New here - introducing myself

[thehope]

Hey everyone. I've been playing Xenepic (the Japanese version) for about 2 years now. I'm a level 121 Paladin (not sure if its the same in the US?)

Look forward to chatting here and seeing the differences between versions.

Here are some pics for those interested.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/cantstopthehope/guri1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/cantstopthehope/cursed1.jpg

[monday0829]

It is called Warrior in SotS.

Paladin in this game refers to the final class of the Acolyte line (well yes ... it is...)

I am sure you will open your eyes for this game, since (maybe) the players in
Xenepic do not play AOE the same way as in SotS...

[thehope]

It is called Warrior in SotS.

Paladin in this game refers to the final class of the Acolyte line (well yes ... it is...)

I am sure you will open your eyes for this game, since (maybe) the players in
Xenepic do not play AOE the same way as in SotS...

Interesting, I've read around and it looks like there are quite a few differences. I guess I'm a warrior then! lol

I look forward to seeing what else is different. Probably not going to play the US version for some time (gotta get to warlord with my guy!), but will be on these boards from time to time.

If anyone has any questions about Xenepic, feel free to ask. I'm sure there are a bunch of things on my side that people will find new or weird.

[monday0829]

BTW, it looks like that Xen stones do not cost a lot in Xenepic, is that true ?

There are not very important in the Japan version ?

Because Xen stone prices is really crazy in US version.

[Dragonfly77]

Hi thehope, welcome to Sos! I got a question. Do you know what level the templar can become a holy avenger?

[thehope]

BTW, it looks like that Xen stones do not cost a lot in Xenepic, is that true ?

There are not very important in the Japan version ?

Because Xen stone prices is really crazy in US version.

Right now they are about 30,000. The highest they've ever been are 40,000. They've been as low as 15,000.

In Xenepic they're used for powering up weapons and armor and increasing the success rate of adding skills to your pet.

They aren't extremely rare though. After about 4 hours of leveling up, I usually pick up at least one or two.

[monday0829]

Right now they are about 30,000. The highest they've ever been are 40,000. They've been as low as 15,000.

In Xenepic they're used for powering up weapons and armor and increasing the success rate of adding skills to your pet.

They aren't extremely rare though. After about 4 hours of leveling up, I usually pick up at least one or two.
They are so cheap *_*

As you might already know it can sell at high as 1,500,000 Krons here...
and I think their drop rate is nearly the same in both games...

[thehope]

Hi thehope, welcome to Sos! I got a question. Do you know what level the templar can become a holy avenger?

Had to look up the names because they are different!

Here are the ranks in Xenepic. Everyone starts as a Xenian. You can change for the first time at level 31. Next change is 71. Then 101. Finally, 131.

fighter - knight - paladin - warlord

rouge - felon - assassain - shadow

acolyte - clergy - priest - bishop

magician - mage - wizard - arch mage

archer - scouter - saggitarius - (not added yet)

predictor - cleric - sel lord - (not added yet) (I assume this is the character that you mean)

[thehope]

They are so cheap *_*

As you might already know it can sell at high as 1,500,000 Krons here...
and I think their drop rate is nearly the same in both games...

That is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too high. I've got about 70 sitting in the bank right now. The thing that costs the most right now are pets with the damage delay skill. Level 7 damage delay can cost over 50,000,000.

[Muchiko]

The thing that costs the most right now are pets with the damage delay skill. Level 7 damage delay can cost over 50,000,000.

Welcome to SoS xD..
Damage delay skill? So pets actually get skills attack skills? @.@ Ours in SoS don't do anything yet, besides picking up items with a sparkcash item.

Oh and big thanks for answering these questions ^^; That's nice of you.

[DemKill9556]

a question

ummmm why do xenians get like UBER awesome buffs(in ur verison) and we Invocation which is like attack +3 and u get +500 Hp Mp and sumthing

[thehope]

Welcome to SoS xD..
Damage delay skill? So pets actually get skills attack skills? @.@ Ours in SoS don't do anything yet, besides picking up items with a sparkcash item.

Here are the list of pet skills. The way it works is there are two different stones (easier to find than xen stones) that you need. With them, you can add xen stones. Each xen you add increases the success rate by 5%. You can only bring the rate up to 50%. If you are successful in adding a skill to your pet (you can only do it once per pet) they get that skill at different levels. 1 being the worst, 10 being the best. For example, my cat is a Max MP level 7.
Here's the list:

attack up
defense up
magic power up
magic defense up
Max WT up
Max HP up
Max MP up
Damage delay down

[thehope]

a question

ummmm why do xenians get like UBER awesome buffs(in ur verison) and we Invocation which is like attack +3 and u get +500 Hp Mp and sumthing

Xenian's get some cool skills. The best is the long range magic attack. Can't remember what its called off hand. I think its "mind buster".

