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NA (Official) / WHAT THE FUCK

« on: May 08, 2013, 09:28:18 pm »

WHY THE HELL IS MY BANNER GONE! CUP CLAN BEST CLAN, CUP CLAN 4 LYFE!

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: xbow question

« on: March 19, 2013, 09:05:28 pm »

1 stack of steel bolts is enough per round. You might also consider the heavy xbow, reload is faster and dmg output still pretty good.
Dont listen to the others they just want to keep you from becoming xbower because they dont use shields.

I like this guy, and thanks for the advice. On another note, is it worth getting the bolts heirloom'd first for the extra bolt or saving for a masterwork xbow? I'll have to play around with the heavy xbow before I pick one to masterwork first anyway.

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: xbow question

« on: March 14, 2013, 06:38:39 pm »

Going for ranged because you aren't good in melee is not really a good option. You will be forced to fight in melee anyway, so I suggest you get used to the idea that you'll need to learn manual blocking and all the other wonders of the melee combat anyway.
The reload time for Arbalest is so long that 1 stack of bolts will do fine. So the mace will be a good choice for you. It has the incredibly overpowered knockdown, and the 2h wpf will help you in the duel server, where you WILL be spending a lot of time getting better at melee. 

I was going to write a longer post about why I'm bad at melee, I guess I should have.

I can block all day, it's no problem. The person that got me into crpg made me learn how to manual block first.

I'm going into xbow because I enjoy it. I skipped the fun and tried it out for a few hours, it was a blast.

I'm often the last alive or part of the last few alive and will stall the round by blocking away with my throwing axe. I just never know when to swing because as soon as I do I get hit. I was thinking the exact same thing with the mace, but I am aware that I'm always going to have to melee, that's why my other option was a 0 slot sword. Perhaps when I finally retire and get into xbow I'll try out my mace at the duel server, ha.

You should read this guide, written by DaveUKR.
It's kinda outdated, but most things are still valid.
The most significant changes are probably 0 slot weapons and the number of slots crossbows take nowadays.

Thanks for the link.

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Beginner's Help and Guides / xbow question

« on: March 14, 2013, 05:57:32 pm »

I've realized I'm not good at melee, and probably never will be, and am going into xbow. I plan on going arbalest/mace or arbalest/some 0 slot sword.

My question is, which is better? Do steel bolts run out so quickly that I would need 2 slots worth of them or will 12 last me? I'm bad at melee so should I just go with the extra ammo anyway?

I'm in my first gen, any help is appreciated.

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Solid Builds

« on: March 09, 2013, 05:30:29 am »

So the shotgun and run build under xbow no longer works as light xbows take 2 slots alone, or am I missing something?

Edit: I ran it with 1 xbow on a quick 30, still amazingly fun, but not as useful as first intended.