A Noob with a few Questions

ma1ice2you wrote: »

Hi guys, I started playing a few days ago and I have a few questions that I can't seem to find the answer to.

1) How do I get glowing weapons, and what are they actually called? I've gotten one from a quest and after that, I had to get rid of it cos I levelled up and got a stronger weapon from the blacksmith.

2) I'm a level 20 Blademaster taking about 60 damage per hit from White named monsters, and I'm constantly potting. Is this normal?

3) I lag like crazy in Archosaur. Is there any way to reduce this lag?

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1. I don't know a lot about glowing weapons, but they're usually stronger than the weapons in the same level. I think you have to infuse some special stones for normal weapons to glow (I'm not sure about this).

2. Yeah. BMs have rather bad regen if you don't put some points into vit. Ask a fellow cleric to buff you if you don't want to waste too much money on pots.

3. Well, there are hundreds of players in Archosaur, that's why it's lagging so much. You could try going around laggy areas.

yep newb questions b:chuckle we'll fix ya right up!

1) MANY ways to get nifty glowing weapons.... (you shoulds got a nice spear for you lvl 19 call to duty quest {often called "FB19} that glows)
you will notice all gear has a star in front of its name, or two... or three, thats a rough gauge of its quality 3 stars will glow.
"legendary" weapons are crafted from Mold items that USUALLY drop from dungeon bosses
they glow a nice golden color.

Twilight Temple (TT) weapons are made by farming materials from (where else), TT
they glow green.... usually

Frostcover weapons DROP (BOOOOOOOOO!) in forgotten frostcover dungeon (FF)

and there's Lunar and Nirvana weapons not to mention the rank.. what is it... 7? i think and 9 and various others that glow.

as for your POTTING problem (LOLOLOLOL) until level 40 or so put one point per level into your vit stat, and pile on as much p.def as you can, and after level 16 learn to use your marrow skills depending on your playing style and weapon path, you may wish to stop putting points into vit past 40 or so


as for the graphic lag in arch, on your character portrait, there is a "town settings" button that just displays the bare minimum. helps out a bunch, just remember to NOT log off with the town settings on!

ma1ice2you wrote: »

1) How do I get glowing weapons, and what are they actually called? I've gotten one from a quest and after that, I had to get rid of it cos I levelled up and got a stronger weapon from the blacksmith.

2) I'm a level 20 Blademaster taking about 60 damage per hit from White named monsters, and I'm constantly potting. Is this normal?

3) I lag like crazy in Archosaur. Is there any way to reduce this lag?
=]

1.
Weapons from quest rewards generally glow purple. Legendary weapons glow yellow. Twilight Temple weapons glow green. You can learn all about legendary and TT weapons by checking out the forges in front of General Summer.
If a weapon has sockets and you put high level shards of the same kind into it, it will usualy glow or have some kind of effect. Just because a weapon glows doesn't mean it's better then a higher level normal weapon. Glowing weapons are just better than normal weapons of the same level.
2.
Blademasters have so much variety available to them and their builds. If you don't put anything into vit, you could be kinda squishy. That's normal. But, there are things you can do to survive better.
Apothecary: you can make Life Powder at Apoth by using Nectar and Golden Herb. This heals you some every second for 10 minutes. You can also make Charms at the Apoth by using stones. Best way to get those stones is to decompose gear that mobs drop. Now these aren't the high quality Boutique charms but they do OK.

Use your skills to kill the mobs as fast as possible. The sooner it's dead, the sooner it stops doing damage to you. This means you will start drinking mp pots a lot too. Experiment to find a method that works best for each particular opponent. You will probably find different methods to deal with different mobs. Archer and magic mobs tend to run away while most phys mobs will stand and fight. Try using the bm stun skills.
Actually, this isn't always the best approach. I've heard it's best to not use skills with fist weapons because their dps (damage per second) is better than their damage with skills.

Gear. Make sure you're wearing heavy armor. If you can afford to, check Auction House (AH) for gear your level that has sockets or +def, +hp, or other helpful benefits. Shard with Citrine for +hp in any gear you have that has empty sockets.

The best way to maximize the effectiveness of your healing pots is to meditate while taking them. Press "E", this opens an Actions window. Meditate is around the top left. Click it, take potions, wait minute or so, then start grinding again.

If it keeps getting on your nerves, try rolling a Barbarian character. They have great survivability, but aren't damage powerhouse like bm supposed to be.

3. Use the Best Performance in congested areas like Arch. Previous answer said it all.

I'm really liking the Life Powder tip, that's one thing I definitely need to do. Same with the Best Performance thing.

But is it really worth getting upgraded gear at my level, since it won't be long before I need to change it anyway?