I just finished installing (updating now), and I dunno what race/class to be.
Both Swordsinger and Bladedancer seem cool to me (I know these aren't available until much later, though), but some of the other classes seem fun, too. Since I'm indecisive by nature, I wanted some second opinions on what class would be good for a less experienced player such as myself.
BD gets groups alot easier but both are important at end game
sws is alot harder to solo than BD due to their lack of offensive skills but both are pretty good classes
Well, it really depends on the game for me. In most games, I prefer melee or ranged fighters, but I also like having support abilities too. (Most games lack a melee-support class).
you'd enjoy the WarCrier then. or if you want to play something with some STRONG backbone, play a Soulbreaker. i say the Male gender of Soulhound is a better breed, better base stats.
not the end of the world if you don't like the class
you don't really get a feel for what a BD is until the high 40's but like SWS they have 2 minuet party buffs which are essential at end game
the difference between BD and SWS is that BD only get's duel sword mastery and SWS can use whatever they want (2 handed sword prolly best though)
BD has more offensive type dances while SWS has more defensive songs - except hunter which increases crit rate and skill cool down songs which are getting a bit of a nerf next chronicle
BD also has a skill called hex which lowers the pdef/mdef of a target making mob killing alot easier
i don't take kameals seriously and i always thought they were added to game just to give dorfs something to kill but they do have some pretty cool skills
I would think BD is a decent choice. I think they can take decent damage while dealing decent damage. I always suggest new players to the game make a fighter of some sort so they aren't constantly dying and losing interest. One downside is you get used to being able to take that amount of damage and when you make a difffrent class you sometimes forget you can't handle as much so be careful.
The newbie guide in your starter town has 3 quests you can do that will get you too lvl 18 in about an hour or so. Also once at 18 i suggest hitting gludio and trying to get into a kamaloka once a day. At that lvl you can get about 2 lvls from one kama.
Verth is pretty cool. if you have any questions hit him up or you can mail me on Joanofarc or Karpathian and I can help ya out. If you can get into a clan with academy get a sponsor and do the quest for clan oath armor. Its not top D but its a full set of decent d grade armor for pretty cheap. i think it is like 800 D crystals and the quest takes about 20 min's or so. Also a clan can help ya with any questions that come up and give ya ideas on good hunting spots. I think the best hunting spot right now for like 15-20 is out of the Kamael Village. Stronghold 3 i believe, nermils cave or something like that. Fast XP and you shoud have no probs being a DE fighter.
Blade dancer (offensive stackable party dances)
Sword singer (defensive stackable party songs)
Warcryer (fighter oriented party buffs)
Overlord (mage oriented clan buffs)
Soul Breaker (lesser support single target buffs with magic utility)
Warsmith (stackable weapon/armor differiented single target buffs)
--Summoner (support comes from 56 summons)
Phantom S
Elemental S
Warlock
Inspector** (party stackable buffs)
** Must obtain all subs on kamael class to obtain (not worth it imo)
Yeah start gettting into Kama's if you can. the 23 and 26 are in Gludio......you ca only do it once a day per toon
I am on HeidiVeisen right now in game if you need any help
I know it's after the battle but i would have strongly suggested a Soulbreaker for a pure newbie.
Reason is that they've got a bit of every other classe's gameplay!
It's fairly perfect if you wanna experience something general : they've got self-buffs (empower, haste, unique kama "zerk without cons", speed buff toggle, unholy armor & weapon increase), party buffs (Dark atk, passive Atk increase - a scary one!), debuffs (surrender to unholy, death mark, DOTs), nuke (AoE, single target), warrior skill atk (from the front and front your back as well!!), dagger type skills & atks (crit rate, DPS & backstab like). On top of that, each kills increase a special "charging system" that allows to boost in 1 or serveral bursts, your skills DPS.
It's simple, past level 40 they shine!
I 've got a 52 kama alt and my 3 bars are all field with unique skills.. that I am all using. DPS wise, they are as strong as a dagger, they got a huge versatiliy with their nukes & debuff.. it's simply the funniest class I've played after my Summoner that is. I made a duel with a same level Tyrant friend, both using +12 Bgrd santa weapon and Santa buff : he won but he had like 200 hp left.. he was kinda surprised that I could cut through his +7k HP (dunno of his CP) so fast.
Also, they only use one type of armor (light) and for a Soulbreaker, one type of weapon that is unique to their class (rapier) but can be the result of a slef skill that transform any 1hand sword into a rapier (and the opposite is true). Good thing is that light armors and 1hand sword are the most common equip you'll find arround. So economically wise, as a noob you'll only have to focus/care about one type of equipment. ;)
Seriously, Kama rock and i would strongly advise newbies to try them out. Arbalester seem lame though , since they've got less diversity in skill.. to think that also most of their skills are about traps - fairly useless in L2 mecanics - makes them a little irrelevant compared to their Soulbreaker sisters.
i'm around...my cpu melted to the heat sink in my PC so i'm on a very old laptop for a while. i'm confined to buying/selling/crafting at the moment so i'm sometimes not at the keyboard.
you will probably have to farm something, no matter what class you end up going with. Otherwise, you might be broke 4ever. :(
there are ways around that but i'ma try and steer him away from that...course though with the spam for it as soon as you log in (i think it's the gm's behind it) there's not much we can do but persuade him that legit and bottom of the l2 food chain is better.