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Yes.

In what way?
I don't really use Spirit Stance since I'd rather play on a lower difficulty than waste time ETing enemies, and I haven't done a schoolgirl marathon since forever as they're boring as fuck.

Someone should make a thread on equipment guilde lines everything I buy there seems to be better for cheaper >.< even know how to roughly guess how good an equip is with the base stat clac and min-max on wiki Still wasting my credits -.- at lest I see an improvement each time (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

In what way?
I don't really use Spirit Stance since I'd rather play on a lower difficulty than waste time ETing enemies, and I haven't done a schoolgirl marathon since forever as they're boring as fuck.

Well you just eliminate the two only options so ... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Yes.

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Ah, freakin ninja'ed

This post has been edited by LangTuTaiHoa: Mar 8 2012, 18:36

Well you just eliminate the two only options so ... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I'm kinda expecting this answer, but I still loled (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Edit: Well there's a third option called 'IW 200', though it's more time-wasting than high-difficulty arenas and more boring than schoolgirl marathons (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

This post has been edited by varst: Mar 8 2012, 18:40

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I guess I'll get those T1 and T2 spells that I skipped then.

Hello, these are [postimage.org] my current stats.
I'm a full melee user, I'm wondering if I should only be focusing on Strength, Endurance & Int?

I suppose it'll take weeks to get them all down (lol), but I have another character I could play in the mean time.

I was wondering which is the trend in equipment for a melee player, and which strategy to follow which said equipment.

Hello, these are [postimage.org] my current stats.
I'm a full melee user, I'm wondering if I should only be focusing on Strength, Endurance & Int?

I suppose it'll take weeks to get them all down (lol), but I have another character I could play in the mean time.

IMO you can choose to focus or not. There won't be a great difference at your level.
By the way, do you mean WIS instead of INT? Becuase that's where your MP comes from.

I was wondering which is the trend in equipment for a melee player, and which strategy to follow which said equipment.

Current trend...

mace -> light armor or heavy armor, stunning
scythe -> heavy armor, bleeding or heavy armor, storming
estoc -> higher-level PA, unstable but deals more damage

cluba, axe -> MH for DW/1H, OH support
other 1H -> OH support

mace -> light armor or heavy armor, stunning
scythe -> heavy armor, bleeding or heavy armor, storming

Could you please be a little more specific about those two?

Thanks.

Starting to give maging a half-assed shot, would this crazy shit work out, along with this staff make for a passable starter-mage outfit?

Or would one of these other staves work better?

I know pretty much nil about maging aside from such basics as "enjoy ur mana pots", "300+ use edb phase" and "AOE > single target"

Starting to give maging a half-assed shot, would this crazy shit work out, along with this staff make for a passable starter-mage outfit?

Or would one of these other staves work better?

I know pretty much nil about maging aside from such basics as "enjoy ur mana pots", "300+ use edb phase" and "AOE > single target"

Nope nope and nope.

Start with Gossamers of elementalists, and build up your profs and get a feel for maging. Then you can narrow down your favorite spells and focus accordingly.

Also depends on your drops as well. I got a few good phase of Niflheim pieces, so I'm using full Niflheim. Not too shabby.

Also find a focus staff, ebony preferred. Try to get high mana cost reduction, and high accuracy increases. In addition, a good amount of MDB would also help.

This post has been edited by ChosenUno: Mar 9 2012, 10:53

Could you please be a little more specific about those two?

Thanks.

Hm....

Mace: stunning monsters to receive less damage; shade for evade, or kevlar/heavy for protection (choose full set of either one)

Scythe: storming with high ADB scythe, but they have so much burden that you better use them with heavy armor
bleeind with high bleeding chance/duration/damage scythe; heavy armor for sure

Could you please be a little more specific about those two?

Thanks.

Personally I think mace + heavy is the better choice, especially with eth maces + shield heavy. The reason being that a good set of shield heavy will give you nearly 20% block + whatever your parry is. Plus, as a 2h user, you'll be hit very often as you have nearly 0 defenses, so high mitigation is a good thing. Heavy excels at mitigation.

High mana costs can be offset by using spirit stance to cast spells.

Light, on the other hand, offers evade, which is equivalent to block, less mana costs but much less mitigation. So IMO you're essentially trading mitigation with mana cost.

Also, remember that light armor mainly increases dex and agi, while heavy increases str and end. Str is better than dex for 2h, so...

But up to your equips, really.

I see...

Hm....

Mace: stunning monsters to receive less damage; shade for evade, or kevlar/heavy for protection (choose full set of either one)

Scythe: storming with high ADB scythe, but they have so much burden that you better use them with heavy armor
bleeind with high bleeding chance/duration/damage scythe; heavy armor for sure

More questions,

About mace strategy...
Which kind of mace would be the best?
Same with shade?
Heavy... Plate, Shield or Power?

About scythe strategy...
What's ADB?
Heavy... Plate, Shield or Power?
Which kind of heavy?

I see...
More questions,

About mace strategy...
Which kind of mace would be the best?
Same with shade?
Heavy... Plate, Shield or Power?

About scythe strategy...
What's ADB?
Heavy... Plate, Shield or Power?
Which kind of heavy?

Ethereal mace of any kind, but slaughter preferred.

Heavy, I would pick shield with protection suffix, for a balance of blocking chance and mitigation.

As for scythe:

ADB is Attack Damage Bonus, basically the weapon's damage.

I think if you're using storming style, then definitely power. Find power pieces with slaughter suffix.

Otherwise, if you're going to use bleed, then shield/plate of protection is the way to go.

What's "storming"?
Should scythe be Etheral, too?
Do these strategies really work?

What's "storming"?
Should scythe be Etheral, too?
Do these strategies really work?

Storming means you kill the monsters as fast as you can, before they can hit you back. The scythe should be ethereal for storming, yes. For bleeding, high bleed is probably more important, but YMMV.

What's "storming"?
Should scythe be Etheral, too?
Do these strategies really work?

storming just means 'attack attack attack'. But storming looks more like a 'strategy' word (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

That scythe don't need to be ethereal. The mace don't need to be ethereal.
But if your weapons' ethereal, that will surely be better.
Ethereal weapons costs much more though.

If you have any doubt, why don't you just pick a full suit of plate of protection and try that out?

storming just means 'attack attack attack'. But storming looks more like a 'strategy' word (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

That scythe don't need to be ethereal. The mace don't need to be ethereal.
But if your weapons' ethereal, that will surely be better.
Ethereal weapons costs much more though.

If you have any doubt, why don't you just pick a full suit of plate of protection and try that out?

I think eths maces are really a must, simply because of the insane number of giants and mechs mobs. Otherwise, you'll be killing things too slowly and heal too much.

As for scythe, you have bleed to back you up, so eth scythe is not really that important, unless you're trying to storm your way through.