using a level 18 at level 40 now because weapons cost 25k to buy each, 30k to put together, 99% fail rate, and a 0% drop rate for my class.
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using a level 18 at level 40 now because weapons cost 25k to buy each, 30k to put together, 99% fail rate, and a 0% drop rate for my class.
Successrate on forging is very high compared to other servers, closed beta is over and it's easy to make money and get gear atm. 25k is nothing anymore, it cost 250-300k to just port around for people 80+. During open beta alone I already made/forged different lvl 50 weapons and a few ench froianne sets. There was no IM back then and everyone was low lvl and all mentioned above was possible with some effort, should be even easier now.Quote:
Originally Posted by camerony
then at least make it so dropped weapons have a higher chance to be for your class or something. I have picked up literal hundreds of weapons, and only 1 zhen out of 2 days of grinding. Went from 24 to 39 now and only found 1 zhen the entire time. Hundreds of shields, swords, dirks, stilettos, dual swords, etc. 1 zhen. Very hard for me to craft something better than my enchanted level 18 zhen, when the only zhen i find is +6 psyche and the 1 i try to buy is 1% melee attack for 25k crone. What do i do at this level when i can't even kill mobs fast enough anymore?
I used a lvl 18 myself as well - didn't have any real issues with it but that depends on class I guess. Sometimes the higher lvl normal drops are better than that anyway. What do you mean that they don't drop "for your class" though? I can't believe you didn't get any drops nor crones enough. AT that level I had full Zultan, a mount and the lvl 18 ancient dagger (served me well enough as a human, since crit rate).
Anyway, it's very easy to make enough insignia's to get your lvl 50 gear. It doesn't need to be pro stats, as it will serve you a lot even at the basics for the little cost and effort it is. Just sweat it out for a few more lvls. Also, forging a rare really isn't that hard. Costly, maybe, but at this stage not at all impossible and out of reach. I've been getting zhen's quite regularly, but perhaps you ought to change mobs?
If you want only the next ancient, well then... ..
You are lvl 40 and don't have at least a million crone?
A little tip. There is nothing wrong with the npc weapons. They are relatively cheap to level (I was able to refine my xbow down -10 (38 to 28) with no breakage on the fails - even when if failed at -9). When refining, go down 1 at a time. Be patient. Going down -1 at a time has the best success rate. -2 is a little worse and -3 absolutely sux monkey balls (somewhere around 50% success).
The drops are not class specific. The Rohan drop system does not take your class into consideration. The reason for that is that you can have parties make of of any mix of classes so the drops have to be usable by any of them. The levels of the stuff dropped will be appropriate for the level of mob you are battling. Don't expect to get lvl 50 drops from lvl 41 mobs.
As for success rate, I haven't see a problem with it. It is right in line with an official game. This isn't a private server so you won't find rates set up like those.
i don't get how you have 1 million crone at level 40. I have around 29k atm, 300k went to trying to make zultan chest piece because it failed over 40 times either at the froianne stage or the zultan stage.
I'm not wasting lobie crones to forge Zultan armor. I don't need it going along the main quest path and below 50 or so there is very little pvp except for the odd idiot trying to rpk with his 5 possibles. There's no point forging ancient gear until yuoui get past level 60 or so and by that time you can farm up a million crones in about 6 hrs.
Hoard your crones and make do with froianne/grahams until you get high enough to be able to cash in some insignias for sedorian armor. If you can afford a couple of dollars, get yourself a monkey. It pays for itself in a single day.
Just grind hard till lvl 50. After that it will be easy, since quest xp is around 15%... One more tip if you hit lvl 50. Do quest on the last green dot(npc) in map. It gives more xp.
After 50 best way to grind for me was to kill lowest mobs on map in masses and hand in quest at last NPC on map.
Well, it's not like prices are not steep. Actually, they're ludicrously high if you ask me.
That aside "failing 40 times on Zultan" is probably only 4 times. It's not like it's that hard when more than half of it drops from mobs, the other half is cheap AF to buy from NPC's.
maybe not literally "40", but i did get the spend 500k crone on just crafting the zultan set because either the enchanted and elven would fail, or the froianne would fail, or the zultan would fail. I wouldn't spend a lot on elemental, but i atleasted wanted either p.def, str, or dex so that could range from 1-10k until i get either. The 30k crone reimburse is nice from spending 500k.
Weird tho, I forged my full zultan and got maybe 2 fails on the ancient forges - maybe i got lucky, idk. I had it before I could wear it even.
maybe i am as well unlucky. I had failed the zultan chest so many times i used the free pres stone to guarantee it won't break again.
but my point is the weapon prices. The zhen i was trying to make costs 20k per purchase of zhen which is only in the 40s. On top of that to fuse them together is 25k and i can't even imagine the red or ancient prices. It's insanely high. I settled for less to make the level 30 zhen instead.
Forge prices are kinda high but it's not the worst thing. Ancient gear should be hard to obtain, and once you get up to the 60's you can farm enough and sell off drops that crones are actually pretty easy to come by.Quote:
Originally Posted by camerony
it's probably just an early level complaint, but such a drastic spike in prices makes it hard to keep weapon up-to-date forcing me to use a level 18 weapon until i hit level 41 and finally succeeded once. Where as armor is still around 7-8k per purchase of similar level. Makes the early game hard, which could leave to driving away new players imo.
When im @ your level i just used normal weapon drops from monster degraded 2 levels. Then @ lvl 46 im lucky enough to borrowed a lvl 30 ancient weapon from my guildmate. Just grind solo, so that you can get the good loots.
Lmao I wish forging cost 300k at lvl 9x .. the prices are fine, low lvl gear shouldn't be that hard. Most of us managed to do it on the 1st day of cbt, 1st week creating our sedorian pieces till they started giving it out as easy mode with insignias. At least forging isn't costing you 40mil+ :)
WTB crones, pretty please.