Questions on affinities

[batou]

Hi. I think I understand some of the details around how affinities work, but want to confirm and have a couple questions.

1. My understanding is that the affinity you have on your weapon is dictated by the Ash of War you had on the weapon when upgrading. Is this right?

2. I also understand that after you upgrade a weapon with a particular affinity, you can change the Ash of War to one with another affinity, but the weapons affinity will not change. Is this true?

3. Is the affinity effect retroactive for all levels of the weapon or just the last upgrade? For example, if I had a lvl 20 weapon upgraded with standard affinity, if I then level to 21 with keen will the effects of the keen affinity apply as if I upgraded using keen affinity from the start?

4. Is there a way to change the affinity of a weapon whose level is maxed out?

Sorry if these have been answered before and thanks.

[Count D'Cinamon]

dont think upgrading them applies any affinity. you can switch around ashes of war freely and what type they use.

[♔V3RD1CT]

Originally posted by batou:

Hi. I think I understand some of the details around how affinities work, but want to confirm and have a couple questions.

1. My understanding is that the affinity you have on your weapon is dictated by the Ash of War you had on the weapon when upgrading. Is this right?

2. I also understand that after you upgrade a weapon with a particular affinity, you can change the Ash of War to one with another affinity, but the weapons affinity will not change. Is this true?

3. Is the affinity effect retroactive for all levels of the weapon or just the last upgrade? For example, if I had a lvl 20 weapon upgraded with standard affinity, if I then level to 21 with keen will the effects of the keen affinity apply as if I upgraded using keen affinity from the start?

4. Is there a way to change the affinity of a weapon whose level is maxed out?

Sorry if these have been answered before and thanks.

Here's what I've learned so far. Sounds like none if not including what is relevant, those things I just mentioned.

1: Idk Weapon scale will grow with your upgrade, as does 'sometimes' the status build.

2: Many weapons with a status will not allow a ash. IF it does you can add a ash with the same build up effect, and this will slightly increase the effect the weapon already has.

3: No idea what the hell affinity is. It's not poise, not status, not weapon scale? What the hell is it of any relevance at all?

4: Apparently there are special stones that change the weapon format rules yes.

[2ny]

1. If you use an Ash of War on a weapon and choose to use an affinity like blood, the weapon will scale with blood and if it already did it will boost the %(percentage) at when the debuff (e.g. blood loss) will trigger.

2. If you choose to remove the Ash of War the weapon will return to it's default stats as if you just collected it of the ground. If you choose to reapply the Ash of War it will basically remove it and apply the other affinity. (e.g. you choose keen for DEX then choose to reapply heavy for STR. you will loose the keen stats [full reset to default stats] but gain the STR)

3. It doesn't matter at which point you use the Ash of War it will scale with the level of the weapon. Yes it will have the same affinities as if you upgraded it to keen from the start.

4. You can always change affinities of weapons as long as they can be edited with Ashes of War.

I hope I understood all questions and answered them correctly.

[Drake]

1. yes. At first you can only add the affinity corresponding to the ash of war (like the gravitas ash of war will change the affinity to magic), then with several key items you will be able to adjust the affinity (you won't be able to put a magic affinity on a fire ash of war, but you will be able to add a pure physical affinity or fire/flame art to a fire ash of war).

2. if you change the ash of war you change the affinity. The only thing that changes is that with whetstones you can have a list of affinities to choose from instead of the one on the ahs of war but that's it. If you change the ash, you need to change the affinity to a compatible one.

3. affinities are not related to levels. If you change the affinity the entire scaling will change accordingly, so you don't need to worry about levels and can swap whenever you want.

4. you can change the affinity freely when you change the ash of war.

There is no restriction on when or how many times you change the affinity or ash of war. They don't modify base weapon stats, that add a layer to it.

Like for instance, the heavy affinity gives a x0 to all scaling except the str one, where it gives a rough x2. It doesn't replace the scaling, it just multiplies values, the base never changes.

[MULTIPASS]

1. My understanding is that the affinity you have on your weapon is dictated by the Ash of War you had on the weapon when upgrading. Is this right?

A: Affinity is applied when you put ashes of war onto a weapon, choosing the affinity is the last step in the process. Affinities can alter the damage scaling of the weapon, add new damage types, and add status ailment buildup effects. Affinities can be added, changed, or removed at any time in the ashes of war interface at a site of grace or blacksmith.


2. I also understand that after you upgrade a weapon with a particular affinity, you can change the Ash of War to one with another affinity, but the weapons affinity will not change. Is this true?

A: No, this is not a good description of what happens. Upgrades at a blacksmith are separate from affinities, and each time you add an ash of war you need to choose an affinity from what is available.


3. Is the affinity effect retroactive for all levels of the weapon or just the last upgrade? For example, if I had a lvl 20 weapon upgraded with standard affinity, if I then level to 21 with keen will the effects of the keen affinity apply as if I upgraded using keen affinity from the start?

A: The affinity is a modifier that applies to the weapon for as long as it is enabled, regardless of any upgrading you do during, before, or after.


4. Is there a way to change the affinity of a weapon whose level is maxed out?

Yes, you can use the ashes of war interface to change affinity at any time.