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Ace2001
07-27-2009, 10:47 AM
Here's my current formation:

:witc::swm::bst:
:vik::malehero::exo:
:mnk::art::ora:

And frankly, I don't know who to give up for the Inventor, if I should give up anybody at all.

I was thinking the witch... my reasoning: Yes, I love her AOE damage. But she can only use that once out of how many turns? 4-6? I'd rather have something that was a bit more constant and/or could add more stun preasure.

BUT, here's my main problem; I can't afford to buy hardly anything. All of my mercs have recently started to reach level 80, and it's costing me an arm and a leg (And I think a testicle somewhere.) to afford the jewels to upgrade them. Let alone their outdated weapons and armor. (I think my Viking is still using a +5 level 50 pants when he's level 80 :/ )

So even if I did the quest to get an Inventor, would it be worth keeping or giving somebody up for? Atm I don't even know if I Could afford his level 20 crystals, let alone his level 50 or higher.

And if he is worth getting and giving somebody up for, who should he replace?

P.S. I assume a Canoneer is better for PVP than an Artillery guy, yes? What exactly does his mana attack do?

Atm I only use my Artillery guy in PVP for stun preasure, and RARELY ever do I use his mana attack. (Mostly if all the other guy's mercs are looking hurt, I'll use it just for a bit more DoT and to better tell who I should focus fire on. But that only happens once out of maybe every 6-10 fights?)

However, I use his mana attack in EVERY fight for PVE. It just makes things so much easier in my experience.

So I suppose my second question is; What does a Canoneer do over the Artillery guy that makes him a better choice? And, should I only use him for PVP, or is he also better in PVE aswell?

Cheesecake
07-27-2009, 11:20 AM
I would take out witch. I took mine out. Yes meteor does great dmg but you would be better off with an inventor or Jani, I personally would rather a jani over inventor just because shooting stance is godlike xD. I'm currently trying to dig up the money for dragon crystals for my cannoneer and Jani XD. I used a +5 destroyer Heavy on my BT and swordy till they hit lvl 90 XD. Cannoneers magic is Smoke bomb. It hits in a cross shape and it does minor DoT plus an accuracy debuff. If your a pvper get the Cannoneer, Arty is more for PvE. The cannoneer also dishes out more dmg then arty.

XaatXuun
07-27-2009, 02:02 PM
For those mercs that will take the Ashen Jewel, is is usually cheaper to craft the jewel then to buy it. Since you can farm the Ashen crystals fairly easily and the crystals are cheap

Yeah I know the feeling about upgrading a merc that needs dragon's, on Delphi, the crystals cost a lot more then the jewels, I had planned ahead while on my road to 100 so I could start a maniac, and bought the crystals and jewels while the prices were still low . . ahh so I thought I did, I forgot to get the rest of the crystals, LOL my Inventor is covered up to level 100, but . . wellll . . . for some reason not enough dragon crystals for his lvl 20 upgrade, now to come up with the 30mil (last I checked) so I an get him upgraded.
Sux when you forget something like that.

as for who to replace, I am kinda with Cheesecake with this one, the Witch.

oh and just encase your unaware of it, you'll need a princess @ lvl 50 and you need to use one of her skills I think 20 times (forgot which one) for the Inventor quest, no biggie, I went to sparring hall, and chose a low level gunner merc to use that skill against, and only bought that one skill book she needed, never upgraded her or any thing like that, because I had no plans for her, she is a merc room extra inventory holding merc now :D

Ace2001
07-27-2009, 04:17 PM
You can craft Ashen Jewels?! :O (I assume it's the Crystal craft skill?) Mine isn't up that high. xD I actually don't have a problem with the Ashen Jewels; it's the Giant jewels I'll need for the BT (and I think the exo?) that I'm having a problem affording.

As for the princess.. way ahead of you. I've already got her at level 50. :D Though don't know what skill she'll need.

Aslo, this is my first time hearing about a sparring hall. :O I assume that's found somewhere in Rome?

Locksley
07-27-2009, 04:57 PM
I would take out witch. I took mine out. Yes meteor does great dmg but you would be better off with an inventor or Jani, I personally would rather a jani over inventor just because shooting stance is godlike xD. I'm currently trying to dig up the money for dragon crystals for my cannoneer and Jani XD. I used a +5 destroyer Heavy on my BT and swordy till they hit lvl 90 XD. Cannoneers magic is Smoke bomb. It hits in a cross shape and it does minor DoT plus an accuracy debuff. If your a pvper get the Cannoneer, Arty is more for PvE. The cannoneer also dishes out more dmg then arty.

smoke bomb hits all, just like arty's deep insight. you nid to upgrade ur cannoneer more.

XaatXuun
07-28-2009, 12:45 AM
Aslo, this is my first time hearing about a sparring hall. :O I assume that's found somewhere in Rome?

yes in Rome, I was playing with the lvl 39 ans lvl 49 gunners. Any lower and I was only getting to use the skill once per battle, but at 39 and 49 3 times per battle,sometimes just 2 if I wasn't carful and if I did not try to win too fast. you could go around your level, and actually earn something, I was being lazy and did not care. also with only like 1 book used, I knew I would not miss, I was not sure if it had to hit to count or just use the skill.


I think it was Royal Signet that needed to be used, which ever one debuffs gunners, first I went and used it on Archers, brain dead at the time, saw it was not working . . duh! it is a gunner debuff not as bow debuff, then decided to just go to Rome and spar against a gunner

Ace2001
07-28-2009, 09:07 AM
Yeah, it was Royal Signet. And yes, it counts if you miss. (I battled the level 89 gunner formation for the hell of it (And won.) and the princess missed once or twice; but it still counted for the quest.)

Cheesecake
08-05-2009, 11:12 AM
smoke bomb hits all, just like arty's deep insight. you nid to upgrade ur cannoneer more.

Yah i found it it hits all, its just that i hadnt upgraded my cannoneer, and the merc info was all fucked up when i was looking at it T.T