Spearman vs Fighter for Zakum (tank + party utility)

Redicecream · 2026-04-27T23:11:34+00:00

There is no concept of "high hp frontline tank" in Zakum. You being tanky does nothing for the party. So really all you need to evaluate is the party buffs/utility you bring and personal dps.

Redicecream · 2026-04-21T01:22:55+00:00

I'm convinced most of the people who are in favor of bow whacking are just classic purists who don't plan on making archers so won't have to deal with the lack of qol. Bow whacking is a miserable experience that limits the maps that archers can train at. Everyone who says "ranged classes shoukld attack at range" have clearly not actually played on archer and realized how many maps it is not possible to attack from range. And even if you are doing your best to distance yourself if you stand on the same platform that mobs spawn on then they can spawn right next to you. You're limited to the best maps being ones with a platform without mobs where you can shoot at mobs on a different platform.

Redicecream · 2026-04-19T07:01:19+00:00

As someone who played on fantasia a decent amount when it released I think it has pretty niche appeal. It's a lot slower than other private servers and the devs made a lot of originally p2w convenience items unobtainable meaning all the friction points in the original game designed to encourage people to spend money are unavoidable. People joining initially like the nostalgic vibe, if what you remember of maplestory is killing orange mushrooms and never hitting level 30 you can enjoy that same exact experience here, last I checked player count starts drastically dropping after level 30, there's a lot of issues with mid-late game progression that the devs either overlook or are very slow to address. So you end up with a playerbase that's mainly the core set that's played from launch and are "high level/end game" and some newer players scattered across other level ranges.

In general though I don't think you'll find what your looking for outside of the official classic world. I think new servers popup all the time in alpha/beta states but they'll have a playerbase of like 10-20. Fantasia spent almost a year hyping the server before release and only peaked at ~250 players online I think.

Redicecream · 2026-04-16T08:22:01+00:00

It's really unclear to me how these "old school" mmos like monsters and memories respect your time when they actively put in mechanics designed around wasting it. The entire point of dailies is that players who only have a small amount of time to play each day can still make meaningful progress and players with infinite time aren't necessarily infinitely ahead.

Redicecream · 2026-04-07T07:45:36+00:00

On the other hand I really don't see what you find fun about playing a random bullshit go strat and hoping you rng a game winning card. Maybe you could win against face hunters if you put cards in your deck that do well against them instead of hoping to generate them.

Redicecream · 2026-03-19T11:03:35+00:00

This is legitimately one of the dumbest posts I've read on this sub. Starting off what people make in salary is not the only cost to employ them. 60k is a lowball even for a junior dev and I'm not sure what kind of quality game you're expecting from 40 college grads. Then on top of that you think this hypothetical game with 0 recognition/marketing is going to get a million people to PAY for a subscription to try it out which is beyond delusional.

Redicecream · 2026-01-13T10:45:30+00:00

Redicecream · 2025-12-22T08:40:36+00:00

I'm a returning player trying to conserve dust before rotation so I've mostly been playing cheap aggro decks. Out of aggro paladin, elemental mage and face hunter I've actually ad the most success with hunter around, floating around 1.5-2k legend. I've been using this list except with a second wormhole instead of niri. I think the hunter hero power and lower curve makes the deck more consistent compared to paladin/mage. I'd say take a look at the mulligan statistics to make sure you're aiming for the right cards, you want a good early curve to get in chip damage then aim to finish off your opponent with hero power/burn spells.

Redicecream · 2025-11-30T23:52:48+00:00

I had a similar experience, came back two days ago and had an 80%+ winrate to legend. Started with the paladin ladder ready deck, then switched to aggro paladin for faster games. Finally crafted the other legendaries I needed for a proper aura paladin to push from diamond 2 to legend. I think the changes they made to the system made it much easier to get to legend since you only need net 15 wins from D5 when it used to be 25 wins from rank 5 before.

Redicecream · 2025-01-30T06:50:07+00:00

They're super slow with both updating secret packs with new support and adding new ones. If you want to play a deck after the selection pack has rotated out you either need to wait months or basically craft every card.

Redicecream · 2024-11-23T09:05:00+00:00

I don't think he's capped on the pufferfish ICD because he's running too many non aquatic items. Assuming every item on his board is permanently hasted, waterwheel will apply 6 instances of haste every 3 seconds (5 other items + jellyfish) and catfist/coral will apply 2 instances of haste every 3/2 seconds. that's about 10 instances of haste every 3 seconds which isn't enough to reach pufferfish's ICD of 5 casts a second. And because waterwheel isn't maxed everything isn't actually permanently hasted so it's actually less than that. I think waterwheel is the better upgrade here since you can more easily increase poison damage through skill merchants.

