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I think AbuseElf is on this forum somewhere. Ask him to show a SS of Abuse..*shudder* :p.

Yea, I did that for zhen too. Too lazy to fish. :p I'm not sure I'm looking forward to spending all that time and money again.

DQ isn't a bad alternative when you have to do a little grinding anyway, since there's one leg of the quest that offers to let you grind some mobs. Don't sell dq mats to npcs - sell them to players in stalls, you make more of a return. The other benefit of DQ is that the tablets can be traded for a few decent items and…

Oh were you the one who'd always be too busy fishing to come to my zhen parties in icemen and ants during the 80s? :P Grrr! That's it! I'm so joining RQ now :p

Some of your later cultivations make you do stuff in fbs (59, 89, etc.). Not a huge issue though since people don't go in with characters 50+ levels higher for those runs anyway. It's really the cultivations bosses that are annoying when you don't have higher levels--it sucks putting off new skills, and some of those…

You mean unlike a certain GM...? :p Anyways, my only hope for any guild in PWI is...NO MORE ENGRISH... ... ... ... please?

Didn't follow the rest of the thread, but everything makes a WB look fatty :p Maybe the game designers felt that huge oversized WB weren't easy enough target as it is in front of carts? :p I vaguely recall you Tres back when I played. You were even more of a zhen addict than me.... G'luck with the new guild!

The pig speaker is located in a different area of the item shop (at least in PW-MY) and lasts for 1 week only.

I was friends with specific people in WL--but also with people in guilds that hated them and were KOS with them, and have myself been in guilds that were KOS with them. I associate with people based on themselves as individuals, not by guild tag. If it makes you feel better, I've turned down every offer to join WL that I…

"Best" is measured in tangible results. Warlord is without argument currently the "best" guild in Oracle due to total levels, equipment, and territories. WL also isn't the only guild with people in it that share accounts or "cheat' - it's just the most conspicuous and takes the most flak because it's the most well-known.…

I used to think that too...until FunCom apparently decided to change the definition of "open" :p

It depends the people you know. After 60, you'll want to wear only HH, event, or FB items, so it's not like you'll be spamming crafts until you get that ideal 3-star. There will be the occasional 3-star that's better than HH/molders, but those are rare. Since all you need is to craft some HH armor every 10 levels or so…

I think you can dye armor in Aion.

The alternative is to grind, which is essentially pressing 1 button over and over again since you can make combos). I don't see 80 hours of pressing a single button as "playing" either. At least in zhen, you can chat. Also, zhen isn't quite so uneventful as you might think. On Oracle PW-MY (and I assume on Delphi too), all…

Good advice. I've always made more money by selling dq mats and buying gold tablets in the long run. You lose out on some exp, but there are more efficient ways to get exp anyway.

Like...no wipe of our characters? :p But failing that, it would be nice to have access to certain item shop items - like hieros and fashion. I can't see too many people "testing" the item shop when they know there will be a wipe, and that would be unfortunate since fashion and a lot of the pay-items (aviation, mounts) add…

NE's still around? Black and WL haven't wiped everyone else off the map yet? :p I wonder what the TW map looks like now. Be nice to NE! WeWe and Mane are nice people :p

You realize that you do 1/2 damage to players on the ground if you're in the air, but not the other way around? If you're both in the air...sure, Blademasters can't use their +movement abilities while in the air, while you can still distance shrink and fight at ranged, but you also realize that they will get into range to…

Not that this has anything to do with guides, but some people do have a perception that Wizards aren't really that useful. To a certain (very limited) degree, they're right. Think of your typical group setup for any dungeon run. You will need 1 tank (barbarian), 1-2 clerics (depending on the type of bosses), most likely…

I'd check for you, but I've long since deleted PW-MY :p In any event, the knock-back distance does increase though. Armor of Ice might actually come in handy for PWI CB though - I can't see too many people investing in hieros or cash shop items if they think there will be a wipe (or maybe I"m completely wrong about this?).…

Kinda sucks for people who spent incredible amounts of time to run HH over and over again just to get their 4-socket gold. :(

Assuming there's a wipe at the end of CB (I didn't read all those threads so I've no clue about this), would people really be willing to pay for hieros in CB if they know they'll just get wiped?

Well, sure normally you'd want to use distance shrink and get away if at all possible (but then again, for some classes you want to be closer). Still, the fast cast and dps is handy. You're not always lucky enough to have an archer in the group though. The timing, distance, and all will vary, but I've had decent success…

I disagree. Phoenix has many advantages. For example, it has the fastest cast for dps ratio of all fire spells. You can't knockback in pvp, but it gets out damage fast if people are near you - plus it is aoe, you can hit a bunch of people at once really fast if for some reason you're that close. Also, one of the…

Ah, but that's just a hybrid... there's not really such thing as a "full hybrid"... As for HH, you can survive just fine in most HH with a pure int build even against physical AE attacks from bosses. Just make sure you have good gear and a hp hiero.

No clue what halfpure means :p Eventually you'll level it to 10 no matter what build you do, it's just a matter of timing. You can keep it at 1 when you're first zhenning, bring it up to 3 around 65-70, 7 around 80, and max before 89. I'm sure there's an optimal damage/mana/level ratio out there somewhere, but for mages…

I think it was lvl 40 for land mounts, and 30 for flying mounts, except for elves, which start with wings.

It actually costs gold to get a divorce...I think it was 2m? Not much of a deterrent, but at least it'll make you feel better that your partner has to dish out some gold to divorce you (assuming they're the one that wants the divorce)....

You don't need light armor. It just makes life a lot easier. I went through my zhen levels as pure int, and while it was certainly doable, there were definitely times when it was exceedingly painful. It's not always possible to find the perfect group, with the exact level range and class distribution. You won't always have…

Well... sort of. It's fairly easy for Archers to grind solo, and so you might save a bit on fix costs and health pot costs (but not necessarily mp pot costs). But in reality, fix costs and pot costs are minimal for almost any class up to 60. Armor and weapon costs aren't any cheaper than those of any other class. But even…