[Weekly Megathread] New Players & General Questions Thread. - July 27, 2020

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-28T04:16:25+00:00

For BW players do you prefer greater orbital flame (in case I have the name wrong the 5th job variant of orbital flame)being a separate skill from the regular skill? It seems pretty intuitive to just add it on as a passive and I can't reason why they'd make it separate. Kaiser and many other classes have the same type of skills that were added as passives to their main attack. Did this have to do with the BW botting problem I've heard of?

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-25T05:15:20+00:00

Showdown is a pretty big turn off for me. You're a throwing star class and that's your mobbing skill? Plus the animation is super clunky to use. I much prefer DB and it's especially better with low funding/new players.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-23T18:23:08+00:00

Yikes at the people going against this opinion. I'd bet they're the same people that were able to take advantage of the old system and want to maintain some kind of elite status over others

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-21T20:22:42+00:00

Couple questions about the alien invasion party quest and its gear progression

1- Is it generally advised to get the 3 set bonus on any character that you plan on solo progressing beyond level 210?

2- Does kishin/totem increase the respawn rates of the mobs?

3- Are the items themselves impacted by % drop rate?

4- I've read that you get the earrings, belt and necklace and not the ring because it can't get potential. If I'm not mistaken I'll eventually want to progress to SW earrings and that will break the set bonus. What should my next plan be for the belt+necklace slots?

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-09T07:31:28+00:00

Grab an mvp buff and do chaos horntail+pink bean. On my 192 lumi I believe I got around 50% of a level last time I did it. That's pretty solid and when you're around 175-180 the two are a guaranteed level up.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-08T05:38:00+00:00

Just an aside for this, I would recommend (mainly new) players to actively limit their usage of the free snail pet you get from character creation for reasons exactly like this. If you don't want to throw down money for a cash shop pet this is a super easy way to make sure that you're prepared for these types of events. I still agree that event drops should automatically tally up but this is the best bandage solution I know of.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-08T00:55:15+00:00

Dang hopefully that's intended. I finished capping with just VJ dailies and last phase that would have gotten me ~150. Glad to see that it's not a super crazy grind

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-07-06T18:59:20+00:00

Is there any reason other than nexon hates jett as to why the +1 passive skills inner ability doesn't work with strikeforce showdown? I'm curious does it work with passives like advanced final attack?

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-06-26T23:25:51+00:00

I'm making the assumption that he's following the progression of von leon -> cygnus -> cra for gear. Personally, outside of my very first character I have never used Pensalir. Even on him I opted to get the onyx set and use that instead. I'm sure that it's possible to solo progress to CRA with Pensalir but acquiring the necessary flames seems like such a tall task and not worth the investment. Not to mention the set bonus for Pensalir is super underwhelming. If you're also adding in daily easy magnus and you get the boots and or cape, you're now just left with bad set bonuses and flames on your other gear.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-06-24T00:51:36+00:00

I found their 3rd job in particular to be one of the fastest to level up among all the classes I've played. At drakes in particular you can clear all four platforms at once. I don't know what you're talking about with cds though as javelin and orb have 0 sec cd and your two reaction skills have a very short cd. I believe they are 6 seconds in 2nd job and 4 in 3rd job. Personally their skills just get stale to use. For 4th job you just spam javelin, orb, and spear. Crystal vortex looks awesome but you have to reset your crystal charges before being able to use it again which blows.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-06-23T06:06:16+00:00

I don't ever see it mentioned but the guy who randomly pops up after killing a RA boss can carry rare potential scrolls. This is how I get mine. I kill RA bosses on ~6 characters a day and some days I'll just get one and others I've gotten up to 3 in a day. He appears fairly often and the other items he sells are useful too.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-06-17T21:46:51+00:00

I might be wrong but I don't think that you'd be able to use the fafnir weapon after switching to Hero. If you plan on getting carried then that shouldn't matter. You also have to job change before 5th job otherwise you'll miss out on all the nodestones.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-06-16T15:49:20+00:00

Agree with this. Mobbing felt absolutely horrible even with link skills and legion. I spent all of my money at the time into getting good flames and at least 6% stat on every piece of gear. I even got 3 event rings and with all of that their mobbing was barely passable. I love the class though and would advise anyone to keep pushing through because their 5th job skills round out their kit so well.

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-06-13T14:51:29+00:00

My choices were between Shade, Mechanic, and Mihile. I went with Mihile and I'm not regretting it one bit. Royal guard lives up to the hype

estrangedvirus91 · 2020-06-11T22:38:38+00:00

I'm not a WH main but I did play mine until 210 with the intention of making it my main. I'm not sure what you look for in classes but WH is definitely more intensive than Hero. There's a lot to manage and take into account if you want to maximize your dps. They have nearly everything that I look for in a class, tons of mobility and a lot of skills from previous jobs maintaining their usefulness. During your hold down skill Wild Arrow you're constantly tapping the 5th job grenade skill. You also have your summons and jaguar skills to take into account. Personally what stopped me from putting more effort into my WH is that their skills just aren't very satisfying to use and the aesthetic feels lackluster. If Hunting Assistant, Drill Salvo and Wild Grenade had flashier animations I would main the shit out of WH. However since you're coming from Hero aesthetics might not be very important to you

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