keyser soze

I think this is a display bug on Console. I recommend doing some testing without the monster Gun by your side. the level 96 Fourth Guardian on Platinum has about 780,000 hp. at 2.5% LL you would see about 19,500 LL per it. and should take him in no more than 40 hits. with RI modded fro double hits, thats 20 Combat Art cycles. VS. 66 Combat Art cycles without LL%. Is this damage computed based on "max hitpoints" or hit points remaining? I agree that hit #1 should be about 19,500 in LL. However when he gets down to 100,000 hp left does the LL steal do 19,500 or is that reduced to 2,500 @ 2.5%? Based on max. you should be doing the max all the way to the end oh wow, then I agree that I should be able to see this. is the LL based on my damage type? meaning, if my weapon is phys damage only and the boss has high phys defense will that effect the LL total? I am guessing that in NIOB this will be EASILY detectable.

I think this is a display bug on Console. I recommend doing some testing without the monster Gun by your side. the level 96 Fourth Guardian on Platinum has about 780,000 hp. at 2.5% LL you would see about 19,500 LL per it. and should take him in no more than 40 hits. with RI modded fro double hits, thats 20 Combat Art cycles. VS. 66 Combat Art cycles without LL%. Is this damage computed based on "max hitpoints" or hit points remaining? I agree that hit #1 should be about 19,500 in LL. However when he gets down to 100,000 hp left does the LL steal do 19,500 or is that reduced to 2,500 @ 2.5%?

I think this is a display bug on Console. I recommend doing some testing without the monster Gun by your side. the level 96 Fourth Guardian on Platinum has about 780,000 hp. at 2.5% LL you would see about 19,500 LL per it. and should take him in no more than 40 hits. with RI modded fro double hits, thats 20 Combat Art cycles. VS. 66 Combat Art cycles without LL%. Do I count "streamers" as I assume that those attacks landed? I will also have to take them outside so I can keep the machine from filling its warding energy shield.

Didn't get much time to play around/experiment with set. Did a couple of Guardian boss runs in platinum with the wife's SEPH. I would be fibbing if I said I could notice a big difference. I am hoping that in NIOB the difference will be much more noticeable. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful to have the set on, however, I don't see a huge difference like I had hoped that I would. I will report back again after I get a chance to investigate this further. Also: my ADDITIONAL DAMAGE 1 has now turned into ADDITIONAL DAMAGE 12. So I am really clueless as to what that means.

LOL, thanks for thinking of me. I am just glad to finally have them. I would guess I will find 3 more now that I have a pair.

HAHAHAHA, this is NOT urgent but I just thought I would throw it out there. I think my wife and I will end up farming the big boys in Niob very soon but I don't want either of us to die if I can help it. We are finding lots of stuff but since we have pretty much settled on our outfits finding it to match your level is TOUGH! For her I think it would help the mitigation % as well as the armor/defense rating. As for the rings and amulets, I am enjoying shopping for those! Love getting the 30% deathblow 32% PHYS DAMAGE for her kind of stuff!

Congratz, you finally got it =D Now stop harassing us. Yeah, pretty pumped to play tonight... really don't have any time with 2 commitments but will have to manufacture time somehow to at least check these out in combat. Figure I will do a couple of Platinum guardian runs to test.

If anyone has an extra set of these I am looking for them for my wife. She currently has both but I believe one is level 45 and the other is level 60. She could use the boost in both defense and mitigation damage level with the higher sets. We are currently level 105 so we can wear 120 gear. If anyone has these please let me know. Thanks

What do you guys think is the best shield to use vs bosses in combo with my ninja star? I think its ETERNAL BLOCK myself but am interested in your thoughts. I socketed the ninja star and the shield with all DEATHBLOW items that have a second mod. Figure might as well push that number up as high as possible vs bosses.

I got it! Thanks so much to Big foot and his friends for hooking me up. I had to run immediately after getting it so no, I am yet to try it out other then putting it on and receiving the Fashion Police 20G.

