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fatherpirate
10-23-2019, 01:21 AM
Welcome SAO members and the curious.

As we wrap up this season with hopes of another season, I would like to share some thoughts for future seasons.

A ...LOT... of players from all over died lvl 5-8

ok, my observations on how to get past that deadly range

Reaper - only go with full experienced player groups or pay a bunch of coins to make a full party of gold seal helpers -AND- be lucky
....why? the reapers generally don't kill you ... the tier 3 Champion mobs do.
Reapers are easy to spot and target for quick kill...tier 3 champ are not and they are often in groups of 2 or 3
tier 3 champions will rip through your hirelings like butter
read the ddo wiki section on tier 3 Champ monsters and you will understand we they kill you quick.

elite - Full party or extra gold seal hirelings and go slow - be prepared to run away
Slightly better odds, no tier 3 champs. just tier 2. can still 2 shot you.

See next post.

fatherpirate
10-29-2019, 03:44 AM
Hi again !

OK, if you get to lvl 20 or on the leader boards...skip this
not for you.

They gone?

OK, if you reading this you likely never got too far
you were not unlucky...your play style limited your ability to reach the top ranks.
me too

so should I or you change our play style to 'win' ?

HELL NO - if they start offering large cash lump sums for winning, I will think about it.

so what do we do? Korthos getting old
+++ Keep at the Borderlands coming --- looking forward to it.

SO...how do we stop being cannon fodder?

Accept that our play style has limits and use that.

Level 1 Dungeons - play at elite
level 2 Dungeons - play at elite (no reapers)
level 3+ Dungeons - play at hard, no higher ...period

why?
level 1 elite has no champs
level 2 elite has no champs
level 3 hard has no chaps
level 4+ hard only has tier 1 champs and half as many as other difficulty

also hard traps less likely to instant kill you

by doing hard at lvl3+ it is still challenging and you have a shot at some HC server event awards

this works or build a beach condo at Korthos...have fun