Can some vets give me some super secret tips on fighting or something? That and how to make money.
How to not look like a noob?
Be good in Lockdown, and to make money, do missions and keep unlocking further missions to make more of the loot
Trying and Atrumvindex are right. If you use your shield, instead of your armor, to absorb damage, your noob status will vanish. Dodging enemy attacks will multiply your pro status by a ton, depending on how often and how well you do it.
And I do, actually, have some "super-secret" tips for fighting, though since I'm telling them to you, they're not so secret. The following are sword tactics:
Works often, simplest to perform: attack, retreat, repeat (examples: mecha knights, scuttlebots, slimes, etc.)
Works better, tougher to perform: provoke, flank, attack, retreat, repeat (examples: wolvers, trojans, thwackers, etc.)
The key to these tactics is shield-cancelling the next-to-last strike, and sometimes just the first strike, depending on the rate at which the enemies attack. NEVER use the last swing of your combo unless you have your timing down to a "T" and really know what you're doing.
As for making money...
It grows on trees. I'm kidding; it actually grows in bushes and shrubs. ;)
But more seriously, the best way to save (and therefore make) money is to "fold it up and put it in your wallet," as the saying goes. Don't buy anything you don't really need, do as many arenas and danger rooms as you can (avoiding bosses if necessary), and while you're doing all that, DON'T DIE. The last part is far and away the most important part. If you die, even once, that's at least 2 energy right there, which is worth about 170cr in the current market. That's not easy money to recover. Make every little bit count.
Does that help? ;)
Wait for monster to attack, and ye dodge it.
Don't bring an Autogun to a LD match. Don't be tempted by its high-damage fast-speed allure; it is a pig of a gun to get used to.
Learn enemy attack patterns. Then learn them all over again when they change in t2 and then t3.
Learn what damage types are effective on certain enemies.
(Piercing for Fiend/Beast, shadow for Slime/Gremlin, elemental for Construct/Undead: normal is mediocre against all of these.)
Learn what damage types are ineffective on enemies.
Skip Cobalt, it's only good if you're being a total cheapskate.
Watch Youtube tutorial videos. Learn to shield cancel. Learn to start charging from shielded.
Ask questions! Generally people will be happy to answer them, unless it's 'i can haz ce pl0x'.
Oh yeah, and don't beg.
Ten tips for your quest to become pro and wealthy player:
1. Use active defence whenever possible (shielding or dodging is more efficient then tanking with armour)
2. If playing with party do not revive with energy - let other player get those 30% of your heat. If you revive with energy this 30% will be lost.
3. If playing with party, do not throw unwanted vials at random walls - drag and drop them off your bell to the floor - another player may pick it up.
4. Before you're going to left the party and go up to haven drag and drop your Vitapod and all pills/vials. Someone may need them, especially if other party members are going to find a replacement.
5. If you're using weapon which knocks back monsters, try not to knock back enemies into other party members.
6. Scrubs, monsters and heart boxes are all great sources of hearts. Try heal with those hearts rather then Health Pills. Save Health Pills for danger rooms, arenas, boss fights and other dire situations.
7. Because of point 1. crafting several shields is more important then crafting several armours/helms, especially if you can't afford too many investments. Try to get a shield for every situation (at least one with shadow defence and the one with elemental defence).
8. Don't waste crowns on items and services that are non-significant and are mostly for showing-off (like buying Unique Variants at Punch, Silver Keys or Accessories).
9. Craft items with Mist Energy on those days that you're not willing to play (for whatever reason). That way you will save lots of Energy.
10. Do not suggest pets, mounts, races, classes, skills, spells and healing weapons on the forums.
Actually, I think it's been shown that energy reviving causes you to retain your heat. This may be a bug or just poor/inaccurate wording.
I have one tip to add: be polite. If someone gets on your case, just mentally ignore them, or if they are truly obnoxious, use /ignore. If you have a question to ask, phrase it as concisely as you can with good grammar, and oh the places you'll go. You don't need to write an essay or use perfect punctuation, but nothing labels you as a noob faster than using internet slang and text abbreviations.
#2. you don't lose the heat.
if you self revive you still keep all your heat. but if anyone else revives you they take 30% of what you have.
@Broxaim and Mohandar
Oh really? Wiki says otherwise... Anyway thanks for info though. Good to know I was wrong.
Crafting is your best, safest option. Check the general merch vendor in the bazaar every day for popular 2* recipes (magic set, wolver set, flourish, brandish, etc.): the selection is random, and rotates every 24 hours. Once you have learned a few popular 2* recipes, spend 50 of your daily mist on crafting a single piece of 2* gear, and use the other 50 to play on. Assuming you're not spending a lot of cr buying mats, you can craft a 2* item for 400cr and then sell that item to any of the NPC vendors in the bazaar for 750cr--you can get more than 750cr selling even vanilla (no UVs) gear on the AH to other players, but it can be time consuming, and you have to be careful how you price things to avoid not making a sale.
If you're lucky, however, you will get some kind of UV, and depending on the number of UVs and how desirable they are, you can make quite a bit of ce/cr selling the item (particularly ASI and CTR for swords/guns, CTR for bombs, and high+ defense or status resistance on helms/armors). Be sure to check the bazaar section of the forums, the AH, or trade chat in-game to price what you're selling. You want to make sure you're getting a fair price, whether you sell directly to a player, or through the AH. Also, be sure to check the daily price of ce on the energy market to make sure you're not getting ripped off when someone offers you ce instead of cr or vice versa.
Last bit of advice: if you're selling on the AH, check to see what the approximate value of the item you're selling is, then post your item for about 10% less. Especially if it's a rare/valuable, this should help to get multiple players to compete for the item, and wind up driving the price up beyond the current market value (you will ultimately make more cr on the sale, even if you lose some cr from the auction fee).
"Assuming you're not spending a lot of cr buying mats, you can craft a 2* item for 400cr and then sell that item to any of the NPC vendors in the bazaar for 750cr--you can get more than 750cr selling even vanilla (no UVs) gear on the AH to other players, but it can be time consuming, and you have to be careful how you price things to avoid not making a sale."
No, no, no. Selling to the vendor will only lose you money--you make 350 cr off the sale, but you would have made far more just playing in the clockworks. That's even before considering what you'd have got from selling the mats instead of crafting with them.
If you must craft to sell, sell it on the AH, always. Learn to use it properly or don't bother crafting to sell. (Actually, even used properly, the AH still won't get you better returns than just using the mist to play would.)
Mentioning that you can sell to an NPC vendor was not intended to be some kind of end-game financial advice (it's just a way to unload non-UVed equipment quickly, and for a small return), the point is to craft once a day in the hopes of getting a good UV. As Derp mentions, it's true that playing on the 50 mist I suggest using for crafting would net you more cr than selling to an NPC. It is also true, however, that a single piece of 2* gear with a desirable UV will get you substantially MORE cr for your mist than playing regular levels. Your choice.
Still, even if you must unload, it's always better to sell on the AH (unless you need the cr in hand nauuuuu).
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