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Post by Chao on Jul 30, 2011 5:03:45 GMT -5
I play by roughly following a petpage guide (http://www.neopets.com/~ellie_33tc) and for maps it's of course IDNQ. These two at least make sure I don't get lost and I more or less can decide what to use for skills.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2011 5:18:09 GMT -5
I play by roughly following a petpage guide (http://www.neopets.com/~ellie_33tc) and for maps it's of course IDNQ. These two at least make sure I don't get lost and I more or less can decide what to use for skills. Wow, the wallpaper on that petpage is seizure inducing. @__@ It's got good info though, so thanks I guess.  I use IDNQ for maps as well. |
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Post by Chao on Jul 30, 2011 5:44:34 GMT -5
Yep, the wallpaper is just...   if you hit ctrl+a you get at least a readable blue background. By now I mostly rely on the maps for the way and the petpage only for the skills as this wallpaper is headache-inducing. |
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Post by Mel ♪ on Jul 30, 2011 5:54:00 GMT -5
I like this guide quite a bit, and IDNQ for the maps ^_^ Other advice? Um. Follow the guides, I guess. Don't get lost? I like to overlevel (to make things easier on my party), but that's more of a personal choice. |
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Post by Tam on Jul 30, 2011 6:24:08 GMT -5
Other than maps, I've always liked using this section of one of the guides on IDNQ, just to keep me on track as far as levelling up goes. But as for skills and such, I prefer choosing my own sets. xD; I found a system that worked well for me the first time, and I'll probably do nearly the same thing again now that I'm on my second run through. (Speaking of, I should actually play again one of these days. xP I got bored doing the first part of the Lost Desert without Velm, and my game has sat untouched for months. I am so predictable.) |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2011 6:27:38 GMT -5
I like this guide quite a bit, and IDNQ for the maps ^_^ Other advice? Um. Follow the guides, I guess. Don't get lost? I like to overlevel (to make things easier on my party), but that's more of a personal choice. I like that guide! Thanks for showing it to me. ;D And I like to overlevel too. :3 I'm currently Level 9 with Rohane at the first abandoned tower. Is that overleveling?  Edit: Other than maps, I've always liked using this section of one of the guides on IDNQ, just to keep me on track as far as levelling up goes. But as for skills and such, I prefer choosing my own sets. xD; I found a system that worked well for me the first time, and I'll probably do nearly the same thing again now that I'm on my second run through. (Speaking of, I should actually play again one of these days. xP I got bored doing the first part of the Lost Desert without Velm, and my game has sat untouched for months. I am so predictable.) I like that too!  |
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Post by Mel ♪ on Jul 30, 2011 6:35:15 GMT -5
I like this guide quite a bit, and IDNQ for the maps ^_^ Other advice? Um. Follow the guides, I guess. Don't get lost? I like to overlevel (to make things easier on my party), but that's more of a personal choice. I like that guide! Thanks for showing it to me. ;D And I like to overlevel too. :3 I'm currently Level 9 with Rohane at the first abandoned tower. Is that overleveling? You're welcome ^_^ And you're on Normal, right? You might have a bit of a hard time (skeleton guards and knights, ew xD;), but as long as you use your healing potions wisely, it should be fine c: |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2011 6:37:59 GMT -5
I like that guide! Thanks for showing it to me. ;D And I like to overlevel too. :3 I'm currently Level 9 with Rohane at the first abandoned tower. Is that overleveling? You're welcome ^_^ And you're on Normal, right? You might have a bit of a hard time (skeleton guards and knights, ew xD;), but as long as you use your healing potions wisely, it should be fine c: Yeah, thanks for the advice. Those skeletons really are Demonic Spiders, aren't they? I've also been focusing Rohane's skill points on damage increase, but I'm spreading out now. |
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Post by Chao on Jul 30, 2011 6:39:14 GMT -5
Ever since I decided only to move straight and not diagonal and walk around the last battle-spot in normal mode for healing and only move forward after seven healing paces by switching into hunting mode, I'm always overlevelled. But at least it's better than having to wander around the same plot of landscape over and over again to reach a certain level for fighting a certaing boss-level-monster.
