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Cool, thanks! I'll be sad to say goodbye to my level 35 moon-language dragon lady, but it'll be cool to actually know what's going on.
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# ? May 15, 2015 13:02 |
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Pierson posted:You don't really need a quickstart guide, this is basically your standard themepark MMO: You move from zone to zone as you level, killing poo poo. Thre are storylines and subquests but nothing you won't be familiar with from other MMOs. The only thing you really need to pay attention to is your Avatar weapon: Starting at something like level 20 shards of these will drop from every enemy you fight and when you have enough you assemble them into a weapon that has a higher (much higher?) chance to crit vs enemies of a similar level to it. You want to be making these weapons as soon as they become available. So there's no secret to leveling other than use your boosts and keep at it? Hoo boy. I just spent 4 hours getting a level and a half at level 40(to 42), this'll be fun.
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# ? May 15, 2015 14:45 |
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quaunaut posted:So there's no secret to leveling other than use your boosts and keep at it? Hoo boy. I just spent 4 hours getting a level and a half at level 40(to 42), this'll be fun. Boosts, dungeons, and killing BAMs are typically recommended for faster leveling. Picking up all of the quests for a dungeon before your first run is also a good move. It is pretty standard themepark MMO stuff in that regard. I don't recall going from 40-42 taking me 4 hours though.
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# ? May 15, 2015 14:51 |
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Gave this a shot because it seemed neat. Warrior is kinda fun, seems like it's mostly just dodging around mobs while slashing them up, or activating a skill to let me eat attacks with my face. Only got to like level 8 so I don't exactly know how they tank though, is it just dodge-tanking?
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# ? May 15, 2015 16:51 |
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Zweihander01 posted:Gave this a shot because it seemed neat. Warrior is kinda fun, seems like it's mostly just dodging around mobs while slashing them up, or activating a skill to let me eat attacks with my face. Only got to like level 8 so I don't exactly know how they tank though, is it just dodge-tanking? You get a block too.
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# ? May 15, 2015 17:35 |
Xavier434 posted:You get a block too. It's about making sure you never take unmitigated hits. Either you dodge it and take nothing or you use a skill's animation damage reduction to take it on the chin or you block it.
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# ? May 15, 2015 17:37 |
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:It's about making sure you never take unmitigated hits. Either you dodge it and take nothing or you use a skill's animation damage reduction to take it on the chin or you block it. Also, tanks are in high demand with 99% of people gunners at the moment.
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# ? May 15, 2015 17:41 |
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quaunaut posted:So there's no secret to leveling other than use your boosts and keep at it? Hoo boy. I just spent 4 hours getting a level and a half at level 40(to 42), this'll be fun. Also to Zweihander01 if you find you like the idea of tanking in this game you can also try Lancer with it's huge block, and Berserker which is getting a tank stance sometime in the future.
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# ? May 15, 2015 18:29 |
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Pierson posted:What class are you playing? If you're a tank or healer there's zero reason not to queue for dungeons the second you can and never, ever leave them. If you're Reaper or Gunner do the same but solo the dungeons instead. If you're not one of those classes then yeah, unfortunately things slow down considerably. Try killing BAMs in whatever area you're in, they give massive experience and I think they toned them down to be merely challenging to solo instead of an endless slog. I'm playing a Warrior. I suppose I could hop into tanking- I was wanting to, once I found my feet. I'm just afraid of really screwing the pooch my first run or two.
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# ? May 16, 2015 00:24 |
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Warrior tanking is so much fun,with 2x exp dungeons go quick.
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# ? May 16, 2015 05:17 |
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quaunaut posted:I'm playing a Warrior. I suppose I could hop into tanking- I was wanting to, once I found my feet. I'm just afraid of really screwing the pooch my first run or two. Warriors get a Defensive stance that lets them block, yes, but the best Tanks I've seen were Warriors who iframe speedtanked BEFORE block was added to the game for warriors. I've also managed to solo dungeons up to Cultists Refuge as a Warrior on Assault stance because Gotta go fast!
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# ? May 16, 2015 09:13 |
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Right now every dungeon you go into will have at minimum one gunner, most likely two, maybe even three if you're lucky. Nothing will live long enough to need tanking, so just wander in and have fun. Also speaking of soloing dungeons wow Golden Labyrinth is a big drat step up from Necromancer Tomb. Like being punched in the face.
