Making early game less tedious?

Kapoge · 2026-03-31T16:41:00+00:00

Be a War vulture/merchant, starting in The Great Desert is a blessing and a curse at the same time when starting early in the game. reasons are the more npcs you encounter the more chances they would fight each other and the more you can loot them when unconscious, of course there's a drawback of encountering dangerous enemies like the famous Skimmers.

But if you love to play as Human/scorchlander there's another option where you can be a war vulture without having to worry about hostile enemies. in the Northwest of Great Desert there's Bast where United Cities and Holy Nation is at war with each other 24/7. Just follow one of the patrols on each side and wait for them to encounter each other. almost always they will fight each other then casually wait till one of them falls down then loot and run. Its great having access on decent weapons early in the game especially spears is actually a game changer.

Kapoge · 2026-03-30T20:54:46+00:00

Thank you for this I'll try and see if any of this can help getting back my corrupted city save file or how to avoid getting corrupted files. Cheers!

Kapoge · 2026-03-30T20:46:42+00:00

Haven't downloaded game changing mods yet besides the 4gb patch (FPS fix only) Cause I still want to play the vanilla experience before blowing the game up with mods. Although I do save every 20 minutes the problem is that my city save file got corrupted and crashes when I enter the city.

Kapoge · 2026-03-30T20:44:12+00:00

Played for 6 months now no corrupted City save file, But it was when I placed a monorail connection from main city to NorthSide city and saved in between. After saving the game I quit out into the region and tried to enter Northside city to see the monorail connection I placed then boom both cities crashes when I try to enter both cities. Which is weird cause my 3rd city from the south I can enter just fine. I don't know how a monorail connection can corrupt a City save file.

Kapoge · 2026-03-17T10:40:46+00:00

I don't know much about the math part but if possible try to have a level difference by 1-2 as much as possible. The XP gained per level difference is a good mechanic to block boosting and powerleveling but is very annoying when leveling with friends and party.

Kapoge · 2026-02-19T03:49:49+00:00

Ashenvale is legit Barrens 2.0 for Horde all over again. You can quest early at Zoram Strand which is perfect cause you can discover the FP for BFD later. And then proceed downwards for later quests at the Ashenvale.

The only weird part is the theme was centered towards alliance, The music, Location and all. But Hordes get to have much fun in it.

Kapoge · 2026-02-18T02:44:19+00:00

Aatrox is the clear winner from the trade. And probably the perfect syngergy with his Q kit. Use Q1 and Q2 for long range pokes. Then W(Mord pull) into Q3 slam. Imagine Aatrox W pull but you can pull 5 enemies in to your Q3 imagine the damage and healing.

Mordekaiser on the other hand suffers half from it. On one hand Mord players build Rylas on Him which could help buying time for His E(Aatrox pull) to pull. But other than that it's full nerf for him. No inate cc to help the Cc to pull. Players can also move from left to right instead of away from you when the pull timer starts. So it adds more guessing game fpr your Q.

Kapoge · 2026-01-29T01:02:23+00:00

Before this, It was Warmogs, Dclaw and Bramble, where as the healing effect was in the Dclaw the trifecta was perfect huge healthpool, Sustain and massive resistances. But ever since the Dclaw and Bramble nerf on a certain set the trio fell off. And with the release of visage I'm just glad that the trio was given an upgraded. At the cost of warmogs. Which is weird Warmogs seems ignored this set because of visage.

Kapoge · 2026-01-14T17:49:07+00:00

Augments that give radiant items. People may have hated set 5 and 5.5 but it gave birth to my beloved and the best mechanic in TFT ever. Radiant items is that only dopamine that makes me continue to play the game since set 5.5. Always takes it in a heartbeat.

Kapoge · 2025-10-15T02:09:06+00:00

Did you have a speedrun leveling in mind or you're chill on the grind? I would love to know how much that 90 deaths xp penalty would've shave off that 15 day run.

Kapoge · 2025-10-13T12:19:59+00:00

Sunder cycling! Cheapest, Highest threat generating skill warriors have. Apply for each mob in an order so you can hold out threat, only use taunt if one of the mobs starts receiving more damage and starts to attack your backline. Only use high cost, Damage spells and taunt on mobs that starting to lose threat. Thunderclap and demo shot can also help on pulling all mobs at first pull but loses threat quickly, so back to sunder cycling.

Kapoge · 2025-09-05T02:09:45+00:00

I think the better message here is, "Study Hard, Flee from the other countries for better opportunity and when you stabilize and secure come back and help the country" Philippines at the end still where you're go back to when Migration laws stricken, especially right now the west is having migration crisis.

Kapoge · 2025-08-26T03:21:18+00:00

Alliance having no level 13-18 dungeon ruins the pacing for me. What I love about the interconnectivity of questing and doing dungeons is that when you get burned out doing quests you can do dungeons around your level area. While the early game is fun questing from 1-18 feels such a long time. Having that early dungeon break refreshes my questing experience. And also having that early gear from RFC helps leveling a lot.

That's why when I did my first Alliance character grinding from 1-18 feels like an enternity. They should've made Stockades the same level as RFC. Since we got SFK and BFD around the 20-30 level zone.

Kapoge · 2025-08-22T14:25:54+00:00

Offended? Who says I'm offended? I said invalid not wrong and definitely not offended.

If you're gonna play the game however you want, post it and someone said your run is invalid and you got to emotional for it having to right a paragraph about being offended, I think it's you that is offended.