And yeah, Tamia, I know what you mean. I was so glad when I finally got Velm. No more dancing around the same spot for healing. I don't know what my time-record will say by the time I finish NQII in evil... I can't even remember how long ago I started it XD
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Post by Mel ♪ on Jul 30, 2011 6:42:05 GMT -5
And yeah, Tamia, I know what you mean. I was so glad when I finally got Velm. No more dancing around the same spot for healing. I don't know what my time-record will say by the time I finish NQII in evil... I can't even remember how long ago I started it XD It's funny you guys bring up Velm, because this game, I was hoping for his exp to be somewhere between Talinia and Rohane/Mipsy's, and instead, he ended up ~1,000 exp ahead of them XD I'm really OCDish about even exp numbers  I sometimes let a character die off just to even out the numbers. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2011 6:49:38 GMT -5
And yeah, Tamia, I know what you mean. I was so glad when I finally got Velm. No more dancing around the same spot for healing. I don't know what my time-record will say by the time I finish NQII in evil... I can't even remember how long ago I started it XD It's funny you guys bring up Velm, because this game, I was hoping for his exp to be somewhere between Talinia and Rohane/Mipsy's, and instead, he ended up ~1,000 exp ahead of them XD I'm really OCDish about even exp numbers I sometimes let a character die off just to even out the numbers. I'm like that on some other RPG's as well. XD |
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Post by Chao on Jul 30, 2011 7:00:02 GMT -5
And yeah, Tamia, I know what you mean. I was so glad when I finally got Velm. No more dancing around the same spot for healing. I don't know what my time-record will say by the time I finish NQII in evil... I can't even remember how long ago I started it XD It's funny you guys bring up Velm, because this game, I was hoping for his exp to be somewhere between Talinia and Rohane/Mipsy's, and instead, he ended up ~1,000 exp ahead of them XD I'm really OCDish about even exp numbers I sometimes let a character die off just to even out the numbers. The exp ranking of the four is different every game? Never noticed... I remember that even on Normal I had Talinia with the most exp then Rohane, Mipsy and Velm. With less than 500 difference between Talinia and Velm. |
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Post by Mel ♪ on Jul 30, 2011 7:11:17 GMT -5
It's funny you guys bring up Velm, because this game, I was hoping for his exp to be somewhere between Talinia and Rohane/Mipsy's, and instead, he ended up ~1,000 exp ahead of them XD I'm really OCDish about even exp numbers I sometimes let a character die off just to even out the numbers. The exp ranking of the four is different every game? Never noticed... I remember that even on Normal I had Talinia with the most exp then Rohane, Mipsy and Velm. With less than 500 difference between Talinia and Velm. Yup. Sadly xD Last game, I had a beautiful set of exp numbers (Rohane and Talinia were 15 apart, Rohane and Mipsy were 50 apart, and Mipsy and Velm were 1 apart), which, apparently, is the reason for my horrible exp number set this game XD I can only hope for nicer numbers next game. |
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Post by Tam on Jul 30, 2011 7:32:55 GMT -5
I didn't know the characters got different experience each time. xD; On my Normal game, Rohane and Mipsy almost always levelled up together, then I think there was a bit of a gap before Talinia, and then Velm was always the last to hit a level. And I have a bad habit of underlevelling before facing a boss. xD; I've been playing it a bit safer on Evil, though. And yeah, Tamia, I know what you mean. I was so glad when I finally got Velm. No more dancing around the same spot for healing. I don't know what my time-record will say by the time I finish NQII in evil... I can't even remember how long ago I started it XD I know! The first part of the Lost Desert act is my absolute least favourite part of the game. Hard monsters, vulnerable Mipsy, and minimal options for healing. Then of course you get Velm and it's suddenly all great and you're suddenly all but invincible for a while. xD Heh. My Evil game is about a year and a half old now, which isn't really that bad when you consider that it took me five years to get through my game on Normal mode. >__> |
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Post by Mel ♪ on Jul 30, 2011 7:37:18 GMT -5
My least favorite part is the first part of the Lost Desert, but coming at a close second is the city of Akhten-Ka xD All the monsters there either have damage shields or normal shields, both of which are really annoying... >>
And I really hate how Mipsy has so little health. She's my favorite character, yes, but it's still so annoying how monsters seem to target her just because she's weak.
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I use IDNQ for maps as well. 
I sometimes let a character die off just to even out the numbers.