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Thu, 12/20/2012 - 14:13

Eilien

I need some advice.
Im completly lost.
I like fighting with sword and gun, but on T3 u need real good gun, so stick to sword (4* one from last event).
Lately i was told that my cobalt gear is not very good.

My stuff:
Sword:
- ascended honor blade 4*
- calibur/flourish 2*
- iceburst brandish 3* (thinking of upgrade to Blizzbrand)

Handgun:
- master blaster 4*
- prismatech alchemer 2*
- silversix 4* (my mistake, i could get blackhawk, coz i have ice brandish :/)
- voltech alchemer mkII 3*

Shield:
- wise owlite 4* (i think ill stick to this)
- aegis 5*
- drake scale 3*
- mighty honor guard 4*

Armor:
- gunslinger sash 3*
- mighty cobalt 4*

Helmet:
- magic hood 2*
- mighty cobalt 4*

And some stuff with 0 or 1-2*.

So. I can upgrade my brandish.
Then, what armor and helmet pick ? And why wolver :)
Change sth with my weapons ?
Im thinking to harvest JK, and do vanaduke from time to time.

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 14:42

Juances

Cobalt doesn't have buffs or speciality at all. It's a plain but cheap armor.
Wolver buffs swords. If you mainly use swords, it's an obvious choice.

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 15:06

Grittle

Use the most bland overused

Use the most bland overused loadout thats ironically the most overused (APPROVED BY JEMPIRE)

Helm- Skolver

Body- Skolver

Shield- 5* Bristle Buckler

Sword- Final Flourish

Gun- Polaris

Bomb- WHO CARES, Jempire Doesn't Believe in bombs, so they Pay OOO lots of money to ignore Bomb buffs and Try to erase everyone's memory of teh RSS and Nitrome!

Thu, 12/20/2012 - 15:12

Bopp

obligatory

You may benefit from my detailed sword guide, whether you go sword+gun hybrid or pure swords. It discusses not just swords, but also sidearm guns, armor, and shields for sworders.

In your particular situation, I'd recommend upgrading to Glacius and Final Flourish. They're both great. Your guns are all fine, but I'll vote for Storm Driver or Nova Driver. Upgrade to Grey Owlite Shield. As Juances said, Cobalt doesn't have any advantages. You're probably going to want some mixture of Skolver and Vog Cub (and maybe Shadowsun).

Specifically for harvesting the Royal Jelly, you'd do better with a shadow sword. For Vanaduke you might want Blitz Needle; to some extent that depends on your party.

Tue, 12/25/2012 - 11:08

Bluearceus

@ Grittle

:( I love bombs...The RSS was my favorite bomb until they nerfed it.

Tue, 12/25/2012 - 12:40

Corefinder

what class are you..?

(My personal opinion)
Swordies:
Wolver line, elemental/shadow/piercing sword, BTS line..(forgot the 2* version's name :3), and a gun sidearm
I use the Brandish line and Flourish line, sometimes I might switch out BTS for a Swiftstrike buckler for ASI. And as for the side arm, I use Valiance (great all purpose gun), Sentenza/AP, and occasionally Polaris.
Gunners:
Gunslinger line, alchemers, Swiftstrike buckler (not quite sure what other shield to recommend as gunning isn't my main choice)
I'm not much of a bomber anymore so I can't really give any advice there xD

I wouldn't stick with your cobalt gear... Assuming you dont have much CE to spare, for an ALL PURPOSE set I would go with Skolver Coat+Divine Veil or a Vog and Skolver mixup (assuming you are going swordie..)

Wise Owlite is a pretty good shield, I would upgrade that to 5* or I'd get a BTS

UPGRADE THAT ICEBURST TO A GLACIUS :D....and if you're having trouble with the beast line of monsters I would also upgrade that flourish of yours...

And if you are going swordie..upgrade the master blaster to a Valiance or upgrade silversix-->AP, those are good sidearms and fast at turning switches.

Just my opinion :3

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