13. Proficiencies:
What is a proficiency? Simply put, the more you use a weapon/charm, the better your abililties with that item are!
The experience for a weapon class does not depend on the amount of kills, but on the usage ( total hits )
So especially in the early levels, you need more character levels for 1 proficiency level up,
as you kill most of the monsters with 1-2 hits already.What bonus do i receive ? For each point in a proficiency, you receive 1 enhanced effect for this type.
E.g.: You use axes and your proficiency level rise to 1. ALL axes you use will have additonal 1 EE.
This is a PASSIVE feature, so this will neither show up in the weapon stats nor in the character stats.Why doesnt my proficiency rise? I even loose experience!! The experience you need for a proficiency level up increases with every prof level you already gained in there.
As written above, it depends on your level / the monsters level how many hits you do.
When your proficiency is on level 4, you will not receive any experience before your character level is at least level 4, too.
Very important for the kamikaze players: If you die, you loose proficiency experience of ALL proficiencies, so take care and rather run!What about healing charms, i cant hit enemies with them? They work a little different, but generally spoken if you heal yourself or others actively
with the same type of healing charm, you gain experience as wellHow long can you keep the proficiencies? They work only on the character itself, you can not transfer them to other characters.
If you die, you loose experience. Proficiency levels do NOT get lost if you attempt the master quest,
re-roll the character or change to another character class.
Proficiencies are now consistent and will not reset when the ladder is reset either. Enhanced Effect, short: EE
Increases damage of a weapon by the % numbers given
Increases defense of an armor by the % numbers given (does not add enhanced effect to the weapon damage!)
Increases damage of a charm by the %numbers given
This depends on your preference and gear.
If your setup relies on lpk/mpk or life steal gear, the arena is the place where to go, as those mods will not work in the catacombs.
You are independent from others this way and no one might take your item drops.
If your setup rather relies on stats, ee and such it perfectly fits for arena, too, but as well for catacombs.
E. g. if you like to play with others, your gear is not as strong and you need help the catacombs are the place for you.
Among with others, slashing is a lot fun and leveling goes fast as well usually, as there are many low level drops for shrining/glyphing in the maze.
No maze is very good for items. But you may sooner or later meet some dishonest people there who take your drops, so be careful always.
This way, you dependt on others a bit more and need to find a party first which may take some time sometimes.
But in general, if you get a good party slashing is a lot fun there.
This post was edited by NaRa on Jan 19 2009 01:23am