YennoX Wrote:Saving up all dem MPE tickets and waiting for a 2x event to blaze through 100-140. The 140-150 stretch is gonna be a killer though

Thorr Wrote:Seems like a waste of days. Shade solos Zak with ease. You can get 4 levels a day from 100-120 and 3 levels per day from 120-140 just by spending 10 minutes on 2 Zak runs.

Chicocl Wrote:You can even get more exp from Chaos Zak, I soloed the arms at lvl 130 and got a nice amount of exp. Also Evo world with cores is a better option than MPE for shade IMHO, unless you can one hit mobs with the spirit claw.

Foolyz Wrote:Mind if I ask your range for soloing the arms? I haven't thrown any funds at my Shade, so his range is only 50k with about 40% boss, and I'm thinking that isn't nearly enough, but I have never Czak before, so I'm not sure.

Razmos Wrote:Shade's story is depressing as hell.

Zerard Wrote:I honestly chalk it up to poor writing. I acknowledge even sullen stories can have a powerful impact, but I feel Shade's has no purpose other than to be utterly dismal. I would have liked it if Maple World had forgotten about Shade, but he'd forever have a home in the Fox Village. Or even if he became one with the guardian spirits and watched over Maple World/Grandis that way. But no. No one remembers me. No one will ever remember me. Let's fight the Black Mage for some reason.

It doesn't even make sense why everyone suddenly forgets Shade when he goes from world to world. It really makes living seem pointless.

Chicocl Wrote:Well, as a lvl 150 now my range is 50k max, but I have full empress set with 30% boss and all link skills, I soloed arms too at lvl 138-39 not sure but I know it was before 140 because i was still using my Revolution knuckle and I had a 37-40k range but it was kinda horrible because I was pretty much waiting for splitting cooldown to be over to finish arms.

If you are going to solo CZak's arms, finish the right side first and then kill the left side, because the left side seduces and It's a big problem if all arms are alive.

Phoenix Wright Wrote:And if you quickly grab a rune before running into Zak, that 2.2x difference turns into 1.1x. It's not worth doing CZak arms for exp unless you can kill them extremely fast.

Grey Wrote:Well, the point is that despite the fact that no one will ever remember him (though, there are hints that people might remember him eventually), he'll still fight against the Black Mage because it's the right thing to do. He's a hero; he's not doing it for glory or recognition, he does it because it's the right thing. That's good enough for him. It's pretty cliche, but it totally works for me.

Also, I believe it shows some character growth, but the only indication you have of what Shade used to be like is a throwaway line during his quest to communicate with Freud which implies that he was suicidal before he joined with the other heroes, and now he's choosing to live on rather than give up.

ChronosXIII Wrote:Freud looks more and more like the leader of the Heroes with each Hero released. And yet, he's the only one that did not survive till today.

Grey Wrote:Well, the point is that despite the fact that no one will ever remember him (though, there are hints that people might remember him eventually), he'll still fight against the Black Mage because it's the right thing to do. He's a hero; he's not doing it for glory or recognition, he does it because it's the right thing. That's good enough for him. It's pretty cliche, but it totally works for me.

Also, I believe it shows some character growth, but the only indication you have of what Shade used to be like is a throwaway line during his quest to communicate with Freud which implies that he was suicidal before he joined with the other heroes, and now he's choosing to live on rather than give up.

Grey Wrote:If you don't wish to continue, here is the level 200 quest: