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Post by Deepfriar on Dec 14, 2016 10:11:21 GMT -6
And expansion stuff happened! Pretty cool. I wish I were max level to participate lol.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 14, 2016 13:16:05 GMT -6
While I slept, Echo 4-4,ng+1 snagged me about 60k after I sold all the junk off. S level mortal sword obtained..... Very nice Exo! Any reason why you went with mortal vs. other elements/effects? Pretty serious attack, right? My reason is PURELY because its one of the swords with an actual freakin' point and doesn't look like I smacking someone around with an oversized rectangle! Luckily, armor will be easier to S than weapons. Regarding the update, I'm glad it was just a 4 hour maintenance rather than a 24 hour one like last time. I really dig the performance enhancements. Looks like the shadows have a radius and the game actually seems a small percentage faster/smoother than before. I wish I were max level to participate lol. No way bro! You should PVP now! There's no ranking or rewards - its the perfect time to play since losing doesn't mean you'll be at the bottom of some list. The DEVs totally meant for it to be light hearted / no strings attached FUN/practice. I totally thought I was going to get creamed by some of my comrades, but I beyond held my own. Only lost once, (got lagstabbed repeatedly by this Korean player LOL) probably won 5-6 times. I had a few accounts DC (disconnect) on me because I was thrashing them. DCing automatically lets the other player win! They'll pit you against equal players. You're not going to get stomped by an uber strong player, unless they just happen to be built to destroy your gear. (my mostly Lyrius armor makes me decently weak to wind - my hardest fights are dudes with wind/fume weapons) Adjucator Klaus (new rift boss) is SUPER easy. You guys could probably get some decent armor there! The deep one I can beat in 2 combos and he can drop B gear. I beat the expansion. Got Morgan's Gauntlets and a Wind Hammer. (I'll probably never use the hammer, maybe I'll use the gauntlets in the distant future) I wish the expansion was in stages rather than "scenes". Its a bit on the difficult side playing the length of 3 levels on 5 life sticks. Feels like a gem trap being that continues are 60 gems... I think if anyone was going to farm, they'd still rather tackle the main quests. So happy that we can hold more than rift key at a time. We can now max out with 3 of them!!! I also like the echo improvements (he doesn't flop around so much with regular enemies), and they made the world bosses EASIER with better drops lvl90+ Man I freakin love this game!
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Post by exo on Dec 15, 2016 1:21:42 GMT -6
While I slept, Echo 4-4,ng+1 snagged me about 60k after I sold all the junk off. S level mortal sword obtained..... Very nice Exo! Any reason why you went with mortal vs. other elements/effects? Pretty serious attack, right? My reason is PURELY because its one of the swords with an actual freakin' point and doesn't look like I smacking someone around with an oversized rectangle! Luckily, armor will be easier to S than weapons. Regarding the update, I'm glad it was just a 4 hour maintenance rather than a 24 hour one like last time. I really dig the performance enhancements. Looks like the shadows have a radius and the game actually seems a small percentage faster/smoother than before. Uh.....because it was the first weapon I started upgrading......lol. You know what they say, no defense like a good offense, right? Once I get the rift hound sword up that far, I might use it to S+ the rift sword.
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Post by Deepfriar on Dec 15, 2016 6:52:29 GMT -6
Sounds fun I'll try to check out more expansion stuff this weekend. Leveling finally slowed down a bit. I'm at 45.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 15, 2016 10:45:46 GMT -6
Once I get the rift hound sword up that far, I might use it to S+ the rift sword. Good luck with that. I sort of ranted about that earlier in the thread, which is why I went from loving my S MAX Rifthound Burst, to sacrificing it to make a S+ a mortal sword. Yes, Rift weapons are 30% stronger, but the S+ requirements are DOUBLE that of a normal weapon. (Specifically 30 greater ambers for the rift weapon, vs 15 for a normal one) You might have a change of heart when you find out how long it takes to get ONE of those ambers... maybe you're the better man and will go through it like many of the other elites. Not me. LOL I'd rather spend 30 A ambers to get 2 normal weapons to S+ vs just 1 Rift one. Sounds fun I'll try to check out more expansion stuff this weekend. Leveling finally slowed down a bit. I'm at 45. I'm almost to lvl70, which is the cap, but really your character level only effects your hit points. (Besides giving an indicator to how strong you are - ie: I'll have more of a problem dualing someone lvl70 vs someone lvl65.) The experience required to level really diminishes. I think it requires more total experience to go from 69 to 70 than 65 to 69. I think... (I remember DrJambi breaking it down on Discord, if I remember his figures right)
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Post by Deepfriar on Dec 16, 2016 11:42:42 GMT -6
I just got an A grade poison lance with 3 bonus and 5 sockets! Is this a keeper? How good is poison overall?
