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Diplomacy / Re: IMPORTANT - Diplomacy Forum Rules

« on: January 21, 2013, 12:01:08 pm »

I want back Canary :L

i uumdured him for canarying my canary

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Suggestions Corner / Re: Make the "BAR MACE" blance,since it's sticked-like

« on: January 21, 2013, 11:52:44 am »

Bring back crushthrough IMO

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Best choice of armor for me?

« on: January 20, 2013, 12:34:23 pm »

Yeah, stick with the mid ranged armors - Heraldic w/ Tabard is a solid choice.  Entirely suited to your style.  Lamellars and mail shirts are all really effective and cheap.  Invest in a decent helmet, and don't go overboard on boots or gloves, just what looks nice to you.

As far as builds go, try this website out.  Remember to keep your stats on increments of 3's.  15/18/21/24/etc, because that allows you to get your crucial skills.

http://infinitum.dyndns.org/crpg/calc.htm

As a 1h shielder, 18/18 is a standard balanced build at level 30, which allows you to max all of your key skills at 6, with 5 points remaining for ironflesh.  From there, whether you want to be stronger or faster, tweak the build.  21/15, or 15/21.  That calculator will let you play around with skills yourself.

Also, I'm talking too much, but if you want to keep reading, I'll offer a little more advice about ranged in your build:

(click to show/hide)

Keep all the armors and weapons you bought so far.  You sell them back at a much lower price, so might as well keep the Black Armor for when you want something heavy for a round.

Also - if you want to keep ranged in your build, definitely play the game how you want to.  Archery requires Power Draw, and each rank of Power Draw requires 14 (effective) wpf points.  As you wear heavier armor, your effective wpf drops.  Using a Bow is a very steep investment in this mod, as you really need to put most, if not all of your points into Archery.  If you want to do a hybrid shielder, you will need to put your weapon and shield away, and you will be restricted to a 1 slot bow, a 1 slot shield, and 1 stack of arrows.

Its doable with an 18/18 build at level 30, but you will need to split your points appropriately.  You'd probably want 100 in your melee skill, and you'll be left with about 135 for archery.  Since you're spending 6 points in power draw, you can't get ironflesh, and probably drop shield to 5 instead of 6, which is fine.

Crossbows require no skill point investment, and are overall the go-to ranged weapon for a hybrid character.  An 18/18 1h/shield/xbow would have a very solid build, with maxed shield skill and the ability to do full pierce damage from range.  As a shielder you can scuttle away to cover to reload a crossbow as well, minimizing the time you don't have your shield out when you need it.

Throwing is also effective for shielders.  It requires the same investment as Archery does, but allows you to keep your shield out, do heavy damage, and have an advantage in mid-close range melee engagements.  Using Heavy throwing axes, you can press X to put them in melee mode, which will also use your 1h proficiency, if you needed a shield-breaking weapon.  They're terribly short, and I don't recommend it to a new player, as you'll want to keep your main 1hander of choice on hand, but this way you can bring more ammo into a battle.

All of these except for crossbow require a large skill-point investment though, so you'll have a harder time until level 26-30 than you would if you went full melee build.  What I can't stress more though, is to focus your WPF points into 1 main weapon skill, or 2 if you want to use a bow or throwing.  Max your power strike.  Max your athletics.  Get at least 5 shield.  From there, ironflesh helps a lot, but you can sacrifice it if you really want to hybrid.  A crossbowman can still get it.


One last thought.  If you do a pure melee build - as of right now, you do not necessarily need Weapon Master if you only do 1 weapon type.  An example build could be:

18 STR / 21 AGI
3 Ironflesh
6 Power Strike
7 Shield
7 Athletics

111 in One Handed

Enjoy man, sorry to talk your ear off, but I hope some of this helps.  I know, I wanted to try everything too.  Have fun and good luck!

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Diplomacy / Re: Unite!

« on: January 20, 2013, 11:31:08 am »

hahaha, 69

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General Discussion / Re: Sick of renown points

« on: January 20, 2013, 09:11:25 am »

nightcore best core +1 me

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Diplomacy / Re: Unite!

« on: January 20, 2013, 05:30:38 am »

Long live northern empire.

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Faction Halls / Re: [EQRG] Equestria Royal Guard (Recruiting EU/NA)

« on: January 19, 2013, 08:55:16 am »

OP necros a dead faction thread.

I make a lol post

All hell breaks loose in their thread

Conclusion, I'm retiring to the gentlemen's club.

