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Most Badass Class
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Hi. A little about me before my question... I played a lot of MMOs but never reached max level in any of the ones I remember because I was so busy killing stuff in the low levels feeling like a badass, then when I go to PVP I get my butt handed down to me by the PVP vets.
A long time ago, when I was 12 or so, I used to play text based games when my friend introduced Achaea but I couldn't get into it RP-wise, I think because of the telnet interface and my roleplaying tastes at the time. But now I am liking everything after playing for around 4 hours today. I played a Paladin, a Blademaster and a Monk on three different characters, all of which I enjoyed. Some guy was even kind enough to give me a bag with 15000 gold!
My question is... what is the most badass class. This sounds like a stupid question, and my friend who plays this game did say it's stupid (I called him after about 10 years only to ask him this question). But please hear me out. I already know, accept, and understand that I am not a good pvper at any game I've played but when I do win that one out of a hundredth encounter against someone, what will make me feel like the most badass person in the world? What will keep me going for that second win?
As an example, I used to play GW2 and loved the PVE, but when my friend bought me to the PVP world, I got owned 99% of the time. The one time I won, I knew the guy I beat was a noob, but I still felt good about it. It was the most intense keyboard mashing experience I've ever had and I felt like I needed to lift some weights afterwards, you know. I wonder what you guys think is the kind of class that will maximize this "badass feeling".
I've done my research and it seems the Blademancers are simple and straightforward but I've seen posts that suggests to try a Monk instead. There's also these things called "arties" which I've looked into and it sounds pretty acceptable for making company overhead but I want to minimize any purchases on my end, at least until I know I've decided on my badass pick, then I'll drop some dosh.
Whichever one I pick I understand full well that I am going to get rekt left and right, I know that already because I'm not a mechanically adept player when it comes to gaming, and all this talk about systems and afflictions and scales (some guy named Jovilo keeps talking about scales on snakes) and limbs and stuff which I know nothing about are already driving me crazy. I'll probably need to learn about these things sooner or later but right now, I basically ask the community's opinion on the most newbie-friendly class between Blademaster and Monk that will give the maximum badass factor to jumpstart my Achaean gaming/rp experience.
Thank you.
A long time ago, when I was 12 or so, I used to play text based games when my friend introduced Achaea but I couldn't get into it RP-wise, I think because of the telnet interface and my roleplaying tastes at the time. But now I am liking everything after playing for around 4 hours today. I played a Paladin, a Blademaster and a Monk on three different characters, all of which I enjoyed. Some guy was even kind enough to give me a bag with 15000 gold!
My question is... what is the most badass class. This sounds like a stupid question, and my friend who plays this game did say it's stupid (I called him after about 10 years only to ask him this question). But please hear me out. I already know, accept, and understand that I am not a good pvper at any game I've played but when I do win that one out of a hundredth encounter against someone, what will make me feel like the most badass person in the world? What will keep me going for that second win?
As an example, I used to play GW2 and loved the PVE, but when my friend bought me to the PVP world, I got owned 99% of the time. The one time I won, I knew the guy I beat was a noob, but I still felt good about it. It was the most intense keyboard mashing experience I've ever had and I felt like I needed to lift some weights afterwards, you know. I wonder what you guys think is the kind of class that will maximize this "badass feeling".
I've done my research and it seems the Blademancers are simple and straightforward but I've seen posts that suggests to try a Monk instead. There's also these things called "arties" which I've looked into and it sounds pretty acceptable for making company overhead but I want to minimize any purchases on my end, at least until I know I've decided on my badass pick, then I'll drop some dosh.
Whichever one I pick I understand full well that I am going to get rekt left and right, I know that already because I'm not a mechanically adept player when it comes to gaming, and all this talk about systems and afflictions and scales (some guy named Jovilo keeps talking about scales on snakes) and limbs and stuff which I know nothing about are already driving me crazy. I'll probably need to learn about these things sooner or later but right now, I basically ask the community's opinion on the most newbie-friendly class between Blademaster and Monk that will give the maximum badass factor to jumpstart my Achaean gaming/rp experience.
Thank you.
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I have heard that serpent is very rewarding, albeit very difficult (and very badass).
Would vote Blademaster, though, for essentially allowing you to be Mitsurugi from Soul Calibur.
Are you planning on at least getting the Lesson package? I highly recommend it, if not.
As to the classes, for pvp both of them you can theoretically win with only one Trans skill although tri-Trans for any serious pvp is pretty much a must. You're going to want to try to get fairly high level to get a nice amount of health to be effective, or else you will die to damage easily. Hunting, monk wins out over time but due to recent changes neither of them are "great" in that respect.
I've never been a monk, but currently play a Blademaster (with some arties) and absolutely love it for pvp, which is also why I play Achaea.
Penwize has cowardly forfeited the challenge to mortal combat issued by Atalkez.
Serpent
So, to a certain degree, you can make any class work, if you make it your goal to not merely take the easiest path, but try to "fight with style": avoid abilities that can grant you combat victory by mere repetition while leaving you in little risk yourself. Instead, fight in such a way that you are under constant threat of death. Try to be creative, instead of merely following proven recipes. Go for kills that have a bit of additional flavour, even if they're harder to pull off.
And most importantly: don't treat fights as a mere mechanical mini-game that's separate from your normal RP, but try to integrate them into a generally "badass character". That means not just jumping random people for fun, possibly even with the help of a dozen friends, but establishing a persona with a personal code when it comes to fighting, self-set rules to abide to. It doesn't matter if that code is "honour", "stealth", "restraint", "cruelty", or "efficiency". Almost anything can work, as long as your character behaves consistently and allows it to affect the way a fight goes, from its initiation to its aftermath. That's what makes someone give a truly "badass" impression and not just the class he picked.
On a personal note however, I'll have to admit that locks are still the most badass thing in combat. A backbreaker or a brokenstar simply don't allow for enough time to stand over your incapacitated victim, look into his eyes, say a few chosen words, and walk away while he slowly dies.
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(I re-read your post after I found this image and realized you were talking about a pvp choice between Blademaster and Monk, but it was already too late to stop the badass pic train.)
(Am I doing it right? )
Too easy.
Penwize has cowardly forfeited the challenge to mortal combat issued by Atalkez.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
Get your learning done as something tanky, loose, with low learning curve. Also 2 skills. Your expenses as Runie will be IG gold. Best bashing in game and you can brutalize 80% of the PK game with 2 venoms and 2 aliases while feeling nigh damage immune.
Runewarden. You won't regret it.
I rest my case.