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Transfer from Imperian, Combat Balance and Initial Costs
I'm a player from Imperian looking to play Achaea because I'm interested in the (significantly larger) community it has. If someone could give me a quick breakdown of where the various classes stand here, with their expected initial cost (in terms of /necessary/ skills and artifacts) to participate in lowbie/midbie combat and contribute to group fighting, I'd really appreciate it. I love to roleplay, too, but I will save my questions about what the cities/houses here are like for another question.
I'm somewhat poor IRL, and I can afford skills, but artifacts are something much less likely to be included in my startup of a new character. Thanks!
I'm somewhat poor IRL, and I can afford skills, but artifacts are something much less likely to be included in my startup of a new character. Thanks!
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All of the classes seem pretty well-balanced right now. That might not hold at the top-tier, but for the most case I think the general consensus is that you can succeed with any of them.
The question is what style of combat appeals to you and, if you want to do group combat, what you want your role there to be.
For most classes, you want to be more or less tri-trains with survival transed to fight. Many can get away with only two class skills, some can mount an offense with even less. And I wouldn't call any artefacts necessary.5
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as in, how do you prefer to fight, what's your roleplay niche
Artemis says, "You are so high maintenance, Tharvis, gosh."
Tecton says, "It's still your fault, Tharvis."
http://forums.achaea.com/discussion/3472/low-investment-starter-classes
Artemis says, "You are so high maintenance, Tharvis, gosh."
Tecton says, "It's still your fault, Tharvis."
Classes with more complex playstyles than 'mash this button for damage' are probably up my alley, given one of the reasons I'm coming here is affliction combat still seems big. Back in Imperian, there is a damage meta that's settled in that makes for some pretty uninteresting engagements. In groups, I want to fill a role that's commonly needed, as I consider myself a team player.
You get credits from leveling, and you can buy in-game credits relatively easily. You also get 2.5 lessons every time you convert a credit to bound credits (this also applies to buying bound credits in city/house creditsales). This will help you a lot.
If you're a really good coder, I can toss you some credits in exchange for some help with a project or two, as well.
I'm surprised to hear that Imperian has a boring "damage meta" - all I've ever heard about it is that the combat is well-balanced and that it's more a focus of the game for most players than it is in Achaea.