We all smelled racist frenchman, you just found the heaping source first, haha

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Faction Halls / Re: [EQRG] Equestria Royal Guard (Recruiting EU/NA)

« on: January 18, 2013, 07:15:10 am »

lol awesome

Hahaha, you missed the - button, man.  Its to the left of the +

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Suggestions Corner / Re: Suggestion: chadz, please implement the new Zimke-Armors.

« on: January 17, 2013, 08:57:00 am »

Anybody got a link to those crazy Turban / Mail helmets?  Those were awesome.  Got points saved for em.

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Faction Halls / Re: Astralis [NA]

« on: January 17, 2013, 05:57:23 am »

Clan is dead.

Hey man, I saw namo on the other day.  That's like meeting Macho Man.

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General Discussion / Re: So list of ninja patch changes.

« on: January 16, 2013, 11:57:39 pm »

Yeah, honestly, I'm trying to hold back my shitposts until this stuff hits NA.  People are saying horses below Destrier(?) no longer knock players down.  People agree that cav is gross I guess, but I'm one of those gay realism > balance guys.  I'd assume any horse with below 120hp, because that would put destrier in line with "heavy cav," having as much as the War horse.

I wouldn't argue as passionately as some others - I'm glad you're putting thought into countering cav.  I thought it was appropriate, but you see some of the best cav players argue against their own playstyle.  BADPLAYER, bless his heart, was boycotting his own class a month ago.

I think 80-100% max speed should still floor a player on the lighter horses.  My bias stems from carrying an anti-cav polearm, but I know how frustrating it is to be knocked down as a 100% aware shielder by a just-past-trotting arabian.  When I think 'nerf cav', heavy horses come to mind, but their charge should be more devastating, and that was only portrayed through bump damage before.  I agree there should be a difference between light and heavy bumps.  Something more punishing than the 1-second "Argh" stun as a rouncey plows into you full speed, but less punishing than being completely floored by an Arabian Warhorse weaving through a melee fight at half speed.  Again, just thoughts.

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General Discussion / Re: Crushtrough broken on EU1

« on: January 15, 2013, 04:36:17 pm »

Ouch, I haven't played it, but if this is the case, its too much.

In all my time playing this game, I've never had a problem with crushthrough.  Its devastating and frustrating, absolutely, but it should be.  They should be terrifying - Mauls, Mallets, all of them.  We already get away with murder blocking mauls and mallets with Italian Swords.  They sacrifice speed, length, and shield capability for that ability, and can be countered with ranged, melee support, sheer weapon length, and sharp reflexes.

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General Discussion / Re: This double hit business

« on: January 15, 2013, 04:24:38 pm »

Late on this discussion, but about the new suggested turnspeed formula.  Awesome idea, glad to see them implement it.  Could I ask about the 2 directional polearms though?  The English Bill's getting kicked down to mauler levels with the weight penalty, coming out to a 5.4 turnspeed value.  The swiss, lighter and quicker, is still 6.72, which isn't much different than now, but can we see a little love on these guys?  They're big, sure, but they're still somewhat graceful weapons in trained hands.

Give us a side swing with shitty pierce, or be able to donk with the shaft like a warspear; even toning down the thrust stun would help us out.  Most people specced out of the 2D polearms after the initial turnspeed nerf, but I've adjusted and am willing to adjust again simply because I love the weapons - but they were working and functional.  Overheads are the swiss and bill's saving grace, since the thrust stun usually backfires with lethal consequence.

Let me know how you guys feel about it.  I haven't played on EU1, but am excited for the changes.  I have no idea what the double hitting is, but I heard about potential crushthrough changes too.

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Suggestions Corner / Re: WSE 2 and the lance angle

« on: January 15, 2013, 01:12:35 pm »

Definitely a cool idea.  Would probably ensue rebalancing lance damage, but I can't even count the heavy lance couches I've survived on two hands anymore.

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Historical Discussion / Re: The Better General (Wellington or Napoleon)

« on: January 15, 2013, 01:09:08 pm »

Some esoteric circles claimed Napoleon had clairvoyance, where he could visualize how entire battles would go in his mind - much like playing a strategy simulator, except without min/maxing, APM, or zerg rushes.  Honestly I have no idea, I'm not asking anybody to believe that, but its incredible to think about the potential of the focused mind.  You don't learn how to conquer Europe in school these days, that's for sure.