I've done 30 Vaals and never gotten a gem. It's not even Desire Sensor because I don't have anything I want to make with it.
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I've done 30 Vaals and never gotten a gem. It's not even Desire Sensor because I don't have anything I want to make with it.
There aren't any new armor tiers after HR (for now, pray for Grank) but since you are going for the looks anyway, why would it matter :p
Oh that's odd because I could swear I obtained one monster hardbone during a investigation hunt for Odogaron. So I can just replay those optional quests and obtain them that way?
I gave up on farming for gems and just wait for another weekly to get a golden ticket for a free gem, anemic life also gets you golden tickets.
I'm not really farming for gems, I farm Vaal for streamstones and decorations, I just think it's funny I've never carved a gem out of him in all this time.
Yeah, I get what you mean, kinda like an mmo. Grinding gear is mostly useful at lvl cap but it's fun and helps you learn in lower levels. Im super pumped. Just a few more hours until everyone falls asleep and I can dive in. Thanks again for the tips!
How much affinity is enough affinity?
Using LS
0% at base
30% at maximum stamina w/ maximum might
80% on weak points with level 3 weakness exploit
90% with level 1 activated latent power
Level 3 Stun Resistance
Level 3 Weakness exploit
Level 3 Focus
Level 3 Divine Blessing
Level 3 Maximum Might
Level 2 Defense Boost
Level 1 Attack Boost
Level 1 Latent Power
Level 1 Non-elemental Boost
By the second slash in a regular combo my stamina is full and stamina regens during spirit blade combos so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Playstyle involves a lot of recklessness since I'm not very good at dodging attacks so I waste my decos for level 3 divine blessing and level 3 stun resistance for survival insurance (also latent power lulz). If i ever get good I can fill up with attack jewels instead.
Weapon I'm using has 3 augment spots, should I bother using one for the 10% base affinity boost to achieve 90%-100% when all above conditions are met?
Using LS
0% at base
30% at maximum stamina w/ maximum might
80% on weak points with level 3 weakness exploit
90% with level 1 activated latent power
Level 3 Stun Resistance
Level 3 Weakness exploit
Level 3 Focus
Level 3 Divine Blessing
Level 3 Maximum Might
Level 2 Defense Boost
Level 1 Attack Boost
Level 1 Latent Power
Level 1 Non-elemental Boost
By the second slash in a regular combo my stamina is full and stamina regens during spirit blade combos so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Playstyle involves a lot of recklessness since I'm not very good at dodging attacks so I waste my decos for level 3 divine blessing and level 3 stun resistance for survival insurance (also latent power lulz). If i ever get good I can fill up with attack jewels instead.
Weapon I'm using has 3 augment spots, should I bother using one for the 10% base affinity boost to achieve 90%-100% when all above conditions are met?
I don't know for definite but the carve rate is probably around 1 percent, you could easily do 100 or more and not get one. Gold investigation boxes are your only real chance.
I have it on graphics mode after watching the digital foundry vid.
It's definitely much higher from reward boxes, but even still, considering I've done 5 carves per kill (4 body + tail) that's a pretty hilariously poor rate.
I'm curious if the fact the game's more global now and metadata is easier to access will lead to them actually tweaking drop rates over time.
I basically pick up anything. Teo, Daora and Vaal are non agro but, Nergi a group of us we started using Ghillie mantle and just circle around him till it wears out picking up anything that's left around before pounding it in.
EDIT: Nergi will agro after a few seconds hovering around him so that's why we use the Ghillie Mantle. Also if you are in a 15 minute investigation I wouldn't do this unless you can beat it within that time. This was a 50 minute investigation so....
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Doing normal investigations? I got most of my gems that way. Got 3 from just two nights of farming.
You have a good thing going. Obviously the more you crit the more damage you'll do. I run the xeno long sword as a 100% crit build the same way. Just replace survivability stuff for more damage of you aren't worried about carting. I personally always have level 3 stun resist too.
The only reason not to capture is if you haven't broken all the parts on the monster before you perform the capture.
The "hunt" means "capture or kill". "Slay" means kill and it only applies to monsters you can't capture.
Also, heh, I never thought I'd see someone complain about capturing instead of killing. It's usually the other way around.
Ya trying to, mostly just joining other people's games and prioritizing investigations.
Cool, just do Silver or Gold. I actually got 2 from all Silver reward ones which was amusing.
to Geist6one7 and Ony Xie, that was the funniest moment ever, we fought Teostra and we died together triple cart, lucky us it's 5 faint quest, oh I'm cartman btw :D
Yep. I was also this way for DeS and DS1. Since I play those games so much I don't really get frustrated anymore, just bored at times.
Haha at first I was like:
"Oh no :("
Then I saw you guys at camp too and was like: "Oh ok :D"
It wasn't even a supernova that carted us
It's not translated wrong, but the intention can be misplaced depenidng on how you read it because it assumes you know crit is normally +25%. Thus, crit boost says it raises it to 30%, so 5% increase. People read it as adding an additional 30% on top of the crit bonus, which would be freaking absurd.
