The Guildmasters

Hi all,

Well, I’ve been playing for about a week now and have managed to get myself to guild rank 7 , I’m also at level 43 so not doing too bad.  I did go online for a little while today and I see that there is still quite a few playing this game.  There are also a lot of older players who have been playing since it first came out, yet I still don’t really understand why they are closing the servers, a little unfair to those who really enjoy playing this one online.

Also managed to get another trophy today, which was a surprise, I’m also binding quite a lot of items, weapons and armor as I go along as I know one of the hardest trophies is going to be the 450 item bind trophy. I think I will probably play for a few days online while the servers are still up and get some help with a few quests while the help is there. Want to thank Cloud who ran King of Dragons with me and also Dragons Heat, would have never S ranked those on my own at this level.

That’s about it for now, got The Last of US on my list at Gamefly and I won’t add any more games until that comes out and hopefully, I will get that the day of its release or one or two days later. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves on the games you’re playing, let me know what you’re up to. Happy gaming.

Tony 🙂

Hi all,

Yes I made it to GR 18 after a couple of late nights, going to be a bit of a long haul to GR 19 but at least it’s allowed me to level up to 70, which in turn means I am now wearing some half decent armor and actually manage to deal some reasonable damage for my guild rank and level.

This also opened up some more errands for me which i’m slowly going through, the errands are worth doing as every so many you get given a bunch of guild rank points, from 20k up to 60k which really helps out.

Another really good thing that happened was that our guild “In God We Trust” managed to hit level 9 tonight, we was all sweating there for a while as we didn’t really know if we would make it or not. Now i’m looking forward to getting in there tomorrow to find out what is new in the store, should be more armors and weapons (i hope)and apparently a better chance of vessels in the geostone exchange.

Hopefully by the weekend I may hit GR 19 which will then allow me to hit level 75, and I also hope to finish up most of the errands and bounties. I may even get the chance to level up Leonard enough so I can finish story mode, that would be cool.

Will update again tomorrow if I get on.

Tony 🙂

Yes I probably shouldn’t compare games like this but I am really enjoying playing Borderlands and I just can’t help comparing it to Fallout 3, it is so similar.

If you enjoyed the quest side of Fallout 3 you will love this game, it’s even bigger than fallout 3 and I think there are more quests, and you have the added extra of playing online which is actually very cool.

I had my friend Wildcuffy invite me to join him online with Borderlands and it’s like playing the storyline offline but with friends, it’s really cool, and thanks to cuffy I got myself another 15 trophies.

I love the fact you can drive a vehicle to cover the wide open areas, the upgrade system is excellent and there are so many different types of weapons available with enhancements and mods you will never get bored of trying them all out.

I think i’m going to be on this one for quite some time as it’s so open ended and a lot of fun. I think I would prefer to be at level 50 to play online but today was a lot of fun even at my level 25.

Will update more as I complete more quests but don’t want to put spoilers here as I know there are people that haven’t played it yet, for spoilers and a more in depth view on the game pop over to our forum and i’ll be writing a review on Borderlands by next weekend.

Tony:)

One of the most important things while playing White Knight Chronicles is to arrange your Combat Bars or what I call them “Action Bars”.

Everyone should know how to access this but just to make sure, hit triangle, then hit “combat setup”, click on your character and then ‘edit commands’.

You’ll see there are 3 bars each with 7 slots. I probably over use mine compared to most but this gives you 21 slots in total to use for different actions. If this is set up well, you will be playing at your most efficient in any quest.

I use two types of weapon, a Longsword for mulitplayer and Spear for soloing quests, the other skill tree I maxed was the divine magic. My action bars consist of 7 for the Longsword, 7 for Divine magic and 7 for my Spear commands. This isn’t a given as I often change them but you should consider this set up, or at least some of it.

Lets assume your a Longsword user but the same applies to all other classes too, apart from Mage which I cannot comment on as that is the only class I haven’t tried.

You should have 3 main attacks, these will be your favourite moves or moves which deal the greatest damage. I don’t recommend Deadly Fang on the Longsword as it’s not worth the cost in AC as a single attack. If you ever use Deadly fang it should at least be a finishing move in a combo.

Ok my 3 main attacks in the first 3 slots are Hack, Triple Fang, and something simple like Last Resort. Triple fang being the best damage dealing attack for the least amount of AC, using just 3 AC Triple fang can take as much as 1600 off Big Red 3, but having said that it depends on your weapon, armor and stats. Overall this attack is the best single attack for Longsword. Ok on with the rest of my bars.

First 3 slots taken with my fave moves, 4th slot has Icy Fang for an extra elemental boost on Fire Giants or Fire Dragons, 5th slot has Demons Aura which is like Inspire only better, it’s also quicker, 6th slot has Placid Heart which gets your AC up and my 7th slot has my longsword combo. Sometimes i’ll put in Firwyrm for Ice Giants and Ice Dragons, that goes in 3rd place instead of Last Resort.

