Testament to the game's nerfing over time: The Naked Tank

[galen_lijia]

Title speaks for itself. Made a tanker that wears no armor except for lv 8 boots, all his weapons are white, no +9s at all, nothing above +3 (boots, jewelry), actually (uses a +9 2H when attacked in the abyss, but that's different).


Anyways. He got to 29 today, so I decided to finish a few quests with him -one of which was Marlone.

I'll let the pics do some of the talking next (pics may be out of order...I can't see them myself for some reason...even though I just downloaded them into photobucket 2 minutes ago).


http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/An_Ning/Fiesta2010-05-1518-42-45-42.jpg


http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/An_Ning/Fiesta2010-05-1518-42-51-61.jpg


http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/An_Ning/Fiesta2010-05-1518-43-43-50.jpg


http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/An_Ning/Fiesta2010-05-1518-44-38-46.jpg



http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/An_Ning/Fiesta2010-05-1518-45-08-26.jpg



http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/An_Ning/Fiesta2010-05-1518-45-46-45.jpg

my naked tank's weird stats




So...No party...no SC, no cleric buff, T1 vit, T2 def scrolls, T1 protect potion (got it from a prior quest, no armor, no +9s, no greens, and still killed Marlone solo.



...gosh...remember when this game was hard before level 70?

[Linabella]

*claps* impressive :D goodjob.. and yes they made the game easier for lowest lvls because the cap is now 105.. so "lower" lvls are now 7x-9x instead of 2x-5x.. would take too long to get to 105 if the game was the way it was before, at 79/89 cap.. if it was like that we'd have no towers, no new quests and no new repeats for those lvls and it'd take ages to get higher

[RanmaruX]

Marlone kill, I'm impressed. :cool:

[FatalLace]

cool...... now do the same with a mage ;)

[coles1]

Yeah lower levels are kind of a joke now, in my opinion it's just because lower levels aren't that important anymore.. You don't really need sc or good gears until much later in the game. Thus they dont really make money off of you until around 8x when you have Dragons Tomb or 9x when the real grinding starts. I think they made it easier to get to those levels because then more people will be buying sc. They also make a lot off of Helga and Karen.

Who knows, I could just be wrong because of my bias. But it's not like I blame them or anything.. It's smart marketing and business on their part. I can't really think why else the ToI took so long to be nerfed.

Also think about Kill Points and the Leaderboard, it's another way to appeal to those who enjoy competition of all different level ranges. Usually PKers use sc costumes, extenders, sometimes charms and some enhance their own gear.

The old Fiesta was so much more fun, and I think a little of it was taken from the game when they started seeing it was successful and they could earn more money off of it.

[RanmaruX]

The old Fiesta was so much more fun, and I think a little of it was taken from the game when they started seeing it was successful and they could earn more money off of it.

Sad, but very true.

[wolfswhiterose]

T4nk~

I see you around a lot and you've always been nice. Gotta differ with you here tho. I think the SC starts around 5x. That's where players have a little experience under their belts, are starting to haunt the abyss, and heading to farm in the CC.

Damage to you also jumps from 5x to 6x so ppl tend to +9, get better gear, SC for costumes, mounts, charms, etc.

Muah! See you around Bijou!
~Rose~
WolfsWhiteRose, Mage, Bijou
Wolfs_Whiteliter, Cleric, Bijou, 7x abyss Protector

[noddalives]

I dunno my mage is 6x and i havent used any sc on him(except a perm mount and menian) and at the moment i really dont see any need to sc him either. My fighter was the same, i never bought any sc for him till early 8x when i started grinding on 9x and 10x mobs, it also depends on what you want to do and how you build your characters.

Got a little off topic there but gratz man, go naked hard out till 105!!

[Dragonfly77]

Kinda breaks my heart that my used to be 'supreme level' is now just a 'noob level'

...

Maybe I should stop farming and start leveling again...

On topic, gratz to you! But you are still a pain to keep alive with a 2x cleric during questing!

[galen_lijia]

That's only in Kingdom Quests where we have trouble with mob control and in fields where you decide to rest next to those walls that are apparently only there for aesthetic reasons...otherwise I am very good about watching how many mobs I draw -and I kill them quite fast for +0 items.

[wiikkyd]

this is how easy the game is now.


1.Lvl1-40 can be obtained in a day.
2.Lvl41-50 can be obtained within 1-3 days.
3.Lvl52-60 can be obtained within 1-4days (after you're done with Lvls. 41-50)
4.Lvl61-64 can be done with easy with CC, with only doing CC while you're in those levels.

ANYONE who asks for plvling is obviously fail. (no offense to anyone)
And yes, I do have a life. It's just fact that this could happen.
You just need a long attention span and the will to level. Most people dont so meh.
I just dont get why people dont level past 25 and go ask for plvl. Nerfed or not, you could level faster than that. =.=;;.. that and KQ gives you practically half your exp...=.=''!!!
Either get past 25 or get outta our academies ):<

Anyways, gratz :0!

[Dthugtherealist]

Well in my opinion now the game is practically easy till 91 thats when people usually quit cuz they realize the game is way too hard for them to go forth with no SC.