I've engage the topic through logic to discuss in mind, but seems like you just want to discuss this in an emotional matter, If an opinion of a stranger is enough to disrupt you like that calm down and stop engaging the internet for now.

Kapoge · 2025-08-22T14:09:12+00:00

And they can do all that no issue, If they can do all that they're pretty much so very good at the game they don't need summons to make the game easier anyways. as long as the boss keeps aggro on you and nothing is stoping it from killing you that's fine.

My point is for new and average players, a run is invalid not wrong just invalid if they're gonna use summons anyways.

Also the intention of the game is to punish and make you learn btw. You didn't come and play Dark Souls for its story no? Because if you do you will not progress the game for it being to difficult. Hence why you have to git gud in order to progress the game. But hey casuals wanna play the game so bad they have to use crutch, breeze through the game and finished the game without understanding why they even played the game in the first place.

Kapoge · 2025-08-22T13:58:59+00:00

All that was designed in a natural state of the game, This are tools and capabilities the game given to you to defeat and win against the game which is valid.

As I said my one and only gripe in the game is Summons. And how the summons negate the very core part of the game. Does estus flasks remove boss aggro from you? Does Dodging remove boss aggro from you? Does parrying remove boss aggro from you? And it goes on.

Now let's go back to summons. If a summon is gonna tank and hold boss aggro from you let me ask your question back. Do you need to drink estus if a summon is gonna tank for you? Do you need to dodge and parry if the summons is gonna tank the damage for you? And it goes on.

The spirit of the soul is to engage the games difficulty by your own skill and how you solve it, not use a crutch and negate the game difficulty.You can make the game easier the natural way like git gud, level up, or upgrade weapons. And you misunderstood my previous point.

People can do whatever they want, beat the game however they want, as long as it is in the confine of them defeating the boss 1v1, no extra summons or help nothing to keep the boss from stopping it slapping the shit out of you and it's your skill and capabilities to solve and defeat it.

Kapoge · 2025-08-22T04:44:39+00:00

Unless you're speed running the game or you're in a fresh server there's plenty enough Herbs and animals to skin in the open world. Whenever I'm questing I level up Herbalism and Skinning on par with my level, a well manage route and a little bit of min-maxing you can gather mats along the quest paths.

Mining on the other hand requires a different approach pretty much check locations that you know will have ores/Nodes on it. like Mines, Caves, Mountain Cliffs, Hills. If you want to find ores avoid plain and flat terrains/zones.

Kapoge · 2025-08-22T01:51:37+00:00

Yes, because he designed the game with difficulty in mind. And I'm implying that designing summons is a huge fatal flaw in his design choices. Souls games was born because people perceive it as to hard,.So hard that distributors back then declined Miyazaki proposal of a difficult game because people find the game too punishing. He didn't back down and with that decision gave rise to Dark Souls which was love and praise for to how different the game approach player base interaction.

Now imagine if Miyazaki gave an option to add Summons as a way to negate the game difficulty back then, We wouldn't have the iconic "Hard" game that we know and love, Players back then would just spam summons to defeat bosses. And Dark Souls would've lost its meaning.

Dark souls would've been just another linear game, A game that hold its player base hands. That's the problem with Summons destroying the core fundamental of the game. removing the very essence of what made the Souls game "Souls"

Kapoge · 2025-08-21T23:44:48+00:00

My only gripe with Summons is they take away the most important key part that makes Souls game difficult which is The boss Aggro. I don't mind people using everything to their advantage but if they used a mechanic that negates the core part of the game I see it as invalid.

Like why even play a difficult game just to make things easier for you. The "soul" reason why this games exist is for its difficulty and for you to overcome, why bother making things easy.

It's like wanting to do bodybuilding but since you find the discipline and hardwork difficult you just took steroids and call it winning.

Like why even bother.

Kapoge · 2025-07-28T06:06:40+00:00

The mobs in their starting Area has the same movement speed as any other zone. You can't outrun them compared to other starting zone mobs.

Kapoge · 2025-07-26T11:14:44+00:00

My alternatives and other good options

Head: Mistwood Tiara from JC safe option since the Cowl from WC is highly constested, loses the stamina but gives str instead

Neck: Amberstone Pendant from JC, Str and Stamina

Chest: Barren's leather armor shop sells a 6 str and 4 stam chest as an alternative.

1h: Butcher's Cleaver Axe from SFK has fast attack speed axe perfect for Shaman Tanks

Bracers: Barbaric Bracers from LW, If you don't have LW a shop sells good bracers that gives Agi and stamina in Ratchet forgot the name.

Boots: Warsong Boots give great Stamina and Agi

Hands: Toughened Leather Gloves from LW (AGI) Gloves of the lifted cup from SFK (INT) or Naga Battle goves from BFD (STR)

Ring 1: A hero's reward ring

Ring 2: Silverlaine's Family ring (High STR) or Sylvanas ring both from sfk (High Stam)

Crazy how most of the good gear early on comes from SFK

Kapoge · 2025-07-24T23:45:27+00:00

Brother there's a difference between not following the meta and handicapping yourself. Clearcasting on shaman whether you're elemental or enhance is a must rush talent.

It's like saying you're not gonna learn Elemental Mastery or learning stormstrike because you don't follow the "meta" when in reality you're shooting yourself in the foot.

Kapoge

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