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Posted by: Mutilation Sep 20 2008, 08:48 PM


What do you find is your favorite method of hunting? Not necessarily the most experience productive, but your favorite?

Posted by: Euphoria Sep 20 2008, 09:15 PM

polearm setting otherwise nexus is just boring

Posted by: Grand Cross Sep 21 2008, 02:02 AM

- being a warrior

:|

Posted by: Yamiko Sep 22 2008, 11:34 AM

It sort of depends which path I'm playing.

On my Poet, I'm best in duos/trios. The more people there are in a group, the harder it is for me to keep ASV synched and take care of everyone. (I generally don't like TBS's, heh~)

On my Rogue, I do kind of like using a PA and vitaing, but not all mages can set, and since Cunning can be pretty weak in higher caves, it's slow. I've only once tried sleep-trapping/vitaing (no mage; my husband is a Poet), and it was okay. Very different from using a PA, which I had grown accustomed to.

As for Mage...well, I don't really know, I haven't played very far on her. Setting seems like it would make things interesting, but I'm no good at yet. I basically just got her 99, and stopped. ^^;

And Warrior...well, she's only level 75, so again, I can't really judge. But, I imagine it would be nice in a trio/duo?

Heh. My two cents. *shrug*

Posted by: AwesomePaul Sep 22 2008, 12:16 PM

Eh.. my favorite kind of hunting? 6 or 7 years ago I'd grab a poet and mage, go into horse2 with no items equipped except an ilbon knife, and vita on aethers with no warning. That was my favorite kind of hunt.

Posted by: Foxfire Sep 22 2008, 12:42 PM

I chose option three, a duo with a warrior or trio with a mage and a fighter. Prefer warriors, since I'm awful at cycling rogues..

Unless it's like.. "poets for Team Blason" or something, where I just moet. That's me being lazy though..

Posted by: TK_Citizen Sep 22 2008, 04:05 PM

ZokUrA(Fury): I love overflowing full sets on aethers, I like soloing just about anything, maybe duo with a poet and overflow moving sets.

ZehAn(Force): I love soloing the impossible woodlands bosses.

BaTosAi(Swift): I love soloing just about anything.. or used to but thats a whole other story... Group hunting using cunning and cycling nonstop..
(With very few mess ups)

WiNdDiAblO(Poet): Soloing woodlands bosses & vortex bosses

Posted by: Laren Sep 23 2008, 05:22 PM

I don't like hunting at all, but when I do I either like to set for one or two fighters with polearms, or duo with a fighter and no polearm.

Posted by: Gerdi Sep 24 2008, 08:34 AM

If I'm on my mage, I like to set. Setting is enjoyable for me, and I like to challenge myself to make perfect diamond sets while doing BS/Ferno/Overflow sets

If I'm on my rogue, I like to duo with a poet even if it's less experience

If I'm on my poet, I don't really care. I like hunting on my poet the least, but I like PKing on my poet the most, so that's why I'm 1.8/500

If I'm on my warrior, uh... I don't really know, because I pretty much self-leeched myself horse3+, and as I'm kwi-sin, duoing is kind of suicide because I usually end up dying. I still duo with myself in like Chick3, Gorgax+ShaNayNay, and I ww even when surrounded. Sometimes I heal out, sometimes I don't =p Hunting is more fun when there's the danger of dying. Plus, Kwi assault looks hella boss

Posted by: Michike Oct 1 2008, 04:11 PM

I don't like to hunt.

If I have to chose a method, cycling attacks with a poet that can handle a rogue in a group with as many people as possible, because its more fun then sitting in a perfect diamond moving forward every 10 seconds or so.

Posted by: Aens Oct 2 2008, 11:32 AM

chilin out with a cool poet hanging around in a lower type cave that isnt so horrible just talking and killing things that spawn around us but not really trying to get alot of exp. Fun stuff.

Posted by: Rokugo Oct 2 2008, 02:00 PM

It's almost impossible for me to separate enjoyment of a hunting strategy from experience earned, but I will try. I'd go for setting, just because it's such a constant challenge. The enjoyable sort of challenge, not the annoying sort. There's always room for improvement in your setting, so if you are always working to improve, it doesn't get old. Sleep trap hunting gains second place if only for the fact that I can practically be asleep while doing it.

Posted by: Corath Oct 3 2008, 06:04 PM

I kill stuff. smile.gif

Posted by: SilentS Oct 3 2008, 07:02 PM

Since I basicly ignore the other character on my account, I can only really say for Warrior.

I prefer to Duo the most. Keeps me keeps me more active than being in a group where potentially some gripe at you to use a PA (and be bored to death using it), or bad paraing that you screw up your attacks. In duos you have to pay attention to your timings for overflow attacks, as well as poet heals to get the most out of your attacks. In the end giving you something more to try and enjoy. Instead of falling asleep on the space bar.