No. The skills directly says explosive items, ie bombs.
Blast is a status and requires blast buildup skill and would effect a kinsect I believe.
Do Paralize lv1 stacks with Paralize lv2 ammo to paralize monsters or each ammo have its own status chance
I honestly didn't know killing and capturing are both acceptable in "hunt" quests.
Just forged myself a nice SnS (Rathalos design is so good) and decided to start from the beginning in getting a feel for the weapon. I guess the Great Jagras was a bit too easy, though, dude was near death before I knew it. Fight lasted little over a minute and only because it ran away in the beginning.
I like how the monster appears in Astera after you capture it. A nice touch.
Just forged myself a nice SnS (Rathalos design is so good) and decided to start from the beginning in getting a feel for the weapon. I guess the Great Jagras was a bit too easy, though, dude was near death before I knew it. Fight lasted little over a minute and only because it ran away in the beginning.
I like how the monster appears in Astera after you capture it. A nice touch.
Thanks, that's what I thought but I wasn't sure. Guess this Zorah set bonus is worthless for me then.
I thought in the previous games that bombardier helped with blast status attacks but I might be wrong.
Yes. The paralysis meter in each monster is unique but raises the same regardless of the source. Just that lvl2 adds significantly more per shot. What can take 8 or 9 shots to para kushala take only 4 or 5 level 5. Remember, it ticks down if it doesn't build up after a set period which could mean wasting shots
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It was. They separated it because it was OP. Nothing will ever reach TriU levels of broken.
The skill reads "Increases damage dealt by critical hits by 30%"
This can be interpreted in two ways:
1. .25 * 1.3 = .325 or 32.5%. Doesn't do that.
2. Add 30% on top of the 25% damage boost for crits. That would be busted like you said.
How it SHOULD read:
"Increases bonus damage dealt by critical hits to 30%". Or something similar to that. Interpreting the skill to work like this based on the current ingame wording would be a misinterpretation.
Edit: changed the wrong "to" lol
They really need to fix it.
I wonder if they will address/nerf weakness exploit at all before adding Grank. I find that I feel compelled to get it no matter what set I plan and build for because it's just to easy to get and too practical. It would make crit boost more relevant. Right now the only way I see it being more useful than simply going for higher crit or stacking attack is if you have crit draw only. It's harder to get/gem/charm than the other 2 since it's on fewer pieces.
Crit eye is useless here, you could get rid of it and go either for Attack Up (getting it to st least lv.4 gives you a bonus 5% affinity) or AGITATOR
Huh? Crit boost is strong because of how easy it is to stack crit in this game. If you nerf WE then Crit boost becomes harder to fit in. You don't choose between WE and CB, you get both! CB is just in a spot where it's hard if not impossible to make work without having good endgame decorations. I think that's fine though, gives something for people to chase in the endgame.
Side note, I also noticed that Artillery is not localized correctly. It should specify that it only affects impact phials for CB and not elemental phials. It doesn't make that distinction though.
Moderate attack and affinity boost while a monster is enraged, i.e. most of the time.
Just hunted the Anjanath in the Wildspire Wastes. Bazel introduced himself halfway through by carting me. This is going to be a thing, isn't it?
I got revenge by flinging him with poop and getting him stuck in one of the rock 'bridges' for the remainder of the fight, though.
I got revenge by flinging him with poop and getting him stuck in one of the rock 'bridges' for the remainder of the fight, though.
Had a productive evening. Did the Coral event and got the gold crowns I was missing for the four monsters in that quest. I then launched a two player Teostra investigation and got a gold smallest crown. A friend then asked me to join him against a Kushala and got the large gold crown.
Also did the wiggly event and the new arena challenge with my friend. The latter is real tough to A rank. Seems...unlikely.
Also did the wiggly event and the new arena challenge with my friend. The latter is real tough to A rank. Seems...unlikely.
Understandable man, but in this case I really needed those hardbones and I only received two after killing him. Or so i thought.
As for that hunt can mean either kill or capture.... I had no idea. I don't believe the game really told me so. Sadly I barely had a single Slay quest for Odogaron. Still managed to get all the items I wanted though.
Yes that's a thing :) Bazelgeuse shows up everywhere to ruin your day.
Every quest? Or is it random?
Better stock up on dung pods, just to be safe.
Been busy for a few hours farming, so that I can have max attack for things like poison, thunder and paralysis. I like this system of switching up armor pieces to get the max levels of those attacks, only downside is that in terms of looks it just looks off at times. Some of those armor pieces really don't match.
It's my 2nd go to skill on every gun set After max attack. It's up about 80% of the time, it's great. Even if you knock it out of rage mode, with the damage going out in a multiplayer match it's only going to get there again in a minute or less.
Feels like all the tempered Vaal kills people are more focused on a fast kill then trying to actually break anything. Atleast if he's knocked down for abit the people with short weapons can wail on the head.
I mean, that's certainly what I'm focused on since he's my farming victim of choice for decos/streamstones.
Personally I always start the fight with him in the stalactite room and drop them on him as soon as I've baited him over there, I'm just trying to explain why someone might resist doing so.
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