30 going on 40

[XaatXuun]

okay, I just reached 30, what am I looking forward to adding to my mercs once 40 is reached

current line up is

:spm: :vik: :swm:
...Empty .. :gun: :malehero: (cannon)
.. Empty .. :mnk: :sha:

I need to find that thread again that list which mercs are available at what level again, just too lazy to look before posting this. :p
I know it has been suggested to get a beast trainer, I can not remember but that will be at level 44 ??
Oh and 99% PvE/M
I have thought for a long while to go with 2 cannons, and thought of having my mid row look like .
. . empty . . :art: :malehero:
I know I was tempted to swap out the gunner for a Archer, then thought well I could wait till 30 and swap with a Artillery dude, using my melee against the environment/Monster front lines and my long rang against there back lines.
any comments about having two cannons at that level ?

[Zpirit]

Artillerist is a solid addition, BT can be saved for the lvl 50 addition.

[Kaiten]

Having two artillery is viable in pvm. Your main can do chaos wind and your merc can deep insight, both of which is aoe dmg. your formation will do quick work of ground units but you may suffer from air monsters. Mohen is where you start to see a lot of flyers.
BT will help in taking care of air and perhaps a witch later on? But you would have to ditch someone so it's your choice.

[jesada89237]

Don't worry too much about air monsters, as long as you have four mercs that can attack them, you'll be fine. But yes, having more than one cannon mercenary is a good idea.

[kaiser99]

Hmm bt is nt that good to add... as you may think of removing it later in the game as there is much more stronger merc out there.

[Teesa]

Maybe u can replace spearman with a witch later on to focus on AOE damaging, with viking cannons and gunner in no time mobs will be dead

[XaatXuun]

okay so I wanna look like

:spm::vik::swm:
. . Empty . :art::malehero:
. . Empty . :mnk: :sha:

and then at 40

:spm::vik::swm:
:gun::art::malehero:
. EMPTY . :mnk::sha:

then at 44

:bst::vik::swm:
:spm::art::malehero:
EMPTY :mnk::sha:

I'll prolly keep the spear in the front till the BT can get better Def (higher lvl & Items)

[jesada89237]

your party at lvl 44 looks great, but that lone spearman is not doing much to help the party, so you may want to consider changing him for someone more useful.

[Kaiten]

If you are interested in pvp, the viking,bt,spear is vulnerable to magic. Viking especially, so that's something to lookout for.

[XaatXuun]

your party at lvl 44 looks great, but that lone spearman is not doing much to help the party, so you may want to consider changing him for someone more useful.

The Spearman has not let me down, like the Gunner made feel like was doing, but I have questioned the thought of replacing the spearman, for another swordman. For a while now I feel I need another good tank up front, and it is going to be a while till I can get a LK. And Swordmen are cheap to get now:p

hmmm, I'll have to look at that and see how I would want to line 'em up if I do that

If you are interested in pvp, the viking,bt,spear is vulnerable to magic. Viking especially, so that's something to lookout for.

yeah, some games all I want to do is PvP, but this game does not interest me in PvP.
For my PvP fix, . . I will play a FPS game.

Ive been gone for the last couple days so if anything new has been added to the store I do not know (in the past 2 days), and sometimes games that have items that can give some one any type of advantage , really discourage me to want to PvP against, course i do not think any such items are out yet, so right now prolly would not be so bad.

[Mersey]

I'm really not a huge fan of running gunners, or spears solo, I currently run, you really don't get much of a benefit from what I've experienced unless you are stacking them. This is the formation I use currently using.

:spm::bst::spm:
:sha:Nothing:mnk:
:art::vik::femalehero: (Cannon)

It's viable in PvE at this level, and somewhat viable in PvP at this level (I've only lost matches due to huge level gaps) If you play it right in PvE the fact that the front line isn't ultra durable shouldn't matter. I don't take a hell of a lot of damage and nothing lives overly long.

[XaatXuun]

is your monk and shaman safe in the second row ?

yeah because I am too lazy to dig up $$ for a perm merc room, I am kinda stuck with either the one gunner or Spear. Now that I have had some time playing I see where having 2 of one ore the other is a better deal.

Right now I just dinged 40, er 42 I mean, so I am running in my 40 setup till I reach/obtain the BT

[Mersey]

is your monk and shaman safe in the second row ?

yeah because I am too lazy to dig up $$ for a perm merc room, I am kinda stuck with either the one gunner or Spear. Now that I have had some time playing I see where having 2 of one ore the other is a better deal.

Right now I just dinged 40, er 42 I mean, so I am running in my 40 setup till I reach/obtain the BT

They are relatively safe, that's what the open spot in the middle is for, if your shaman or monk starts taking too much heat because of pressure on the spears, you move them into the center. The biggest counter I can think of are willed spears, gunners. You have to make sure the midline is holy guarded though, or you will likely be in a world of hurt, of course the strat is rendered useless at 50 and the 9th merc, but I still run my monk and shaman midline without too much of a problem.