My Poor Mission

igetnolove
igetnolove Posts: 1 Arc User
edited September 2010 in Assassin
Hello, hello all! I'm a young sin created just a couple weeks ago. My job in life is to farm instances >.< I've run into a bit of a boggle. Whether going sage for 3% blood paint or demon for the spark will make me a BETTER mostly self sufficient instance farmer.
I'm looking at Nirvana\TT as my home for the rest of eternity and would dearly love to feel at home in them.
If you wouldn't mind, any well thought out suggestions regarding build or similiar would be welcome (as long as its pertaining to the material related to in the OP b:angry )

I'm currently progressing along 1st\4dex path and considering interval as the most appropriate build as far as skills and gears.

Opinions?
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  • IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear
    IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Also, this be me on the left, sorry to have not had my profile linked properly before posting >.<!!!
  • Lovecraft - Lost City
    Lovecraft - Lost City Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I recommend staying on the pure build. I run hh and nv and I have no problems as long as the cleric knows what they're doing. These days people prefer good dds, and to my knowledge interval demon sins/fist bms are the preferred dd in any instance, especially nv, although sage still isn't a bad choice. My suggestion: Stay pure build, and go demon.
  • Rule - Heavens Tear
    Rule - Heavens Tear Posts: 579 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Mostly self-sufficient... so tanking with the sin? Does 3% bloodpaint make up for lost interval speed from demon spark?

    Edit:
    Poorly phrased on my part.
    Is the 3% bloodpaint at the lesser interval regain more hp than the demon interval'd (sp?) 2%?

    Does sage provide more survival overall as a tank? Or is permasparked demon OK for incoming damage and the increased attack interval makes up for everything?
  • IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear
    IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Looks like with no dissenting, Demon Interval pure dex here I come ^^
  • Rule - Heavens Tear
    Rule - Heavens Tear Posts: 579 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Digging through the forums a bit
    -disregarding costs you picked the worst helm, that helm is for poor ppl and is so 2008
    -g15 edited daggers with G13 stats, not possible to get, switch to G13 and keep in mind that pwcalc will fail in refines values for g13 daggers

    - Sage mastery have 90% weapon damage, but keep in mind that Demon have 75% and not the 60% from lv10 mastery. So in your Physical atk that will be around 9k-10k Demon will add like +350 and Sage +700.

    Sage: 4x 9700-10700
    Demon: 5x 9350-10350 with additional 2% Crit ( doing some rough math) 5x 9537-10557

    Maybe Sage ? 3% bloodpaint to go with the 4aps...at higher dmg...so less dmg taken from boss due to sage spark, and more dmg output, more life gained from bloodpaint..
  • Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear
    Kiyoshi - Heavens Tear Posts: 2,385 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Digging through the forums a bit



    Maybe Sage ? 3% bloodpaint to go with the 4aps...at higher dmg...so less dmg taken from boss due to sage spark, and more dmg output, more life gained from bloodpaint..

    if hes getting a sin to farm... it means that he really doesn't have **** worth of money. to get sage 4aps he'll need every single piece of gear available (including rank 8 chests). so between him needing to farm and asking questions on the forums... i doubt he'll have anywhere near the amount for 4aps sage.
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  • Rule - Heavens Tear
    Rule - Heavens Tear Posts: 579 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    if hes getting a sin to farm... it means that he really doesn't have **** worth of money. to get sage 4aps he'll need every single piece of gear available (including rank 8 chests). so between him needing to farm and asking questions on the forums... i doubt he'll have anywhere near the amount for 4aps sage.

    Good point.
  • KAPPOW - Dreamweaver
    KAPPOW - Dreamweaver Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    You can mantain full hp perma sparking and bloodpaint with demon.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear
    IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    10 levels later, faced with a bit of a question. The level 74 token weapon has an add called "Blood Defect" that if it procs will give 10% hp back. For instances this sounds really fantastic esp added with bloodpaint.
    I've been aiming for hook and thorn for the .05 interval and am now wondering if there are instead other weps that have this same add. OR if the additional interval from the H+T will gain more health back overall.
    I guess another question arises as well, whether priority for this should be more DPS or increased health gain to survive and prosper in instances. Any insight?

    Also, to follow up on the original topic, Demon 1/4 str/dex build is the build I'm looking at.
  • IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear
    IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Answering some of my own question, Blood defect is found again at lev 95.. Lunar weapon I think. Too far away to work with pricewise atm but something to work towards if the numbers are favorable. I didn't see it show on any of the random adds on the other weps in the DB.

    -Shadow Legend (1-2 Sockets)
    [Lv. 9]
    [Attack Rate 1.25 (Atk/Sec0}
    [Range 2.50]
    [Physical Attack 386-579]
    [Durability 190/190]
    [Req. Class Assassin]
    [Req. Level 74]
    [Req. Strength 41]
    [Req. Dex 224]
    {Blood Defect: Has a chance to Recover 10% HP.}
    [Physical Attack +100]
    [Dexterity +14~15]
    [Critical Hit Rate +2%]



    -Hook and Thorn
    [Grade 10]
    [Attack Speed 1.25]
    [Attack Range 2.5]
    [Physical attack 423-635]
    [Str required 44]
    [Agi required 242]
    [Level Required: 80]
    [Physical Attack +63]
    {Interval Between Hits -0.05 seconds}
    Dexterity +12~13

    -Unconsciousness
    [Grade 13]
    [Attack Speed 1.25]
    [Attack Range 2.5]
    [Physical attack 522-783]
    [Str required 52]
    [Agi required 287]
    [Level Required: 95]
    HP: +245
    Critical Hit Rate +1%
    {Blood Defect: Has a chance to recover 10% HP.}

    What I'm really looking for here I think is whether the increased interval offsets the increased HP gain from Blood Defect over time or vice versa. Possibly additional loss of speed might effect chi creation and slow spark usuage, though a question of break point might come up there. Finally how significant is the difference in damage?

