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On April 15 2013 09:31 Sufficiency wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2013 04:57 Resisty wrote: Leveling has been ok for me so far as a casual guy. I'm averaging one hour every level, which includes a lot of alt-tabbing doing nothing, without exp boosts. I ignore BAMs and just do quests since I don't know anything about good grinding spots. BAMs can be solo'ed. They do yield quite a bit of exp. I think it's worth it.
That really depends on your class. For some, like a Mystic, the time wasted isn't worth it.
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On April 15 2013 09:18 Sufficiency wrote:
I don't think so. Pairing with a healer will make everything a lot faster.
If you mean playing as a healer, then it probably will. If any other class, then it's the same. HP regen crystals are enough to pull whole field of mobs. Zerkers/slayers/sorcs these day do most of quests in 1-3 pulls from very low levels (archers/warriors/lancer are fine too, but a bit slower), since they removed stupid agro limit (could agro only 6 normal mobs at the same time before F2P). Also it depends on the people. Some people afk often, those endless smokebreaks and such stuff. Some are just terribad etc. It also depend on your play style a lot. For some slowish and relaxed gameplay, it's fine in the most cases. But if you want to level faster, then it's: static party with skype/ts/mumble (so you won't waste time on typing in game)>solo>party with randoms.
Actually, it's the same for 60 and gearing/farming/etc. Static party is the best obviously. But if compare PUGing for the instances or even making your own party in LFG chat with soloing easier instances for MES/MW alkanest, it'll be faster to solo ET or LoT than farming AC/MC/SG/etc with randoms. It's unpredictable how good or bad your party will be, especially if you got it through LFD. Which means fails, wipes, lost of explaining, rage quitters and much more.
On April 15 2013 09:31 Sufficiency wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2013 04:57 Resisty wrote: Leveling has been ok for me so far as a casual guy. I'm averaging one hour every level, which includes a lot of alt-tabbing doing nothing, without exp boosts. I ignore BAMs and just do quests since I don't know anything about good grinding spots. BAMs can be solo'ed. They do yield quite a bit of exp. I think it's worth it. Not really, even for DPS with exp boost. It could be worth only if you're leveling an alt and make +9-12 weapon for the lulz. But overall, normal quests is the way to get it done. Or in some cases grinding mobs with 100% exp boost, like 54 to 58.
Actually, in Korea, they nerfed BAMs not long ago. HP, attack, removed or weakened special attacks and now they drop hp and mp spheres during fight. Guess why? Right, because no one bothered with them since game's release. NA producer said they don't want to nerf those, though. And I think it's a right decision, leveling to 60 is a joke anyway, so if someone <probably new> will want some fun and challenge, he'll have it.
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Do Nexus on different servers happen at the same time?
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Yeah, same time for all servers.
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BTW I TOTALLY apologize to Naibuki for constantly re-applying to the guild. I suck at making up my mind.
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On April 18 2013 05:35 Two_DoWn wrote: BTW I TOTALLY apologize to Naibuki for constantly re-applying to the guild. I suck at making up my mind. i know i can tell -___-
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On April 18 2013 07:45 Laneir wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 05:35 Two_DoWn wrote: BTW I TOTALLY apologize to Naibuki for constantly re-applying to the guild. I suck at making up my mind. i know i can tell -___- Dont blame me blame the fact we can only have 2 characters on a server 
Although I do think (Cross fingers) that I should have mostly settled down by now.
At least until tomorrow.
God I suck at MMOs
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Drunk Karaoke Night on Sat if you guys want to join it on the guild vent
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On April 18 2013 08:14 Two_DoWn wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2013 07:45 Laneir wrote:On April 18 2013 05:35 Two_DoWn wrote: BTW I TOTALLY apologize to Naibuki for constantly re-applying to the guild. I suck at making up my mind. i know i can tell -___- Dont blame me blame the fact we can only have 2 characters on a server  Although I do think (Cross fingers) that I should have mostly settled down by now. At least until tomorrow. God I suck at MMOs
What are you going to play exactly?
And yea, that's how I felt when I first played it - coming with no MMO experience whatsoever, it was really confusing.
On April 15 2013 10:26 TJ31 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 15 2013 09:18 Sufficiency wrote:
I don't think so. Pairing with a healer will make everything a lot faster.
