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Will you respec or start afresh when the "major update" arrives?
ixotl
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So I've been thinking (dangerous activity, very slippery slope :cool:) that when this Major Update arrives I may just start afresh with new characters. Since the re-balancing will likely require re-thinking how best to build your toons it makes sense to start from scratch. That way you can see just what the re-balance did. True, I'll have to do it all over again (the quests, the dailys, the professions, etc.) BUT what I'm taking into it is knowing how the systems basically work. Such as,
1. Don't do Daily quests if you want to follow the Story Quests and NOT out-level yourself. Both my current characters are 12-15 levels beyond the Story Quests they are running through, trying to catch up. OR strictly limit how many you do.
2. Don't do Story Quests (beyond level 6 or so) if your thing is the Daily Quests. Again, you can out-level a skirmish or dungeon before you know it. OR strictly limit how many you do.
3. Start accruing AD as soon as you can through Invocation, Professions and Quests (being mindful of 1 & 2 above).
4. Perform Invocation every day but probably no more than 3 times per day. You have a fair chance of leveling on Invocation alone as my characters have repeatedly.
5. Gold is primarily useful only for buying crafting resources (like thread, etc) and low level assets (like Worn Sword, Worn Awl, etc.) as far as I've seen. So spend it freely to get the crafting resources/assets as you can. (PLEASE correct this if there are other good uses for Gold).
6. Save your gold in early game and BUY A HORSE as soon as possible. IMHO, the time saved running around a Zone is worth it. And don't worry about low Gold, there is plenty more out there.
Now, if some of these basics change as well in any significant way so be it. Yet another reason to start afresh.
But the respec will SAVE A TON OF TIME and is sooooo attractive to avoid having to redo all the same old stuff again. AND my characters will be ready for the Level 60+ zones when Module1 is released. (Of course the Major Update may precede the Module1 release sufficiently that new characters could be at Level 60 in time ...)
What will you do?
1. Don't do Daily quests if you want to follow the Story Quests and NOT out-level yourself. Both my current characters are 12-15 levels beyond the Story Quests they are running through, trying to catch up. OR strictly limit how many you do.
2. Don't do Story Quests (beyond level 6 or so) if your thing is the Daily Quests. Again, you can out-level a skirmish or dungeon before you know it. OR strictly limit how many you do.
3. Start accruing AD as soon as you can through Invocation, Professions and Quests (being mindful of 1 & 2 above).
4. Perform Invocation every day but probably no more than 3 times per day. You have a fair chance of leveling on Invocation alone as my characters have repeatedly.
5. Gold is primarily useful only for buying crafting resources (like thread, etc) and low level assets (like Worn Sword, Worn Awl, etc.) as far as I've seen. So spend it freely to get the crafting resources/assets as you can. (PLEASE correct this if there are other good uses for Gold).
6. Save your gold in early game and BUY A HORSE as soon as possible. IMHO, the time saved running around a Zone is worth it. And don't worry about low Gold, there is plenty more out there.
Now, if some of these basics change as well in any significant way so be it. Yet another reason to start afresh.
But the respec will SAVE A TON OF TIME and is sooooo attractive to avoid having to redo all the same old stuff again. AND my characters will be ready for the Level 60+ zones when Module1 is released. (Of course the Major Update may precede the Module1 release sufficiently that new characters could be at Level 60 in time ...)
What will you do?
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Gold can be traded for AD.
I will be using the free respec on my gwf. I am not rolling a new character until I can roll a dragonborn paladin.
What I want to know, is if it is 1 free respec for each player, or 1 for each character.
Feast of the Moon | Rising of the Dark | Shadow of the World | Everdark
There are better ways to voice your displeasure with this game. This, just a dumb attempt at being witty.
Gold is also useful for buying potions, it's not so bad at lower levels but at higher ones you can easily find yourself carrying too few potions around.
As it is right now if you play a Cleric you should:
- like to be treated as meatshield.
- like to heal yourself for HAMSTER.
- like to deal sh1tty damage.
- like to be constantly nerfed.
So to all my fellow masochists i bid you farewell
Until better times come...
I want this class in NW.
I feel your pain I just respecced a couple days ago.
Oh **** my GF finally gets some play instead of double DC's!
well, "Threat generation on all abilities has been increased by 35%." hey, I'm a DC, I already thankful for that ....
You dont know what you just said, clerics were never nerfed.
Ability Scores || All Attribute Roll Combinations || My Cleric Stream \o/
yep, that too, even I hate the Cleanse become 1 / 20 sec part (1 at a time is ok, but 20 sec?) well, prepare to get burn, immobilize and slowed even you have DC in your party
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
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Falados - Drow (Mez) Level 60 Trickster Rogue - Offically retired
Drakeos - Drow (Mez) Scourge Warlock/Druid (retired)
If I were displeased with the game I wouldn't play it, nor post to the forums.
Do we have any sort of ETA for these changes?
I, for one, will just keep playing my 2 characters, respec'ing them as I see fit. Once new classes come out I will buy more character slots to play some of those.