They also get stamina up, power blow, and a few others.

[thehope]

BTW, do you guys have the "maze of Abyss" in your version?? They added it to ours a few months ago. You have to be at level 120 to enter.

I went the other day and it is INSANELY tough.

[MarLyG]

I've got about 70 sitting in the bank right now.

Nice! The max amount that I've found playing SoS is 5. XD


Welcome to the community, by the way. ^^

[thehope]

Nice! The max amount that I've found playing SoS is 5. XD

One of the reasons that they aren't used so much is because of the introduction of "orito" weapons.

For example, there used to be 2 weapons for each level of weapon:

a) the one you can buy in a store
b) ones that monsters drop

The ones that monsters drop are always better despite being the same level. Both however, can have xen stones added to make them better.

Recently though, a third type has been added to the game.

c) "orito" weapons are dropped by what are known as cursed monsters, or mini-bosses. You can't add xen stones to them, but their strength is equal to a monster drop weapon with 7 xen stones added to it.

Everyone wants the "orito" weapons and armor these days, so xen stones have become pointless as far as adding them to weapons.

Here is a chart for a level 101 warrior weapon:

a: store bought = attack 465
b: monster drop = attack 475
c: "orito" = attack 502

[kazuya-str]

The funny part is that I just started playing Xenepic today ^^
Welcome to Secret of the Solstice! Also, Mind Buster is a Apprentice skill in this game.

Xenians class change at 16 and only get two skills in SoS...
And I love how Mind Buster looks in Xenepic.

[Orangeman21]

BTW, do you guys have the "maze of Abyss" in your version?? They added it to ours a few months ago. You have to be at level 120 to enter.

I went the other day and it is INSANELY tough.

First off welcome to the game.

They don't have that map yet here because there is only one player that is level 120+ atm xD. Our highest level maps atm are taquestrium platue(not sure on spelling) and sherwood forest. Recently we had lost brynhild added and the library lair.

I"m curious how you guys train. Like party, solo or AoEing(gathering up a whole map of monsters and kiling them at once.)?

[thehope]

Funny thing about mind buster is that it was added well after I had become a knight. Never had the chance to use it. lol

[poochyenarulez]

wow, everyone seems over powered in that version

[thehope]

Well, the best way to level up is to get a party of 8 with the silver bonus. Not sure if you have this, but if you have at least one of 4 different characters in the party, you get a small exp bonus. Then you find a map that you can kill enemies with one shot of your basic fighting skill.

I'm a 121 warrior, so my other option is to go to the pirate ship alone, group up about 10 skeletons, and kill them with "fire ring". Not sure of the skill names in yours.

As for dungeons, you guys don't have these yet?:

Ice Palace (boss is a big saber tooth tiger)
Tomb (not sure of the name, but its in Ale. The boss is a big Egyptian looking bull)
Ruins (again, not sure of the name, but its at the end of the desert. The boss is a huge alien)

If you want screen shots from any places in the game, or of bosses, just let me know. I'm at the point now where I can kill the Lost Griffon Lizard alone.

The Maze of Abyss is just sick though. lol

[kazuya-str]

Also, according to the class change shart, the Assassin's look different.
Scouts (Archer) and Disciples (Predictor) are a branch class...
Ummm... you'll see a lot more. If only I could get somewhere in Xenepic...

Well, anyway, welcome to the community.

[Orangeman21]

By far the fastest levelers in SotS are archers who can solo kill extremely well on any map unlike other classes.

For knights/warriors from 71-101 the fastest way to level is gathering up an entire map of monsters doing miss, 1, or 2 damage that don't run and then killing them with Wild Swing. doesn't require a healer unless you want to go to higher level maps.

We don't have that many warriors that are higher than 101, but from the ones that are still gather mobs, but it requires a healer and most hit about 50. Also at level 106 we get Fireswing (Fire ring).

The pirate ship in our game is about a level 7x area. lol

Yeah we don't have those dungeons yet and for the desert and egyptian place we don't have the maps leading up to those yet. xD

We do have the lizard griffon I think its white for me.

