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Then I guess you go based off of which one is more customizable. Can you customize a Sylvan staff?
- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
-giggity-
- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
They are definitely worth it though. Non-decay, an increase on how much personal sunlight you can store, they automatically return to you when you set up a temporary grove somewhere else. It's probably the second artifact I bought for my sylvan after my plinth, but only my plinth got customised. Thinking about it, robes of the magi were the third thing that I bought. I have weird priorities.
But seriously, you're too nice. I wish I was as charitable as you, but I'm too poor and/or cheap
Yea, that one!
@Kyrra I'm still trying to decide on how to customize my plinth, maybe I'll hunt down your grove and take a peek. Customizing my staff will probably have to wait until a Divine shows interest in me. I customized another staff (non-artie) for Melantha that I sometimes use ritually as well.
I just logged on to Achaea again and realized I have tons of unspent credits. I am a Runewarden/Dragon whose main interest is bashing, although it'd be nice to contribute in PK down the road if I ever get back into playing actively. I already have a fair amount of artefacts (like, all the blatantly good ones), so not entirely sure what to get next. I also have two Soulpiercers that aren't very useful to me at the moment.
I've considering buying artefacts for my ship, maybe wand of portals or vibrating stick or such. Would it be worth holding on to credits waiting for multiclassing? I remember it being something that was discussed back when I was playing the last time, but there's been tons of other stuff released in the meantime. Any new artefacts that're worthwhile investing in?
Beyond that: save for multiclass. It should be here by Christmas and learning a class from 0 to trans is expensive. If you're not interested in multiclass, it might help if you post what arties you do have.
You can only do it the once per weapon, and it's a once off because almost everyone had SPs. It's worth noting that you can exchange a Soulpiercer for a two-handed weapon, so if you actually went two-handed, you can ideally swap two rapiers for a bastard-sword and a warhammer if you were inclined to make use of both.
Which is the better benefit?
Lv2->Lv3 sip (+10% on sip)
none->Lv2 CON belt (+500 health?)
Lv1->Lv2 bracelets and none->Lv1 CON (+5% health + 240 health?)
-- separately --
none->Lv1 sash+Lv1 collar
none->Lv2 sash or collar
Thanks!
(Sorry to call on you, @Sena, but I really do appreciate all of your time & energy into your calculations. You really are an invaluable Achaean.)
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
Duel : sip is better
Both: SoA is the best.
Do you spend your time bashing more, or dueling more?
Whichever you get won't go wrong. Just get one already.
Sip is not flat out better than con for PvP, either. It's flat out better against basically one attack in the game: kai choke (maybe puppetry/vodun throttle? I don't know if they're essentially identical to kai choke).
Most other attacks don't scale exclusively on maximum health, so there's a static part that will be a lower percentage of your maximum health the higher that gets, which means increasing your maximum health decreases the amount of damage you take relative to the amount you can regain. A sip ring also only affects the amount you regain from sipping health, which while the largest part of your health regeneration, isn't the only part; higher maximum health increases the amount that moss/potash, boar, other forms of passive health regen (e.g. artefact regen rings, berkana), and percentage-based active abilities (e.g. hands, vigour, etc) heal you for.
Disembowel isn't quite the same as kai choke, despite being purely percentage based, since it's a large single damage spike rather than an ability that can be used continuously. There are basically two ways to survive it: be at a percentage of your maximum health higher than it will deal or avoid being disembowelled with torso damage. The first is helped by having a sip ring, but is also helped by having higher maximum health, since all of the build up attacks are made easier to tank by having more health. The latter just goes to show that sometimes having some combat knowledge, and being able to adjust the way you cure, is better than having artefacts.
There's also the benefit of more health meaning longer prep times for your opponent, depending on their class, which means less frequent attempts of their kill sequence. It can also help avoid mangle locks against monk, since it's less likely they'll be able to deal the necessary limb damage in the four second window of restoration.
Plus he already has a level 2 sip ring, and no constitution artefact, so that shifts things in favour of constitution quite a bit.
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
Here's what I have, and I have around 500 credits. Not sure exactly what I should get or save up for now that I'm back. Ideas welcome! The only thing I can think of is a sip ring upgrade or a crit pendant upgrade.
a Raphaelan mace
a Shield of Absorption
a long, elegant ebony pipe
a dragonskin quiver
a ranger's bow
a silver tuning fork
a Mayan ring
a pair of eagle's wings
a fire pendant
an Aldar Diadem
an Aeonic hourglass
a pair of Mayan Bracelets
a hunter's belt
a glittering ring of vitality
a sandstone stationery kit
a gem of cloaking
an ornately carved ivory pipe
a Brooch of the Tempest
a ring of flying
a polished marble pipe
a set of mithril spurs
Current state: aldar talisman, level 2 collar, 15 int, quick-witted
800 credits for an L3 collar, or 500 for L1 sash?
If L1 sash is the answer, then once bought, for the next artie:
(same as initial state but 16 int)
800 credits for L3 collar or 750 for L2 sash?
PVE and PVP both.
Thoughts?
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Edit:
@Lyr it really depends on your goals. With hunting in its current incarnation, an upgraded critical pendant is never bad. Priest is already a powerhouse of damage Absorption, though, so if pk, I would go buckawns first.
Lyre is also a wonderful artie.
INT: 15 with Lv2 collar
INT+1: 1380 -> 1450
+5% damage: 1380 -> 1440
So I think the sash is the answer for the first question.
For the next question,
INT: 16 with Lv2 collar
INT+1: 1450 -> 1516
+5% damage: 1450 -> 1513
so about even?
Take this with a grain of salt since I'm not sure the numbers I used are completely accurate.
Edit: fixing spelling because apparently I can write 300 lines of code without a single error, but can't write a couple words in English without making two!
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Latest update: 9/26/2015 better character name handling in GoldTracker, separation of script and settings, addition of gold report and gold distribute aliases.