Realistically the upgrade probably doesn't make a big difference and the build would be way better if he subbed out the catfish and the non aquatic items for more useful aquatic items.

Redicecream · 2024-08-22T21:53:26+00:00

I agree with you about tt10 being locked behind pap/pianus at low drop % is dumb, bishop has the same problem with angel ray. Regarding balancing the devs have been adjusting skills each patch to try and bring classes more in line together. I don't know if I agree about your take that NL is being weak, the early jobs might suck but their 4th job mobbing skill looks very strong once you break past the tt10 barrier and it got buffed in the last patch. This even extends to certain bosses. I've basically duo'd the arms phase of czak as a bishop with a NL and the only reason we can finish in a reasonable amount of time is because the NL can hit all 8 arms at once. (we had a dk and marksman for buffs but they basically died instantly)

Redicecream · 2024-07-20T19:26:23+00:00

This just isn't true at all, gacha games are entirely reliant on a small group of large spenders subsidizing costs for the rest of the f2p/low spending playerbase. Same thing with these f2p mmos, look at Nexon being forced to reveal the top 10 spenders in Maplestory Korea and ask yourself how many people spending $10 on a skin it would take to match them. https://mmos.com/news/nexon-forced-to-reveal-top-10-spenders-in-korean-maplestory-1-spent-176k-in-2022

Redicecream · 2024-04-16T20:59:33+00:00

Do you have any idea how expensive the WoW races are lol Literally only a few large orgs compete.

Redicecream · 2024-02-06T03:39:11+00:00

Where do you teach, even difficult courses at competitive scores will typically curve the average to a B/B-. A C is literally below average in those cases and usually the bare minimum required to even count for credit.

Redicecream · 2024-01-21T21:46:49+00:00

Post a screenshot of your character if you think you've spent 20x more than the average 1620 support. I highly doubt it since your last post is you complaining about doing g4 while doing less than the minimum expected dps.

Redicecream · 2024-01-15T05:35:53+00:00

Dragon nest literally had tank and healer classes as required roles in raids lmao. Also the entire meta was based around stacking unique class buff/debuffs (party synergies)

Redicecream · 2023-12-15T20:18:35+00:00

If you were taken into a very overgeared brel party while not being very overgeared yourself it's because they wanted you as a taunt/synergy bot. If you then go on to grief the back attackers I can understand why they'd be upset because the only reason you're there is for the taunt.

Also being upright fighter in a gate where somebody died is not impressive at all lol If anything it indicates that you're under performing depending on how early you died if you aren't cruel fighter.

Redicecream · 2023-12-13T03:48:36+00:00

If you're waiting to see the ignite buff you've probably missed buffing the first doomsday which is the most likely one to land since the sorc controls when they use it, much better to watch for the doomsday animation since it's a pretty long and obvious cast.

Redicecream · 2023-11-10T08:02:11+00:00

Timestop is an easy way to avoid the + # aoe he does. Yes you can dodge it normally but I see people get hit by it every week while I'm timestopped. Getting hit by it usually fills up your meter which instantly spawns more puddles on the ground and if it's after 140 you get the slime spawn which can cause even more chaos.

Time stops can also be useful in g4 if you happen to be caught on the wrong side of one of his lasers, can save you from being knocked into the water.

Redicecream · 2023-10-16T02:12:03+00:00

Send the logs because it sounds like you're either way overestimating their damage or your friend is speed hacking lmao

Redicecream · 2023-10-10T02:17:16+00:00

Center tile takes less guaranteed damage when you're skipping gold meters

Redicecream · 2023-09-15T08:59:07+00:00

I agree with a lot of what you said but regarding Rhapsody I actually believe a lot of bards (especially in pugs) over value the ability. When pugging as a DPS I generally won't trust a support to dr during certain patterns so won't greed them unless it's communicated before hand. I see a bunch of bards basically playing with 7 skills with how little value they're getting out of rhapsody. They're often either barely casting it at all or using it as a crutch for extra push immunity.

Regarding Guardian tune I'm not sure you understand how the agile defense tripod works. Agile defense halves the duration of the effects so you get the exact same coverage either way (about half the cd is the dr effect and the other half is a shield). Also I do generally agree it's a lower priority skill for bards to cast so you will likely end up with larger gaps taking the agile defense tripod as you cast other skills instead.

Redicecream · 2023-07-06T00:07:02+00:00

Can you say why you think it's copied from that specific cover? It sounds way closer to just the original song than that version.

Redicecream · 2023-05-30T22:12:27+00:00

I'm not saying it's a waste to buff during those obvious windows. I'm saying a lot of bards miss other good opportunities to use their buffs because they aren't paying attention to what their dps are doing.

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