Post by doony on Dec 15, 2006 15:38:09 GMT -6
Dieing in Van’del.
Doony’s tip’s and trick on how to die in style.
As an opening, I first must point out I’m just a one level 75 job character noob, and have been messing this game for 3+ years. At one point I quit for almost a year. My one accomplishment?
I learned how to die in style.
Sometimes the party’s fault, a lot of times mine, but mostly because Ally and I are insane.
Now there’s really three main ways of dieing in style.
1) Attacking and standing your ground against the biggest and badest HLNM.
2) Running from a 30+ train (or chain if ya prefer)
3) Fenny! And other Grandious Adventures.
Standing your ground.
Consider the first option, wa’na die in style against a nm? Well dam anyone can do that right? What do you do to make it stylish?
Grab yourself either an all Mithras Cheerleading group with either Basic RSE or the swimwear, or it you swing that way, and all Galka in subligar. Cheerleader in the battlefield isn’t a new concept. The American red cross have sent cheerleaders to such places as Vietnam and Korea during the time of conflict, leaving many a happy face behind them in a time of stife. I strongly recommend this approach to making your death memorable.
Conversely, make a suicide run, party crashing an LS event. In this method I recommend using a low level job with a gimped sub. Ensure you have a catchy “made for the generic action movie” phrase to shout out. I find that the term “It’s Coming Right For Us” works well for first timers. From there life fast and die hard. Caps Locks are essential for all chat (excepting LS chat) in this method, a it’s a flashy show of force (or lack thereof) you’re trying to display.
Chaining
There are several trains of thought on this approach. One states zone them. But that keep you alive. What’s the point of that? Others are mpk. Well that’s out, new hate rules killed it (mostly, there are still ways, but I don’t understand them) but wait! Want to gain notoriety? Then mpk your party! It’s a laugh (mostly, there are some people who grumble at being killed). Just keep pulling trains into the party, and wait till someone vokes. Then die and watch the party scatter. An evil laugh may get you booted from the party, but that is rare, mainly they tell you, you suck, and in most cases they are probably right. (In mine however, they are completely and utterly wrong. Always.)
Then there’s the marathon run. This is a two part death. First you need a tunnel type dungeon. Then you need a job that’s just low enough to agro everything in the tunnel. Then you run through it. but for notoriety, ensure people are in the linkshell. And for a bit of fun right at the start, poison yourself. Then announce your intentions. Not that surviving to the other side of the cave is a challenge. No, the challenge it to die merely meters to the end of the cave. But the real trick comes at the end. Plead and beg for some one to come raise you. Cry and whine until some one arrives on scene. Then just as the spell is cast… home point FTW.
It’s petty and mean, but its still styling.
Fenny! And other Grandious Adventures.
Finnaly we come to the end of this little guide, Being killed by Fennier on darks day. This is the meat of why this guide was started, and a few of us dropped several times to Fennier, in a desperate attempt to kick its ass.
But I’m done with this guide.
Your turn.
Doony’s tip’s and trick on how to die in style.
As an opening, I first must point out I’m just a one level 75 job character noob, and have been messing this game for 3+ years. At one point I quit for almost a year. My one accomplishment?
I learned how to die in style.
Sometimes the party’s fault, a lot of times mine, but mostly because Ally and I are insane.
Now there’s really three main ways of dieing in style.
1) Attacking and standing your ground against the biggest and badest HLNM.
2) Running from a 30+ train (or chain if ya prefer)
3) Fenny! And other Grandious Adventures.
Standing your ground.
Consider the first option, wa’na die in style against a nm? Well dam anyone can do that right? What do you do to make it stylish?
Grab yourself either an all Mithras Cheerleading group with either Basic RSE or the swimwear, or it you swing that way, and all Galka in subligar. Cheerleader in the battlefield isn’t a new concept. The American red cross have sent cheerleaders to such places as Vietnam and Korea during the time of conflict, leaving many a happy face behind them in a time of stife. I strongly recommend this approach to making your death memorable.
Conversely, make a suicide run, party crashing an LS event. In this method I recommend using a low level job with a gimped sub. Ensure you have a catchy “made for the generic action movie” phrase to shout out. I find that the term “It’s Coming Right For Us” works well for first timers. From there life fast and die hard. Caps Locks are essential for all chat (excepting LS chat) in this method, a it’s a flashy show of force (or lack thereof) you’re trying to display.
Chaining
There are several trains of thought on this approach. One states zone them. But that keep you alive. What’s the point of that? Others are mpk. Well that’s out, new hate rules killed it (mostly, there are still ways, but I don’t understand them) but wait! Want to gain notoriety? Then mpk your party! It’s a laugh (mostly, there are some people who grumble at being killed). Just keep pulling trains into the party, and wait till someone vokes. Then die and watch the party scatter. An evil laugh may get you booted from the party, but that is rare, mainly they tell you, you suck, and in most cases they are probably right. (In mine however, they are completely and utterly wrong. Always.)
Then there’s the marathon run. This is a two part death. First you need a tunnel type dungeon. Then you need a job that’s just low enough to agro everything in the tunnel. Then you run through it. but for notoriety, ensure people are in the linkshell. And for a bit of fun right at the start, poison yourself. Then announce your intentions. Not that surviving to the other side of the cave is a challenge. No, the challenge it to die merely meters to the end of the cave. But the real trick comes at the end. Plead and beg for some one to come raise you. Cry and whine until some one arrives on scene. Then just as the spell is cast… home point FTW.
It’s petty and mean, but its still styling.
Fenny! And other Grandious Adventures.
Finnaly we come to the end of this little guide, Being killed by Fennier on darks day. This is the meat of why this guide was started, and a few of us dropped several times to Fennier, in a desperate attempt to kick its ass.
But I’m done with this guide.
Your turn.
!!