Short Questions Thread

[01001010]

MO on jewellery

[Warren1001]

is there any quick/easy way to get crafting points .. like 500 of them? :P

make gear dedicated to simply crafting. honorifics/crafted
or dedicated rings/ammys

[LordHaari]

I have two sets of questions currently:

1) I'm interested in making a devoted Stormzon, but I'm having trouble figuring out the tree's skills. What purpose do each of the four skills serve? Is it just a preference, or is one skill good at one thing while another is good at something else? Also, since I haven't seen end-game numbers, does the physical damage of Stormcall grow enough to reasonably deal with or damage lightning immunes? Does the 1% weapon damage of the Energy Field grow, or is that damage meant to grow only through a better scepter? It seems negligent, especially considering the limited capabilities of a 1H scepter. Finally, unless those physical damage / %weapon damage numbers sufficiently grow, how does the build deal with lightning immunes outside of Fire Elementals (and possibly Spirit of Vengeance later on)?

2) For most Amazon builds, I don't see Paragon recommended as the chosen uberskill. Is it just not efficient, not necessary, or are Curare and SoV strictly better?

[GregMXL]

Don't know much about the Stormzon since I played her during beta and, even then, I was testing some Stormcall/Apocalypse build which worked pretty decent since her cast rate was buffed real nice.
Paragon is excellent for bowzons and I think works well for mid to late game java and pouncezon whereas Sov is solid for the Bloodzon.

[01001010]

1) Can't help but playing it out and trying out smaxing different skills yourself would probably give you the best answer.

2)Bowzon probably needs paragon. Helps a lot since you don't have the defense of a spearzon or block of a javazon you have to rely on dodging and higher hp pool. All 3 uberskills are efficient, but serve very different purposes defensive/offensive/hybrid

[Kato]

Thanks for the explanation on shrine crafting, i think i get it now

Another question: is there any quick/easy way to get crafting points .. like 500 of them?

Pick up (or gamble) some crappy rings/amus and MO +crafting points onto them. Don't waste the MO space on jewellery that you're going to use in any real way in the game.

Re Minion resists. Am I right in thinking that the max in Dest is 50% resist for minions. So with the penalty for Terror and Dest, I need 150% minion resists and any more would be a waste (no effect)?

[Heathen]

Why is it that mercs never take any damage ever? And when they do, it's only things strong enough to 1 shot them? Do they have high damage reduction, or chance to dodge?

[01001010]

Re Minion resists. Am I right in thinking that the max in Dest is 50% resist for minions. So with the penalty for Terror and Dest, I need 150% minion resists and any more would be a waste (no effect)?

refer to LFAQ from docs

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Minion Resists

Q: When it says +% summon resistances. Is it really a percentage or simply a figure?
(Lets say my summon has a base resistance of 25. does +20% summon resistances make it 20 + 25 = 45 resists, or 25+(20%*25) = 30 resists?
A: Minion resists work like your own.
i.e. 20% + 25% = 45%.
Q: How are minions affected by the difficulty-based penalty to resists?
A: Exactly the same way you are.
Resists per difficulty are 0/-50/-100.

That said...

Q: What are the minions' base resists?
A: Every minion gains +15% to all resistances per skill level, capping at +75% at level 5. Items with +% minion resists, as well as curses with -% resists, are applied at the end.
Totems are the exception, they have 0% base resists at all levels and difficulties, and do not benefit from +% minion resists. Lower Resist affects them, though.

Q: What are the minions' max resists (without buffs / auras)?
A: +75% minion resists, will get you to the item-mod cap.
This means that (assuming level 5+ minions):
In Hatred with +0% minion resists, minions have 75% resists.
In Hatred with +75% or more minion resists, minions have 150% resists.
In Terror with +0% minion resists, minions have 25% resists.
In Terror with +75% or more minion resists, minions have 100% resists.
In Destruction with +0% minion resists, minions have -25% resists.
In Destruction with +75% or more minion resists, minions have 50% resists.

[cowking]

Why is it that mercs never take any damage ever? And when they do, it's only things strong enough to 1 shot them? Do they have high damage reduction, or chance to dodge?

I think it's high life regen that's causing it.

[Kato]

@0101010101 Thx, worth a cookie. I understood that LFAQ was out of date, hope that part isn't!