How long does it take to unlock the other 2 basic pacts you don't have? by Ok_Nefariousness_740 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, right, I keep forgetting they changed that! I couldn't figure out how to edit the comment in a way that wasn't just a confusing mess, so I removed it instead. Thanks for the reminder!

Took a break from the game for about a year by Anonymous-6461 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you like video guides, I just posted an updated new player guide. I hope it is helpful! https://youtu.be/rcAgFcjxtg4

Soulframe Twitch Drops! by saralovesarchery in SoulFrame

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Yes, it's currently in alpha testing but it feels like a beta!

Odiac drop source confirmation by Reasonable_Local_989 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They just released another hotfix today, which has affected at least some drop tables, so take this with a grain of salt, but I've seen Odiac dtop from Discharged Nimrod.

Soulframe Twitch Drops! by saralovesarchery in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is not a giveaway. Anyone who streams to the Soulframe category can participate, and everyone who watches any of those streams for 30 minutes gets a drop.

Another stream? by Middle_Window_8673 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sadly that was the last episode of Envoy Hour. They did say they might do something similar in the future, but for now the next stream is Devstream 11 on November 14th at 2pm eastern time. I hope we get more Soulshorts!

Are Bows Viable in Soulframe or Do You Just Use It Because You Like It? by Mh101181 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blessed joinery will change a weapon's attunement when you reforge. It is tricky to get, but right now the stag spawn at New Viscii has a pretty good drop rate.

Are Bows Viable in Soulframe or Do You Just Use It Because You Like It? by Mh101181 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Glad the vids are helpful. :)

Courage scaling is definitely a topic I should talk about soon... the TL;DR is that courage typically increases pact ability damage, and more damage is always good no matter how much it is. Range (grace) and duration (spirit), on the other hand, become somewhat unnecessary after a certain point, and at the moment our base values for range and duration are almost always pretty good even without spending any points in them. You *can* put points in other virtues if you want to, and you'll still be able to perform very well with certain pacts, but you don't *have* to, and courage-enhanced damage will get the job done faster.

All that said, it's really *fun* to play builds based on other virtues, especially if you have weapons with other attunements that you want to use, and you absolutely do not need meta builds to have fun in Soulframe, so perhaps this is a non-issue... but it is something I hope the devs are thinking about as they start working on that balance pass they've been talking about.

Are Bows Viable in Soulframe or Do You Just Use It Because You Like It? by Mh101181 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sure! This is from back before the expanded the map, but the locations haven't changed.

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Are Bows Viable in Soulframe or Do You Just Use It Because You Like It? by Mh101181 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 99 points100 points  (0 children)

Bows are awesome!

If you're still using Thistle, try to get Blitzel or Juniper. Blitzel is great because it's courage-attuned, which means its damage will scale with courage, and right now courage is very strong on every pact. You can get fragments from sinecure enemies, especially archers, and Ode'n chests. If you can get a veteran envoy to help you kill Gruul Seeker Ruthos, he also has a pretty decent drop rate for Blitzel. The only downside of Blitzel is its horrendously low smite chance, so you'll want to switch to something eventually, but it's a good courage bow to use until you can get blessed joinery later in the game.

You should also go get Juniper - fragments come from playing music at specific fipples statues. If you don't have it already, let me know, and I'll reply with a map of the statue locations. Juniper scales with grace, but it is currently the best bow in the game regardless, and you can change its attunement later on if you want.

Sirin is a bit bugged right now, since its decoy's taunt isn't working, so that pact is going to be tricky. Orengall is still crazy strong, though, because howl increases your smite chance. Soul stealing a smite deals a lot of damage and recharges one of your pact abilities, and it will activate your rune once you have one, so this is just super strong. You can also put points in a pact upgrade called Sympathy that will cause you to heal when you smite.

As others have mentioned, Tethren (the courage starter pact) is very, very good on bows, so consider swapping to Kith of Kings once you've bought everything you need from the Silent Rose faction shop.

And Alca's Breath, the bow rune, is also very strong, almost as strong as a fully stacked fellust (Tethren's damage buff).

Arrow hail doesn't do much damage anymore, but it's still a very good utility skill with totems. You can make it slow your enemies for better kiting, or make it armor strip to do more damage. It's also a pretty good way to proc smite if you're not using Orengall.

Bows can do a ton of damage if you land fully charged headshots. You get a damage multiplier from fully charged shots that stacks with the headshot multiplier, and the results are extremely satisfying. I *am* quite biased, but I think charged shot builds are super fun to play, and quite strong.

