[outdated] Caustic Arrow Solo Map MFer (20/300+)

What should I focus on improving first?

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m0tY wrote:

What should I focus on improving first?

Spoiler

Andvarius > Goldwyrm

Then your choice of +3 Bow, Drillneck, or Second Andvarius. Then pick away at the rest.

What about Pierce gem (68% chance) to go with Drillneck instead of Slower Projectiles?

Carcass obtained! Surprisingly, I'm actually sitting at 56/83/66 with purity, but my amulet only has 31% coldres. If I find a nice trires gold amulet, or even just a nicer helmet (currently only has 45 cold and 24 mastercrafted light), I think I can actually keep the Sadima's on. Could also start looking to upgrade my jewels, as they're quite garbage right now; some of them actually only have one damage stat and strength or int to fulfill my stat requirements. I did lose a lot of life though, so I'm a lot squishier than I'd like.

Only big thing left now is the 6l bow, though I'm questioning whether I should bother spending the 20 exalts or just use those towards my next character.

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topdick wrote:

What about Pierce gem (68% chance) to go with Drillneck instead of Slower Projectiles?

Nyyyyyope. =D

Poacher's Aim (15%), Drillneck Implicit (10%), Piercing Shots (40%) = 65% chance to pierce.

So pierce gem is, in reality, only 35% increased damage.

Compared to slower projectiles 30% more damage.

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Only big thing left now is the 6l bow, though I'm questioning whether I should bother spending the 20 exalts or just use those towards my next character.

Your call, Ruricon. The build farms well without the 6L, it's just tons better with the 6L for IIR. So it's really dependant on how badly you want to roll a new character, or whether you want to finalize the MF one so you can switch and go ham whenever.

I personally opt for ham. =D

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Serleth wrote:

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topdick wrote:

What about Pierce gem (68% chance) to go with Drillneck instead of Slower Projectiles?

Nyyyyyope. =D

Poacher's Aim (15%), Drillneck Implicit (10%), Piercing Shots (40%) = 65% chance to pierce.

So pierce gem is, in reality, only 35% increased damage.

Compared to slower projectiles 30% more damage.

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Only big thing left now is the 6l bow, though I'm questioning whether I should bother spending the 20 exalts or just use those towards my next character.

Your call, Ruricon. The build farms well without the 6L, it's just tons better with the 6L for IIR. So it's really dependant on how badly you want to roll a new character, or whether you want to finalize the MF one so you can switch and go ham whenever.

I personally opt for ham. =D

Hah, honestly, after playing this MFer, it's hard to even come up with a good reason to play another character; this build can tear through just about any mods (though low/no regen maps still suck ass, and I don't have the gear for ele weakness maps) AND have tons of drops on top of that. If anything, my next char would just be something stupid like trying to use Shackles of the Wretched in some form.

Also @topdick here are some numbers from my own character: 10823 cloud DPS with level 19 SP, 8966.3 DPS with level 19 Pierce (using Drillneck). Naturally, without the piercing shots cluster, the difference would be smaller, but still definitely no way you would want to use Pierce over SP.

Of course.

I drop one, after I'd paid for one.



=D

Asking 7ex if anyone's interested. I'd brodeal for 5 here if I had already 6L'd mine, but I need fuses =(

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Serleth wrote:

Of course.

I drop one, after I'd paid for one.

=D

Asking 7ex if anyone's interested. I'd brodeal for 5 here if I had already 6L'd mine, but I need fuses =(

damn that rng, congratz.

i feel like my char only needs a +3 bow and im done, not gonna bother with goldwyrm..
im at 14/308 and i think its enough, i spent 5 divines rerolling one of my andys and its still at 55% so ill leave it at that.

im having trouble sustaining map pool tho, cant run anything higher than 73, no luck.
i got a question, is it worth alching ilvl 75+ jewelry? if its bad i can still make a regal recipe so.. is it a good choice or am i missing anything that makes this bad?

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Ishamz wrote:

i got a question, is it worth alching ilvl 75+ jewelry? if its bad i can still make a regal recipe so.. is it a good choice or am i missing anything that makes this bad?

Right now Regal = 2c, 2c = 5 alc.

So if you alc 1 amulet, 2 rings, and a belt, you're still making 1 alc profit if they all miss.

So yes: alc ilvl 75+ jewellery.

Question on mechanics. Wiki says % Proj Dmg affects the DoT portion of PA. Why is it then that we pick the DoT passives around Corruption? Surely 10% Proj Dmg on the tree is better than 9% DoT Damage.

Or is it that the DoT doesn't get the full 10% from Proj Dmg?

And also, what's the upper bound (cost) for getting a jewel with:

13% Chaos
10% All Res

And for:

13% Chaos
10% Projectile Damage