Hi guys, very new to this game. Would appreciate any helpful tips you could give me. Thank you all for any and all hope.

My character:
http://demosthenez.100webspace.net/displaychar2.php?charname=caspianly

As a general rule, if you are 5 or more levels higher than any equipment you're wearing, ditch it and get a higher one. If you have King's Coins (KCs), buy it from the Fighter KC vendor in Townston. You can also try bumping up the difficulty level in Dew Valley, which will give you more yellow and purple drops that you can then either wear or sell. Especially replace the rings.

One thing that I found very helpful was to decide early on, before hitting lvl 10, what kind of fighter I wanted to play, and then distribute attribute points accordingly. It looks like you're evenly distributing points when you gain levels, which works well at first, but seemed to me to make my progress very slow past lvl 12 or so.

Fighters need good STR for dealing damage, good AGI so they'll miss less often, and good END so they can take damage as well as dish it out. My approach, which has worked well for me, is to pick two and split your attribute points 3-2 between them, and use equipment bonuses to raise the third. If you look at my base attributes (link in sig), it should be fairly easy to see which one I decided to gimp

I like your skill selections. White Paladins FTW! You actually don't need a lot of help, you seem to be doing pretty well so far. Just upgrade those rings and start looking for a new armor, and go forth and smite the whiskers!

Thank you, I have only played for almost 5 hours now. Everything I have is drops from insane level Rattletooth. I am hoping to save up money for more skills so that I can be more effective and start chasing that snow chief and such. Thank you again for the help!

For only 5 hours of play, you're doing good.

If I may suggest, stay on Insane until you have a solid base of gold and loot, that gets your character off to a good start. And boss farming is where the largest amounts of gold and items can be found, so if you keep at Rattletooth, you'll probably run into some equipment upgrades soon enough.

Good luck!

Everyone's different in technique. Personally, I didn't worry about my items being close to my level until mid-teens in level and even then, their attributes were more important to me than the level of the item. I kept things on normal difficulty and just kept mining it until I was between 7 and 10 and then mined Algernon again at normal level until I was mid-teens in level. Then I started joining insane sissi and sc runs and got plenty of good gear then.

I'm also different in that I never spend king's coins. I get great gear just by grouping with others on farming things like lair of SC, Sissirat and ROC and I'm saving up for some cool rainbow level items which can cost (I hear) a hundred coins or more.

Absolutely not. Everyone should play this game exactly the way I do. "Everyone's different"? Bah. That's just ridiculous.

Here's a few builds for you when you reach higher levels, the most basic ones actually:

a) Aggressor--- distribute your CPs in favor of STR and AGI, give a little boost to END, but not too much, leave the rest to jewelry and EQP. The main tactic here is slaughtering your enemies before they dispatch you. Fastest way to clear out mobs, especially if you have cleave.

b) Tank--- END is the focus here, STR and AGI come in second, disregard INT. The tactic here is to simply outlast your enemy, while dealing steady DMG. Since your STR will be lacking, I recommend using a decent two-handed weapon. Make up for your lack of STR and AGI by acquiring EQP with that give you bonuses to those stats. You can also go for a shield and a one-handed weapon if you'd like. As you level up, I recommned putting 3 points into END, one point to STR and the other one to AGI.

c) "The adventurer"--- a versatile build with (nearly) equal physical stats (STR, AGI, END), though I think STR should always be in advantage, opposed to AGI and END. What you do here is simply run and kill. It's balanced, you deal good DMG, hit often enough, due to a decent ATK rating, though I would recommend dual wielding, because you'll land a lot more hits and not depend so much on ATK rating like two handed weapons do.

So in other words:
Aggressor: 3 pts STR, 2 pts AGI
Tank: 1 pt STR, 1 pt AGI, 3 pts END,
Adventurer: 2 pts STR, 1 pt AGI, 1 pt END, 1pt INT

Important to remember here is that all these builds can do anything and go anywhere in the game. Their specialties are a bit different, of course, big the biggest difference between the three is probably in player mentality and playing style. I'm an aggressive dual-wielding tank, because that's how I have the most fun.