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# ? May 16, 2015 10:24 |
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Hey folks! I was wondering, I'm downloading the game as we speak, and BAMs got me thinking. How similar to playing, say, Monster Hunter is killing a BAM? I'm good at MH, will that experience translate over at all? Also, I may be able to get a boxed copy super cheap, although I'm in Iceland. Will the code from that work for US servers or EU only?
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# ? May 16, 2015 16:04 |
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All I've played is Lancer that can solo BAMs extremely slowly and Gunner which can annihilate BAMs in complete safety, but I'd imagine if you played a dodge-based melee class like Warrior or Slayer the experience of having to conserve your iframe moves and watch for tells would be similar. The closest comparison to make is probably like fighting a Gravios: All BAMs are of the 'big and slow' variety, with a couple of faster moves like a charge to catch you off-guard.
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KFJ posted:Hey folks! I was wondering, I'm downloading the game as we speak, and BAMs got me thinking. How similar to playing, say, Monster Hunter is killing a BAM? I'm good at MH, will that experience translate over at all? It feels and controls more like Dark Souls to me, personally.
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# ? May 16, 2015 16:18 |
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KFJ posted:Hey folks! I was wondering, I'm downloading the game as we speak, and BAMs got me thinking. How similar to playing, say, Monster Hunter is killing a BAM? I'm good at MH, will that experience translate over at all? Depends if you're buying the EU or US box. EnMasse is US, Frogster and Gameforge is EU.
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# ? May 16, 2015 16:34 |
Tsurupettan posted:It feels and controls more like Dark Souls to me, personally. I've never played MH but it's a lot of dark souls, yeah. You have to commit to your attacks because of the animation locking, just like in dark souls, although you do have a few cancels in this game.
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# ? May 16, 2015 17:06 |
LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:I've never played MH but it's a lot of dark souls, yeah. You have to commit to your attacks because of the animation locking, just like in dark souls, although you do have a few cancels in this game. I've never played a Warrior, don't they even have a sort of stamina mechanic? (edge or whatever)
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# ? May 16, 2015 22:55 |
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Anatharon posted:I've never played a Warrior, don't they even have a sort of stamina mechanic? (edge or whatever) Resolve. Each dodge is a certain amount used.
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# ? May 16, 2015 22:57 |
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KFJ posted:Hey folks! I was wondering, I'm downloading the game as we speak, and BAMs got me thinking. How similar to playing, say, Monster Hunter is killing a BAM? I'm good at MH, will that experience translate over at all? Yes, MH experience will help.
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# ? May 16, 2015 23:12 |
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KFJ posted:Hey folks! I was wondering, I'm downloading the game as we speak, and BAMs got me thinking. How similar to playing, say, Monster Hunter is killing a BAM? I'm good at MH, will that experience translate over at all? Monster Hunter is much more difficult than anything in Tera. In Tera you can rotate/change directions instantly and attacks are mostly all pointed towards the center of the camera rather than your character's facing. You'll pick it up quickly.
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# ? May 17, 2015 00:07 |
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So when you guys say soloing dungeons as gunner, do you mean the 5-mans or the solo versions? I did ok in the 5-man, but got to Soul Crusher and he obliterated me.
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# ? May 17, 2015 00:44 |
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The 5man versions, although yeah it is harder, and you have to keep your distance from bosses whenever possible. Make a start on them after you get your first Avatar Weapon and it should be fairly smoothly.
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# ? May 17, 2015 01:23 |
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I've soloed every dungeon below 60 so far (still at 59, so I haven't done AC/MC yet).
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# ? May 17, 2015 01:49 |
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I'd only done most things as a priest and had no confidence trying Rift's Edge and Bathysmal Rise let alone anything harder. Often I didn't feel like playing just because it felt stressful running around trying to keep players alive. I just did them as Gunner and oh man is it totally different. I feel like I'm playing a different game. Not dieing from every attack has been a big help to learn the mechanics better.
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# ? May 17, 2015 02:48 |
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I guess I'll stain my soul with this vile piece of poo poo game now that it's on Steam
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# ? May 17, 2015 09:21 |
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This is a Public Service Announcement! Never ever join a Corsairs Stronghold already in progress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbMLphi7HQU
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# ? May 17, 2015 11:55 |
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Do the exp boost items we get in the mail stack with the current double exp event or do we save them for after it ends?
