Aura Kingdom - Open Beta Jan. 6th 5:30PST!

Yep.

Remember that you need to unequip an eidolon to transfer it though. Also, the starter eidolon can't be unequipped.

EDIT: In other news, I remade my Duelist; I reclassed her into Gunslinger and based her looks on Aria from Hidan no Aria for the lulz.

Oh yeah, another thing. This looks pretty interesting.

The only way you'd have it capped at Lv22 is if you pumped all your points into DEF, got a bunch of DEF-raising sigils, and fortified your armour a lot.

...did you seriously do that last one?

Anyway, that reduction is based on your level. There's an optimal value for every level, and the game keeps track of that and modifies the % reduction accordingly. If your DEF can't quite keep up with the rate of increase of that optimal value, you'll begin to see the % reduction fall as you level up. Oh, if you have TOO much DEF, it doesn't go to waste either; while it will no longer have any effect on the % reduction, it will act as a buffer against DEF-lowering debuffs.

Oh, but remember that since it's level-based, everything from the level at which...screw this, I'll provide an example.

Let's say you had capped DEF at Lv30. From this point onward you kept the absolute value of your DEF constant, and the percentage just kept dropping at 0.5%, so at Lv50 you ended up with 65% damage reduction.

Since it's damage reduction against "monsters of your level", if you take on Lv30 enemies, the damage you take will still be reduced by 75%. 74.5% for Lv31 enemies, 74% for Lv32 enemies, and so on. Just because your stat window now reads 65% doesn't mean that it's a 65% damage reduction applied to enemies of all levels. Similarly, enemies beyond Lv50 will be affected less.

Note that the above is just an example, and are by no means an accurate representation of in-game stats. The general idea however, is the same.
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[MENTION=5220]Coogi[/MENTION]; Here's a thread with some fairly important info you might want to put in the first post or something. And here's a pretty important guild-related one, regarding eidolons spawning in the guild hall. Note that all spawn timings and whatnot in both threads are set to EST (GMT-5). Because Aeria.

Yup. If you're subbing Bard, the best you can do is be the secondary healer. i.e. Backup in case the main healer dies or can't get a heal out in time/can't keep up.

Oh yeah, I can't stress this enough but anybody who has Bard as their main class really should keep an eye on their own HP. I had to save my party's Bard on two separate occasions, because they ended up pulling the aggro off of the tank with their heals. I just barely managed to send one of my crappy heals their way just in time. I know healing others heals you too (only applies to the earliest heal, I believe?), but you can't rely on that too much. After all, you're a lot less tanky than the tank.

There are two ways to pair classes.

1. Augment your strengths.
2. Cover your weaknesses.

Some other things to consider:

A. What role do you wish to play?
B. How compatible are the classes stat-wise?
C. Are the playstyles of the classes compatible?
D. What passives and skill effects would you like better?

For example, a Ravager/Guardian while beefier than the average Ravager isn't going to make the best tank; for one, you're not all that tanky, at least compared to a Guardian (A). Your malice generated won't be as high as a Guardian/Ravager with the Malice +50% passive (D), and the loss of the additional 30% damage reduction from Phalanx hurts a lot (also D). On the other hand, you get much higher damage thanks to all your passives, and you also get HP recovery from Round and Round. As for stats and playstyle, there isn't any issue. Well, this combination does give you a little more survivability, so it's somewhat effective if you solo a lot. This is an example of covering your weaknesses, because Ravagers just suck at taking damage.

Now let's consider Bard/Guardian. The very first thing you'd notice is that this is a healer subbing a melee class ©, which isn't usually advisable. In the first place, your damage is going to be absolute crap because neither class is a DPS class. The only reason why anyone would do this is because they want more survivability as a bard, which is nice and all but it also means that your subclass is pretty much totally going to waste save for say Phalanx, which doesn't last very long anyway. Besides, Bards have plenty of survivability already, so that makes this a pretty bad combination. The only thing this combination has going for it is that SPD and HP/DEF are the most important stats for both classes. This is an example of augmenting your strengths taken to the extreme, to the detriment of pretty much everything else. Guardian/Bard, on the other hand, has tanking as its main role with the subclass boosting survivability, so it's a good combination.

Something else you might want to consider if you have some free time are what sigils you want to use. Sigils boost your skills, and each sigil can only be placed in a specific type of equipment. Therefore, you might want to plan a little in advance so the sigils that boost skills you'll be using often don't end up clashing. Well, this isn't all that important so...

And remember, you can subclass ANYTHING. The combo skills on the Envoy's Path aren't usually worth it due to their long cooldowns (with some exceptions, like Guardian/Duelist's lifesteal skill Sanguine Blade), so don't limit yourself to specific combinations because of them.

More stuff to consider: Our Envoy's Path isn't fully extended yet. You might want to check out the new passives post-extension, like the Guardian's Taunt (greatly boosts malice generated via attacking). Also, consider the new class mechanics we don't have yet. We don't know whether the subclass's mechanics will be in effect, though.