[Aran] Ask an Aran thread.

[ZottenKerel]

I think skeles are your best bet, you could try to do all the ToT quests because that alone can get you atleast 5 levels( if you havent finished them already). I went to O4 on my bucc at 125 because i had 7k HP unwashed and survived for a good amounts of time there, since you have similar HP id suggest get 7k HP and go.

Buccs have tons of invince frames though (I should know) compared to arans. lvld to 125 in the event yesterday and have like 6800 hp now. I have to pot a lot less at skeles now. I think I'll stay here 'till like 130 (max OS) and then check out ToT (haven't done quests yet). Sad that I can't get a ring mule from anyone though, would make everything so much faster. =(

New question: What's up with the 2nd and 3rd hit of OS glitching? At 100+ combo my max hit critless is like 28k and with crit 37k. However, sometimes I hit a LOT more than that ( and don't say it's the crit rings', 'cus I'm not that stupid). When this happens, though, the other hit is a lot lower than normal.
Example:
at 100+ combo with good hits uncrit I would do about 26/28k, but one time one of the hits did 48.8k, but the other (twin) one was 12k.
at 100+ combo with good hits crit I would do about 36/38k, but one time one of the hits hit 58k, but the other (twin) hit was 18k.

Since I've never heard anything about this before is this a new thing? Or did I miss a whole discussion about it? If someone needs proof I'll record me trianing later and try to record one of these 'occurences'.
Thanks in advance.

[Piggy 2.0]

I'm wondering if I can get to 80 today from 73 using 4x and a ring mule at storm breakers today. Will it be possible sans ksers?

[66alex66]

I'm wondering if I can get to 80 today from 73 using 4x and a ring mule at storm breakers today. Will it be possible sans ksers?

You will probably level past 80 on 4x(if ofcourse nobody KSs you) I gained about 95%/hr at stormbreakers at 73 without any outside help, KSers, and average gear. So assuming youre KS free you will get around 4 levels in one hr.

@ZottenKerel: That's good and all but until you get to the Ice Zone of ToT the training might be boring, btw how much AP do you have in HP?

[ZottenKerel]

You will probably level past 80 on 4x(if ofcourse nobody KSs you) I gained about 95%/hr at stormbreakers at 73 without any outside help, KSers, and average gear. So assuming youre KS free you will get around 4 levels in one hr.

@ZottenKerel: That's good and all but until you get to the Ice Zone of ToT the training might be boring, btw how much AP do you have in HP?

Everythin I got after lvl 120, so 30 right now. Makes 7070hp.

[Liteness]

New question: What's up with the 2nd and 3rd hit of OS glitching? At 100+ combo my max hit critless is like 28k and with crit 37k. However, sometimes I hit a LOT more than that ( and don't say it's the crit rings', 'cus I'm not that stupid). When this happens, though, the other hit is a lot lower than normal.
Example:
at 100+ combo with good hits uncrit I would do about 26/28k, but one time one of the hits did 48.8k, but the other (twin) one was 12k.
at 100+ combo with good hits crit I would do about 36/38k, but one time one of the hits hit 58k, but the other (twin) hit was 18k.

idk, this happens to me too but i think its cuz of the instant kill from crit ring maybe

[ZottenKerel]

idk, this happens to me too but i think its cuz of the instant kill from crit ring maybe

Eh.. they're nothing close to the OHKO numbers, though. Also sometimes when I do the OHKO dmg number, the monster doesnt die.
Also sometimes a 71k hp monster needs like 90k dmg to die, and sometimes is already dead at 50k dmg.. I wonder if the damage I see is actually the damage I'm really doing...

[Kitteh]

Yeah, I noticed that too with Fullswing, but I thought it was some kind of crit ring glitch too. For example, I noticed it activating on those Eyes of Time, doing 15k damage when I usually do around 5k uncrit, so I thought it was just finishing off the remaining hp. Didn't really notice it on other mobs, mostly because I was trying to keep myself alive.