QUOTE(Gerdi @ Sep 24 2008, 07:34 AM) [snapback]62138[/snapback]
Plus, Kwi assault looks hella boss
Kwi graphics in general looks better. Names as well tongue.gif

Posted by: Snikrot Oct 4 2008, 09:03 AM

I really like to trio, in Tiger 2, on stance 6...
WOW! I feel buff.

Posted by: Vortextk Oct 4 2008, 04:30 PM

QUOTE
some gripe at you to use a PA (and be bored to death using it)


I will go to my grave saying you don't know how to hunt with a PA.

I only have a rogue and a mage. The rogue was simply for fun and the most fun group I had was a trio where the poet knew had to cycle(and it was my first time, so not like I was very quick anyway) during the pirate event, so PA + cycling. On my mage, setting comes before EVERYTHING because it is the only very fun hunting thing I have ever done on Nexus, infernoing(comboing with another mage, I only 1hit maybe assassin3 with dh+sleep =P) comes in at a strong second because it's nice to actually talk to people in the group sometimes and play the game without breaking my keyboard.

Posted by: MeduLLA Oct 6 2008, 12:48 AM

I like kill. =]

Posted by: SilentS Oct 6 2008, 06:36 AM

QUOTE(Vortextk @ Oct 4 2008, 03:30 PM) [snapback]63883[/snapback]
I will go to my grave saying you don't know how to hunt with a PA.
You can go anywhere you want saying that. It is not hard to use a PA. And there are people who do not like using them. You are starting to sound like somebody else we know who says somebody is wrong just because that person does not agree with them.

Posted by: MeduLLA Oct 6 2008, 06:57 AM

QUOTE
QUOTE(Vortextk @ Oct 4 2008, 03:30 PM)
I will go to my grave saying you don't know how to hunt with a PA.


QUOTE
QUOTE(SilentS)
You can go anywhere you want saying that. It is not hard to use a PA. And there are people who do not like using them. You are starting to sound like somebody else we know who says somebody is wrong just because that person does not agree with them.



Is he referring to DM? Aww....how cute!

Polearms are fun, but as a warrior and a poet, I find them quite boring at the same time. If I'm playing a warrior, of course I want to be up close on the enemy vita'ing the hell out of it, and on a poet I want the fighter to vita! Just sitting there while a fighter pokes away senselessly at mobs and being nothing more than an scourge wench...isn't very fun.

I always thought that the Polearm was designed for the Rogue. After all it was cool when rogues had flank and backstab added to cunning and could use a PA to it's full extent.

Posted by: Grand Cross Oct 6 2008, 02:10 PM

I'd like to vita as well, but I occasionally run into some really bad poets who don't keep up with ASV, heal or even scourge.

Considering how much BOD stuff I have, I refuse to vita if the poets won't even do the things a poet should do.

And I don't really care for PAs myself. Enchanted spikes are nice~

Posted by: Flowerr Oct 6 2008, 04:26 PM

My warrior I enjoy using a sword N shield in a grp cuz it kills faster and it leaves the mage to set for the rogue since they need sets more then me.. cuz when i hit r6 i just steal his sets anyway, But a Trio with a good Setting mage is the only time I use PA. (Of course im only like 393/156 so I don't know about the vortex3's yet)

On my mage I don't really care cuz I suck at setting tongue.gif i just para

On my poet I actually prefer to hunt with rogues more than warriors cuz they don't go to like 9% vita all the time so easier to heal and they are a lot harder to let die.

Don't have a rogue... yet so I can only imagine its nothing but PA...

But I think they should buff up the BLOOD and make DA not take all their mana, Also make them a new Invis at like Ee that has duration of 25s but does not uncast if you hit something only time it uncasts if you pick something up or if someone casts dispell. Just my 4 cents.

have you heard? That the bird is the word. BIRD BIRD BIRD THE BIRD IS WORD BIRD B B BIRD IS THE WORD DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BIRD EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE BIRD.

Posted by: Vortextk Oct 7 2008, 04:12 PM

Wrong in only that you think hunting with a polearm is any different than a sword.

Posted by: Milli Oct 8 2008, 10:30 AM

QUOTE(Flowerr @ Oct 6 2008, 04:26 PM) [snapback]64127[/snapback]

But I think they should buff up the BLOOD and make DA not take all their mana, Also make them a new Invis at like Ee that has duration of 25s but does not uncast if you hit something only time it uncasts if you pick something up or if someone casts dispell. Just my 4 cents.


I like the second invis Idea, only make it il san because il rogues don't get anything. (ee have BS/ingress and sam has ingress already).

Amyways, back on topic. I chose other because most of the time I don't care what kind of hunt it is. Also, I feel that many aspects of hunting should be redone all together.