For gears we have something called Aditional Points (AP) and can only come from monster drops. For everything besides shield can come in 2, 4, or 6 AP while shield comes in 1, 2, or 3 AP. 6/3AP is a rare drop and is worth a lot more than 2 or 4 AP drops. Also after level 66 we can not buy gears or books from the in-game store so we have to rely on other players or our own luck.

[thehope]

It was fire swing. My mistake. I think we first get it at 75. Lv 2 is 95, Lv 3 is 115.

The Griffon Lizard is still fun to play around with. You'll love the Saber tiger though. Very cool looking, and fast as hell. When you hit him he calls about 15 mini tigers. His drop is literally his meat, which can be traded in for an accessory at level 120. Just got mine!

The pirate ship is also Lv 71 for us, but at 121, I can kill a group with one fire swing. Also a good place to earn cash, as the small viking guys drop lots of equipment.

Like I said before, if anyone wants a screen shot of something from our version, feel free to ask!

[justin_2006]

lmao
thehope
lemme just express this opinon

our version SUCKS!!! compared to urs lmao

[Orangeman21]

Just curious what the accesory does so maybe in the future our bosses will have something like that. With the lairs we have now the monstars "guarding" the boss drop items that can be used for quests that give you exp. and money.

Yeah the pirate ship runs at around 8x and the farthest I can one shot kill with my AoE skill is 5 maps outside brynhild. Also as you get higher in level here the monsters stop droping items or drop very few items.

If you have any info like skills, gear, or screenshots about 4th classes I"m sure many people would appriciate it.

[poochyenarulez]

y can't someone just make a translated version of the other version? and i would like to just see some random screen shots plz

also whats the most %/exp you can get at your level by killing 1 monster

[justin_2006]

y can't someone just make a translated version of the other version?

lol i wish the company would do that to the whole game, hahahahaha xD it sounds sooooo much better than our version :/

[thehope]

Just curious what the accesory does so maybe in the future our bosses will have something like that. With the lairs we have now the monstars "guarding" the boss drop items that can be used for quests that give you exp. and money.

Yeah the pirate ship runs at around 8x and the farthest I can one shot kill with my AoE skill is 5 maps outside brynhild. Also as you get higher in level here the monsters stop droping items or drop very few items.

If you have any info like skills, gear, or screenshots about 4th classes I"m sure many people would appriciate it.

Sorry for the late reply. The accessory you get from defeating the Saber Tiger at 120 is really nice. Each one gives you:

Stamina +12
Attack +20
Defense +35

I'll take some screen shots of the bosses later today and post when I have them.

[thehope]

y can't someone just make a translated version of the other version? and i would like to just see some random screen shots plz

also whats the most %/exp you can get at your level by killing 1 monster

Right now most enemies give me about 0.01% exp. Takes about 1 hour to gain 5 to 6% at level 120. That is with the +2.5 exp. multiplier. Not sure if you guys can buy that or not.

[BloodLimit]

Hello my friend, one question that has been bothering me lately.. what do those coloured stone do? They look alike Xen Stones but different color and shape.

[thehope]

You mean the stones that enemies drop? Some are used for quests, some can be used to make weapons or armor. Some are worth more than others too, and can be sold at the shop for some side cash.

[ayanesama]

Welcome to SOS it is nice to meet you I hope you enjoy yourself. I have to agree with you even though I haven't played the game that is way too high.

[tankofinsanity]

Welcome to SoS =D

The Xenepic version sounds so cool

for us we dont get exp from monsters 20 levels lower than us

and monsters 10 levels lower than us run from us

Not to mention we need to hit a monster about 30 times to kill it

So is the items in your game expensive compare to the krons you get?

a level 77 knight's gears + kron +items are worth about 50 million krons

how much kron would you say your gear and other items are worth?

[BellaAnimorum]

Welcome TheHope!

What would your character(s) name be when (or if) you join SotS?

[thehope]

I guess things are very different. The most effective way to gain exp over on Xenepic is to find a map where you can kill the enemy with one shot of your main attack skill and kill lots of them.
As far as money that sounds WAY different too. A level 77 knignts full set (sword sheild armor helmet) wouldn't cost more that 100,000 kron. I just bought my new 121 armor for under 1,000,000.
Also enemies don't run away. Never seen that happen.

[thehope]

Welcome TheHope!

What would your character(s) name be when (or if) you join SotS?

