Short Questions Thread

[Crash]

yea that explains it better. pierce seems to be favored over higher damage as a general rule, right?
also in my specific example the helm gives extra 5%maxres 5%dr and 5%avoid and lifesteal as well

well. you need a nice mix of pierce and damage, but since you already pick up a nice amount from dragonlore and items, you'll want pierce to at least 50-65% to all. That should be a fair number

[Skeptic_Zero]

Mana problems as unholy melee pala. Using mostly SU's. What do I do? Mana steal doesn't do anything when my weapon does a whopping 80 physical. I can't sustain the insane 5 frame attack speed from superbeast when my mana drains in 3 seconds on bosses.

[Prime_Evil]

Try using

Teganze Pendant

Teganze Pendant
Amulet
Required Level: 60
Item Level: 70
+1 to All Skills
+10% to Fire Spell Damage
+10% to Lightning Spell Damage
+10% to Cold Spell Damage
Maximum Life +(3 to 5)%
Maximum Mana +(20 to 30)%
Elemental Resists +10%
+(13 to 38) Mana after each Kill

, it might not do a lot of difference depending on your current amulet tho.

[Skeptic_Zero]

Try using

Teganze Pendant

Teganze Pendant
Amulet
Required Level: 60
Item Level: 70
+1 to All Skills
+10% to Fire Spell Damage
+10% to Lightning Spell Damage
+10% to Cold Spell Damage
Maximum Life +(3 to 5)%
Maximum Mana +(20 to 30)%
Elemental Resists +10%
+(13 to 38) Mana after each Kill

, it might not do a lot of difference depending on your current amulet tho.

Current amulet increases my mana pool quite handsomely, and the mana after kill wouldn't help me. My problem isn't in clearing rooms, it's killing bosses. And I've already MO'd my weapon to 120

[Crash]

Mana on Attack MOs.

Mana on Attack crafted jewels, increased max mana, mana regen on rings

[Skeptic_Zero]

Mana on Attack MOs.

Mana on Attack crafted jewels, increased max mana, mana regen on rings

I'm currently collecting jewels for crafting, but at a maximum of 8/attack per jewel, I'm pretty skeptical that it will do much to mitigate my 230 mana per attack cost.

Can't MO my weapon as I said, MO'd it with attack rating due to my pathetic AR. Rings are likewise MO'd to 120.

Max mana may be something I could do, but it could be futile since I'm literally blowing through my entire mana orb in 3 seconds. Even if I were to double it I would still only be able to sustain max DPS on bosses for 6 seconds.

I wish mana steal worked for spell damage. I don't see why it doesn't.

[Prime_Evil]

Can only think of

Wintermute

off the top of my head because of Mana Coil, but you'd have to sacrifice your helm slot for it.

[Crash]

Mana on Attack MOs.

I wish mana steal worked for spell damage. I don't see why it doesn't.

Because that would break the game for all casters with the newly added higher mana costs.

Have you considered recrafting a weapon? Would only take like 2-3 MO's to help sustain it more appropriately, plus you're not limited to jewels in your weapon only.

[AzureGladiator]

Could someone explain why deadly strike MOs are better than enhanced weapon damage MOs? Wouldn't 5 X 20% EWD MOs (100% EWD) mean double damage all the time, while 5 X 2% DS MOs (10% DS) means a 10% chance of dealing double damage? I know I'm wrong about this, but I don't know what mechanic I'm misinterpreting... Please enlighten me if you can

[Crash]

enhanced weapon damage isn't total physical weapon damage output.

edit: getting 100% EWD rather isn't double damage