First Impressions

Balerathon

Hey all,

Started playing SoF and I already have a lvl 20 Healer (Nuker Build).  I started out with a Swordman, hoping to discover a diamond in the rough but it turned out to be anything but. (havent played Spear/Blade/Bow).

I usually go for the odd class, the class that most ppl avoid because in most games thats only because most players just dont want the challange or dont know how to play the class correctly. But here, Swordman is simply awefull.

From the 3 Melee classes (Spear/Sword/Blade) Spear is the DD, and Blade is the Tank.. so you Know what you're getting. With the spear you know you'll be dishing out a high DPS but you'll be out fast. With Blade you know you'll have staying power.

But with Swordman... he is average/weak at all things... His DPS is low and and his HP is even Lower. Without being a Pot Whore the Swordman is unable to fight more than 2 mobs of 2 levels higher (not at the same time) before having to meditate (regen)... that is if you land every hit and toss in a few crits.

Pots are slightly expensive and if you choose that route you'll find yourself broke very quickly. I got up to lvl 11 did the class change quest and had to admit defeat.

I understand that Swordman is one of the better PvPer Classes (but Im really Not interested in PvP in a game where it isnt open PvP... the whole "request duel" is sad and not for me.)

So I started a Healer with the intention of being a Nuker (completely possible) and while you probably wont surpass the Dmg that Bowmen deal you are definatly one of the better classes. The reason is simple. You can heal yourself and you Kite. The Chi (mana) you lose per cast is no where Near the HP you lose when hit by a mob, so while the Tank (Blade) can kill maybe 3-5 mobs before having to regen (im being generous)

The Healer/Nuker can take out about 6-8 mobs before his Chi is gone.. and if played right your HP stays full all the time.

"Same with Bowman" you say? No.. While Bowmen shouldnt lose HP (cuz they should be Kiting) they need to buy Arrows. and as cheap as they may be.. simply regening doesnt help. It costs money to be a Bowman. But they certainly make up for it with Crazy Dmg.

Playing the Healer on the other hand, which you will find yourself doing quite often since lvling without a party after lvl 20 is almost out of the question, can be quite expensive if you are the only healer in the party (Tip: Dont Be ) Especially if you are teamed up with a lot of Spear/Swordmen that happen to be gung ho! Your Chi will quickly disappear and meditating is almost out of the question since your team mates will certainly die.

The best Party setup IMO is 2-3 blades (who tank) 2 healers and the rest are Bowmen who keep their distance. That way the healers can focus on the Blades and alternate meding and potting while the Bowmen dish out the uber dmg.

Another tip for all you Healers out there is: When in a party with more than 1 healer. Make SURE you divide the party between the healers. Assign specific players to each healer. That way there is no Double Healing (waste of Chi) and you KNOW you're covered. No need to guess "is he gonna heal? should I? aww Sht! I thought he was healing!!!"

When one of you needs to Meditate, the other covers and visa versa. (Important! Make sure that you are not in charge of healing yourself!!! When in a party your eyes are fixed on the party status bar and Not on your own HP bar.. You can quickly find yourself dead without even noticing that damned black bear chomping away at you because you were in charge of healing yourself.

Play smart  and if you're a healer... Insist on "Round Robin" party drops or you will get Nothing

What do you all think?

Cheers!!!

dogsdress

ive just started i chose bow, its a good game too actually but LOTRO SHALL OWN

glockmaster

Hey , i read your whole "presentation" you really describe the game as now that i have read that it sounds like i would choose bow too. I need to ask you a question, in game when you pick a player you cant choose wether ur male or female? like martial heroes wich i got to lvl 0 and got bored because i was only hitting 4s off a lvl 38 mob. please reply i downloading this game tight now 30% done

                                                                  

glockmaster

Hey , i forgot too ask don't you think this games graphics are like flyff? it looks llike it form the screenshots im not fond of the fact that when you get to lvl 20 lvling is out of the question that part of the game doesnt dound good , but im sure its an overall "addicting game" as i have been trying to find and i have gone through like ten and i not a noob on any of them.

LuteMidnight

Yeah, the graphics reminded me of FlyFF too, in a way.  It's the same 3d cartoony look.  Decent graphics, just not to serious with them.

I started out as a healer, it being the only magic class of the game (I'm a magician whore).  I went with the nuker build too, but I had problems concentrating all the way to lvl 19.  He just levels way to slow for such an early level.  I didn't die all the much, but it takes a while to level with a healer.  Of course, I don't usually join parties so that might be why.  I agree with ya, go for healer if you want the challenge.  It's a fun character, but takes patience.

When I got tired of my healer I went for a bowman.  If there is an overpowered class, thats it!  Obviously they have the power.  But not only that, I don't take that much damage when mobs actually do hit me (which isn't all that often).  Bowmen also level crazy fast.  It took me less than 4 hours to get to level 18 on my bowmen, where it took at least 8 on my healer.  It doesn't really take that much money for a bowman.  At least not so much more than any other class.  Arrows only cost 1 gold each.  I usually buy arrows in groups of 1000 ea.  They last quite a while, and 1k gold is nothing.

On a side note, and you didn't mention this in your post, but all the KSing is crazy.  They need to make another server cluster, or perhaps just add servers to the Earth cluster.  There are way to many people playing SoF to really enjoy it with the limited 5 servers they have up now.  It's gotten a bit better since the first weeks it was out, but it's still to the point where I won't play until a server is in the green (low-end) population activity.

Oh, glockmaster, I'm not exactly sure what you meant by "at lvl 20 lvling is out of the question" but if you meant it being way to slow for it to be worthwhile, it is worthwhile.  It's not to bad at around lvl 20.  It takes time, and I'm sure SoF will be a grindfest at higher levels (max lvl is 99), but thats just part of some MMORPGs.  I prolly didn't understand what you were saying though.  As far as choosing the gender of your character, I think it's done automatically by what you enter when you make your account (like Ragnarok).  I might be wrong, but I don't remember being able to choose my sex when I made my bowman.