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TinyMage · 05-06-2005, 08:25 AM

I made 6 "temporary" characters that I thought I could get to level 21 really fast with sub-par equipment.

bishop
bard
engeneer
fighter x 3

The reason for this is I wanted 3 staffs of doom, and you have to be level 21 + for them to spawn randomly.

The "real" party I wanted to play is this:

samarai x 2
lord
ranger x 3

I wanted to max intellegence and vitality first for all of them. It would be a pretty slow start. However I thought if I gathered all the super top-notch equipment with a temp party, It would be faster then if I started the real party from scratch.

The items I wanted were:

3 x staff of doom
3 x frontline phaser
6 x fey ring ( this will an all elf party )
5 x amulet of healing + 1 nebdar
6 x cloak of many colors
6 x snakeskin boots ( the ones with snake strike )
6 x infinity helm
6 x robes of rejuvenation
6 x gown of divinemail
1 x mantis gloves and 6 x mail gauntlets ( or whatever )

I plan to put the 2 samurai and 1 lord in the front and give them the SOD and the 3 rangers in the back with frontline phasers.

I dont like bows cause I hate constantly reloading / buying ammo, but I want some ranged damage. I dont like any melee weapon that isnt extended range cause I hate moving all the time. SOD is the best extended range weapon, frontline phasers are OK ranged weapons with 5% critical ( 11% with rangers maxed skill ) and they dont need ammo.

Well fast forward 2 days and I now have every item on my want list ( and yes all gotten legitly. Most took many reloads to get ):

1 staff of doom at mountain wilderness
+ 1 from killing / reloading the 2 rapax corpses ( yes this took a while )
+ 1 at rapax away camp ( reloaded the 2 chests, pretty fast cause I was a templar ).

1 frontline phaser from bayjin chest ( reloaded before going into bayjin )
+ 1 from janette ( reload when she died )
+ 1 from killing / reloading 7 bucanneer ghosts

6 fey rings from killing / reloading lots of wind faerie packs at mountain wilderness ( actually didnt take that long )

5 gowns of divinemail from killing / reloading rapax preistesses ( took a while also )
+ 1 from killing / reloading al-sedexus

The rest of the crap is bought from vendors

I also got hella lucky since I found a ring of regeneration in davy jones locker [img]smile.gif[/img]

So now that I am armed to the teeth I guess its time to scrap the temp party and make the real one [img]smile.gif[/img]

All in all I say it worked pretty well except 2 spellcasters would have been better.

Oh, yes and pickpocketing is soooooo damn worthless. By the time I got it to 86 with 2 filchers bands I have way better items then can be pickpocketed anyway. It really would have been nice to get that one polearm off of antone before I had 3 staffs of doom.

[ 05-06-2005, 08:35 AM: Message edited by: TinyMage ]

05-06-2005, 08:25 AM	#1
TinyMage Dungeon Master Join Date: August 18, 2004 Location: USA Age: 46 Posts: 83	I made 6 "temporary" characters that I thought I could get to level 21 really fast with sub-par equipment. bishop bard engeneer fighter x 3 The reason for this is I wanted 3 staffs of doom, and you have to be level 21 + for them to spawn randomly. The "real" party I wanted to play is this: samarai x 2 lord ranger x 3 I wanted to max intellegence and vitality first for all of them. It would be a pretty slow start. However I thought if I gathered all the super top-notch equipment with a temp party, It would be faster then if I started the real party from scratch. The items I wanted were: 3 x staff of doom 3 x frontline phaser 6 x fey ring ( this will an all elf party ) 5 x amulet of healing + 1 nebdar 6 x cloak of many colors 6 x snakeskin boots ( the ones with snake strike ) 6 x infinity helm 6 x robes of rejuvenation 6 x gown of divinemail 1 x mantis gloves and 6 x mail gauntlets ( or whatever ) I plan to put the 2 samurai and 1 lord in the front and give them the SOD and the 3 rangers in the back with frontline phasers. I dont like bows cause I hate constantly reloading / buying ammo, but I want some ranged damage. I dont like any melee weapon that isnt extended range cause I hate moving all the time. SOD is the best extended range weapon, frontline phasers are OK ranged weapons with 5% critical ( 11% with rangers maxed skill ) and they dont need ammo. Well fast forward 2 days and I now have every item on my want list ( and yes all gotten legitly. Most took many reloads to get ): 1 staff of doom at mountain wilderness + 1 from killing / reloading the 2 rapax corpses ( yes this took a while ) + 1 at rapax away camp ( reloaded the 2 chests, pretty fast cause I was a templar ). 1 frontline phaser from bayjin chest ( reloaded before going into bayjin ) + 1 from janette ( reload when she died ) + 1 from killing / reloading 7 bucanneer ghosts 6 fey rings from killing / reloading lots of wind faerie packs at mountain wilderness ( actually didnt take that long ) 5 gowns of divinemail from killing / reloading rapax preistesses ( took a while also ) + 1 from killing / reloading al-sedexus The rest of the crap is bought from vendors I also got hella lucky since I found a ring of regeneration in davy jones locker [img]smile.gif[/img] So now that I am armed to the teeth I guess its time to scrap the temp party and make the real one [img]smile.gif[/img] All in all I say it worked pretty well except 2 spellcasters would have been better. Oh, yes and pickpocketing is soooooo damn worthless. By the time I got it to 86 with 2 filchers bands I have way better items then can be pickpocketed anyway. It really would have been nice to get that one polearm off of antone before I had 3 staffs of doom. [ 05-06-2005, 08:35 AM: Message edited by: TinyMage ]