If you mean playing as a healer, then it probably will. If any other class, then it's the same. HP regen crystals are enough to pull whole field of mobs. Zerkers/slayers/sorcs these day do most of quests in 1-3 pulls from very low levels (archers/warriors/lancer are fine too, but a bit slower), since they removed stupid agro limit (could agro only 6 normal mobs at the same time before F2P). Also it depends on the people. Some people afk often, those endless smokebreaks and such stuff. Some are just terribad etc. It also depend on your play style a lot. For some slowish and relaxed gameplay, it's fine in the most cases. But if you want to level faster, then it's: static party with skype/ts/mumble (so you won't waste time on typing in game)>solo>party with randoms. Actually, it's the same for 60 and gearing/farming/etc. Static party is the best obviously. But if compare PUGing for the instances or even making your own party in LFG chat with soloing easier instances for MES/MW alkanest, it'll be faster to solo ET or LoT than farming AC/MC/SG/etc with randoms. It's unpredictable how good or bad your party will be, especially if you got it through LFD. Which means fails, wipes, lost of explaining, rage quitters and much more. Show nested quote +On April 15 2013 09:31 Sufficiency wrote:On April 15 2013 04:57 Resisty wrote: Leveling has been ok for me so far as a casual guy. I'm averaging one hour every level, which includes a lot of alt-tabbing doing nothing, without exp boosts. I ignore BAMs and just do quests since I don't know anything about good grinding spots. BAMs can be solo'ed. They do yield quite a bit of exp. I think it's worth it. Not really, even for DPS with exp boost. It could be worth only if you're leveling an alt and make +9-12 weapon for the lulz. But overall, normal quests is the way to get it done. Or in some cases grinding mobs with 100% exp boost, like 54 to 58. Actually, in Korea, they nerfed BAMs not long ago. HP, attack, removed or weakened special attacks and now they drop hp and mp spheres during fight. Guess why? Right, because no one bothered with them since game's release. NA producer said they don't want to nerf those, though. And I think it's a right decision, leveling to 60 is a joke anyway, so if someone <probably new> will want some fun and challenge, he'll have it.
From what I have calculated myself, the EXP rate is about the same - at least for the lvl 20 Basilisks BAMs. The reason is that when you fight BAMs you don't have to run around doing nothing.
What I do NOT know is the BAM HP-to-EXP ratio. It would be interesting to find out exactly how it differs from a normal mob.
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And we did it again Liquid Win Vanarch 2 times in a row. Liquid Fighting!!
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I had a gold earring drop. I could sell it for 250+g, or I could use it. (I'm an archer.) Would you guys recommend I use it, or just sell it on the AH?
http://teracodex.com/item/4115
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Is that really worth 250g? O_o If it is, I would sell it since you will eventually get something better.
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I'm just looking at the prices of what's on the AH right now. Seems to be all that much and higher.
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Good luck selling it. The market is probably very slim.
On April 21 2013 16:39 Resisty wrote: Is that really worth 250g? O_o If it is, I would sell it since you will eventually get something better.
It could be. I once found a superior leather armor from SM.... and it was sold for 600g. Very odd.
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Does anyone know how crit rate and crit defense interact? And how much % crit chance Aura of the Merciless provides?
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Mystic Aura is double critical rate. Some forum posts have suggested that critical rate is a direct 1:1 with your rating i.e. 40 rating is 40%. Crit defense modifies that rate multiplicatively but in some unknown manner. I think how levels, glyphs, and crystals factor in are also still unknown. Unfortunately, the community has done very little testing on this so there isn't much solid evidence.
Edit: I take that back. The official forums are just utter shit for searching. A one year old thread has brought these formulas up: Crit % = (Crit Rate / 10) + Carving crystal Crit % from behind = (1.8 * (Crit Rate / 10) ) + Carving crystal + Castanic racial (if you're Castanic)
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On April 21 2013 16:33 Sandster wrote:I had a gold earring drop. I could sell it for 250+g, or I could use it. (I'm an archer.) Would you guys recommend I use it, or just sell it on the AH? http://teracodex.com/item/4115 Sell all expensive (gold) equip before you reach 60, it won't last you more than a day or two at best and blue or even green stuff should be more than enough. And its either free or 1-2 gold, unlike some gold stuff. That way you'll have a bit more gold by time you will reach 60, which will help you to gear up a lil better right at the start.
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On April 22 2013 06:59 Resisty wrote: Mystic Aura is double critical rate. Some forum posts have suggested that critical rate is a direct 1:1 with your rating i.e. 40 rating is 40%. Crit defense modifies that rate multiplicatively but in some unknown manner. I think how levels, glyphs, and crystals factor in are also still unknown. Unfortunately, the community has done very little testing on this so there isn't much solid evidence.
Edit: I take that back. The official forums are just utter shit for searching. A one year old thread has brought these formulas up: Crit % = (Crit Rate / 10) + Carving crystal Crit % from behind = (1.8 * (Crit Rate / 10) ) + Carving crystal + Castanic racial (if you're Castanic)
Probably should test this out. I am pretty much only interested in how crit rate works. It shouldn't be too hard.... Just need to find someone to duel with and let me hit for free.
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Can you transfer chars between PvP/PvE servers? Also who are the guild managers for big TL guilds?
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wala are you playing again
carry me mchm plz
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