HAHAHAHA, thanks. What is the sloth? I am unfamiliar with that boss. I have 60K+ with my Oak on and I have GTT pretty stacked. I believe it gives me like 7.5K regen/second. My weakness is my 14K of total HPs to start with.... I still don't see how people end up with 45K of hit points. When I take down the end bosses I try to keep them vined as much as possible. They seem to get a free shot on me though when I re-vine them. I am not overly worried though unless they can hit multiple times in a row for more then 8K/hit. Then things might get a bit scary.

Don't know about other characters but I can personally attest that Orc cave is easy even in Niob for the Dryad or the BFG Seph. The Dryad skill of Darting Assault with KNOCKBACK modded really does a great job of keeping them at bay until they are dead with the blow gun. In fact, its so easy I like to walk all the way up into the middle of them sometimes and when I pull the trigger I end up pushing them back to the walls which is funny. If/when my wife's Seph is involved they end up dieing really fast.

Next thing he says is that account doesn't have live. I hear ya. I wont count my chickens until I am wearing them and see the leeching commence. By the way, I played some over the weekend and found 2 pieces of the Detheya's set and 4 of the Daerwain't set..... Every time I see the "D" I get excited only to be let down. LOL Question: What kind of defense should I have for the end bosses in NIOB to not get destroyed?

I have level 30 greaves, they were on my other account YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SWEET! Well I am assuming that by you posting this here you are saying that I can take them off your hands? LOL When will you be on?

Just wanted to let people know that I am still looking. Since originally posting this I have found 6 Detheya's set pieces but of course NONE of them are the Greaves. I have found 2 GREAVES of different Dryad sets as well..... really would have liked to have them BEFORE I am level 100+ and towards the end of the game. For the record, I will trade ANYTHING I have for these that I am not already using or my wife is using. I have a light sabre that I would trade, anything I have is on the table.

Thanks for the write-up.

Wife and I ran around the desert for the first time in Niob...... WOW, those scorpions can pack a MEAN bite FAST! First time I have seen 4K+ damage on one hit! Don't think we will let too many of these guys swarm us before taking them OUT! Sure wish I had those Detheya's greaves! LOL

GT: Keyser Soze 15 Mostly play local co-op with my wife but we would be more then happy to jump online and help someone through a boss or anything like that. We are currently level 98ish.

I assume you are on the console since you are posting here. If that is the case I would encourage you to take combat discipline for sure. It directly adds to your base damage and its HUGE because you are firing 4 arrows very fast. Also, just get enough REGEN/HIT and you really don't have to worry about regen times too bad... or at all. I keep my DA and RI at 1 and just PUMPED the crap out of my buffs. The pet buff is worthless from what I can tell... completely worthless. I have one on my VD dryad at about level 150 and its worthless. No way I would put a point there unless you wanted to put it in Focus and use the VD disease Combat Art. For what its worth I play a character similar to one you are describing and I decided to keep Ranged at 1, combat reflexes at 5, armor lore at 75... rest I am not positive yet since it doesn't matter until I get everything to level 75 that I want to master. after that I think I might be only pumping tactics but I am not sure. I should have a good deal of +skills by then so who knows, maybe I will master RANGED and REFLEXES..... but they will be dead last that is for sure.

Earth to anyone.... anybody out there? LOL... hoping to find this before level 100.

Just go back to where you bought the first one and buy another one. I STRONGLY encourage you to do the unique mount quest and get that. Just go to wiki for the info, its pretty easy to get around level 15.