Ok that’s one bar full up, good setup but we still have two more bars. Second bar is probably more important than the first, this has the Divine Magic. You should have at the very least Heal, Inspire, Raise and Haste. You can add other things like cure or revive but I find that if you have it put in ‘refresh’ instead, this cures you of any status ailments.

My ‘divine bar’ consists of Heal 3, +Heal 3, this is so I can heal everyone in the party if I have the time on my side, +Haste, +Fortify, Raise and Inspire, Inspire is a back up for others as I use the Demon Aura, my 7th slot has +Refresh for curing all party members of status ailments.

If your a lower GR than say 12 people aren’t going to expect you to do all this, this is my choice at GR 15. My objective in any quest is to make sure we complete the quest so I have all the abilities which are going to help the team succeed. Your own objective should be first to stay alive, then to help others stay alive, then thirdly to finish the quest. It’s better to finish the quest with an A or B than to not finish at all.

Your final bar can be made up of any extra attacks that your experimenting with. My third bar is for my Spear commands just in case we get into difficulties and I need to switch weapon. I’ve never had to use it yet but I keep this bar for my Spear for soloing quests.

My personal inventory is generally full up apart from 2 spaces, personal inventory is what you can carry and allows up to 20 items. Most of you will have at least 8 spaces taken with armor, weapon and accessories. The reason I have 18 constant items is because I carry 4 swords and a spear, a shield, some extra armor for a quick change and Elixirs and charge drinks.

One other item that can be of use is a Lifestone, it’s not too effective but if you use it during a quest then if you die it will bring you straight back to low health giving you a second chance to heal yourself, this saves waiting for someone to ‘raise’ you. It’s a shame you can only carry one but it can be handy.

I hope this helps some of you better arrange your bars to become more efficient when it comes to running quests with others.

Tony:)

Yes, I hit the 54 million guild rank points last night to make Guild Rank 15, so pleased with myself, it’s only taken about 5 months. Only 3 trophies left to get now for the platinum.

I want to thank all the players that have been running with me, too many to mention by name but they know who they are. Players that stand out for me include Winterjade, Chuc, Bo and T-160, these players have saved my butt literally many times and haven’t minded doing so, I thank everyone for putting up with my miscalculations and errors when i’ve made them ( and i’ve made some doozies ) and have enjoyed every minute of this game up until now.

So what happens next? For me it’s just the start, i’m going to concentrate on getting my town really sorted out and i’m still disappointed in the fact that i’m still only using a GR 11 sword, yes I get GR 12 players doing more damage than me which makes me feel bad.

I’ve been trying fairly hard to get my last Aged Dragon Skull for the Witchblade but no luck on the drops. The other GR12 sword I could get but I need 2 Fire Dragon Skulls+ which again I cannot get due to the fact hardly anyone runs this quest anymore.

I will probably continue to run King Of Dragons 3 whenever I get the chance in the hopes that I will eventually get the Skull needed for the Witchblade. I’m not too worried about getting hold of the Witchblade as i’ve heard it requires more Skulls to upgrade it.

I would settle for the Kingslayer which is another GR 12 Katana with a starting attack of 178, against the Witchblade that has a starting attack of 182 that’s not that much difference but again can’t find anyone running the quest. I’d like to get the Kingslayer which would then enable me to bind that into the Ethereal Blade which is another Katana with a starting attack of 181. I prefer this option as it seems everyone uses the Witchblade and I like to be a little different.

In the meantime i’ll be running any quests including GR1 quests to get items I missed earlier in the game so I can get the 450 bind item trophy, some earlier quests also hold items needed for creating job parts in my town.

Well, so far so good, i’m happy with everything apart from the weapon i’m using but hopefully that will change soon. Have upgraded a lot of armor, I have the full set of Shadow Armor apart from the Gauntlets, and I have most of the Bloody Armor apart from the Cuffs, I also have managed to get some Hellion Armor but that needs upgrading more, it’s all GR 12 stuff but even so i’m still having to wear Centurion Fists which is GR 10 for the strength and also Valiant Cuissess for the extra strength, that is GR 11 armor so not everything is cool.

Ok so i’ll be off to get some serious work done on my town, which means i’ll have to quest a lot to get the money needed, everything costs a fortune and money isn’t too easy to come by, I spent a million guilder last night upgrading my town to level 10 and recruiting a few level 10 residents.

Feel free to post me some tips if you have any or ask for help if you need it. See you on the battlefield.

Tony 🙂

I’ve noticed on White Knight Chronicles this past week or so that they have started to add new sets of armor, this coincides with the new quests available as the stuff you need for the new armor is in the new quests which makes for fresher content. This really keeps the game fresh and the fact that the quests actually get harder makes for more fun.

I’m still about 3 million off Guild Rank 13 but should hit that in a few days as i’m back to messing around with my geo town. I’m stuck on about 5 different weapons and armor needing upgrades and no matter how often I do the quests the damn things won’t drop those rare items that I need so am looking at trying to get them in my shop, it’s not looking promising though.