Posted by: AwesomePaul Oct 8 2008, 12:42 PM

I fail to see how PA hunting is different than without. You can still vita on aethers, you just have to move. Actually, I find PA hunting easier to hit Assault sets, as long as the mage knows what he's doing. I still PREFER to not hunt with a polearm, but I admit it's much more effective.

Posted by: Mage Oct 9 2008, 11:05 AM

I prefer PA setting just because it gives me something to do... In my spare time though I like to hop on my poet and duo some low cave with a warrior or rogue

Posted by: Mage Oct 9 2008, 11:15 AM

QUOTE(MeduLLA @ Oct 6 2008, 06:57 AM) [snapback]64027[/snapback]

Is he referring to DM? Aww....how cute!

Polearms are fun, but as a warrior and a poet, I find them quite boring at the same time. If I'm playing a warrior, of course I want to be up close on the enemy vita'ing the hell out of it, and on a poet I want the fighter to vita! Just sitting there while a fighter pokes away senselessly at mobs and being nothing more than an scourge wench...isn't very fun.

I always thought that the Polearm was designed for the Rogue. After all it was cool when rogues had flank and backstab added to cunning and could use a PA to it's full extent.



Who do you guys hunt with? Every warrior I know that PA's still vita's on aethers...

Posted by: Vortextk Oct 9 2008, 02:30 PM

QUOTE(Mage @ Oct 9 2008, 12:15 PM) [snapback]64697[/snapback]

Who do you guys hunt with? Every warrior I know that PA's still vita's on aethers...


AFK warriors who use the auto swing trick to hunt, apparently.

Posted by: HyuKo Oct 11 2008, 02:59 PM

QUOTE(Vortextk @ Oct 4 2008, 05:30 PM) [snapback]63883[/snapback]


infernoing(comboing with another mage,



baby, i miss you.
-shay

Posted by: Lemonic Oct 11 2008, 06:13 PM

Diamond Sets.

That's the only way I hunt. Either trio or more people. I haven't really sleep trapping, but I did back then in Hunter2.

Posted by: Vortextk Oct 11 2008, 09:08 PM

Omg Shay <3

Sorry I left. If nexus didn't suck hard I'd play more than 4-6 months a year!

Eventually I'll come get sa, so you have to leech me please.

Posted by: WestSideR Oct 11 2008, 10:02 PM

ill try not to get banned again
SYKE

Posted by: ShellBullet Oct 14 2008, 08:34 PM

My personal favorite is just ambush+invis.

I'm not a big fan of being in a group or using a PA, I like knowing that taking down a boss was because of me and me alone.

Plus, I don't need to worry about rolling for a drop.

Posted by: Vortextk Oct 14 2008, 09:03 PM

Lol, boss drops. The only boss drops worth the time invested need a group of atleast 5 or 6 to get.

Posted by: IamAmage Oct 15 2008, 05:15 AM

As a mage I like(d) to set. PA+overflow on vita aethers.. whatever

As a poet I like(d) to not hunt at all (but I got his stats from people begging me) but I'd prefer duos over hunts.

As a warrior I like(d) to duo (I had a hard time hunting with other mages.. I'm very critical =P)

As a rogue I like(d) to... I dunno I only really wanted to get him max Ava for pk purposes. Otherwise, boring.


I guess it's all pretty much boring... and yet, why do I find myself here after I've been removed from the game..? =(

Posted by: Apollosworld Oct 15 2008, 07:33 PM

QUOTE(IamAmage @ Oct 15 2008, 05:15 AM) [snapback]65528[/snapback]


(I had a hard time hunting with other mages.. I'm very critical =P)


Heh, glad you always went easy on me tongue.gif Any chance at you comming back??

As a poet...duo with a warrior only. I find this the most challenging and enjoyable. Keep me busy!!

As a mage...trio. My connection isnt always the best for a mage

As a warrior...dunno. I grow bored with them after a month or so and end up deleting them.

As a rogue...I've always enjoyed a good duo. The way things are today the only thing rogues are good for is sleep traps and the occasional BS to bring down a boss.



Posted by: FrozenNova Dec 21 2010, 11:41 AM

Poet + Subpath warrior duo, playing as either.
Subpath warriors have a tendency to use vitas often and well, so the hunts are usually fun.
The subpath tricks also present some interesting oppotunities -
Playing with a barbarian, he can get himself surrounded by four enemies - then summon a horse on top of him, jump over an enemy and throwing axe the horse simultaneously.
Then the healer knows to restore him, and the next second when the three other enemies take a step into a perfect overflow set, he can safely unleash a kwi-sin whirlwind as the healer knows what's happening.
For this reason it's always more fun to hunt with people you're familiar with.
All warriors can try the latter portion of this trick if you are lucky enough to have married or found your blood brother.


