asmutny
11-19-2012, 09:32 AM
as you know, the magic recipes allow you to create artifacts assuming you have the necessary ingredients.
so far, I have 5 recipes: silver rapier, crystal ball, scale shield (part of Scale set), leaky cup (part of Ancient Mage set) and levitation boots.
thing is, the recipes can be reused infinitely (I have build 6245, patched to 6246 but not restarted, so maybe it was changed there). created artifacts can be sold, but it's not worth it. they can be destroyed, but it's not worth it. or is it? certainly there are more recipes in the game worth to work on a little bit, but so far I can only do it wth the Silver Rapier. it costs 4 magic crystals, 40 mana and 40k gold. when destroyed, it gives you 4 MC so you only lose gold. but... this artefact can be UPGRADED! what it means? it means fighting the keepers = gold and exp for you. and then it can be destroyed and there it gets interesting. destroyed, it gives you randomly: 6 MC or 2 mind runes or 2 might runes or 2 magic runes! basically, for a little gold you always gain at least 2 magic crystal. or 2 runes for the price of 40k, 4 MC and a fight with keepers. this way, you can probably get to max level and get a lot of runes to even maybe get all skills from all the 3 skill trees quite early in the game (for me, I'm lvl 40 and just found out that Eric joined forces with Guilford).
of course, it has its price to pay... it takes really long time to do so. lots of fights with keepers to get enough exp for leveling (still, it gives ca. 2000 exp per fight). you have to make sure you are strong enough to make it. my Soothsayer does ca. 5200-6000 dmg with lvl 3 blizzard and has 160 mana, so it helps a lot. the enemy is random, but always demon and undead: necro, black knight, vamp, demoness, demon, executioner, scoffer imp and gremlins have between 5500 and 15000 HP.
also, the scale shield has Use perk and it gives you a green dragon. so if you like this unit and want it badly, just create this artefact. btw, the Scale set is 3-part, so maybe the other parts of set give you different kinds of dragons?
this thing is for patient people, obviously, but if some are willing to go for no loss and endlessly repeat every battle to achieve it, then certainly some may be interested with this magic recipes trick.
so far, I have 5 recipes: silver rapier, crystal ball, scale shield (part of Scale set), leaky cup (part of Ancient Mage set) and levitation boots.
thing is, the recipes can be reused infinitely (I have build 6245, patched to 6246 but not restarted, so maybe it was changed there). created artifacts can be sold, but it's not worth it. they can be destroyed, but it's not worth it. or is it? certainly there are more recipes in the game worth to work on a little bit, but so far I can only do it wth the Silver Rapier. it costs 4 magic crystals, 40 mana and 40k gold. when destroyed, it gives you 4 MC so you only lose gold. but... this artefact can be UPGRADED! what it means? it means fighting the keepers = gold and exp for you. and then it can be destroyed and there it gets interesting. destroyed, it gives you randomly: 6 MC or 2 mind runes or 2 might runes or 2 magic runes! basically, for a little gold you always gain at least 2 magic crystal. or 2 runes for the price of 40k, 4 MC and a fight with keepers. this way, you can probably get to max level and get a lot of runes to even maybe get all skills from all the 3 skill trees quite early in the game (for me, I'm lvl 40 and just found out that Eric joined forces with Guilford).
of course, it has its price to pay... it takes really long time to do so. lots of fights with keepers to get enough exp for leveling (still, it gives ca. 2000 exp per fight). you have to make sure you are strong enough to make it. my Soothsayer does ca. 5200-6000 dmg with lvl 3 blizzard and has 160 mana, so it helps a lot. the enemy is random, but always demon and undead: necro, black knight, vamp, demoness, demon, executioner, scoffer imp and gremlins have between 5500 and 15000 HP.
also, the scale shield has Use perk and it gives you a green dragon. so if you like this unit and want it badly, just create this artefact. btw, the Scale set is 3-part, so maybe the other parts of set give you different kinds of dragons?
this thing is for patient people, obviously, but if some are willing to go for no loss and endlessly repeat every battle to achieve it, then certainly some may be interested with this magic recipes trick.