Short Questions Thread

nobrainnopain wrote:and again fire elementals: Synergie "+5% fire damage per base level" .... %5 of which value? the "normal" damage of them?

Their fire canonade base damage.

I want to know how much damage can be caused by 100 energy or 1000 energy now? :?:

What are your favorite spots to quickly farm lvl 99 jewels for crafting?

tbone503 wrote:What are your favorite spots to quickly farm lvl 99 jewels for crafting?

Fauzt.

Who can tell me, what's the gear of the claw assassin going to the dimensional La byrin?

Hi does

Shiverhood

Shiverhood
Full Helm (Sacred)
Defense: (3596 - 4141) to (4218 - 4803)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 300
Item Level: 105
You may Only use Melee, Summon and Support Skills
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(30 to 40)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(15 to 25)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(15 to 20) to Winter Avatar
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(600 to 1000) Defense
Maximum Mana +(10 to 20)%
Maximum Cold Resist +3%
+100 Life on Melee Attack
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)

or

Frostneedle

Frostneedle
Kriss (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 39 to 40
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 454
Item Level: 105
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
You may Only use Melee, Summon and Support Skills
2% Chance to cast level 19 Glacial Nova on Death Blow
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(25 to 40)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(15 to 25)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(20 to 25) to Winter Avatar
Maximum Cold Resist +(1 to 2)%
50% Bonus to Defense
Cannot Be Frozen
Socketed (3)

work with Necro totem? I'm not sure if totem counts as summon or support skills.

I'm getting confused (and conflicting answers) trying to google how various forms of healing work. I'm down to thinking nothing but potions will work for either of my characters, but before I give up on healing afix's I figure I'll pose the question here. I'm pretty sure with the caster druid there's nothing to do but potion on bosses, and 'on kill' for packs.

The one I'm not sure on is my assassin. I'm using the APF-20 Maelstrom and Singularity. It seems like something should work. But the way the things I'm finding read, absolutely nothing does. I'm sure I have to be reading something wrong somewhere....or at least I hope I am.

mrmagoo421 wrote:I'm getting confused (and conflicting answers) trying to google how various forms of healing work. I'm down to thinking nothing but potions will work for either of my characters, but before I give up on healing afix's I figure I'll pose the question here. I'm pretty sure with the caster druid there's nothing to do but potion on bosses, and 'on kill' for packs.

The one I'm not sure on is my assassin. I'm using the APF-20 Maelstrom and Singularity. It seems like something should work. But the way the things I'm finding read, absolutely nothing does. I'm sure I have to be reading something wrong somewhere....or at least I hope I am.

There is no question asked, but ill try to answer. Life leech works only with physical weapon damage. Singularity is a spell, and maelstrom has 90% of its weapon damage component converted to magic, so it basically does no physical damage to leech from. Life on attack works only with melee attacks, once per hit, and life on striking works with weapon attacks every time you hit an enemy, so it sounds good for builds that multihit a lot, like maelstrom, but sadly its values are just way too low to do anything.

General question here. I've been a big Diablo fan for years. More so 1 & 2 and especially 2. Still my favorite game to this day. I finally decided to try Median XL as I've heard from multiple sources that it can re-ignite that love for this game. So far, the little bit I've played, it has done just that.

My question is though, how important is it that I follow one of the various build guides I can find here or other places like YouTube? If I just play the game and sorta build my character the way I want to and learn as I go, will I be strongly underpowered and unable to enjoy the later stages of Median XL? I usually have zero problem just following a step by step guide, but I've been having trouble finding one that really feels good to me.

I've been playing my old school favorite and go-to, the Bowazon. But I have to say, so far I'm not a giant fan of Median XL bow skills. It has gotten a little better but I'm still so so on it. I also looked into my second favorite, the Paladin, but I'm really not a fan of the "evil" form that most builds seem to focus on. It's not very Paladin. I know I need to think outside the box, but meh.

So to revisit the question, if I just play the game and build what sounds enjoyable as I go, will I be unable to successfully run endgame activities if what I end up with doesn't really follow any of the builds out there? Will it just be too underpowered?

Bonus question, what does "sigma" mean when referring to Median XL? A lot of guides or builds I see on YouTube say Median XL Sigma.

*edit* I should add I only planned on playing single player. Unless that's a bad idea?

Istaryu wrote:
mrmagoo421 wrote:I'm getting confused (and conflicting answers) trying to google how various forms of healing work. I'm down to thinking nothing but potions will work for either of my characters, but before I give up on healing afix's I figure I'll pose the question here. I'm pretty sure with the caster druid there's nothing to do but potion on bosses, and 'on kill' for packs.

The one I'm not sure on is my assassin. I'm using the APF-20 Maelstrom and Singularity. It seems like something should work. But the way the things I'm finding read, absolutely nothing does. I'm sure I have to be reading something wrong somewhere....or at least I hope I am.

There is no question asked, but ill try to answer. Life leech works only with physical weapon damage. Singularity is a spell, and maelstrom has 90% of its weapon damage component converted to magic, so it basically does no physical damage to leech from. Life on attack works only with melee attacks, once per hit, and life on striking works with weapon attacks every time you hit an enemy, so it sounds good for builds that multihit a lot, like maelstrom, but sadly its values are just way too low to do anything.

Well that's incredibly discouraging. But thanks.

Off to level one I go, and try doing the least fun thing in ARPG's.....melee........ so I can have access to healing LOL.