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 16, 2016 12:47:34 GMT -6
In terms of "how good is ______", there no one element or effect better or worse. If the enemy is weak against poison, then poison is good. If the enemy has high poison resistance, then it's not so good.
If you plan on grinding Dainn, poison melts his face off.
5 sockets is good. I'd keep it, but I'd keep a 3 slot if it works with my fashion. Apart from rift gear, 6 slots is the best you can get.
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Post by Deepfriar on Dec 16, 2016 14:36:17 GMT -6
Aye captain. :-D
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 18, 2016 21:42:17 GMT -6
I beat that new penitence second try. Scary 100k, but I'll take it.
You guys playing the expansion? I've gone through it a few times. Couple hammers I'll never use... I like the Morgan's gloves I got. They're a frickin' jerks to upgrade though...
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Post by exo on Dec 18, 2016 23:03:48 GMT -6
Aw man, server maintenance
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 18, 2016 23:55:52 GMT -6
Yeah. Fixing a few things.
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Post by exo on Dec 19, 2016 4:36:01 GMT -6
Waiting for the updat to finish so I can get to NG+2, 5-8.......I need to turn into a Swiss bank account......
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 19, 2016 10:17:49 GMT -6
Absolutely. Even after all the updates, NG+2 5-8 is the place to get gold. With your current setup, you may not have much luck turning echo loose on that stage... but you should be able to manually clear it without too much problem. (I've done plenty of manual runs to this stage - gold adds up QUICK) The trick is, when you kill ONE soldier, Petram appears. Just have a lethal waiting for him when he spawns. This video (sickmyduckster uploaded this a while back just because he wanted to show me how to do it) shows how to clear this in seconds. Those petrified merchant boxes show up 1 of 3 spots in that stage too - don't forget those. They'll still be easy to nab in those short runs. (either one close to the beginning, one close to Petram's spawn spot (like the video) and one to the bottom left of that stage)
I FINALLY got all pieces of my armor to the top tier. I haven't decided if I'll try to lvl them up now, or if I want to start working on getting my Night Sword to S+. Morgan (the boss in the expansion) is WEAK to night.
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Post by nocturnaliridescence on Dec 19, 2016 12:11:11 GMT -6
3. Status boost from Church - Fixed an issue of unlimited time on status boost from Church in certain situations. There's a Babylon Bee article to be found somewhere in here.
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Post by Deepfriar on Dec 20, 2016 10:28:46 GMT -6
Lol@NI...
How about level 56, guys? Trying to catch up to you lol. I'm interested to hear that Morgan is weak to night because night sword happens to be what I wield. All my gear is A-max and sword is S level 2 I think. I've stacked some poison and stun resistance because they seem to be a couple of the most dangerous attacks, pve and otherwise. Was this a good move?
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 20, 2016 13:04:05 GMT -6
Much like the other "which is better?" type questions, poison and stun res is good. They're all good. I myself would invest in curse resistance as well, if I went the res route. ...but I didn't take that route myself. Life charge, max HP, incapacitate, stamina consumption, critical are skills I focused on for myself. Dunno if it's right or wrong, but it works for me... Regarding PVP, there's not much dispute. Max HP, stagger and poise are extremely important...
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Post by Deepfriar on Dec 21, 2016 14:35:40 GMT -6
Ok so hold up: the tooltip is a little vague, what exactly does Poise do?
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 21, 2016 15:09:29 GMT -6
Just like in Dark Souls (which this game is modeled after), the higher your poise, the less you'll be staggered.
Wanna be a non flinching tank? Then, poise it up!
There's also a guard poise which means you won't flinch while blocking heavier attacks. Regular poise is specifically regarding flinching less while being hit.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 21, 2016 18:26:15 GMT -6
Hermagerd!!! I had no idea those chests that are carved from Klaus could be appraised for the goodies inside! I had like 20 of those things!!!
