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And which server is more active? I'm planning to start anew. I tried the game like waaay back in generation 2. Then life happened and I had to stop playing. Always wanted to come back. So many new stuff. I'm abit confused on where to start? Any suggestions? Is their a subscription fee to do story-line and to keep your transformation state still?
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You can have multiple characters too so there's that. Elf runs the fastest which usually attracts people to that. Plus good at archery, albeit one of the more boring skillsets (in general). Giants are close combat specialists that can't use archery. Humans can use just about everything but fall a bit short in the areas where giants or elves specialize and are the slowest race. All in all, it doesn't really matter what you pick since there are enough skills to keep you busy for years.
It is very obvious....
/Endofstory
How bout fidget spinners? Think an 8 ball will work as well?
This suggestion really bugs me when people say that. I mean, the player loses A LOT of free bank space this way.
Personally, I'm on Ruairi server, which is one of the three smaller servers, including Tarlach and Mari, while the largest populated one is Alexina.
What is there to win?
(Shakes 8 ball) "It doesn't look good"... Well that didn't help...
My advice on starting out is that you should either pick Close Combat, Fighter, or Magic as a starting talent. Magic is a little more AP intensive than the other two, but is very rewarding and Thunderbolt is a really good spell for taking enemies out at a distance because of its short charge time. Ice Bolt is also very good for taking out weaker enemies in succession due to the fact that a full charge of 5 gives you 5 individual shots, sort of like a magical pistol. If you choose anything but Close Combat, though, make sure you still devote some time to training your basic skills like Defense, Smash, Counter, and especially Windmill...Oh, Windmill...The grind is real...
Speaking of grinds, though, starting with Carpentry or Tailoring is actually a good way to get lots of Stamina early on from leveling the Production Mastery skill. Both talents provide double training experience for Production Mastery, you'll level it easily just gathering materials, it doesn't increase your Combat Power (which is key for training Windmill...aka. Mabi's Magicarp), and leveling Production Mastery very early on will unlock multiple AP-bearing talent titles, allowing you to stockpile AP for later training. In addition, both talents have their own individual early-game advantages. With the Carpentry talent, you can level the Carpentry skill more quickly--giving you a bit of extra strength--and with just a Handicraft Kit, a Gathering Axe, and enough inventory space to hold 10 stacks of 10 firewood at a time, you can quickly raise your Handicraft skill and make some decent early-game cash by cranking out rolling pins and selling them to NPC shops. With Tailoring, you can make a piece of clothing with higher durability, protection, and defense than the NPC store version, which makes a pretty good piece of starter armor with a Liner Attachment 2 and two Liner Attachment 3 upgrades slapped on it (If you make something like Mongo's Traveler Suit [Male or Female version], you get not only the good early-game defensive stats but also super-cheap rates for 100% repairs, so you can hang onto it for a while while you save up for better protective gear). Getting the materials for the clothes can take the better part of a week thanks to the RNG-based nature of cloth production, but if you don't mind spending a bit of time on prepping your character before diving head-first into adventuring, it's actually quite worth it. Basically, picking either Carpentry or Tailoring depends on your level of patience and which talent's advantages you prefer (quick cash or cheap gear).
The storyline and transformations are all free now. They even give new players a bunch of free character cards, three free mounts from doing Lorna's newbie quests, and you can earn a free Pegasus from doing all 10 episodes of "The Saga: Iria" for the first time. Events also happen fairly regularly that offer free pets as prizes, like the recent homestead event that gave out a special sparkly pink Pegasus as one of the prizes.
Finally, as far as what server to pick, it all depends on how social you want to be. If you mostly want to chill by yourself and solo grind and aren't big on random conversation while you're getting your adventure on, pick one of the quieter servers like Tarlach or Ruari and hang out on the less populated channels. If you're more of a social butterfly and can't stand to play an MMO without a lot of social interaction, you'll want to hang out on Alexina. It all depends on how social you want to be and how easily you get lonely.