Also, I heard rumors that the crit ring's 1hko chance doesn't activate in 2+ mobs with any of the -swing attacks, and only works with a single mob. I usually can't notice it onscreen, so I'm wondering if anyone else has some kind of confirmation. It does seem to work with Final Charge, however.

[66alex66]

Eh.. they're nothing close to the OHKO numbers, though. Also sometimes when I do the OHKO dmg number, the monster doesnt die.
Also sometimes a 71k hp monster needs like 90k dmg to die, and sometimes is already dead at 50k dmg.. I wonder if the damage I see is actually the damage I'm really doing...

that has been there for a while now, that you see a wrong number when killing a monster people say it's just a glitch and nexon won't fix it

On another note, i've seen people train on Imperial Guardians A and wonder if when i reach 120 will that be a better solo spot for me than the usual skeles and oblivion?

[66alex66]

Sorry to double post but what's the fastest polearm there is currently in GMS

I plan on training at imperial guard a and itll look something like a paladin training because im going to get my combo fast(hence the fastest polearm) then tempest and kill everything with one hit

[MissingLink]

As fas as I know, the fastest readily available polearms are 'normal' (6) speed, which is what Maple Karstan, Crimson Arglaive and Machlear are.
There is a Purple Surfboard that is supposed to be one step faster, but HS doesn't even list it. Maybe that's only inother versions.
Various other snowboards and surfboards are fast, but I think lower level.


See post #117:
http://www.southperry.net/showthread...=3217&p=131603

[66alex66]

Thanks i don't really care about the damage at that point because ill need to build up my combo asap, then tempset and OHKO monsters, so a low level polearm will do just fine. The fastest polearms are speed 5 and an easy one to get is the Gold Surfboard. So i guess ill be hunting for that.

[Sam]

Hey guys. I'm sort of a noob, so this is my thread asking for overall advice. I'll post my stats and range and acc and gear and stuff, then if you could tell me what would be best to upgrade quickly I would be very appreciative.

Level 73
358 str (332+26)
81 dex (50+31)
654 ~ 1852
188 Accuracy
Hp without equips: 4467, about...35 washes.

Helm: 16/15/15/15 19 acc Zakum Helmet
Medal: Mushroom Kingdom Guardian, +2 all stats
Earring: Holy Cross Earrings, 12 acc and 12 mp every 4 seconds clean
Cape: White Magic Cape with some defense.
Top: Blue Orientican, 1 str 4 dex normal, 6 int 3 dex 12 acc potential (I was silly and put a top for defense scroll on it)
Bottom: Red Martial Arts Pants, 4 dex 6 acc potential
Gloves: Mushking Leather Gloves, 1 watk, 5acc, 100%'d when I had no acc.
Pendant: Spiegalmann's Necklace, +1 all
Belt: White Belt, +1 all
Shoes: Orihalcon Hildon Boots, 2str 1dex, 2%hp 20 avoid potential.
Weapon: Maple Karstan +2, 95 atk, 3 str, 35 acc. 4 slots.

Ummmmmmmmmm, I'm pretty poor. Obviously, I've been using level 30 pants for 43 levels. Anyways, what should I invest in/focus on?

Also, are there any good alternatives to Windraiders?

[shouri]

With 188 accuracy you can go to stormbreakers in the keep if you have a bishop door you there. My aran went there at 55. Also, since your earrings are unscrolled, scroll em for dex and you'll be able to convert some base dex -> base str for a nice small boost.


Glove: I'd say, buy yourself a 6 att glove. They're super cheap and it'll be a nice att increase. If you're going to save up a bit before upgrading spring for a 10 att.

Weapon: At 95 att, that weapon will last you for quite a while. Probably until your lvl 100 weapon.

Cape: 2 att, X dex PAC is what I used. It helped with my acc issue, but you seem fine there. Find yourself a nice str cape. OR if you can find a clean cape with str from potential then you can just buy 60% cape str scrolls (~3.5m in windia, not sure 'bout mardia) and scroll it yourself.

