Elenacostel - Heavens Tear Arc User

Do you open with STA on the mobs? This helps immensely. Otherwise, just use autoattack. Spark when possible. If you cannot kill them in time, kite them together and AoE them.

I believe the PvE portion is fine, if only b/c PvE is really easy now with free Jone's Blessing, Dreamchaser Packs, and free daily HP/MP charms up to level 60.

To be very specific, I don't think the range penalty is limited to archers. Instead, it is limited to physical ranged weapons. So a BM wielding a bow would also have the range penalty. I know from a practical standpoint this is just an archer thing, but in the code, I think it's in the weapons.

Agreed. Aside from clerics, you really don't need any specific class. Even then, it may be doable with mystics as healers (excluding using Ironguards to kill the boss). Furthermore, if you just want buffs, there are a lot of players with multiple accounts that can buff the squad. I always use my barb to buff my squad when…

Have you tried soloing a pav yet with your R8 bow? This is something you can test on your own without having to join a full squad. Just ask someone to help you open, then go try Fire.

For archers, it's fire that's easy, not metal. Fire mobs have no metal resistance. Metal Mob: Evil Electric Leopardo Physical Attack: 909 - 1364 Magic Attack: 864 - 1296 (ranged) Physical Defense: 7133 Magic Defense: Metal: 1132 -- Wood: 1132 -- Water: 0 -- Fire: 0 -- Earth: 0 Fire Mob: Efreet Lady Physical Attack: 909 -…

Thanx for the amusement.

Multi-clienting is a nice idea, as Lady Reliea stated. One common tactic is to have a healer (Cleric or Mystic) as one of your characters. As you progress, you'll always have a healer to help you through instances, and it will increase the number of dungeons that you can "solo".

I'm fairly certain it has to do with the Unicorns. I mean, have you seen one in there?

I bet if you were refining something and got 8 successes out of 10 you would not complain about it being a bug.

I think HT prices went from 4.1m (sale) to 4.3m (post-sale). I have a few GSTs that I've been holding, waiting for prices to go up some more.

I know how you feel. I'm "just" using G14 cube neck and R8 ring, but I'm bored with farming for coin.

I have +12 weapon, +10 armors, and Exclusive Citrines. It is so hard to beat the feeling you get when you survive against 6 enemies b/c you have enough defenses to do so. If I had a choice, I'd go with Jades. At the same token, I'm fairly bad at PvP, and mainly depend on superior gear to beat my opponents.

For a moment, I truly believed that image was trying to state that Duke Blacke was the unblockable spammer.

My statements were not made to describe the ideal world, but to describe what actually happens. It is clear that you are not representative of the typical player within random groups I join or most people join. Congratulations. You are not part of the 90%. For those of us who regularly experience the 90%, Regeneration Aura…

I disagree with this. Most of the time, BB is better. Most of the time you have aggro ping pong on bosses. Most of the time, you have damage dealers with overpowered weapons but rather weak defenses. Most of the time you are dealing with multiple mobs, like in Warsong BH. Also, I'm fairly certain that the non-AoE bosses in…

Networking would have been the best solution to this. I had no trouble finding Nirvana squads once I started forming contacts. Truthfully, it had become more common that Nirvana squads were looking for me. Networking, of course, does not actually solve the problem of random groups making unreasonable demands. It just works…

This phenomenon happened before during the Nirvana / APS craze. People on world chat often required assassins or BMs only with 4 or 5 aps. All other classes, including other classes with 4 or 5 aps, were rejected. These people occasionally spend over an hour trying to find a Nirvana squad. I recall one time when I got…

They Project the arrows from their Reality Marbles.

Interesting, I had not considered HA helm. Let's see... Assuming Traceless Dimension, which requires 146 Strength, you need 7 more Strength to wear the HA Helm. However, on top of this, you lose the 6~12 Dex that comes with the LA Hat, and you get no benefit from the 6~12 Str on the HA Helm when using a bow. It does give a…

Fists / Claws are still viable. I use S3 claws all the time for PvE. In fact, I have 146 Strength even when I use my bow, as I find it cumbersome swapping Strength ornaments and such. You can get 5 aps with Gorenox Vanities and R8, but I recommend you aim for S3 claws and S3 bow (either R9 or Nirvana).

Sweetiebot, please give Unholly 4 points for taking into account cast / channel time.

Is it possible one of them got debuffed with the HP debuff from Sharpened Tooth Arrow or the proc on Deicide?

Winged Shell's description is incorrect in the game text. See this link for complete analysis. The short answer is that Winged Shell reduces the incoming damage by by 80%, regardless of what level you have it. It "pops" after the amount of damage amount in the skill is overcome. From a practical standpoint, in PvP, the…

I believe the function is sine wave.

I have not heard of this for either weapon or armor. I tested my friend's Nirvana S3 armor and my morai armor against the physical low level spider/scorpion mobs outside of South Archosaur. My Morai armor reduced more damage than the S3 armor, leading me to believe that Warding levels works outside of the 5 level range as…

I have never heard of this. Can you link the source of this?

Can someone answer my question as to what's going on? I did not perceive any differences in my area. Have other areas changed?

What's going on? My area was the same as normal.

Going to have to try to solo those two. Well, I never tried true soloing of the former instances (always had my alt cleric with me). But well see if I can do it.