2015-07-28, 03:12 PM
YennoX Wrote:I'm actually curious about your playing patterns.
I've probably spent <$50 on cash shop cubes/scrolls in my 10 years of play, but my main has about a 120k range. I'm in a pomegranatety situation where I've got enough range to take down the 'easy' bosses, but I'm 'only' 150% boss damage short of taking down anything meaningful. I can do daily bosses all I want, but they either drop crap or drop useful stuff at abysmal rates.
Anyone who actually relies on boss cube drops to cube their gear must be mad. Spend 2 hours a day doing dailies, get like 1 cube if you're lucky, then pray to RNG gods. Rinse and repeat 5, 10, 20, 50+ times per equip.
By all means enlighten the sceptic in me.
My guildy recently reached 1m range on his main without ever using NX.
He bosses on multiple characters (not major bosses, obviously), he crafts cubes, he farms reward points on 3 or 4 accounts, and of course he does all events for things like Epic pot scrolls, protection/safety scrolls, and more cubes.
Yes, it's a lot of work, but he manages it while going to university full time.
He probably would not be able to reach 2m range this way in any reasonable amount of time, unless further pay2win reductions are made. Nonetheless, 1m is a far cry from 120k.
For starters, you should Gollux daily and get yourself a perfected reinforced set. Superior if you have the meso for the pendant.
CRA set is reasonably cheap in FM normally (right now Queen and Pierre are glitched, so hats and pants are unreasonably expensive. But once they're fixed the prices should drop again). Spell trace them (mostly the weapon) during spell trace fever time. Star enhance the weapon to 12 stars.
These two sets alone should take you over 120k, even if they have no potential to speak of. Then get Epic pot scrolls from event shops, and start cubing.