    -interval currently I have :
    -.1 bracers (lev 60)
    -.05 rank top (lev 60)

    Longterm goal is of course additional interval which might effect this as well but not atm.

    This is with the intent of farming, so a balance between damage and survival is what I'm seeking not nesc just dps.
    I'm pretty hopelessly over my head when I start trying to do the math on this though >.<!
    Any number crunchers out there able to lend some time?
  • IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear
    IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    First part to figuring this out..how frequently does blood defect process? Anyone have #'s on it?
  • Olbaze - Sanctuary
    Olbaze - Sanctuary Posts: 4,242 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    First part to figuring this out..how frequently does blood defect process? Anyone have #'s on it?

    No one knows. Someone once tested the proc on Crimson Horn: Soulsmasher and it was about 5% and people seemed to take that as a sign that the proc % is indeed 5%.

    However, what can be said for sure is the the Blood Defect is ****. Basically, it's a chance to recover 10% HP, whereas Bloodpaint is guaranteed. Also, with the Crabmeat Yiaozi, you shouldn't really need the proc anyway.

    And btw, Hook and Thorn has the best DPS of any dagger between 80 and 99 with the exceptions of Hitman Legend (Sages Weapon) and Lunar Dissector (Warsoul). That is, as long as the refines are comparable. In fact, if you're comparing 2 socket weapons, Hook and Thorn is much better than TT90 or TT99 because of the costs for the 2nd socket: H&T costs 100 Socket Stones, TT90s cost 1000. The extra 9,000,000 or so that you'd save, you could use to buy Dragon Orbs and get your H&T to +5.
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  • IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear
    IGetNoLove - Heavens Tear Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    tytyty, I'm hurting my head here with a page of numbers. Much appreciate the reply.
  • Rule - Heavens Tear
    Rule - Heavens Tear Posts: 579 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Kinda sad to see everything so cut and dry. Go demon, pure dex, interval is boss. Best (Cheapest) sin farmin!
  • Olbaze - Sanctuary
    Olbaze - Sanctuary Posts: 4,242 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Kinda sad to see everything so cut and dry. Go demon, pure dex, interval is boss. Best (Cheapest) sin farmin!

    Well of course, since the high levels have Nirvana, now everyone upwards of 60 is all "OMG OMG OMG 5 APS NIRVANA FARMING HERE I COME!!!"

    With that said, I'm still going Sage. For various reasons, some of which include: permanent Wolf Emblem, Sage Spark, Sage Focused Mind and eventually Sage Rib Strike, Sage Bloodpaint, Sage Rising Dragon Strike, Sage Subsea Strike and Sage Power Dash.
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  • Asahide - Harshlands
    Asahide - Harshlands Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    10 levels later, faced with a bit of a question. The level 74 token weapon has an add called "Blood Defect" that if it procs will give 10% hp back. For instances this sounds really fantastic esp added with bloodpaint.
    I've been aiming for hook and thorn for the .05 interval and am now wondering if there are instead other weps that have this same add. OR if the additional interval from the H+T will gain more health back overall.
    I guess another question arises as well, whether priority for this should be more DPS or increased health gain to survive and prosper in instances. Any insight?

    Also, to follow up on the original topic, Demon 1/4 str/dex build is the build I'm looking at.

    In my opinion it Depends, Dps Rocks but more Aps And Dps Means u wanna Make Barb cant hold agro ... so be ready to spark use genie pots apiths etc to survive yehh yehh bloodpaint is nice When u not steal agro it basically makes u no need healing on aoe hits and etc But when boss is hitting u 1000+ not works so good unless u have 3+ aps . By the other hand yehh blood Defect works alot on mobs on bosses wont help u really that much
  • Asahide - Harshlands
    Asahide - Harshlands Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Well of course, since the high levels have Nirvana, now everyone upwards of 60 is all "OMG OMG OMG 5 APS NIRVANA FARMING HERE I COME!!!"

    With that said, I'm still going Sage. For various reasons, some of which include: permanent Wolf Emblem, Sage Spark, Sage Focused Mind and eventually Sage Rib Strike, Sage Bloodpaint, Sage Rising Dragon Strike, Sage Subsea Strike and Sage Power Dash.
    To Bad That quote work for Bms or Fist users .....For assasins Getting 5 aps is a Pain Making note u need lev 6-7 0.5 int tome Few mills Nirvana Legs (recasted ones) .05 more And nirvana Daggers .1 more So the funny thing here is this With All "cheap" interval stuffs H&T , tt99 Bracers and feet ,TT99 HA pendant and neck , Interval chest , lunar cape And here comes the Lil hole in contract at this build u go 2 aps sparking at 2.8 same if u add .05 interval more sparks at 2.8 Then each .05 u add makes u go 3-4-5

    And about skills U missed the most important one To be sage Sage Dag Devotion Me till 89 i was 99% sure i was becoming sage then i saw the advantages of being demon
    The thing that makes Sage Extremly powerfull is the Subsea For pvp u can always use Ralentless courage with a 100+ str Genie and is kinda a 6 sec demon spark ...
    but have in mind demon rib strike nukes 65% atack speed Can make a boss go really slow and a Fist bm go crazy :P