With almost 1,000 hrs on this game it still keeps me interested, you’d think it would get boring but it doesn’t, it is one amazing game, I just hope I can complete it before WKC 2 gets here, lol

Tony 😉

Well today I re-incarnated for the third time. Thanks to some decent help from other WKC players I managed to get the items required to get hold of a nice little shortsword called the Demonsword, there is also a longsword with the same name but I don’t think I can get that for a while yet which is why I decided to rebirth a third time so I can learn the shortsword skill.

A tip for anyone re-birthing or re-incarnating is on level 35 you can quickly achieve level 36 by doing the Boot Camp 1 quest in Balastor Plain, once you hit level 36 you can go onto Boot Camp 2 which will gain you levels fairly quickly, especially if you have upgraded a few decent weapons.

When I first re-birth I use the Castleguard armor which is fine for that level, I use the Grandsword for level 35 which is more than enough but as soon as I hit level 36 I then equip my Ornate Greatsword, i’ve enhanced this weapon to it’s max of 10 so it gives a whopping 115 Attack with an extra 23 HP and +4 STR and VIT -10, losing 10 on VIT isn’t a big deal at this stage as your just trying to get back to level 50 as quicky as possible, this sword has also been enhanced with water element so it’s ideal for Big Red 2 mulitplayer as soon as you hit level 41.

You can get hold of Arcanum Earrings from the shops and that increases your MP by 30 which is handy but you lose 30 HP which again is no big deal at this point.

Level 43 see’s me change into the Earth armor but I change my weapon at level 41 to the Evil’s Bane longsword, this one has been enhanced 8 times which gives an attack of 130 MAG 10 HP +17 STR+2 with VIT -16, this weapon is ideal to get you all the way to level 50 or you an choose to equip the Arondite at level 49 if you have it, this one is my favourite longsword and has an attack of 145 HP +11 and INT+4, this weapon is a little harder to get your hands on.

This time around i’m going to try out my new Demonsword and once i’ve upgraded as much as I can with this weapon i’m going to see how it stands up to my favourite longsword.

The shortswords don’t have the same kind of attack strength as the longsword but i’m betting it may just be a better option as you can hold a shield too because it’s a one handed weapon, i’m hoping that by upgrading both shield and sword it will probably even out but maybe the shortsword will outshine the longsword because you should be quicker, more agile and hopefully have a chance of better combo options, I will update as and when I find out.

I’ve changed my Georama town completely to try and achieve farming more of the rarer items needed for upgrading so instead of having a few residents of each trade i’ve just selected warriors and minors, this has put my stats up a lot compared to when I had something of everything and i’m farming much rarer items compared to my previous town.

Remember if any of you need some help either to get your guild rank up or get some S ranks for quests you haven’t managed to get yet just let me know and i’ll help out where I can.

Tony 🙂

Well i’m more amazed today than I was yesterday, I managed to find the other 3 codex and also the remaining statue I was after, what amazed me was just when I thought i’d seen pretty much all the game had to offer something else emerged that took me by surprise.

I went back to the fortress, my uncles mansion/villa is inside the fortress and there are many houses and shops within the fortress walls, anyway on my return my sister was sitting at a desk with an open book, apparently my uncle had put her to work, the problem was after checking the books the whole estate wasn’t bringing in enough money so this is where me and my sister put our heads together and organize a way of making some income.

It turns out if I get enough money, I can then give it to the archtect who will then upgrade buildings and shops which in turn brings in more people, more people means more money so we earn an income.

So indirectly this massive villa or mansion is sort of mine, I pay money to the architect, he renovates the shops and there are quite a few, a bank, blacksmith,armory and several other places, each have 3 upgrade amounts which in turn gives me a better income as well as bigger discounts when I shop there, that is so cool.

I’ve now learnt more moves, got more weapons, I have acquired the other gauntlet now with the hidden blade and can perform pretty impressive assassin attacks, if a guard is standing near a pile of hay then I can hide in the hay and press the square button for assassinate and i’ll drag the guard in the hay as I kill him, another move is if i’m standing above an enemy, I can lock on to him using the L1 trigger and hit “assassinate” ( square ) and I will jump down with hidden gauntlet blades revealed to deal a death blow, looks pretty awesome, i’ve also learnt extra techniques like dodging and disarming an opponent.

You can also use groups of people to your advantage, you can pay groups of thieves to follow you and distract guards, I think this game is going to be massive, it seems I haven’t even scratched the surface yet.

I’ve also learnt that I need to find hidden crypts or tombs and i’ve also got to find six discs to unlock the most poweful armor so i’ll keep my eyes open for those.

That’s all for today, will progress some more tomorrow, i’m actually looking forward to writing a full walkthrough on this game which is something as i’ve never felt the need or the inclination to write a walkthrough for any game.

Tony