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# ? May 17, 2015 12:02 |
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They do stack. It's wonderful .I signed up for elite status for just that reason. I think I can get 2 lvl 65 characters while the event is active with my current play time habit. Gunner is everything I've ever wanted. I'll porbably do a lancer right after Also I sent an app to DGKK as Syldrin. I need people to talk to because occasionally reading global makes me sad. Silhouette Wires fucked around with this message at 13:11 on May 17, 2015 |
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I am returning after what looks like my last log in of 2012. My pug popori god slayer Diabetic is no longer available which makes me sad, but my new Husband-fu High Elf is already getting my nethers tickled. God rest young Diabetic Long live Insoolyn!
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# ? May 17, 2015 12:54 |
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I sent an application to join DGKK under the name Schtooka. So far I'm really enjoying the game, can't wait to start doing BAMs!
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# ? May 17, 2015 13:06 |
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Silhouette Wires posted:They do stack. It's wonderful .I signed up for elite status for just that reason. I think I can get 2 lvl 65 characters while the event is active with my current play time habit. Gunner is everything I've ever wanted. I'll porbably do a lancer right after Also does anyone have a picture of what the 'Thetan Will Suit' gunners get for hitting 65 looks like? Pierson fucked around with this message at 13:57 on May 17, 2015 |
# ? May 17, 2015 13:53 |
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It's the one on the left apparently. Looks like the same armor you see when you select the class at character creation.
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# ? May 17, 2015 14:30 |
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I sent a request to join the guild as Korenax and then realized I didn't really dig the Berzerker playstyle so sent another for Korenath. Feel free to ignore the first! (Playing in English really does make a difference, who knew?)
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# ? May 17, 2015 15:47 |
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Found the best place to level for a gunner ~16-~27 Valley of titans in Arcadia Farm those two spawns of multiple guys, I got 7-8 levels in under an hour. ShadowMoo fucked around with this message at 16:49 on May 17, 2015 |
# ? May 17, 2015 16:42 |
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lol yeah let's just ignore the thread and grind like some idiot. solo 5man dungeons and get 5 levels in 15 minutes in BoL.
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# ? May 17, 2015 17:01 |
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FYI I just accepted a bunch of people to DGKK so if you applied recently you should be in now.
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# ? May 17, 2015 18:06 |
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KaneTW posted:solo 5man dungeons and get 5 levels in 15 minutes Not empty quoting.
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# ? May 17, 2015 18:43 |
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KaneTW posted:solo 5man dungeons and get 5 levels in 15 minutes in BoL. To be fair, some of us are really new and that 5-man dungeon was pretty tricky, what with the shamans lobbing 500 damage fireballs at us. I made decent progress, but burned through lots of healing potions. Mostly, I'm just new to the game, so I'm not sure what I need to do where to burn through dungeons that quick as a gunner. Also, Soulcrusher crushed my soul
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# ? May 17, 2015 19:07 |
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I've had a few friends who thought gunner was lackluster, and after a couple questions I found out they didn't know a few key things about gunners, namely that arcane barrage is a two part ability. It does no damage unless you hit the ability again and detonate it, and the detonation does an assload of damage. Also remember that your roll is on like a 4 second cooldown and gives you iframes, and rocket jump does the same thing if you have it. Also, HB will spam a heal on you unless you detonate arcane barrage, at which point he'll launch his own barrage where you detonated it, making arcane barrage even better. You should be spamming the poo poo out of your abilities and replenishment, and if you've glyphed replenishment to have reduced cooldown you shouldn't have mana problems until you run into an actual boss fight. Generally I'll scatter, roll, scatter, arcane barrage, replenish, burn whatever replenish decided to give me. if it gave me nothing or after I'm done unloading it, I'll arc bomb (which stuns everything, including bosses) and mana missiles, or if it's up I'll drop a barrage on him and then unload the willpower you get back from barrage with rapid fire. Generally the boss will be on top of you if it's a melee one at that point, then I'll rocket jump through him, turn around, and generally everything will be back up again and I'll go back to spamming scatter/AB. You're tanky enough to take a few hits, especially with HB out, and you've got enough mobility to get out of the big stuff with roll/rocket jump. If you're trying to unload more scattershots and it's a golem boss about to collapse on top of you, it's more important to roll out and not take the damage than squeeze another scatter out, but you also really shouldn't have to spend much time just left clicking the boss unless it's an extremely long fight. LITERALLY MY FETISH fucked around with this message at 19:31 on May 17, 2015 |
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