Posted by: darkmaverick Dec 21 2010, 07:10 PM

The thread, it lives again!

Posted by: Yeas Dec 21 2010, 07:36 PM

Well generally speaking, you don't use a PA when there is no mage. No mage means swinging mobs, and your vita attacks will not always be on aethers as you will more likely be waiting for a poet to catch up healing you or just in a bad situation to throw out a WW.

Of course the top is amended by the fact you have a poet much stronger than you (higher level heal), are in a lower cave, or are generally fearless =P

Posted by: Napacus Feb 13 2011, 04:22 AM

Sleep traps...I'm a conformist....plus been trapping for years......

Posted by: KingKong Jul 10 2011, 12:38 AM

well.. as a 1'hit mage, I miss the days of setting for a fighter and placing a diamond around them.. thats the funnest hunt. beats tetris

as a poet.. I dont care, its all the same.

as a rogue, I like any hunt I can get where I dont have to sleeptrap and I can attack.

As a warrior I like to duo.


I think this answer is pretty much standard... aside from [Content removed]ty mages and lazy rogues.. or maybe buff warriors who understandibly love hunting in Diamonds.

Posted by: KingKong Jul 18 2011, 10:04 PM

QUOTE (Yeas @ Dec 21 2010, 07:36 PM) *
Well generally speaking, you don't use a PA when there is no mage. No mage means swinging mobs, and your vita attacks will not always be on aethers as you will more likely be waiting for a poet to catch up healing you or just in a bad situation to throw out a WW.



When will poets and warriors learn to work together. Zerk, then while the poet is still healing you cast WW, you will live through almost anything since the poet is continually healing you. Then zerk again, then wash/repeat.

I used to teach poets this when I hunted with them on my warrior. This should be common knowledge. A duo in any 99+ cave is very easy if you do this.

Posted by: KingKong Aug 2 2011, 10:00 PM

QUOTE (KingKong @ Jul 18 2011, 10:04 PM) *
When will poets and warriors learn to work together. Zerk, then while the poet is still healing you cast WW, you will live through almost anything since the poet is continually healing you. Then zerk again, then wash/repeat.

I used to teach poets this when I hunted with them on my warrior. This should be common knowledge. A duo in any 99+ cave is very easy if you do this.


forreal this ^. People are so dumb. When I play my warrior, which is by far my weakest character, I always teach this to the poet like im holding a class.


Warrior zerks
Poet heals until the warrior is full and until he whirlwinds and is full vita again
warrior zerks, poet heals
Warrior zerks and then the poet heals until the warrior is full vita and through his next whirlwild.

This makes duoing very safe and idiot proof.

Posted by: Sarphendon Aug 3 2011, 02:20 AM

I generally get a diamond of sleeps and a small armada of poets healings there little fingers to premature carpel tunnel. if I hunt with a mage its generally frusttrating becuase my rage is so weak I kill faster with my overflow then my rage...and its just worsened in a duo.

My absolute favorite though was trioing, me, maduin and valandil. It was fun, there was walking, we got great exp, and good company. Big poets need big heals, duoing just isnt much of an option.

Posted by: IamAmage Nov 21 2012, 01:12 AM

People act like "setting" is just PA setting... If you're not PA setting with every creature facing back, bringing in low vita creatures for Overflow ON ALL VITA AETHERS, making Assault sets ON AETHERS, and Fernoing sets ON AETHERS... You're not a "Set mage," you're just a PA mage =P

Posted by: solman Nov 22 2012, 10:10 PM

Depends on stats as well as cave. I still say my design for ST in hunter big is the best system for hunting period. Nobody ever uses it either so meh. It is just so efficient i dont get why it hasnt caught on. But I dont hunt so its whatever.

Posted by: IamAmage Nov 26 2012, 12:11 AM

Even in a buff stats cave, using a mage who can set (not with PA, but OF.. basically making a constant Sa attack set around warrior) and Fernoing on aethers can actually be more efficient and faster exp than STing. It just requires more work from the mage =P


Duoing, however, is faster than either. But it is more dangerous, and costs a lot of money (dura) for the fighter.

Posted by: NirvanaMan Feb 10 2013, 12:08 AM

QUOTE (solman @ Nov 22 2012, 09:10 PM) *
Depends on stats as well as cave. I still say my design for ST in hunter big is the best system for hunting period. Nobody ever uses it either so meh. It is just so efficient i dont get why it hasnt caught on. But I dont hunt so its whatever.


I've been doing this for as long as I can remember started bout 3-4 years ago and it's all I ever see so don't know what you're talking about

Posted by: solman Feb 11 2013, 03:06 PM

so you do full diamond sets minus 2 spaces that feeds into the sets naturally? I rarely hunt so i dont see it, but every time i went that wasnt the case so idk.

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