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|  | Posted By: Sanya Thomas | 2002-08-30 19:22:32 |  |
| |  |  Greetings and salutations – Before I kick off here, I would like to remind you all that if you’ve got the problem with your account “already logged in,” the solution is 1) wait twenty minutes, and if that fails, 2) contact Technical Support at support@mythicentertainment.com, or at the phone number in the back of the manual that came with the game. Feedback forms won’t help you – I go through a different category each day, and I’m not the person who can help you reset your account anyway. So please, contact the right address so we can get you back in the game as fast as possible. Now, on to the bag!
Q: Does the realm ability Wild Arcana (duration spell crit enhancer) benefit pets in any way?
A: No.
Q: Do you lose more durability if you wait to repair your items as opposed to repairing them often, vice versa, or neither?
A: Neither. Durability points are converted to condition points by a ratio formula. You may lose a percentage point of durability to our system rounding up if you happen to hit it at the wrong moment, but that is the only exception. You basically need to keep your stuff at 90% condition or better, as there is a noticeable difference in the damage you take or give at that point. It’s an exponential drop – you won’t notice much of a difference anywhere in the 90s, but you’ll really feel it as you go below that point.
Q: I know that +envenom items work like skill levels, meaning that if I am level 40 and have +10 worth of envenom items equipped, I can then use the 50th level poisons. Is the same true of +stealth items? What good does it do me to go over 50 in stealth?
A: It doesn’t do you any good to go over 50 (50th level is the point at which you have the smallest possible detect radius and the highest possible speed-while-stealthed), but the items can be used in place of skill points to get you to 50, just like envenom.
Q: Last week, you told us that the maximum +skill items you can equip equals your level divided by five plus one. So, at level 50, you could have a maximum of +11 to your skills. But realm ranks, past the first rank, grant you +1 for a total of +9 at realm rank 10. Do these two factors stack?
A: Yes, they do. If you’re realm rank 10, and level 50, you could have a total of +20 to some things.
Q: When you spec in polearms, do you have to spec in a specific weapon type?
A: It’s a good idea just to max out your average damage – speccing in polearm raises your maximum damage, and the specific weapon spec raises the bar on the minimum level of damage you will do.
Q: How much damage will I do if my print out reads:
A: (EDIT: I'm taking the answer I had posted out, there is some argument between the official answer and the experience of the CSRs, so this one will have to wait until next week to straighten out. Sorry!)
Q: How much damage will I do if my print out reads:
You hit the bunny for 180 (-23)
You hit the bunny for 50 points in critical damage!
A: Same as above, 230.
In this case, if the bunny had a print out, the bunny would have seen:
You were hit for 230!
The bunny would then have probably felt that you were overpowered, because the creatures in his realm cannot hit for 230 in one swing. However, as you can see, those were actually two different hits, and you aren’t overpowered unless you manage to get a crit off every single round. I would not blame the rabbit for feeling a little frustrated, however.
Q: I am level 40. I have Celtic Dual specced to 39, and Blades to 21. I’m seeing seriously conflicting answers as to whether or not I should take the blade spec higher. What is optimal?
A: Well, that depends on what type of character you want to play, but I do understand what you’re getting at. Just as the game assumes that characters past level 30 have gone to the trouble of enchanting their armor and weapons (covered in an old grab bag, that), the PVE game assumes a certain level of proficiency with your weapon.
First, I’m going to answer in a general way, applicable to all classes who can spec in their weapon. This formula doesn’t take styles into account at all (as in, most people only spec up to the style they like best and then stop), it’s simple math that determines the damage you will do.
If you have NO trains in your weapon at all, each swing may do 25% to 125% of X in damage. X is equal to the result of a complex formula, taking into account weapon quality, condition, bonuses, your strength or dex, the opponent’s armor, and some other things.
If you have trained up to 2/3 of your level in your weapon, each swing may do 75% to 125% of X.
If you are trained up to your level, each swing may do 100% to 150% of X.
The optimum level as far as the game is concerned is 2/3 your level.
For YOU, Mr. Blademaster, the game takes an average of Celtic Dual and your weapon spec. And since you are 40th, and your average spec in the two areas is 30, you are currently running better than optimal.
Q: What in the name of a vengeful god is a TGA file, and who do I have to kill to look at my own screenshots?
A: Any image editing software will let you at least look at them, AC/DSee has a nice freeware version. Or you could purchase a copy of Photoshop, or install a copy you already own for work or school purposes. TGA is the nicest, most detailed file type out there. Or so I was told when I whined about wanting screenshots in JPG format.
Q: Does the realm ability Serenity stack with mana regen spells?
A: Yes.
Special note of thanks to the gang at the Vault for a fabulous thread on exp gain trials and tribulations. I think every possible view has been covered in that enormous list, and I had a fun morning tabulating and summarizing for the dev team. Your voice was heard and appreciated, now you and I will sit back and watch the patch notes.
And that does it for me, folks, stick a fork in me. You all have a good one, and for you American types, have a wonderful Labor Day weekend. I have learned to my sorrow that a monitor tan will not protect you from the rays of the sun at the beach, so for heaven’s sake be careful out there.
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