Miothan wrote:Thanks for the guide, have been following it and it' has been fun up to the point where i am, where it's....not fun O_o
Well, what I tried to achieve with this guide was a pure "untwinked journey". Starting from scratch and progressing through the game without forcing you into specific item choices. In hindsight, the originality of this approach had two main flaws.
1) Drop rates got nerfed in XVr, which made the gearing process listed in the guide pretty much infeasible on realm.
2) Most importantly, newbie players (who are the main focus of the guide) cannot progress through the tricky ubers with the bow upgrade alone, because they aren't good enough yet. Most of my gear choices also prioritised offense and low sustain because they relied on getting hit as little as possible. Not to mention that the open ended midgame gearing is confusing and people think they need the set to progress, which is not the case. I have since realised that this is the wrong way to go when trying to "teach" and this will be corrected in the following version.
Given some of the already revealed mxl 2016 changes, it is pretty clear that the entire gear section of this guide needs to be scrapped, rethought and tested again. The lack of pierce MOs means we cannot go all in on elemental damage right from the start and so the main focus will shift (no spoilers for now). The next version, which will come out after mxl2016 is released and when I have properly tested my ideas, will rely on crafts & TUs and (to a lesser extent) RWs for pretty much the entire game, it will also be more beginner friendly in aiming for more effective HP and sustain while maintaining the same boss killing capabilities and hopefully improving the farming of most zones.
Miothan wrote:Which easily crafted runeword bow/amazon bow would be best before Typhaon then?
Double MO Shockwave runeword (see appendix how to make it). Orb with ED to cap, then 15x max dmg MOs and then 15x crushing blow orbs (if you are good at dodging) or 15x LL orbs if not. Poison pierce will be needed.