P.S.: If you plan on doing a lot of solo adventuring, make sure to buy yourself a lute and a microphone, equip the lute and do the quests that allow you to learn Enduring Melody, Battlefield Overture, and Lullaby, then equip the microphone and get Song up to rank 5. Song at rank 5 allows you to use music skills with or without an instrument or microphone, which frees up an equipment slot and allows you to carry a melee weapon and a ranged weapon while still being able to buff yourself or put enemies to sleep with incredible ease.
I dont know, ask the people who spend buttloads of money every month to stay on top I'm just here for the summer
The first thing you need to do is pick a race.
Humans can use everything and
are the bestpretty average, being a slow jack of all trades race.Elves can run fast, and are known for
regretting everythingbeing good at ranged combat, like archery and magic.Giants are the masters of
having no dexmelee combat, aided by unique melee skills and the only heavy shield.After you have picked a race, it is time to consider what server to play on.
Keep in mind there is no right choice. Every server has a different population and general community.
Alexenia has the largest population, but also the most chaotic, unpredictable community. A bit of everything. The Youngest server.
Mari is full of sparkles and people who apparently really, really love fashion. The pretty server.
Ruari is
a ghost towna fine server with very respectable people. I actually wish I heard more from them.Tarlach is a weird server, where the first town of Tir is crowded, Dunby is empty, and Belvast is flooded. A surprisingly active server.
I'm from Tarlach myself. Just remember to never let people choose a server for you, as they are all different in a number of ways.
Good luck, have fun, and take your time.
As people have said, storyline is now free. Trans is free. What was once considered extra invo service is now free. Talking to spirit wep is now free. You can actually switch out your spirit weapon into a new weapon (I think this requires a Nexon shop bought item though) so you could switch from a sword to a different sword or even a different weapon type like blunt. Since you've been gone, there have been additional skillsets added such as Alchemy, Gunslinger, Ninja, etc. Music skill has had new skills added that will help in combat/life production. Also, you might notice that there are new life skills such as egg gathering (very useful if you do life skills, as you can rank it up and speed up gathering).
I would recommend checking out the new pets that do additional cool stuff, like the Warp Imp, if you're interested in pets. Speaking of, new characters get a free thoroughbred horse mount and an Eagle mount. Also, make sure you complete ALL The beginner quests (and don't choose to skip any of them), as I think that's a requirement to get the broomstick pet (which actually has invo, unlike the other pets). Additionally, I think that you need a new account and you can get a bunch of free character cards?
Wiki is still around. We now have skill seals, which you can get a variety of ways (events, seal shop in-game) that can help train skills. Skill pots also help. We just got a new feature that implemented the ability to choose 100% success repairs (except Ferghus and a few others can't do this); costs extra gold but guarantees that your item will not lose dura. That's pretty cool~
I think that's the short version. Btw, we're all the way up to G20
Hey what's up~? Ruairian here :P
Giants might be good with the new buffs coming out.
Go human for the easiest time. You'll get to endgame in no time with final hit and some cheap final hit reforges. Use bash when final hit is on cooldown. Start out with dual wielding beam swords then upgrade to CRKs. Level up all the str combat skills. Then all that's left is raising str life skills.
Magic is okay too for a beginner but it's a pain to get all the skills.
Alexina is the most active and most similar to the population you played with back in G2. If you go to any other server it will be a ghost town compared to your experience in G2. I quit in G9 ish and returned around the time Saga I was being released and played on Tarlach originally. I switched to Alexina because the server was too small compared to what I was used to.
I'm just kidding, it was a gen joke. JESUS.
lol.
Actually Elf is good as well, when I first started I went apothecary and started on the life skills (which are crucial for elves). Mix in a bit of archery and warrior and it sets you up nicely for mage what with all the mana and int. Protection is crucial but elves can where royal knight armour which is great for when you are training your warrior and mage although the dex penalty will affect your archery. It is the most challenging, so IMO is the most fun race to play (if you like a good challenge rather than Nintendo).
You call though as to what server, and everyone here ahs given some good advice but the best advice is to do what you like. It's YOUR Fantasy life.