Correct, save for the adventurer part, you don't give any boost to your intelligence whatsoever.

I started as an adventurer and am still playing as one and INT was never a problem.

I didn't combine armor parts or had jewelry, instead I had either those fancy chainsaw or blademaster swords or a Fragalot, and all of those gave me a decent boon to INT.

If you like balance, be an adventurer.

If you're patient and like buffing your DEF rating to the point where monsters barely hit you and when they do you have an enormous amount of HP to back it up, be a tank.

If you prefer smashing your foe's skull in 1-2 hits, be an aggressor.

Khaz is right---all of these have their role ANYWHERE in the game, any dungeon, any group.

I remember getting my three stats to the point where buffs became simply useless. I just equipped HSNO and saved some on potions.

As for INT, I had no points invested but the one handed swords I wielded gave me a nice boon to INT and Mana steal which is VERY useful for a warrior doing Cleave + the, uhhhh, cleave augmentation skill.

For a good aggressor or adventurer, I recommend going full plate as it has the most decent warrior stats, STR + END/AGI.

I've actually heard some people were pursuing the Blademaster build, which is basically a warrior with the standard ranger build (AGI-END = 50-50) collecting pieces of EQP that give +X% bonus to attack speed/crit chance. I don't think it was a success though it sounds reliable (above average HP, incredibly high ATK rating), but the fact remains you cannot rely on crits to be the primary factor in dealing DMG.

Ah yes, the awesome augmentation.

HSNO?

lol well im not a geek so idk what the.. means HSNO

Uhhh...Heal Self Not Other

owwwwww.. aight :P

What's the reason? >_>

I have too many other skills that I like better.

Yeah, I checked your character, not exactly a White Paladin, but I see the all time favorite---Holy Roller.

Sooo, just outta curiosity...is that your main character? 'Cause, TBH, I thought you were a tad higher level than level 30 >_>

BTW, I'm actually standing right in front of you now in Townston, W 4. How do you manage to post and play at the same time? Lol.

Nope, that's a White Paladin. She turns Fanatical Fighter whenever I equip a shield, for some reason, but Khazandra is a White Paladin build.

And yes, that's my main. You're not the first one to make that assumption either.

I thought so too, but when I equipped the shield my title changed before I changed any skills. Weird.

Since I'm posting here anyway, I did some experimenting, and it seems what made my title change when I equipped the hatchet and shield was not the equipment, but the significantly different bonuses to my stats. The title changed when the attributes did.

lol, googling on F@H game me a link to how to fold clothes

There are two parts of a character's title:

a) the first part which describes which particular stat has the highest boost and what "stage" (level) that character is ATM. For example; X - Strong (meaning STR has the highest boost) Veteran (meaning the character is somewhere between lvl 60-79)

b) the second part determines what skills you have equipped ATM. For example; if I mix divine skill with shadow magic I'll become a "Dark Knight", just as a default ranger is a "Poison Ranger" given the fact he has mostly poison skills, or maybe an "Ice Ranger" if he utilizes Chill Bill or Shiver Shot.

So the complete title goes like this;

Strong Veteran (STR highest stat, lvl range 60-79, can be modified by switching EQP, that is, change the stat boost in favor of some other stat, such as END, where the character then becomes "Healthy" or "Enduring".)

White Paladin (meaning you have mostly divine skills equipped, changes when modifying your hotbar by adding skills of a different type, like a different element (divine, poison, ice, fire, shadow) or some different passives and physical skills).

Edited by Villainz (07/27/08 06:11 AM)

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the insight. I have been on vacation and am just getting back to check this. Finally up to Sissi, soloing him till I can insane solo him. Wish me luck!

Use a differnet ammy and try to get a better weapon and get gear that keeps up with your level