Rocharox's how to fast-lvl and have fun Guide (well, not really)
Are you having trouble leveling up fast? Do your guild mates laugh at your slow pace? You don't know how to be happy on the game?
Well your problems ARE OVER!
Introducing the Rocharox's how to fast-lvl and have fun Guide! (R) (Patent pending).
With this incredible knowledge base, you will rise to the top as a lvl 50 character, then as a 50/50 character, then as a modded 50/50 character, then as a suicide watch member...
A - Character Development
1 - The basics:
Leveling up on Runes of Magic is simple business: You create your own character and start by doing "Quests", fake missions given to you by the lazy and weak NPCs on the game.
On doing the so-called quests, you are rewarded with little gold, some experience and really bad loot.
If you accumulate the required amount of experience, you rise 1 level.
Sounds easy right? Well, not so much. Runes of Magic was develop by really sick and twisted people that think they can increase the "Joy-Factor" by implementing the following enhancements to the game:
- Quests that require you to travel half the map;
- Quests that require you to collect a large number of items of the ground for no reason;
- Mobs with REALLY LOW drop rate on quests items to test your resolve on not killing yourself;
- Mobs with respawn timers really inaccurate;
- Broken quest lines;
- Region time events to help you NOT kill your mob as the angry mob kill it before you do;
- Quests that must be done in instances;
- Huge amounts of experience needed to get to the next level
- And so on...
After slaving away for some time (a lot of time), you should reach lvl 50, and be ready for PVE content.
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TRO LOLOLOLOLO LOLO
Nop, now choose a secondary class and do it all over again!
2 - Enhancing your gear.
Getting to the lvl cap is just one step in the road to awesomeness, you also will need some equipment to deliver the damage you want.
There is a number of ways on how to get the equipment you need, such as:
- Asking your guild to take you in runs and winning dice rolls;
- Going in Pug runs and winning dice rolls (face it, this never happens);
- Buying armor from loot or AH (If you don't have the bling you can't do the pun-ching)
- Crafting (Roflcopter, you really gonna do it?)
After all that, you are lvl 50/50 and have nice lvl 50 purple armor and weapon. Good to go right? That's all there is to it, yes???
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It's never over... my friend
As you will certainly notice, you armor comes with one of 10 designer mods, but it can hold five more of those. Also your armor got a Tier to it, starting on 1 and going as high as 20.
Ah, almost forgot, you can refine your armor, giving it a plus. +1 to +20. All that change that lvl 50 leather belt into a lvl 50 Tier 11 Yellow Modded +12 Leather belt.
Did I mention runes (God the game is called RUNES of magic). Yep, you can use four of those!
Its like giving steroids to your armor!
So go ahead and mod it all out.
Where to get mods, you say? Well, on the same instances you got the armor of course!
If you are slow or got lots of $$$, you can instead just buy the armor, weapon and mods and be happy about yourself, while rationalizing that money buys power.
Feel the fun?
3 - Mastering end game content
So, you suffered 49 / 49 levels of questing, begged your guild to take you on runs, and went broke buying stuff to pimp your gear, what now?
Well, even the best player in RoM can be destroyed by the new bosses with fixed damage or scripted 1 Hit KO attacks.
As you progress in RoM, you will quick learn that every single boss battle got so much stuff needed to be done, that your nerves will be on breakdown point.
To avoid certain death, PAY ATTENTION to a carefully laid plan, involving diagrams, youtube tutorials, videos and a little bit of luck to actually be able to kill the boss.
Annnnnd when all that fails, cry away on your room as your every death destroy your armor and shatter your spirit. Nevertheless, fear not! After you kill the boss a few times, you will definetly die only 10 times on the next run. THAT'S 10 TIMES THE FUN.
At this point, you should be geared and seasoned enough to run anything in game.
Problem is, by now you hate the game so much you are probably on the verge of quitting...
B - Social Development
So, withering away grinding and poverty didn't scare you away from ROM, here's how social development will:
RoM is a MMORPG, which means you will find many people to play with. In addition, it means you are going to hate a bunch of these people.
It is impossible to progress on the game by yourself, as most end game content require more players, forcing you to take your so-called "friends" with you.
If you are a anti-social, fedora wearing, above average, too-smart-to-even-be-here kinda guy, you might get some problems on this topic.
Here are some tips for faking a social life:
1 - (Try to) Join a guild.
By joining a guild, you start to live in community, which means you will have people who might consider you when making a decision.
It also means you will have to abdicate a little of your time to help em out.
Joining a guild bring new and fun aspects to your life, like:
- Guild Drama;
- Farming for guild resources (YOU CAN'T GET EM BACK);
- Inviting new players needed for runs;
- Guild Meetings;
- Guild regulated loot;
- Voice chat with people you never knew;
- Weird foreign accent on voice chat;
- Stalkers (if you are a girl)
And so on.
After all that, I can almost TASTE your anticipation in joining a guild. Have fun!
2 - Posting on forums:
Venture into your game forum for a new perspective on the game!
See how other people feel about certain problems and make sure to leave your own opinion.
Just watch out for Trolls...
C - Past times
After you done all that, your game might not have much for you to do content wise. That's why you can enjoy some of Runes of Magic fun options.
1 - Crafting
- Create your own gear that takes much more time to craft than better gear who comes from Runs.
- Create food buffs that go immediately obsolete as soon as a housemaid sets foot on the game.
- Or, if you got the $$, create potions everyone want to use, but can't craft and sell for lots of bling. Yeah! Capitalism!!
2 - Minigames
Malatina is a clown sent from the deeps to keep you entertained, so she bring her toys to improve our lives.
Amaze yourself at awesome stages such as dig the loot (or robots that will hit you in the face) or click the cannons (YAARRRGHHH!!!)
D - PvP
So, fancy yourself some human blood eh? Not a vampire I presume. Good, good...
in this section you will be instructed about PVP. In rom there’s 3 types of pvp:
1 - Open world PvP servers.
Anything is game in this server! Slash away people you never meet IRL using every trick on the book. Hide on rooftops, water, disguised as a Zurhidon, inside mobs, on their mailbox, on their shower, on the forums, etc...
2 - PvE server Guild Wars
That lvl 45 took your Straw Mushroom? Oh, can't have that, can we? Abuse your guild position to declare a 1 hour of hostility against a selected guild.
During this time, players from their lot will be your moving targets.
Ignore all pleas for peace while happily slaughtering people who got no beef with you.
3 - PvE / PvP Siege Wars
Guild wars is fun, but now we got Guild wars in SPACE! Ok, not space, just on an arena.
Have fun abusing glitches on RoM archaic code, to bypass walls and burn castles, laughing while it all goes down.
Just remember to play either Rogue or Priest, or you are dead already.
With all these tips, your life on RoM sould be easy as pie!
Have fun!
