Absolutely Green

[pumaconrad]

Hey, I'm a greenie 'round here, but a buddy on a forum I visit sent me and invite, and I rather like the looks of things. The only unfortunate thing is, there's a limited amount of information here, even in the beginner's guide... No doubt because it's still in beta testing, but if you don't mind, could... Somebody give me a run-through? Stuff helpful to know?

[bledcyan]

one other thing, if you hit tab it will select the closest mob to your character (usually seems to be affected by which way you are facing)

[bledcyan]

wow.. uh.. your asking for a lot without requesting anything specific..


look @ fiesta HQ; they have a wiki there.


Otherwise..


<u>There are four classes</u>


fighter/mage/cleric/archer - All pretty much do what you would expect.


<u>Stats.</u>


Str (imps dmg), dex (imps evasion+accuracy), End (shld block, hp, defense), int (mgc dmg), spr (crit rate/spell points, mgc def).


you get one "free" pt every level to spend on the stats to have a 'custom' build.


<u>skills</u>


So not going into all this.. Uh, I will say this. You can enhance your skill capabilities in your skill lists; you get one point ever few levels to do this with. (no it doesn't appear to be one point every other lvl, or one pt every lvl, but you do get about 1 pt for 1/2 your levels).


<u>Crafting</u>


Crafting on here is called a production skill. To get a production skill, pull up your skills menu ([k] key). Then, select the potion/vial looking thing. At the bottom of this tab you can selection "production skills".


From this menu you can get your production skill. You will then need to buy the pattern from the skill vendor to make anything.


scroll production - make scrolls


material composistion - Take lower level materials and build higher level materials with them.


Material Decomposistion - opp mat comp.


Potion production - make pots, heal/man etc.


Stone production - make the stones used to refine all of your weapons/armor/boots/shields/helms


<u>Refining</u>


Upgrading on this game seems pretty random, it's like play roulette.. Russion roulette, there is a chance that the item you are upgrading will break if you fail the upgrade. It seems to get hardest past +5


Refining items makes them more powerful, and makes shields and weapons shine/glow @ +3 and beyond.


for 1-3 you use the stone elrue, for 4-6 you use lix, 7-9 xir.


Blessed versions of the stones make it less likely for your item to break on a fail, lucky versions of the stone make it more likely for you to get an additional + out of the refinement.


All of your items have an "item level" the basic stones are good enough for most items, but if you have an item level of 2 (as opposed to a lower #), you have to use a higher tier of stones.. Something that you probably wont have to worry about for a while. (but it'd be like a Elrue[2] as opposed to an Elru[1]).





<u>Survival</u>


you have hp/sp stones, as well as hp/sp potions. There are defense scrolls, power scrolls, and vit scrolls. As a tank you should always carry at least defense and vit in case you need to tank in KQ (and they make leveling go easier).


You can press the [q] key to use hp stones, and the [e] key to use sp stones. you will find this very critical, as it is a relatively cheap and necessary way to heal.


Outside of battle you can press the [home] key to enter your mini house were you can regenerate hp/sp.


<u>instances</u>


Instances in this game are called kingdom quests [KQ]. To get into kq you select the hour glass near your map and find one with a time near yours. Due to the demand and the random way of entry, you have to click participate on teh KQ the instant it becomes available or you will not get a slot.


It can be a bit frustrating and annoying, but that is the way it is right now.


Once in KQ it is likely that you will have a shoddy group of people who don't know what they are doing. You have no control over who comes into the KQ your in, it is a gaurenteed pick-up-group [pug].


If you finis the KQ you will get a good amount of xp and a treasure chest. Sometimes the treasure chest is garbage, sometimes it's empty, and sometimes you get a really good item. I have some ideas of factors that may play into this, but you'll have to come up with your own ideas here cause i'm not tellin.





<u> Misc</u>


Don't be a slouch! If your a tank in KQ use scrolls and taunting kick to keep the mobs on you and off of your healers and dps.


If your a healer bring a full stack of SP pots and SP stones so you can keep people alive.


If your a dps use power scrolls and keep SP items handy so you can pile on the damage when the tank has the mobs attention.


You can press [f10] in game for a brief tutorial thats best redeeming factor is it's section on refining.


- If you have a lower end system, you'll mostly be alright in this game.. however, if you do you'll want to avoid GM events as the lag will be so bad you wont really be able to move. The base code isn't terribly efficent as it runs inside of the OS enviroment.








I had some other things to say.. but they've slipped my mind.


If you have nay questions once you get in the game, send a whisper to vice.. if i'm around I might be willing to provide some info.