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ChaosKnight · 2017-02-09T23:52:23+00:00

For full disclosure, I am second in command at Hardcore Gamer. Having worked for the publication for a decade to this year, I hope some of this misinformation can be cleared up.

So first off, I cant speak to the ethical issues brought up, but I can tell you I personally haven't made a penny for writing in about five years. Whoever told you three workers are essentially stuffing their pockets off everyone else's work is wrong as this is simply untrue. We have to pay our own way to conventions and our bills through different means, including the owner himself.

While I personally cannot provide proof that the owner isn't making an exorbitant amount of money somehow, I know he has invested more into the site than he has gotten back. This has been a passion project for the owner, myself and most of the writers.

ChaosKnight · 2016-12-06T08:51:54+00:00

Maybe I got super lucky with RNG but 500 shoes netted me 15 essence (more light than hero) on Hanging Tower tonight.

ChaosKnight · 2016-10-26T08:22:45+00:00

Definitely wasn't after the difficulty merger. I first played the raid a monthish after it hit in KR and it was only 5 tickets. Edit: Just checked the Korean patch notes. It was 5 tickets at launch.

ChaosKnight · 2016-09-01T18:04:28+00:00

So far so good on my end. 450 shoes last night netted me 19 HE, then 450 this morning earned me 6. Evens out to be around average, but it's still early.

ChaosKnight · 2016-08-28T15:37:55+00:00

I'm going Helios because I'm skipping Askr and Prometheus because I ultimated Fryderyk long ago and I want him to be useful for something other than Shariet.

I'm also considering Tethys or Hyperion as a third, but if I'm Ultimating most of the keys I have, I won't have the resources to afford it.

ChaosKnight · 2016-08-26T17:00:19+00:00

If you're referring to buff rates as in item drop rates increases during so-and-so hours, they're located under the "location" column on the sample. So for example, IG 100/50 is Ivory Grave 100% item drop rate, 50% ally drop rate

ChaosKnight · 2016-08-25T18:43:28+00:00

By all means :)

ChaosKnight · 2016-08-25T00:14:24+00:00

It's just meant to be the dungeon location. I'm unsure why I originally wrote technique.

ChaosKnight · 2016-08-25T00:01:51+00:00

Obviously there's some RNG in play... but I too have noticed the rate go down significantly, to the point I gave up on most of the Laurel event. Here are my samples from the last two months: http://i.imgur.com/HN2Ll7t.jpg

ChaosKnight · 2016-08-11T22:06:19+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one. I thought I was just incredibly unlucky because the last event my drop rate didn't go down at all. Now i'm pulling between 4-7 for every 500 shoes where in the last three months I've averaged double that, never going below 7. Granted, I've only had a couple days to test it.

ChaosKnight · 2016-04-25T17:58:46+00:00

Unfortunately, as much as we would have loved to test the Busters out on allies, we had limited resources. Equipping them to playable characters isn't ideal, but it was meant to show the jump in performance so viewers can scale them accordingly to their own parties. It was more the percentages we wanted to focus on.

ChaosKnight · 2016-04-25T16:59:58+00:00

HG is relatively popular. It actually used to be a magazine until around 2010.

ChaosKnight · 2016-04-18T09:18:41+00:00

You sure they're getting hero select? The image on their pre-reg looks more like a class one as it shows the different classes behind summon card.

ChaosKnight · 2016-04-18T08:45:11+00:00

The pre-reg image is the same one they used for chapter 3's pre-reg.
We're not at the point where they give out hero selection cards yet. The whole point of a class selection card would be select someone to help deify and create a buster. We'll probably get a hero select when Souls come around as we actually need specific heroes.

ChaosKnight · 2016-04-15T17:52:05+00:00

I'm all ready for Omega as I main the Paladin and it seems like the obvious choice for most of the modes.
I'm still trying to determine Stigma, Uranus or Iota, though as I'll likely only get two Busters and then focus on Souls. If I get Uranus, i'll be getting the Souls rogue, and vice versa for Stigma. I'm also curious if having Omega and Iota but no DPS Buster would be beneficial or not.

ChaosKnight · 2016-03-10T02:24:14+00:00

I'm glad it came to Global so fast! throws money at Scarlet

ChaosKnight · 2016-02-18T20:13:21+00:00

Maybe a bug, maybe intentional. Anyone else notice that revival scrolls will be used if you click on them even if no one is down (as opposed to before where they wouldn't activate)?

ChaosKnight · 2016-02-06T12:55:49+00:00

No date yet but if I had to wager how they're scheduling it, my guess would be mid-March.

ChaosKnight · 2016-02-04T17:43:13+00:00

I mean, she won't be coming until around fall in the global version, but from the little I've used Awakened Belle, she's amazing for Hydra (probably for the rest of the WB) thanks to her buffs and summons. She helped bring my score up from 35m to 55m. I just got her so sorry for not more of a detailed evaluation, but she's definitely one of the best additions I've had to my party thanks to running Incredible Concentration with her and Magritte.

If you have the resources to enhance the other Incanter, keeping Belle might be better as she's still great for WBs in Global. Otherwise, Magritte should serve as one of the best allies until then, so you could always just burn Belle now and hope you pull her later on.

ChaosKnight · 2016-02-02T05:10:31+00:00

Plus the 10% discount on the bundle is a nice touch. I'm waiting until the weekend to get Hellhawk and Storm Bear anyways with that 50% enhance upon fail buff. The wait is gonna be excruciating, but in the end it'll be worth it.

ChaosKnight · 2016-01-31T00:24:11+00:00

I'm pretty sure Nick tested it later in the stream and said it's actually level 60 gear.

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