Been away for a while - no idea...

[[Cerebus]]

Greetings, I've been away since....oh about June or July and I've come back and found myself feeling like I did at the start of March when I first started playing this game.

Back in my day, we didn't have realm abilities, oh no, we had good old fashioned sticks and shields, anyway, I digress....

The thing I wanted to ask you is what the hell am I supposed to go for in terms of respec and realm abilities.

I'm was a nightshade, I wasn't a very high level and I used pierce weapons. I think i have about 3 realm points to spend and a full respec(?).

Sorry to post such a thing but looking at all the other crap guides out there I thought I'd just ask the people I used to play the game with.

Some questions I would love answering are as follows :

1). What's up with stealth these days? Is it as powerful as in the old days? Should I max it as usual.

2). What realm abilities should a stealther have. Am I still correct in thinking 'see hidden' is a must have?

3). Are the main players in terms of guilds, still Soul Pact, HDS etc..?

4). Now the new system for weapon damage is in, is pierce still the way to go for a nightshade?

....and anything else you can think of.

Answers are very much appriciated.

Cheers!

 

[old.Mitsu]

Halo

 

[Uncle Sick(tm)]

Honestly have to say - welcome back.

ZZzzING!

 

[[Cerebus]]

HHHeeeeyyyyyy!!!!

 

[old.Fenixen]

Oh a hibbie returning, welcome back.


Some of the big guilds are still here but alot has risen to new heights too, including my own.

 

[old.Patrick-S]

lo!!!!
<----- lil lvl 8 ish lurikeen in TNM who found it funny he wasnt as tall as u while u were sitting down lol!! odd i remember that lol...
as for info
1) stealths still as powerful afaik good to get it to your level with items
2) see hidden is good but now archers get camo so unless theyve been in combat in last 10 minutes its useless.. id get maybe dodger MoP and IP over time maybe wild arcana/viper dunno
3) dont think many changes biggest guilds i think are SP HDS and GoS
4) i still would go for pierce but luon for instance is a good blade shade..
also never knew u were halo saw you in thid good to see you back and im sure someone else can answer questions better but as noone has so far thought is give it a go

 

[[Cerebus]]

I remeber you Patrick, good to hear from you and nice to see you're doing well.

Thanks for the info guys so far..

 

[old.Downanael]

Welcome back Cerebus if you still remember most annoying druid in hib

Nothing really chanced when you were here expect pbaoe maddnes

 

[old.Lianuchta]

Lo Cere/Halo

As I've been online since July too, I can't help, but welcome back.

 

[Generic Poster]

Halo and Luon! Good to see your filthy beards again

Hurry up and get into Emain, so you can entertain me like you did once before!


Whilst you're still levelling, Dodger is a good RA to spec. It's something you'll want at lv50 aswell. First Aid can be usefull in PvE, but I think it doesn't heal for much at lower levels.

 

[Happlo]

Originally posted by [Cerebus]


Some questions I would love answering are as follows :

1). What's up with stealth these days? Is it as powerful as in the old days? Should I max it as usual.

2). What realm abilities should a stealther have. Am I still correct in thinking 'see hidden' is a must have?

3). Are the main players in terms of guilds, still Soul Pact, HDS etc..?

4). Now the new system for weapon damage is in, is pierce still the way to go for a nightshade?

....and anything else you can think of.

Answers are very much appriciated.

Cheers!

Welcome back fella

1. Stealth should be = to lvl at 50 with +items and RR. How you get it there's upto you

2. Not going for see hidden myself as with cameo in i dont recon its worth the 10 realm points at the moment. Go with Augment Quick -> Dodger lvl 1+2, Augment Dex -> Mastery Of Pain lvl 1+2, First Aid -> Ignore Pain. Do them 1st in whatever order you want and it will keep you busy for awhile

3. SP and HDS are some of the biggest, but there's alot of good players from many good guilds now.

4. With pierce dmg is worked out as 50% dex and 50% str, while blades are 100% str and with our base str of 40 (/laugh) and it only raising every 3 lvls you would have to get alot of +str items to compensate. That would mean you have to sacrifice some items with +dex, dropping your chance to hit and evade rate which are both at least partly dex based. Also there are some great styles in pierce you'd loose while almost 1/3rd of blade styles require a block or parry (which we cant do) to work. I recon pierce is still the way to go even with the new dmg tables, but blades can still be an option if you do it right, but more of an option for a SB or Inf than an NS

Finaly your spec is up to you but with plus items and realm rank pluses you can get 50 in pierce, env, stealth then either 44 or 39 CS seems to be prefered with rest in CD.

Bit long but hope it helps

 

[[Cerebus]]

Cheers mate