Id be willing to mentor as well

my name is Overyourlimit

I would love to help, but i can only do that on the weekends. Is that ok?
edit: IGN: Yongchi

I started playing with the Steam launch but haven't had much time to play so I still consider myself pretty new and could use some advice on weapon selection, how to have a balanced damage setup in particular.

Right now I have an Ascended Calibur as my main weapon and a Voltech mkII (soon to be Volt Driver) for some ranged elemental against gun puppies. I also have the 3* freeze bomb and a Kamarin. My long term plans are to have an Avenger and Silent Nightblade for some elemental and shadow damage respectively as well as a Toxic Catalyzer for ranged shadow/poison.

The main hole I have obviously is lack of piercing damage so I guess my question would be should I have a gun or sword cover that and which one? I do lean more towards swords, have tried both the 2-swing and 3-swing varieties and am decent with both but the fast charging of the Flourish doesn't sound ideal, which I guess leaves the Snarble Barb line of swords.

I'm not the most experienced player, but feel free to ask me for help doing runs or about anything else.

I've done some t3, but I prefer t2 so far (I'm ahead of my friends who play, so we're holding off on t3 for the time being mostly, as a group anyhow).

That being said, I'd love to help out and do what I can. I'd also love some help getting more t3 experience. So I'd like to be like a sub-mentor, or something. Mentor in training perhaps :P I know a decent bit about all the different gear in the game, but I've not yet memorized every single item, but I can give decent general advice.

In-game names are:

Jace-Jarak (primary almost every day, this would be the best account to mentor from)
Maena-Jarak (Rarely on)
Naed-Stamens (Rarely on)

Hope I can help ^_^

I'm willing to help the little cubs out, show them the Dangers of their first T2 danger room, help 'em spread the most royal of jellies onto the carpet, and anything else really. I'm no 1337 pr0 h4xorz, but I'm willing to help. I'm from the UK, but when I'm on depends on how busy I am. Send me a mail because I don't check the forums much.

IGN - Danizpsycho

(shadow306k) Just posting with my steam account now, I'll work on getting my post deleted today.

As I said, I'm up for Tier 1/2 mentoring, and now I'm willing to help players that are just getting into T3, should this ever occur.

ancientwarriorralph is my friend in the real world, and i can assure u, hes only t2(barely)

hes not the best mentor, was gonnas k u, but now thinking better of it, sisnce hes on ur list as a mentor xD

sorry if ur reading this, ancient :D

Hi all,

Sorry for not updating sooner - I have had some issues with the forum since the steam patch - I can no longer post under my old account for the time being so I can't currently update the original post. I will hopefully ghet this sorted shortly.

@Mystic - message me ingame and I will see what I can do :)

Hi Mysticbeam,

Here are some tips for soloing the third room of T3 arenas: -
1) A big problem for a lot of people is the wave where 8 guns spawn at once. These spawn predictably, they're always the 4th wave and usually spawn when there are very few or no mobs left from the previous wave. Pull the last mob or two right into a corner and finish them off there, then the guns usually won't attack you when they spawn and you can pick them off easily (unless you run around the middle like a noob agroing them all :) This is harder with the blobby jelly kind of turrets, several of those will agro you even if you're right in the corner.
2) Having a good damage bomb is invaluable on the big waves, even if you're not mainly a bomber. I recommend ash of agni (except on fire arenas obviously) since it's non-disruptive, but there are other good choices. If you have one of those with CTR, you can pretty much just kite everything round the edge of the room on the big final wave, and it will eventually die. Even without bomb damage gear, it can outdamage menders if you hit sufficient enemies with it each time and catch some with the central blast.
3) Unlock 4 weapon slots and don't be afraid to have a good variety of weapons. E.g. if I'm running sword spec I'll usually have 2 swords that target different weaknesses as well as a usable gun and a bomb. I'll probably use all 4 in a typical arena depending on the enemies. Sometimes a gun is just what you need against turrets or waves of lumbers.

And the same old general stuff: -
1) Have good gear - obviously 5* items are recommended for soloing tier 3 arenas (not saying it can't be done with less, but it helps)
2) Tailor your gear to the strata/arena you're doing, check the gate map before entering and make sure your equipment is going to provide useful defenses. Chances are you will die if your armour doesn't give you any protection to the damage type monsters in the arena are doing.

Hi Toastyspiralknight,

You should be able to solo most of tier 2 with 3* gear. If you're struggling avoid danger rooms (those that cost energy to open) and the third rooms of arenas, which are particularly tough compared to the rest.

The main thing you need to do is just learn monsters attack patterns - they are mostly very predictable so if you move/block correctly you will rarely get hit. If you're having problems with a specific type of enemy/level let us know and we can probably give you some tips. Make sure you take a gun, some enemies are a lot easier to fight from range, particularly if you're just getting the hang of things. If you're getting low on health you might be able to back off and kill things from a distance.

You can also "bump" enemies away with your shield which is useful if you're having problems against large groups and getting blocked in. There's a room to practice that in the advanced training hall.

Lol, you get better though experience and advice through the experience. Thats what we do. Ill edit the post then - sorry to turn you off

I would like to help, too... I can do up to tier 3, and I can mentor for boss stratums.

I can tutor T1 and T2 no problem. I have never been in T3, despite having full 5* gear.
:c

I like helping people out. I can help out people with almost anything except for Vanaduke and T3 arenas. I'm usually online anywhere between 1-6pm MDT (that's 12-5 PDT, 2-7 CDT, and 3-8 EDT).

@Foquizzle

Thanks for those tips! I have lots of problems dealing with guns and blobby jellys and I was wondering if getting a bomb would make my life easier when I am surrounded, I'm probably going to try to get the one you mentioned! I can't mentor, I always stuggle to reach Emberlight, but I just had to thank you for the tips!

I'm still kinda new to the game (skill and time wise), but thanks to a friend and my TF2 wealth I've been able to get some decent gear relatively fast.
Tempered Calibur UV: faster speed:low, Striker UV: extra damage to jellies:low, Wolver Headgear and Dusker Coat (working on Dusker headgear ATM)

I still die more then i feel i should so if anyone wants to give me some pointers (general mostly i guess) that would be appreciated