Short Questions Thread

[Mirtazapin]

This is my first time playing median xl, just trying to avert a problem but I might be too far gone already.

Im 47 (just), but only just past shenk. Do I need to get to baal and kill the last wave, as well as getting to the priestesses, before I hit level 50? That seems like a tall order at this point

If I hit 50 before I get there am I just screwed, have to reroll the character or miss out on that buff?

Edit: Nevermind, it seems like I can now do it any time before 60 accordign to the current documentation??

yep after 59 you have to pay arcane crystals

[iceinmyveins]

wolf stance or lion stance for a throw barb?

[bronk1]

on a summon barb would it be better to put points into protector spirit or leave protector at lvl1 to upgrade nephalem spirit for more damage?

[JSTM]

"Cryo Beam
Fires an energy ray that freezes enemies in their tracks

1% Chance to Atomize Target per 10 Base Energy
(Damage: 25000)"

Is this still true, even for the Cryo beam proc on Arrow/Bolt Quivers (8% Ctc lvl 40 Cryo Beam on Striking)?

lol no. an endgame char with all sigs in energy would make that 100% chance to do 25k per hit. there used to be some weird bug with it.

What do you mean by "lol no."? Maybe I quoted that a bit weird when I took that info from an MXL wiki.

I'm thinking about a crossbow/totem Necromancer hybrid build with maxed energy for totems/Cryo Beam procs.

It doesn't feel like it's hitting for 25k.. although that might not be much considering the monsters health.

[Xunametra]

Not sure if this thread is the right place for trade questions, but I just want some beginner info on trading here. I've never used a trade site like this one before.

1. If I don't have any trade gold to start with, what are my options for starting to acquire it? Do most people just donate to get started? Can I just make trade threads asking for trade gold? It seems like auctions are only set up to sell big ticket items, with the 10tg listing price?

Let's say, for example, I want a low level TU like a Dies Metus for a sumodin, for example. If you were a beginner with no trade gold, how would you go about finding one?

[Crash]

you just make the TU... cube recipes allow you to create non-sacred uniques.

10tg is not a big ticket item. its $1 donation. you can sell items in game for tg or donate to get started

[Eadan]

While shrine crafting:
1-Does each possible affix group have the same chance to spawn?
2-Dees each possible affix in a group have the same chance to spawn?

[SwineFlu]

While shrine crafting:
1-Does each possible affix group have the same chance to spawn?
2-Dees each possible affix in a group have the same chance to spawn?

The main purpose of affix group is to prevent an item to spawn with more than one affix from the same group, e.g. rare item can get up to 3 prefixes and up to 3 suffixes, although every affix should have a different group. Affix frequency, on the other hand, is used to control mode rarity, some affixes are more rare than the others. Keep in mind there is also an effective level range for each affix, this factor limits affix pool depending on item quality level and item level, you can read about it there https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/wiki/affixes .

[Ethario]

While shrine crafting:
1-Does each possible affix group have the same chance to spawn?
2-Dees each possible affix in a group have the same chance to spawn?

The main purpose of affix group is to prevent an item to spawn with more than one affix from the same group, e.g. rare item can get up to 3 prefixes and up to 3 suffixes, although every affix should have a different group. Affix frequency, on the other hand, is used to control mode rarity, some affixes are more rare than the others. Keep in mind there is also an effective level range for each affix, this factor limits affix pool depending on item quality level and item level, you can read about it there https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/wiki/affixes .

Shrine crafting does not take up a prefix or suffix correct ? Its just a rare item with added bonus ?

[SirJean]

While shrine crafting:
1-Does each possible affix group have the same chance to spawn?
2-Dees each possible affix in a group have the same chance to spawn?

The main purpose of affix group is to prevent an item to spawn with more than one affix from the same group, e.g. rare item can get up to 3 prefixes and up to 3 suffixes, although every affix should have a different group. Affix frequency, on the other hand, is used to control mode rarity, some affixes are more rare than the others. Keep in mind there is also an effective level range for each affix, this factor limits affix pool depending on item quality level and item level, you can read about it there https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/wiki/affixes .

Shrine crafting does not take up a prefix or suffix correct ? Its just a rare item with added bonus ?

No shrine bonues are added to the affixes and you can ''double it'' with the affixes e.g. abandonned gives %dex but you can also roll %dex.
Shrine crafting require a rare item but there aren't really the same, you create crafted gear while rare can only be dropped. A rare drop will never be as good as a crafted item (and plz don't give me the ring/amulet/quiver exemple, you can't craft them).