Peerless Shocking Rapier of Slaughter

Where should the difference be felt the most? Arena, Grindfest or IW?

This post has been edited by Mantra64: Aug 27 2017, 19:21

I will test it tomorrow. Don't have the time today.

My rapier
Peerless Shocking Rapier of Slaughter

Where should the difference be felt the most? Arena, Grindfest or IW?

I'd say compare 2 peerless IWs, that may give us the fastest insights. Otherwise 2days: compare DWD and T&T and FSM

priority is: evade > block > parry.

this is why you should have your evade as low as possible
yep. 1H Power style with a high-ADB Axe of Slaughter rather than a rapier. Butcher potency appreciated, i guess

Personally, I'd favor Power Balance parts to go with a Slaughter weapon, so that I'd reach 200% accuracy, a high crit chance, and I'd go for Overpower 5 Fatality 4. I just cannot shake off that pleasant feeling of a smooth playing with 200%/20%, really. Not to mention that in that case you can have a Flame spike shield instead of a Shock spike shield.

I bet it's possible with an Axe, in which case it'd hurt quite a lot and wouldn't need any PA.

This post has been edited by decondelite: Aug 27 2017, 19:32

like this one? Peerless Ethereal Axe of Slaughter

yep (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

I'd say compare 2 peerless IWs, that may give us the fastest insights. Otherwise 2days: compare DWD and T&T and FSM

agree. do you need a random peerless to iw?

Personally, I'd favor Power Balance parts to go with a Slaughter weapon, so that I'd reach 200% accuracy, a high crit chance, and I'd go for Overpower 5 Fatality 4. I just cannot shake off that pleasant feeling of a smooth playing with 200%/20%, really. Not to mention that in that case you can have a Flame spike shield instead of a Shock spike shield.

I bet it's possible with an Axe, in which case it'd hurt quite a lot and wouldn't need any PA.

1H style has Overwhelming Strikes proc, which:
- is pretty much always on
- increases attack damage by 15% and attack accuracy by 50% for 4 turns
- increases 20% counter-parry chance per stack, 5 stacks at maximum

therefore, no need neither for high ACC nor for Overpower potency. frankly, not even DW needs maximum OP...