Ranged is a bit hard to solo but it's an ongoing promise that eventually the dev's will fix ranged.alligene wrote:Oh, and is there any way to mark out where you found mats, I can't seem to ever find my way back to them?
I'm sorry, you won't have much luck with that either. The creatures of Atys do insanely much damage. Not only that, a lot have special attacks on which armor has no effect at all.alligene wrote:The suckyness of ranged comabt made me rethink, and I decided to go with a mele combat character instead. And to make things easy I switched my crafting in on a armor making path. I figured I would make somekind of "can take anything you can dish out" kind of tankish character.
I'd say a lightly armored mage will usualy go down in 3-4 hits, a fully armored tank maybe 7-8. Also, healers are very powerfull and can heal much more than the average mob can diss out. So basicly, without a healer the tank is as dead as the mage, with a healer they can tank almost equally well.*highlights mine* Alligene - there is hope. Your mileage may differ.sidusar wrote:I'm sorry, you won't have much luck with that either. The creatures of Atys do insanely much damage. Not only that, a lot have special attacks on which armor has no effect at all.
This might change when the proposed changes to the combat system are implemented, though.
I disagree. What Sidusar is saying is that maging is the most effective skilll for powerleveling. Melee fighting is reasonably effective and many, like myself, find it more fun. Melee fighters are very common and most mages work extensively on their melee skills to increase their hp anyway. Melee gets easier as you progress, you need to learn the very important abilities to Taunt, Invulnerability, Speed and Melee Protection Aura.sidusar wrote:I'm sorry, you won't have much luck with that either.
Ah, my apologies, I see I wasn't completely clear. I didn't mean to say that you won't have much luck making a melee character, but that you won't have much luck making a "can take anything you can dish out" tankish character. Both the creatures of Atys and homin elementalists can dish out much more than any homin (without a healer) can takeriveit wrote:I disagree. What Sidusar is saying is that maging is the most effective skilll for powerleveling. Melee fighting is reasonably effective and many, like myself, find it more fun. Melee fighters are very common and most mages work extensively on their melee skills to increase their hp anyway. Melee gets easier as you progress, you need to learn the very important abilities to Taunt, Invulnerability, Speed and Melee Protection Aura.
Now, I use a 1h weapon and some would say I don't do low damagesidusar wrote:Most meleers prefer 2-handed swords or pikes, so that they can do reasonable damage. If you're going to go for the most tankish character possible, that would be 1-handed mace with a shield. Just keep in mind your damage will be low with that setup.
