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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hatchnet on January 04, 2005, 10:25:16 pm

Title: Shield practice?
Post by: Hatchnet on January 04, 2005, 10:25:16 pm

Since we now have shields I thought I would get a level in sheild handleing however after buying all the necesary training to get level one. I can\'t figure out how to get practice to level up. I tried fighting in all the different stylesbut that did not help any any ideas?

Edit yes I had the shield equiped

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Post by: Just?clair on January 04, 2005, 10:57:41 pm

There a bug, if you have a shield, you don\'t level in shield handling, but in sword...

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Post by: Hatchnet on January 04, 2005, 11:12:10 pm

I already have 10 sword

Never mind I found a guy who can train you higher.

Stii need to know how to level my shield handling though

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Post by: Gentar on January 05, 2005, 09:28:14 pm

if you use a sword then u get better at sword handling???? i thought you just had to use progression points on that skill.

i dont get this system at all!

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Post by: Jaedru on January 05, 2005, 09:35:51 pm

The Player Guide is your friend. :D It explains training very well. One thing it doesn\'t do is tell you how everything works directly in relation to your skills screen.

You\'ll need Progress Points to train. At the moment, the only way to get this is to fight creatures.

Opening up your skill screen, you\'ll see some yellow on red bars. If you\'ve earned any Progress Points, you\'ll also see a smaller blue bar. The yellow indicates how much you you need to train that particular skill before you can attain the next rank.

As you spend Progress Points, the blue bar will decrease, and green will appear over the yellow. This green color represents the amount of \"Theoretical knowledge\" you have for that skill. The Player\'s Guide mentions this.

As you use that skill, you\'ll notice messages saying that you\'ve earned points for that skill. These points are \"Practical knowledge\" in that skill.

If you\'ve completely covered the yellow in green, and earn enough practical knowledge in a skill, you\'ll rank up that skill. You can then begin to train it again with more Progress Points.

This is how it seems to work as I understand it. Hopefully I\'m correct, and ain\'t just made it more confusing.  :D

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Post by: Exaero_Fiero on January 05, 2005, 09:55:58 pm

I would also want to add, that now, when I have a shield, monsters hit me just as hard as when I didn\'t have it and my shields handling skill is 2. I am aware that more defence will come with higher ranks, but is it really worth of trying?
 
  Let\'s see. My swords rank before the bugs was 9 and I was dealing 20-21 dmg with a single hit using a broadsword. With a claymore, after some simple calculations I would have done about 34-35 dmg. That means that with double claymores I would have done about 70 dmg per attack. On the other hand - using a shield. As far as shield holder only has one weapon there is only one attack at a time. However, not only his/her attack is twice weaker, there is quite a bit of skill need to make shield protect you even for a small damage.

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Post by: Jaedru on January 05, 2005, 10:02:42 pm

Yeah... I was replying to Gentar more than to Hatchnet.  :)

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Post by: dragonfire999 on January 05, 2005, 10:48:13 pm

howd u get to level 2?
howd u rank up?

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Post by: Just?clair on January 05, 2005, 10:51:50 pm

I think the game use the shield like a sword...
So, your defence/%block don\'t change

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Post by: Exaero_Fiero on January 05, 2005, 11:56:02 pm

Starting build-up.

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Post by: Shiva137 on January 06, 2005, 12:40:02 am

*grumbles* still stuck at lvl 3 for sword --\'

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Post by: Icefalcon on January 06, 2005, 12:55:13 am

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Originally posted by dragonfire999
howd u get to level 2?
howd u rank up?

Is there a difference?

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Post by: dragonfire999 on January 06, 2005, 02:46:41 am

noo.....
but still...:P

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Post by: Gromin on January 07, 2005, 03:32:58 am

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Originally posted by Exaero_Fiero
Starting build-up.

Was that the answer to dragonfire999\'s question? If yes, I don\'t understand it ;) Would like to level up shield, too - was expensive enough (those poor rats).

Gromin Sharpeaxe