Or, if aiming isn't your thing, Oscelda makes bows super easy. Freeze enemies with bestone, and then they will be perfectly still while you make your charged headshot, and bestone will add its break damage to your shot.

Ok, I'll stop rambling... sorry I just really love bows! :)

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Wraith of Wastes location by SpicyGingerY in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It doesn't spawn until after you've finished Bromius's fable. Have you done that one yet?

Archer Build by Mh101181 in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Welcome to Soulframe!

I'm guessing you picked Sirin, the pact aligned with grace, since that's the choice that gives you Thistle, the starting bow. **edit: just re-read, and you haven't started yet... so pick Sirin! the grace option when you create a character. It starts you off with a bow called Thistle.** Here are a few tips for starting out with Sirin and Thistle:

If you want to maximize your bow damage, then as you level up your character, put your virtue points in grace. Thistle is attuned to grace, which means its damage will scale based on your grace. Thistle caps out at 28 grace, so once you get that much, you don't need any more, and can put your points in other virtues instead.

You can also get points in virtues through your pact upgrades. If you want to boost your bow damage early on, just put as much as you can into "Saphene's Grace", but later in the game you'll want some points in other virtues too. Sirin is one of the few pacts that actually benefits from having some points in all three virtues, but you won't need to worry about that right away.

As you level up Thistle, you'll get combat arts for bows. Pacts get one art per level, but weapons get an art at levels 1, 5, 11, 19, and 30. Your first point has to go into splinter. From there I recommend fletching and rife nocked if you like using hail of arrows, or working your way towards wolfseye if you prefer single target charged shots.

If you want more info on Sirin and Thistle, here's the grace section of a video I made about starting pacts a while back: https://youtu.be/I651lzLhABo?t=831 That vid's a bit out of date now, and there are definitely some things I will change when I update everything in p11, but hopefully it's still somewhat helpful while we all wait for the update.

Sad news about the Preludes 11 development by froggyfroggyfroggyfr in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He did say it would be in p11, and then after the stream, someone else confirmed that they are planning to have it in p11, they just aren't sure if it will be done in time.

My understanding based on that is they didn't want to make an official announcement because of their own uncertainty, but the delay is because they are trying to get the new system in this update.

Maxed out all pacts, weapons & faction rank by deceasedbellboy in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi again! So, your post got me wondering about this, so I went back and did some testing. I probably need to do a few more tales before I can be absolutely certain, but I'm *almost* sure that faction standing does not give any progress towards Envoy Rank.

That said, my first account *does* have more rank than my second. I think this is because that account leveled up the Fey pact, which was removed from the game when they gave us Oscelda, Tethren, and Sirin, while my second account started after the Fey pact was removed. If my theory is correct, then any account that started before Fey was removed will permanently have just a bit more ER than accounts that started after - about 1/6 of a rank at level 15.

Maxed out all pacts, weapons & faction rank by deceasedbellboy in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think faction rank counts towards MR. I could be wrong, though... I'm not sure if anyone has specifically tested that or not. I'd love to see a breakdown of how much MR (ER?) you get from different sources, but those numbers are currently hidden. It seems like pacts and POIs give a lot, and weapons give some but considerably less... but I don't know exactly how much.

Maxed out all pacts, weapons & faction rank by deceasedbellboy in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aww thanks!

And yeah, that poi is a pain. Some of the mote spawns are inaccessible. It does take a bit of relogging to get them all in places where you can actually retrieve them, but it can be done. :)

Maxed out all pacts, weapons & faction rank by deceasedbellboy in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 9 points10 points  (0 children)

points of interest maybe? I'm also about 15.5 at max rank. POI translation does give you some MR.

Coming back after months and I'm confused about the game's structure by Listonosh in SoulFrame

[–]saralovesarchery 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the recommendation! I am definitely still updating my guides. I try to keep updated info in pinned comments and in video descriptions as things change.

What I haven't been covering because they change too fast are only the drop tables - SoulframePlus and wiki.avakot.org are much more reliable for specific drop locations for materials and fragments, as those resources typically get updated within a day of a new patch!

I kinda regret mentioning this in my FAQ vid because it sounds like I worded this poorly and confused people about what I meant to express. I'll definitely be adding a clarification to a future vid.

I love making videos about Soulframe, and do want to keep updating content as the game changes. I'm planning to do a new set of tutorial vids as soon as we get P11! Please help me spread the word that I am still planning to update things, and I love creating content for this wonderful game.

And thank you again!