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Post by exo on Dec 22, 2016 14:25:09 GMT -6
Hermagerd!!! I had no idea those chests that are carved from Klaus could be appraised for the goodies inside! I had like 20 of those things!!! Yup. Apparently there's a few different colors available, but all he's dropped for me is the red variant.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 22, 2016 16:01:19 GMT -6
I've gotten a couple gold chests. S gold shards and a greater amber is some of the stuff I've found in them.
Got my Night Sword to S+!!! I'm going to reroll those bonus skills before I gem it's sockets. I do the gem subscription, but I think I'm going to save up some more. (Since rerolling costs 150 gems a pop)
I had over 4k gems before my S+ sword. Daily Challenge gems really add up and I can be back to 2k by Christmas.
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 24, 2016 8:44:12 GMT -6
Deepfriar, you caught up to Exo's level!
My brother got me a $50 Google Play card for Christmas. I spent most of it on Ire. There I was, with almost 7k gems, preparing for an epic reroll session for my Night Sword... second roll, I love the skills and I'm done. Haha!
Did 5 skill shard pulls from the shop. (700 gems a pull) Got 3 A shards that were really useful! Trying to get 1million gold for that 500 gem achievement. I'm 200k away from it...
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 24, 2016 17:13:08 GMT -6
Woke up from my nap (work wiped me out) and had over a million gold, so I got that achievement. Upgraded the Night Sword and my Aker helm from lvl1 to lvl2. Wanna know how much gold I had left after those two upgrades? 200k
...and you probably thought upgrading S equipment was expensive!
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 28, 2016 10:53:57 GMT -6
4th post in a row! Who's going to break my combo?
Wow. I did not expect that Night Sword to kick so much ass! Don't get me wrong, my S+ MAX Mortal Sword is a good weapon, but when so many players are wearing Morgan's, Monster and Lyrius armors, they specialize in physical defense. I think most players do not focus on having an extremely high night resistance, so in PVP, I've been able to cut through players like butter. (just got my Night Sword to S+lvl4 this morning)
The two hour maintenance last night was to give players a decent amount (over 10k) of mileage. That's enough to buy a cape or other exclusive goodies. What did you guys get? Better use it fast! It expires in a few days! I bought an exclusive skill shard (the shard itself was meh (siege weapon damage increase), but it was what I needed to composite one of my other A shards into S) Also bought some gold.
I think I'll get my cuisses to lvl2 before I max out my sword. I forgot how important higher shards are for forging S+ - its like C weapon shards are almost useless. I've been alternating my echos... NG2 5-8 for gold, NG3 3-1 for shards.
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Post by Deepfriar on Dec 29, 2016 11:56:52 GMT -6
Oooh I didn't know they gave players mileage! I'll spend it today. I'm almost 62 now, making progress. It's good that you got the roll you wanted on skills so quickly! I'm actually playing some Shadow of Mordor also now on PS4, was on sale digital copy only $10.99, so my time is split, but the good thing is I can just run echo and still level up!
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Post by exo on Dec 29, 2016 13:51:52 GMT -6
Didn't know either! I've got 3 S level weapons (including a Rifthound sword!), and working on my 3rd S level armor.....
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 29, 2016 14:58:36 GMT -6
Discord definitely keeps me up to date what's coming and going in the Ire. Also a good place to leave suggestions, something the devs have taken into consideration since we've seen some of them in the last few updates.
I brought you along to a Munin fight Exo. I noticed the Rifthound sword!
Yesterday was a big day for me. I FINALLY beat Rift Lyrius! I'd like one of the swords he drops, but I don't know how realistic it is for me to grind fragments to upgrade it though...
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Post by exo on Dec 29, 2016 20:33:55 GMT -6
I see Lyrius sword fragments pop in the black market all the time, though. Might be easier than you think, just have to grind for the other resources instead and if you catch some fragments in the process, it's a bonus.....
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Dec 31, 2016 8:49:25 GMT -6
Since I can beat him now, my best bet is to farm world bosses for that rift key and then carve him. Rift shard buys in the black market are stingy. I'd rather use gems to fill the void...
Do you guys get the surprise rewards? Ire sends out notifications for some of them, but there's also "secret" surprise rewards.
For instance, logging in between 7 and 8 am CST this morning, the reward was 5 gold Klaus chests.
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Post by exo on Dec 31, 2016 14:59:14 GMT -6
Yup. Got that one.....
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