I just ordered the game and got on the closed Beta. Rolled an Asmo warrior on Siel. This game is badass. Kinda regretting I didn’t join the closed beta.
Yah, I’m trying my hardest to not think about it. I kinda stopped playing OB so i wouldn’t be super addicted just yet.
templar dps is nonexistent
level 20 zone has badass fight music
the game is really fun but its hard to balance games like these with fighting games.
we balanced that shit tonight fosho.
BACK TO AION.
Templar dps is actually pretty respectable once you start stacking physical crit stones. It’ll probably be difficult in beta, and during launch, but once you start getting around 200 crit you’ll notice a pretty big difference. At around 400 it just gets scary.
Apparently, this isn’t the way to go anymore. Rumor has it stacking attacking power along with crit is much more beneficial than stacking just crit. At least, that’s what they say on AionSource.
Fuck everything.
With the help Kyoji I will achieve power.
Lies and propaganda being spread to keep Crit mana stone prices low 
lol.
Hey Slezoid, how good is lvl 19? I was grinding it out before the server crashed. Should get get there? Will I be a happier templar?
Well, from what I’ve read, 10-19 is supposed to be extraordinarily shitty for Rangers, since we only have 2 skills that are practical for regular use in battle. Getting attack skill #3 at Lv19 just made life a thousand times easier (it also helps that it is as powerful as the previous two skills combined) since I’m not kiting around waiting for cooldowns to end anymore.
I don’t really know if it’s only Rangers who get that absurdly powerful at Lv19, or if everyone else has actually been that powerful the entire time (you guys actually get to use your attack skills from 1-10), or if it’s just this one skill in particular that is OP.
Ensnaring Arrow @ 10: 160-180 damage and slows movement speed for 8-16 secs, 16 sec cooldown
Swift Shot @ 10: 240 damage, 8 sec cooldown
Arrow Strike @ 16: Chain skill following Swift Shot, extra 210 damage with 6 sec cooldown
Stunning Shot @ 19: 350-370 damage, usually stuns, occasionally hits for double damage (I’ve had it crit for ~1200), 12 sec cooldown
lol sleazoid is a templar
at level 19 templars get another attack skill that chains from robust strike (yay! dps!) and something else, i think another level of shield counter
i got this beastly stigma stone thats usable at level 22. basically if you played wow its death grip, chains of ice, and some other bullshit i dont remember all rolled into 1 skill.
with my temp ive been stacking hp and accuracy for tank purposes because until like yesterday or so i was always tanking stuff thats like level 19 or 20 when i was level 16.
we gotta go beast the new area before beta is over
Just got 19. Equiped new 2h weapon. Pretty decent damage now with chain skill 3.
Well no, you’re right, but it’s usually preferred once you get close to, or hit the cap for critical (near 450, so go around 300-350.) Beyond that you get diminishing returns for crit, and atk makes the crits stronger. When you’re lower level crit stones will definitely make the bigger difference if you can get them. I’m not playing this beta, but I can imagine it’d be fairly hard to deck yourself out in them.
Ranger’s magic level is definitely 19, but it isn’t even all that “extraordinarily shitty” getting there. As long as people realize that kiting is just slowing them down at that level range, you’ll get through it a lot faster. Fire off ranged skills until they get close then pop instant dodge -> stun, walk behind and backstab. On my ranger this got me to 16 (I started kiting here) in no time. If they are still alive finish off with Soul slash and it’s chain, as it’d be faster than trying to whip out more bow skills.
Later in the levels, and what is kinda turned me off of them until something changes, is they seem to do really random damage. It can be really low or absurdly high. They also still have to socket crit and atk stones because they can’t afford to lose those. Yet a sorc can pretty much socket all HP and still do consistant pretty high damage, and manage to have near double the HP 
Server’s down, and it might be for awhile.
server’s back up, takes like an hour to update
Patching now. Taking forever lol.
6 days until head start, GET HYPE :party::party::party::party:
Should probably start putting together a list of everyone we got playing.
I’ll be playing as a Cleric named Mno.
Asmodian.
Israfail.
im on the fence to be honest haha
if i do play it will be same name, same class, same look, same everything.
I won’t be playing this. Sure we had fun but I don’t see myself playing for long.