Yep, that part was definitely good, but still no can see the adventure. Oh well, you win some and you lose some. The game can definitely be fun, but there are problems. My biggest gripe at the moment is that monsters are always level appropriate. So where's the sense of advancement when monsters you fought at 1st level are just as tough to fight at 20th? Not that that's going to change. *sigh*
Sorry, that's unknown to me. I figure some things don't work in Beta.
Yeah, there's no way they have a 75% success rate.Sorry, that's unknown to me. I figure some things don't work in Beta.
For example, every single "kit" I've used has failed and broken. I'm 0 for about 15. They all have had a 65% or 75% success rate... supposedly.
It took me a while to figure this out.
Thanks, I'll give it a try. But for once I'm ahead of the curve on something, it would appear! I've only had a few kits break on me. I suppose that with a bazillion players, someone(s) has to be the unlucky one(s).
Note also that if you hit the "{whatever} Slot" button next to the socket on that screen it will give you a pull down list of every valid gem you own for the socket, including ones that are back in your bank. I found this pretty handy once I figured it out.
Bank? There's a bank? Gad, I hope there are instructions when this goes non-beta! Although even that would be too little too late for most. I've pretty much given up on the official storyline. Had to abandon some official quests because I couldn't get past various groups of monsters. And since they auto-level to keep up with whoever fights them I can't use the time honored trick of fighting a bunch of low level monsters to level up and take them out later. If I can't take them out now, I'll never be able to, short of massive good luck. But I've already wasted enough time with them to waste any more. However, I've seen a few critics say that the end of the storyline is pretty underwhelming, so I'm not terribly upset about it. But one does have to wonder what they were thinking. (Oh, sure, with the Foundry they didn't want a repeat of the NWN 'problem' of people uploading 'adventures' that more or less gave away high levels and powerful gear. But for some people, that's what's fun! Oh wait, then they wouldn't be able to charge for the Pay2win crowd! Oh, boo hoo!)
It is just a little northwest of the building with all the market npcs. You only get 16 slots per character though unless you want to fork over 600z per 16 additional slots.
I honestly doubt it. Considering they are cheerfully taking money and will never wipe characters again them calling this a beta is a stretch anyway.
Wilderness NPCs, as opposed to dungeon ones, usually seem to be easier grind targets. If you really want to try and level up some to deal with certain encounters train in the Leadership profession: A lot of its missions give experience points. Also use that once per hour pray at a campfire/altar thing to get random experience and astral diamonds. If you level your appropriate crafting profession a bit while doing this you can keep your gear somewhat in-line with your level as well. Also getting a cleric as your first companion is a huge boost to the ability to survive solo. And with any companion, its often helpful to lure the harder foes close to your companion and then stand on the opposite side: You should see a color indicator on the target circle of the foe at that point and if you align with it do a lot more damage.
Yeah, when I got my Companion I considered taking a defender fighter as I'm playing a cleric already, but the extra healing just seemed too good to pass up, so I'm glad I went with the cleric! Yep, I know about the danger zones. Unfortunately, as I've mentioned before, the game plays kinda jerky on my machine. Not much of a problem usually, but when the action gets up close and personal aiming and movement become definitely haphazard. Not the games fault, but something I have to deal with anyway. Oh, and does anyone know where to find couriers? I've got a couple of e-mails that I can cash in for goodies if I can find one to talk to, but haven't seen any.
