Returning: Update me on everything

• ironwoman wrote on 2017-03-27 20:37
  For now, sticking blue with Staves is fine, but know that with Nele's renown and getting higher total levels (aka more stats from Shine of Eweca) nets you more MA available, so if you do plan to go far, consider getting a red upgraded staff at some point.
  
  As for the L-Rod thing, it's an infamous bug that happens to everyone. What I would do to level exploration now is kill White Dragon and Black Dragon. Just get the finish.
• callback wrote on 2017-03-27 20:45

  Quote from ironwoman;1299155:

  For now, sticking blue with Staves is fine, but know that with Nele's renown and getting higher total levels (aka more stats from Shine of Eweca) nets you more MA available, so if you do plan to go far, consider getting a red upgraded staff at some point.
  
  As for the L-Rod thing, it's an infamous bug that happens to everyone. What I would do to level exploration now is kill White Dragon and Black Dragon. Just get the finish.

  
  
  It'll be a while before I hit the ttl... what is it, 28k to get +250 int at lv190? No, it's higher. I don't think 40k even caps it, actually. I'm sure I'll have gotten enough mage gems and managed another perfect matk roll to R7 by the time I hit whatever the practical cap is.
  
  Also I can't find a renown EXP chart to see how many days of cap lv50 actually takes. It's probbaly a lot, especially since I need to find a partner every day for Nele's (tho his takes 5 minutes compared to ~17-25 for Yvona).
  
  And screw Briana's. Fastest gain needs lots of people and I can't coordinate that. It's probably additive like the robe anyway meaning shadow crystals render it moot (and also dungeons being best exp now, SM mainly for gold)
  
  
  Oh, and what you said about AAHM 1-120 seems like a stretch. Were you basing that on 2x combat potions and/or a 2x event? I finally got around to running it and it brought me from 100-120, not nearly enough for the mythical 1-120 you mentioned. And it was linked, even if enlightened is at rank 10 or so for now. I don't think an extra 15% bonus will make up lv1-100. Also it is a much longer dungeon with somewhat beefier mobs than it used to have. One of my normal dungeon swords has sadly only 10 max durability, and it broke early into floor 3. I one-handed its partner for the rest of the floor, and had to pull out my fanatic after CRK FH didn't kill the boss (also I'm guessing which boss you get is based on party now like rabbie? 4-man for Arachne? I'll need to rope some people into it). And that's with VIP for extra dura. I guess next time I should force a melody step first? Oh, and of course I didn't get a replacement mangled. What IS the fastest way to farm for those?
  
  And what are the best link pets? Considering I'd probably need a new one to actually level up really high while young for maximum boost. Probably something like bone/phoenix/sheeptuplet with tons of health so it can tank for me?
• ironwoman wrote on 2017-04-01 02:28
  40k caps it, it's been confirmed on overseas servers. But yeah, it takes time, and the chance is you maybe have your gears (or not, I think your pace is extremely slow, no offense, just giving my honest opinion).
  
  I mean renown is a good plus, but by no means is it necessary. I'm not sitting at high renown either as I'd rather focus on my more immediate stats and gears.
  
  AAHM 1-120 is not a stretch, you can get it with level 15 Enlightened Vision and 2x combat exp pot (which I think you can manage to get if you decide to buy NX from players or just hoard them from events like I did). The extra 15% actually does a LOT for AAHM and RAHM because mobs give you that much exp. And this isn't a dungeon where you used your "normal dungeon sword", this is where you use your high end equips if you have them and try to clear as fast as possible because you want to be effcient since compat exp pot and pet summon time has limits. I don't even use melody step and I use around 2-3 durability on my Ele bhafel, and 1-2 dura on my shuriken. Swords I don't have to worry about since I never use sword to clear except for FH. I don't use VIP either. As for farming mangled passes, you just gotta run adv dungeons (barri adv, fiodh, rabbie, etc), preferably with alts to get maximum possible number of passes. Alternatively, you can also hoard Alby pass boxes and hope for a low chance of hardmode pass.
  
  As for best pet, the most popular ones are fallen fairy, bone dragon, and scooter. The first two have high (same) stats, with fallen fairy being preferred mainly because it's faster. Scooter has less hp but more protection. Other good pets to level are Tuan, Crystal Deer, and Imp Scooter.
• Dhaos wrote on 2017-04-02 03:06

  Quote from callback;1299117:

  Thanks for answering.
  I'm guessing milky way are just cosmetic, and "tuned" instruments work like having the accessory on?
  

  
  
  Sorry if this was addressed, but I didn't see an answer for it. Tuned instruments don't work like a hamelin's tuner. They're actually new sound codes for instruments. The whistle/flute are quite different, but the violin/cello is very minor.
• callback wrote on 2017-04-02 05:52

  Quote from Dhaos;1299180:

  Sorry if this was addressed, but I didn't see an answer for it. Tuned instruments don't work like a hamelin's tuner. They're actually new sound codes for instruments. The whistle/flute are quite different, but the violin/cello is very minor.

  
  
  Oh, ok. I'll dig around in 3ML and redo my config file to include them as selectable. See how they sound.
  
  
  
  As for dungeons, my durability issue comes mainly from the fact that I was bash spamming for DPS while LR is on cooldown. Bash chews swords like they're nothing. Not sure I want to foot the repair bill on my CRKs for a normal run of AAHM outside of switching for final hits, and I don't even have 56/48 on them because those enchants practically don't exist anymore (nightmare black fog will have to do until we get a proper substitute/rerelease). Shuriken I do use for the basic/intermediate mob floors, but floor 3 is all magic & sword. I think the best thing for dura for me is possibly just not soloing. You never confirmed how many people I had to drag along with me to force Arachne and get the extra chests. Even if they are useless for damage they can still hold things busy so I can be patient and wait for more LR without having to worry about saving my linked pet.
  
  And no, I don't multibox to just do that on my own. If I'm soloing, I'm stuck actually solo.
• ironwoman wrote on 2017-04-02 16:06
  You need to bring 3 other people to get Arachne, and if you really want to level, you should set the exp rule to all finish, and see if you can do all the work. Otherwise, you simply won't level up fast. Outside of you doing not enough damage, I don't know what else to tell you about apparently not leveling fast enough.
• callback wrote on 2017-04-02 19:46

  Quote from ironwoman;1299182:

  You need to bring 3 other people to get Arachne, and if you really want to level, you should set the exp rule to all finish, and see if you can do all the work. Otherwise, you simply won't level up fast. Outside of you doing not enough damage, I don't know what else to tell you about apparently not leveling fast enough.

  
  
  I think the 2x pot is what does it. Looking at the EXP curve, 100-120 is about 20 million EXP. 1-100 is also around 20 million. So you are correct as long as the potion can be acquired. And yeah, I get that forced sharing would lower things. But I do want those bonus Arachne chests. I'm sure we can work something out.