@Jmtheawesome

I don't know much about lockdown, but-

It is plausible to use the charge attacks of the brandish lines and FoV. Other than that, Divine Avenger and Gran Faust are more than usable in T3 lockdown. But you shouldn't be playing lockdown anyway- its kind of cruddy and completely imbalanced. It's better to just earn your tolkiens on bomberman, or to find+play the variety of other games that rely on much the same concept, but perform better- like TF2. If you must play it, you're going to be frustrated constantly by those willing to use flourish-esque weapons.

@Fleet

If you plan to play T2 lockdown seriously, then yes, getting gear for it would be a good idea. If you're not sure, then go play a bit of it with 2/3* weapons. See if you like it first, then go for the gear.... investing in a decent gear set for lockdown before trying it out isn't necessarily a good idea. Especially since there are better games (or games seen as being better) that actually focus on PvP out there that you could play instead.

@Flamearc

By holding Nick hostage and demanding he be unbanned from the forums. My password contains inappropriate language, and as such I cannot tell it to you.

@Stable-Ordinance

For gun puppies, there are a number of weapons that you can use to take them out. These include things like most elemental guns (polaris is a notable example), as well as divine avenger (which can charge shot them) and warmaster rocket hammer, which one shots, or almost one shots turrets on the 2nd hit. Learning to auto-aim at will via a bound key will insure that you don't fly off into the distance when aiming with the hammer as well. If you're a bomber as evidenced by your avatar, you might want to look into getting dark retribution- which is also a boss at taking out turrets and will unlock you the rocket hammer suggested above, which is a fun weapon unto itself. Dread venom striker can help with turrets as well, and FoV can deal with them in one charge shot, though this is not recommended for beginners due to the cost of fire damage. Elemental brandish lines are also a large help when it comes to fighting gun puppies.. bombing gun puppies almost never works, so picking up an elemental handgun to go along with your bombs can be a huge boon. I would recommend either hail driver or storm driver, as their charge shots deal an immense amount of damage. Hail driver's freeze can be enough to keep a turret in place for a second charge if necessary, and storm driver will deal a larger amount of damage due to it's shock. Since you're fighitng construct, shock will do more. Nova driver can also work, if you're able to buff it's damage much- this will make it easier to one-shot the turrets via a charge attack.

Attaining a decent shield that blocks large amounts of elemental defense is also not a bad idea- the owlite series of shields accomplishes this incredibly well for elemental damage.

@Stable-Ordinance

If you want to avoid noobs, I would suggest playing the entire game solo, or otherwise friending people like Bopp and Little-Juances off of the forums, as they are likely to be as "pro" as it gets. Avoid going to Haven, and try joining joining an elitist guild, as those tend not to have many noobs in them, and will give you access to the auction house. If you must visit the Auction House, a non-populated foreign version of Haven will likely contain few people, and thus, few noobs as well.

@Stable ordinance

Lumber attacks are resisted by elemental and normal damage, so maximizing those stats on your shield benefits you well. The grey owlite and heater shields will help you the most at tanking them- I would recommend heater over grey owlite if price is an issue- it will save you a few crowns and will produce a very similar result, albeit grey owlite tends to be more useful over all. All other shields, provided they have a normal or elemental component to them, will be about half as good at tanking hits from lumbers.

@Stable ordinance

Toxic vaporizer can be huge when fighting the jelly king, as the jelly king cannot heal while under it's effect. Since toxic vaporizer does not need to be upgraded to truly shine, it can be a huge boon if you lack 4/5* gear for the fight. This remains true for ash of agni and voltaic tempest, and their lower * forms.

@Fleet-miss-gun

Venom veilor is the best for dealing with menders, as it makes them destroy their friends and KILL THEIR CHILDREN. Do not attempt to add in other bombs, as that will leave enemies un-poisoned (if you have CTR max on all of them it is viable to do so, but even then, not entirely recommended as it is entirely unnecessary to do so). Ash of agni is still good for such a loadout, as you'll be able to switch to it to damage enemies when there are no menders out. This combination works well with guns/swords as well... which can be used to deal with enemies when you're done with them.

@Yukariyakumono
Well you see, OOO does not know how to manage their forums, so many rules are almost completely void.

@Fleet-miss-gun
Snarbolax magically respawns as it is a part of the core. The core, with the help of the gremlins, builds the clockworks- this includes all of the monsters, which are kept alive/undead/whatnot as is evidenced by FSC. Thus, bosses and enemies respawn. Or at least that is my take on it- it could just be unexplained as well, and I could be wrong. But thats what I think of it.

And I don't know why my post was deleted. I was unaware of this, actually. What post was it?

@Fleet

Yes, as you can see, the GMs don't actually follow their own rules- rather, whatever they say goes. Eurydice didn't like that thread because it was against OOO, so she killed it. She didn't like my post, because it said exactly what I'm saying in this one to some extent, so she killed it too. She didn't like when Magnus said that OOO's business strategy was milking their playerbase, so She banned him- despite not having broken any "real rules". The same went for Pawn, who insulted or questioned OOO. Forum ban. Others say things sexual, off topic, etc. all the time, but don't get banned or in any trouble at all. Rather, OOO adores them and loves them- despite breaking the forum rules.

Of course, there are some rules that they choose to follow- like to some extent posting in the correct sub-forum and not naming+shaming. However, even these are either unstated directly and are mis-interpretted (naming+shaming) or are otherwise subject to drifting out of shape, so to speak (gremlin chatter = "Forum games" rather than what the rules would tell us)

@Giagum

b/o means buyout, likewise c/o means current offer.

@Thejja

Because the sun shards were blatantly too strong compared to it's relative cost which was half that of all other final items.

The rocket hammer forces people to invest in other options; if I am a pure swordy and want it, I have to invest in the potential to get a mask of Seerus and a dark retribution. This means that the cost for WRH and OCH, while cheap for hybrids, is expensive for pure classes.

So while the comparative power of the old RSS and the WRH is about the same, the cost for each is drastically different.

@Fleet-Miss-Gun

No. They don't hate or favor any class. Any and all irregularities are simply a combination of the developer's failure to balance their game and the player's misconceptions regarding the use of gear.

@Raisinfist

DR is the one exception for turrets, and is a huge boon for bombers. However, while there is one bomb that works for 2/3s of the turrets in the game, there are a large number of swords and guns that can easily take out turrets. Likewise, when the going gets tough in danger rooms consisting of all turrets, dark retribution is not my weapon of choice. That would be warmaster rocket hammer.