Yes. Turning the console off after death can save your Survival Bonus (which I cared about in the past), and # of times died, (which I have never cared about... this game is TOUGH). Since the SB builds very quickly for the first 80% or so, I am not so worried about it anymore. Sometimes, it's nice to have weaker enemies when trying strange stuff. The major downside to that, is if you're too late, and the game is in the process of saving when you click the power button, it will corrupt your save file. NO MORE CHARACTER AT ALL! Possibly an entire profile can be affected by this, I think. (NO MORE CHEST) On PS3, there is no danger of that, because we can hold the PS button, and "quit game" and it will take us to the PS menu. If you're too late, the save completes before the console quits the game, and you'll have a death, 0 SB, etc. But I have never had a corrupted game file using that technique (50 times, at least). It got addictive, especially when trying to rush into Niob. NEVER would I consider my toon to be HC if I did that, though. Like post #1 (and Loco's affirmation two posts back), if you die, you start over. Hmmmm, well I can attest to anyone who plays with their wife/friend/son/etc... take the Dryad + SEPH if you can make a shopper and you will NOT come close to dieing EXCEPT when you do something very rash or super miss click... I am amazed at how powerful the 2 of us are at clearing out full screens of bad guys. For the longest time I did not think my character would ever compare to her BFG Seph but man, was I wrong. I can now kill mobs much faster then she can because I get 4 INSTANT hits to her 1 with the blow gun plus DA with REGEN/HIT. Pretty freaking FUN with a little life leech to produce the streamers. By the way, I am PERFECTLY willing to "waste" a socket for the streamers even if it was only leeching 1 HP per shot. Its so cool to watch the firework show go off when I am surrounded and how fast everything dies and the pile of green rolls up the screen. Now when it comes to bosses or mini-bosses the SEPH is in a damage class of her own. I have seen her gun do 77K damage now... its fun, we both love it. They are the perfect team when you add in my dust devils (versus machines) and vines that I use to hold all bosses at bay while we simply put them down from a distance. Sometimes we kill the monster so fast from so far away that we never even see the life bar. Heck, on our first trip to Griswald Dragon I never saw the dragon alive!

you can't get UNIQUE armor on console but you can get SET ARMOR. Its confusing on the console because both have 3-stars. However, the set items will say what SET the belong to where the uniques simply have a name. Is there such a thing as "best magical damage" in this game based on the LEAST common magical defense found on monsters in the game? I don't pay enough attention to what I am killing so I don't know this but it sure seems that FIRE is not all too common in monster defense. Basically I am asking what damage do you turn your BEST BLOWGUN into with the silver socket? I think mine is magical right now but in hind sight I sort of wish I had gone FIRE because if looks about a million times cooler Well if you have to pick just one. ( I run with at least 3-4 weapons, one of each damage type.) I would say fire against mobs, but bosses..... you gotta switch it up. some like the Kobald Chief are high defense to fire. and the Carnach also. so I use ICE with them etc.. Yeah, I might try to go with 3: Fire, Poison and Magic. The wife has ICE and PHYS covered with the BFG so I simply need to fill in. Problem is that I can end up sucking up a LOT of weapon spots since I always need one to hold my sword+shield combo for turning on BUFFS and at least one more to hold the ninja star for bosses (life leech). I will make the ninja star FIRE probably since the 4th machine is only low to fire. Not sure I want to carry more then 1 ninja star although I guess I could. Here are the spots I HAVE to use: 1 - DA 2 - RI 3 - GTT 4 - Vines 5 - DD & GTT 6 - SP 7 - OAK as of now I have these 2 as well 8 - FF (use it when I get stuck at times) 9 - acute mind (occasionally turn this on before boss fights but not often) so I guess that does leave a possible 5 to get to 12 if I throw the bottom 2 overboard.

Is there such a thing as "best magical damage" in this game based on the LEAST common magical defense found on monsters in the game? I don't pay enough attention to what I am killing so I don't know this but it sure seems that FIRE is not all too common in monster defense. Basically I am asking what damage do you turn your BEST BLOWGUN into with the silver socket? I think mine is magical right now but in hind sight I sort of wish I had gone FIRE because if looks about a million times cooler

Good, now I don't feel that I have to test this myself at lunch. I to was pretty sure this is a display glitch. What number did you see next to ADDITIONAL DAMAGE? I slapped on a 1.8% leech star last night and I was reading "ADDITIONAL DAMAGE 4" versus the "2" I saw with my 1.5% star so I have no idea what this means. In hind sight I don't think the 4 was against a boss but just a regular monster because I wanted to see it. Perhaps its showing only the first number of damage so the 2 is 20,000 and the 4 was only 400.... I don't know.