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Guides / Re: The Sword and Spear Way - Hoplites Guide

« on: November 06, 2012, 10:57:57 pm »

Do you need to convert skill points for the first build? The more AGI then STR build?

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Found a build, need a weapon.

« on: October 13, 2012, 03:55:46 pm »

Lot of good info here, thanks for all the replies. 

Made it to level 12ish last night and it is getting better every level. First 10 levels in,  couldn't even kill anyone. Bought a Heavy Bastard Sword and some Mail armor. Actually got a few kills in some rounds.

One last question and I will stop bugging everyone. What is the preferred attack/block setup?

I've been using mouse movement for both. I do good on attacking but really bad on blocking. I can't seem to block faster then they swing.

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Found a build, need a weapon.

« on: October 13, 2012, 02:44:13 am »

Thanks for the info!

I've already pumped IF to 4 cause I was following the other build.

Do you recommend pumping WM last now?

I'm at 12 Str, 4 Agility.

Was going to convert 4 right away to get higher agility and then balance at 12/12.  Then bump ATH.

Is head armor a must? Rather go without.

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Found a build, need a weapon.

« on: October 13, 2012, 02:13:47 am »

ATH governs your running speed. Try hovering your mouse over the stats on your character page. The hover text has a helpful short description for each stat.

Oh, ok.  I can already see that being slow has it's disadvantages because people are running around me like crazy.  On that build that  tizzango mentioned do I need to convert anything?

Also how important is armor?  I see everything has a weight, I'm guessing it slows you and weapon speed down.  I'd like to be able to at least wear some type of chainmail (Templar look).  Is that possible without gimping speed too much?

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Found a build, need a weapon.

« on: October 13, 2012, 01:47:13 am »

I'm sure I can find a guide to see the basics about what weapon skills actually do... I will find that out later.

But if ATH is weapon speed why do I need so much WM?

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Found a build, need a weapon.

« on: October 13, 2012, 01:26:59 am »

Hey I'm new to the game and had a question about a weapon.  If anyone has seen the movie Ironclad (on Netflix, suggest ya watch it), I'm building a guy based off the Templar.

I found this build that everyone said was pretty good in another post (sorry forgot poster's name):

24/15
(8 skills converted to attribute)

8IF
8PS
5ATH
2WM

all wpf in 2h.

You get 75 hp (which is a lot) and enought damage output to be able to two hits almost everyone. And 5ath is enough for a good footwork, really.

Going for a more agi oriented build is good in battle to flank people or not getting flanked or overwhelmed, otherwise strengh is usualy better.

edit: And i forgot, as long as you're using a weapon faster than 90 (which is 90% of 2handed) getting more than 100 effective wpf is useless. You swing faster with more ATH not more WPF.

I am only level 7 and had two questions:

1. What is a good sword around my level that will last me for a bit.  I'd like to save up some gold for better armor and weapons later.

2. Once I get near max level what is a good overall 2Her for Speed, Damage, and Length?

Thanks for the help!