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Now all the links don't work, server times out using the link to forum.sacred2.com & the link in Jetcutters post. Same with the link from the Deep silver forums.

The swamp isn't meant to be easy, that is why the rewards from the werewolves/olms down in south area are so good. I assume you mean by "constructs" the new forest region in expansion? I always thought there were more monsters there than swamp. Perhaps its the life leech they have that makes it seem more dangerous there, as on a Shadow Warrior I can reflect most other damage types.

That would be good, though with it being closer to the German forums now, we may get feedback that was greatly missed up until now. Or not, I don't know how much attention the German forums got before. I feel there will be a backlash from all those who have been trying to access forums last few days, they may eventually find the right link again. Oddly, when I deleted the line from my hosts file and went to alter my permissions back to how they were before I made changes, the permissions had already changed... Vista works in mysterious ways.

The link to the forums in jetcutters link also takes you to German forums now. Nevermind, I found the english link... I hope the people who get to make Sacred 3 aren't the same who made: Prison Break as it doesn't look promising. It sux having access for 1 day and have it cruelly taken away again.

Spunky reported that the explosions can cause lag and he lost 2 levels because of said lag. Consoles also have access to unarmed weapons (the same ones from S1) but as you said, there is no skill to use them. Still an added advantage I guess.

I must be going blind, I commented on riding but never made the connection.

It wasn't set to read only in vista, instead I had to change the security permissions for the file before I could save it. Only system had access to that file. Since I still have UAC set, I am not running as Admin. I hope they fix it as having access to it is nice but knowing other people can't get on defeats the purpose of a forum. I don't use them to talk to myself, I don't need an echo chamber.

Don't forget EP is a secondary skill on Shadow Warriors, he will need to take something like blacksmithing first to open it up. This is a pain I agree but what can we do? I would go with toughness instead to get around this - I have played enough shadow warriors to know you get plenty of drops without EP. Most of my shadow warriors had the same build structure after I was told what my mistakes were: That was posted on the Sacred International Forums, which are currently hard to get to. As for riding, there are too many people on these forums that think skill is a good choice for me to argue. I generally don't take the skill but that could be just me.

Damn vista won't let me save the hosts file after I make the changes, does it help not to be in a browser at the time? The other forum I mentioned in my post has same problem, the owners there appear to have gone awol and though me and another moderator had been paying to keep site alive, its not working now. In the last few months forums I have spent ages on posting have just disappeared.

Have you looked on the wiki? Here. Its a good place to start. This page should help you, I would look for items with Chance that opponents cannot evade hits as with 2 handed hafted you will want to hit as often as possible. What skills where you thinking of taking?

Could always be a weekend thing, it might be back next week. Are there Deepsilver forums we can report it on? It would suck if it was gone as it would be the second forum I regularly visit that has died this year, and I am starting to run out of places to chat on Schot beat me too it: DS Forums. Since the link on their forums leads to SIF, its a mystery still.

There should be a page in there somewhere that shows all of the bonuses for each weapon type in 1 place, even if it links to other pages for the individual weapon types themselves. We shouldn't have to search around for these things. I went looking after llama couldn't find anything, as I thought it was odd he couldn't find it. Its the same with the fact you need 75 hard points (in pc, not console) to achieve mastery. It should be somewhere obvious, not repeated in each skill summary.

Try taking all your Armour off and see what poison damage is. I have a feeling the damage from envenom doesn't show on the weapon, it just adds extra damage in combat. The life leech bonus isn't added that way, it doesn't show in the equip stats at all. I am not sure how its calculated. Are the gloves the type that convert physical to fire % or just +2 fire? If +2 fire, the damage bonus will only increase your damage if the weapon in question has a built in fire bonus. The stats of the gloves you swapped them with may have played into the stats you got.

Provided there is an option to turn off the confirmation as some people don't like being asked a 2nd time. Prompts are nice, perhaps an undo button would be better as once you hit a choice, its very unforgiving. I have done this before, its a nervous time allocating that final skill.

Hafted lore covers both 1 & 2 handed hafted, just not if you dual wield them. I wouldn't take shield lore as you just don't need it, since you are taking concentration, you can use 2 buffs and all you need are Grim Resilience & Reflective Emanation, use the skill for Combat reflexes (helpful since you can use 2 handed hafted). Not too sure you need speed lore either but its your choice. If you want an option, take combat discipline for the extra Combat Art in combos and more damage & also a 10% reduction in regen.

It hasn't worked for me since I last posted on it at 3.00am last night. So it seems to be a dns issue somewhere, we shouldn't have to edit our host files to get on.

The only real way to explain it is with a screen shot. Here is the light start location: Here is the dark location (alas, I can only be rough, its near where the road starts that leads towards the bottom of screen shot in center of image):

SIF seems to be working for me, the latest post was 30 minutes ago so its not showing an old copy here.

I need an editor or copy reader... the sentence should be: In dark, the start is just before you reach the Blade Fields, yet in light it is up near the trolls.

It could be worse, the only map you can use in Final Fantasy 13 rotates so that up is always the way your character is facing, not North like is the case in Sacred 2. It was only last night that I found out there is a north marker, but its not obvious and very confusing if you are trying to follow directions that mention north & don't know which way north is. Game also has fog of war which adds to the confusion - map markers are often outside where you can see. And its really easy to get lost (though sacred 2 has the desert to do that in). At least running around aimlessly in this game gives you time to kill more things, get more experience and maybe get nice drops.

in hindsight, I realise you are talking about the right quest, there are just 2 in vicinity that sound the same.

The cave (mistakenly marked how it is on map) is the same but the start locations also vary. In dark, the start is just before you reach the Blade Fields, yet in dark it is up near the trolls. Quests not linking up is a fun new bug making some quests improbable to do unless you have done them all before. I noticed the mistakenly marked map before and posted a solution Here You sure you weren't getting it mixed up with:

It seems to me the hardest part to get is the helm, since its the only part I haven't got yet. Unless I am blind, they don't have screen shots of any of the set: Ravoks. So why single out the chest?

One other stat that I am sure helps this is Direct Damage, but since its still a mystery, I can't prove anything. COCE is obviously more powerful since it is always given with lower values.

I forgot about the mounted builds. I played almost every other type of Shadow Warrior so I won't be in a rush to make another, can only do it so many times.