Strafe vs AR/AE after v.68 Patch

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thread starter Fluxion Apr 12 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

As many people know now... Typhon invisible wall is gone. So does this make Strafe the optimal choice for FASTEST exp/hr possible? I suppose you could use it at Squids, and Gobies at around 75-8x? I just wanna know, since Im gonna be a sniper soon... Is Strafe, or AE/AR first the fastest possible exp? Descriptions Please :3

DarkHarm Apr 12 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

No way, even though the invisible wall is gone you can still get major exp by avoiding the fall. I am somewhat annoyed by the change but hey, at least people can't steal your typhoons on double exp o.0 If you train at typhoons long enough..you'll get the hang of not falling and it shouldn't be a problem. The best area to train on is that middle platform where they cant smack you to the right.

naruto1233 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

How do you avoid the fall?

DarkHarm 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

naruto1233 said: "How do you avoid the fall?" By getting used to training there o_o. By avoiding the fall I mean.. not getting into situations where you WOULD fall.

mandevil 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

what is invinsable wall? I got a xbowmen? and to the guy above me wut atk maplecrossbow u got?

chaosviper 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Whatup Skopes, as a lvl 125 Marksmen, I would recommend you to go with the build I went with. Get 1 Bliz, 20 strafe, 21 AE and then max strafe and come back to AE. This build allows you to train at any map with ease, trust mee. Anyways, get to 70! And then we will talk lol. =)

DarkHarm Apr 12 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

mandevil said: "what is invinsable wall? I got a xbowmen? and to the guy above me wut atk maplecrossbow u got?" Before when you fell on the typhoons map you were able to "Glitch" so you wouldn't be sent to the Vally Of Heros map, you'd just be on some invisible floor on the bottom of the map. Then you could CC and be back to the top of the map so you wouldn't have to go to the Vally of Heros map. They fixed this glitch and now when you fall, you have no choice but to be sent to Vally of Heros Map. Map map map map map map map

ksazn 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Strafe seems faster at level 70-75, because windraiders and typhoons are starting to become the new voodoo and hoodoo maps. Every latest 2x event, I could never find a windraider or a typhoon map. However, I could easily find a hoodoo or voodoo map, even during a 2x event these days.

DarkHarm 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ksazn said: "Strafe seems faster at level 70-75, because windraiders and typhoons are starting to become the new voodoo and hoodoo maps. Every latest 2x event, I could never find a windraider or a typhoon map. However, I could easily find a hoodoo or voodoo map, even during a 2x event these days." To me, Windraiders at lower ascent were more of an "Arrow bomb" Map ;o.

0verlord007 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

DarkHarm said: " To me, Windraiders at lower ascent were more of an "Arrow bomb" Map ;o." Same here

wdiablo2004 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

That's because it is...You can just use Double Shot to train there since it's highly doubtful that Strafe will decrease the number of hits it takes to kill them. I've been killing them in three hits since I first trained there at 76, and now I kill them in two hits with strafe not even half the time and I have 28 Strafe ^_^ You might want to get 1 puppet just because it's so helpful there when you jump into a huge pile. It's highly ineffective to Gobeh without good levels in Strafe and AE, and Squids aren't much better exp than Wind Raiders for me even though I've got almost a pure strafe build ^_^

UseTheForce 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You don't use the left wall when training at Typhons, you use the ledge at the middle which prevents you from falling to the right. Although, with the overcrowding at Typhons and higher availability of Strafe-build maps in the recent patch, I'd say the two builds are close to evening out, although AR/E-build would remain slightly faster in terms of leveling speed.

tuvillo Apr 12 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I stopped my Ranger by the time Crimson came out... Are WR and Typhons good for a lvl 81 with both 11 AR and Strafe? (1 Hawk, 10 second puppet)

DarkHarm 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

tuvillo said: "I stopped my Ranger by the time Crimson came out... Are WR and Typhons good for a lvl 82 with both 11 AR and Strafe? (1 Hawk, 10 second puppet)" at 82 you should MPQ your way to level 86. But 11 AR at Typhoons shouldn't be that bad. I started there at 15 o.0

UseTheForce 04/12/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

tuvillo said: "I stopped my Ranger by the time Crimson came out... Are WR and Typhons good for a lvl 82 with both 11 AR and Strafe? (1 Hawk, 10 second puppet)" I highly recommend NOT training at Typhons for now because you need more AR. Windraiders are fine.