Shoes: Not much you can do right now that will help you as much as upgrading the more important stuff.

Belt: Go pyramid PQ and get yourself a pharoah belt, 100 hp/mp will help more than +1 allstat. If you're lucky you might even get an immortal pharoah belt.

Pendant: Get yourself a dep star. +5 all stat 100hp/mp is quite nice. It also helps bring up mp to make better use of sorcerer's elixirs (if you currently have less than 1500 mp that is.)

bottom/top: with that accuracy scrolling for dex is pointless, and scrolling for str is challenging. Either find one with str from potential or buy one pre scrolled. Don't give this any priority right away though. Upgrading other things is easier and will give you a better boost (for now)

Earring: those are fine. If you want to get some earring dex 60s later on (Like at lvl 90+) then scroll those for dex. It'll come in handy if you want to wear an arcglaive (80? base dex requirement)

medal: Once you get to 70/120 wear the appropriate medal. The one from the pyramid PQ isn't that bad either.

Helm: it's fine.

*Note: pyramid PQ = nett's pyramid accessible through dimensional mirror.

[Sam]

Okay cool. I think if I continue to upgrade to various items with slight dex boosts I'll have the 80 requirement taken care of easily.

Medal: Right now the mush gives +2 to all and 100 hp/mp, the 70 gives +1 and 150. Ehhhh.

Worth it to try and scroll my Karstan further? I don't know it's value right now, but I'm assuming that with 4 slots it's still quite valuable. I was dumb when buying and didn't check the slots, it was already missing one. I scrolled 2 50%'s successfully. I'll probably level fast enough to make it to 100 without blinking, but could I theoretically make this weapon last me another 40 levels?


my mp with equips = 590 LOL

[66alex66]

If all the other slots work you could be looking at an end game Karstan, my Karstan is 110 atk and im using it until i can scroll a 145 Diesra or make and Acrglaive, Im not really rich either (16mil almost at all times) but making those weapons seems pretty easy with the 50% scrolls, so if you can use the Karstan until you get 80 dex requirment for an Arcglaive, or get to 120 and hunt for PoTs to make a Diesra then scroll it with 50%s.

[Sam]

However if the other slots work and I 60% it that makes it a 103 atk and 4 str. Still a good weapon, but not end game material.

I'm carrying around 20m on my main, right now, since this thread gave me inspiration to try and scroll, about 50m on my mule/shop account.

Edit: Maybe I'll be funny and scroll it to 103 atk 4 str and then enhance it. Do enhancement/potential scrolls work on maple items?

Edit 2: ....screw scrolling.

[66alex66]

you could have gotten 2 50% scrolls to scroll it to 110 like my Karstan, and it wouldn't even cost you anything....sorry about your scrolls

[Sam]

I already had gotten two 50% scrolls through the exploit, those were the successful ones. Three stupid 60%s failed in a row. I heard they deleted the event to get the scrolls, if that's not true I'll get one more and attempt a 100. That will be a much nicer change and carry me happily to an Arcglaive.

My next question:

How in the HELL are you supposed to get 500 crimson woods? I have 3, my friend has...1 which she has saved for me. When I looked on the market I saw a blazingly high total of 1, selling for 500k. At that rate it would cost 250m for the woods alone. Is there a special map that you can farm Crimson Trees? Because good lord, this just looks miserable.

And you said stormbreakers in the keep solely if a bishop could get me there. Is there any way to get there by myself?

This is my first character in 5 years and all of the new material is throwing me for massive amounts of lolwats.

[66alex66]

You can get up there by yourself but you need to survive the hit from a Crimson Guardian (3.7k) so if you can survive that go for it. The crimson wood is hard to get, that's why there are so few arcgalives in the market. You can find crimsonwood in the Lower Acsent area. My friend just farmed 7 50%s this morning.

[Sam]

I do have a relatively high hp for my level. Bawwwwwwww I should have just farmed all of them.

B> Crimson Wood