On Xenepic (チェリー server) my name is ターミネータ (Terminator in Japanese). Don't think I'll be playing Sos for some time. At least until I get to 131 with my character.

[thrakx]

i dont think he meant that the armor itself costs 50 million, i think he meant to buy the best gear with 6aps and enhance it up to like +4,5/6ap unless you can get lucky and find it, it IS going to be really expensive.
I generally spend 4-5 million krons on ONE piece of armor, like shoes of monlight 4/6ap, i paid 4 million krons for, ect ect ect. basically for every +1 it bumps the price up another million, and then a base million for just ap6.

[thehope]

The money system seems to be quite different.

Xen stones for example can be bought right now for under 30,000.

Off to play now, I will have some new shots to share today.

[ggBuRNe]

Right now most enemies give me about 0.01% exp. Takes about 1 hour to gain 5 to 6% at level 120. That is with the +2.5 exp. multiplier. Not sure if you guys can buy that or not.

LOL.. Monsters at the highest level in this game at the moment give me 0.01 with booster and it takes one hour to gain 1-2%.. We can't kill them in one hit unlike in xenepic.. Maybe the exp there is bad but at least you can kill them in one hit for 0.01 exp and you can always look around for better place to grind..

No matter what, I still love SoS as my best online game at the moment :p:D:)

[Ryokosha]

I really wonder if Outspark is responsible for the differences to Xenepic in any way.

[Oohforf]

I really wonder if Outspark is responsible for the differences to Xenepic in any way.

i must say they have made this game alot funnier this way but still it has things that should be changed from the ground.
i would not think its fun to be one hitting monsters just like that doing 6k
but i do think you can se how often a xen drop and realized the blacksmiths sucess was made form the big drop % in xenepic for an example.
but i do think this sounds more challenging ;P

[Ryokosha]

Well yeah some things are better here, like the fact that fighting stronger monster is actually rewarding here while in Xenepic you just fight the easiest monster you can one-hit kill forever.

Problem is they changed so many game mechanics in this game that the balance is completely broken.


@hope
By the way, what kind of healing items are available in NPC shops in Xenepic, how much do they heal, what do they weight and how much do they cost?

[Artanis.]

WELCOME TO SoS
I have a few questions about, alot of things Oo

-Here they said we will get different ways of upgrading our armor
Cause the only way to upgrade / enhance our gear is with a Xen Stone at the moment
What are the items there called to enhance your gear?
Sins it was announced i think that there will be other stones to enhance with

-Do the pets actually attack? or do they give you status buffs?
Nothing is said only that the pets can fight with us and we all are curious how the
Pet fighting system works. [oh pets cant fight yet]

-I got my Parrot from the second petquest in about 2 months O,o
starting at lvl 42 Neophyte/Thief finishing at lvl 59....
How long did it took you to get your pet?

-if Pets can Attack or have Skills [omg Oo so curious] do other Pets have other Skills?
Sins here pets are expensive, alot just stick with having one pet...
but there are alot of diehard players wanting to have them all so im curious

-the Towns here are called as followed:
1 Brynhilld [first town when your a Xenian]
2 Essene [here the Magicians Town with the Library]
3 CandyVault [the Village where we can get the Remasto Ring {a Ring giving you 1 stamina}]
4 Eir [the Dessert Town]
5 Jottunheim [The Ice Town with the Church]
Curious if the Names of the Towns in Xenepic are the same or different

-Who is / are the highest lvl people in Xenepic now?
In SoS its so hard to lvl up for high lvl people, as Foger said he gets 0.01 per kill but
ive seen him fight, he needs to do [as many others] alot more hits to kill just 1 at the highest lvl maps
at the moment.. So im curious, who the highest lvl people are in Xenepic

-Are all the classes out allready there? [O.....O if so omg]
Here the 4rd classes arent out yet, we have seen Holy Avengers and Rangers
the last classes of the holy fighters using Clubs and Arrow Shooters.
But we havent yet seen the other Final Classes

-About being high lvl and mighty and all...what is the Max lvl you can be there?
Here you can be [if im not mistaken, im pretty noob] lvl 179
What is the Max lvl there? [omg lvl 999 O,,,,,,,O joking joking XD..or is it Oo?]

-Im asking so many questions O,O ?!?!?
im so freaking curious as our game is so far from finished by the way i read these posts
Wer asking so many things, but if you have any questions how its up in here about the
differences Ask away XD

Thnx for posting...everything about Xenepic up in here ^,^ really appreciate it
looking forward to your next posts ^^