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welcome mate! btw, if you're planning on playing on the net then send me a pm and id like to join with a fresh char

WHATS WRONG WITH CAPS?! okay just kidding XD thx for the note I will try to restrain myself from using CAPS even though it is likely that I would use it once in a while when I want to underline a certain thing.

Er.. The only problem I see with that tactic - you can't make the boss critter stop wailing on you while you say "Excuse me while I change into my MF gear..." He may be a few hit points away from doom - but I've yet to see one stop fighting until either you or he was quite dead. Also keep in mind that while you're swapping gear, your armor values will go down momentarily - and that could lead to your premature demise... Might as well have that stuff either worn or socketed in your regular battle gear so you don't have to worry about it. u have the F1 F2 F3... slots, and as a HE with IS im just stunning as much as I can so its easier for me than others I guess but just run away for 5 sec so u wont get hit and the problem is solved. so far I havent died due to my switching

well there is an alternative to EB, equip a one handed weapon and shield with +% to find valuables and just before a boss is killed (about 5-10% hp, depending on your dmg overall) and then switch to your MF gear (find valuables) and get the killing blow...I have +15% total at level 37 and ive got pretty good gear.

ok thx essjay, that helped alot

at 18-25, impressive I gotta admit... though, are u buffed up with gear from other players or is it all self-found on that char without any gear transfer from shoppers or friends?

well I made one in soft core in the channels and when I said "hey all" I didnt get any replies. from what I could tell by their names the guys who where online were german, not that im against them but their english may be worse than most other countries in EU. (due to dubbing movies to german so on...(I did not mean to offend anyone)) but anyway, noone replied so I didnt bother play online for long

this thread made want to make a HC char XD now that ive won the game on silver I believe im rdy for a HC char, and ofc ill be exporting just for a single player back up

hehe seems like someone broke my record I did it at level 31 on silver, but my fights took way longer and I had to run away from the center due to the shielding XD im a HE too. but on the otherhand I didnt have any help with items so im still proud

it made sence thx alt heres another question, any diffuculty above silver makes the mobs higher lvls than your self correct? (as in the auto scaling is +x level depending on difficulty?) so I was just thinking what is the scaling at in gold? thx in advance

actually I started in the "islands of many roads" no matter where I was previously. even when I went from silver SP to silver MP or if I went from single SP to gold MP the reason I went to free world was to farm. but when I did it as campaign(only option in SP) I started in the starting area for HE. and not at the machines/guardians as to where I was last time I saved/exited.

haha thx funny thing is im taking lots of dmg bur im dealing decent amount too so I can kill hordes and still survive cus I have mount but that damned kobold cheif is a pain!

btw when lvling, would u suggest I go silver diff and kill kobolds which gives me 300-400 xp but are very eas or go to a higher level place? maybe gold?

yea I knew about the level cap depending on area and the scaling, and I also had it very easy in the swamp at around level 25ish at max. but if gold is 60+ then my starting area should have a minimum level restrictions...such as maybe level 60+ or something mobs? or maybe the level 40 mobs is the lowest it can go. btw what is the level bonus on the mobs in gold? +2? +5? 10?!? thx for the input though, I appreaciate it

is there any mod that prevent regen, just like diablo 2's "prevent monster heal" requires melee hit or something?

well at first it was very tough esp cus I didnt know their abilities and attack pattern... but after the first try on them I learned enough to not die anymore on any of them in the nxt tries btw I just tried to kill the kobold chief on gold............ I gave him the full meteor arsenal and he lost about 25-40 dmg pr meteor hit...but his HP didnt move at all...hes level 42 vs me 32... is that normal that I cant dmg a boss when its 10 lvls apart? (his armor was 50% physical and 50% fire) so not that strange...but still QQ

well I just went there and all mobs are 10 lvls above my own... I know that theres a +level on gold but is it 10 lvls!? im doing fine atm adn my gear is pretty decent now that ive farmed the guardians, im actually not dying anymore vs them

hey guys. I just wanna know if its kinda early to beat the silver difficulty at level 31 or if its about the 30ies you kill the guardians. I will admit, I died like 5-7 times but it was my first try so but I didnt seem to do that much dmg on them unfortunatly took me about 3min on the easy ones and alot more on the hard one with the mana shield, im a high elf. what level would you advise me going to gold btw?

I know this topic is rather old, but heres my 2 cents on my HE, and this mount thing might work better on ranged ppl not sure. but on my HE I use that mount to get around and lure all the mobs clustered in a tight grp, and then use blazing tempest. its correct, the penalities are rather high, but ive also used the mount as my way of getting lower regen times than without my char. HOW? ive actually chosen riding as one of my skills, it may not seem like its a good idea but so far its proven very nice. right now my mount times are about 0.1sec above my unmounted speed. means with a few more + skills they will be equal or lower.

from my experiance in other games, and my logical appeal is telling me that tanking and dealing good dmg will require sick gear compared to you're level. its known allover that tanks cant/shouldnt be able to compare damage wise with a "DPS" damage dealers. and for that you will need some very nice gear. also keep in mind the longer it takes for you to kill one or more mobs the slower lvling, watch out it doesnt go too slow otherwise you might get bored of the game my only char so far is a HE at around 30ish single player. so im not pro with tanking or your class, this was based on logic and experiance from games like WoW and diablo 2.

btw ive got a slight offtopic question, is it possible to farm the same bosses in single player? because I remember when my friend played on xbox we could enable "free world" and just farm bosses. but I cannot seem to find that function here on PC SP, however I found it on multiplayer. its just that im assuming that u are farming kral and the other boss...or not?

ok it seemed I was wrong, my bad. but I did warn you about me not being an expert in sacred. but im just wondering, does niob mobs and bosses have SICK HP pools or somekind of migation from player dmg? since if LL% works as a dmg moddifer for the player and dealing extra dmg depending on the monsters hp bar. what im trying to say is that LL% seems overpowered, but I could be wrong, just that receiving additional dmg from a mob just because it has a high hp pool seems like a very strong mod. correct me if im wrong and its not OP

okay im not a pro when it comes to sacred, in fact I havent even seen this boss yet in the main quest... so dont take my word for what im about to say: usually LL% works as your damage = the amount you will heal yourself when you attack in melee, thats the way it works in most other games, ie Diable 2. to me it sounded like your were thinking that LL would take away % of the targets hitpoints. which it does not quote: "Kral had 340,875 hit points, so I would expect a 3% LL to drain 10,226 per hit and to kill him in 34 hits (assuming 0 regular damage)." in otherwords, LL is not an offensive stat, its a defensive. it steals health based on your damage, but in most games ive known they dont "lose" the amount of HP. example: you do 100 dmg, and have 25% LL. meaning you would do a total of 125 damage to the enemy. however what I have seen ( based on experience but not experiments) is that the enemy looses 100 health (from the example) but in addition you gain the 25 HP without the enemy taking the extra dmg, hope I cleared out something, and even more important I hope what I said about sacred is true... which I believe it is

why is it your taking pics of the game map? just curious

hehe, thx. well im just not much for HC mode, it might bring excitment for some ppl, but for me it doesnt id prefer to die and then come back stronger, something u guys cant! XD but eitherway its just a matter of opinion, even though SC is way better! (joke)