2008-09-16, 02:02 PM
I'm 163. But yeah, monsters pretty much die when I blink at them. F3
I'm just gonna mash your whole post together and throw in a few of my comments and thoughts. First off, Phoenix isn't worthless - not by a long shot. Anyone who says that hasn't gotten past 15x-17x and leveled it to 21-30. Phoenix completely replaced Hawk for me (once it was 21+). It's a great companion for training and bossing and an excellent companion for questing. I'll explain!
Training: SKPTs: Heck yeah. Phoenix is great for luring the Skeles behind me (or any I'm not focusing on yet) and getting them to come towards/stay near me so I can kill them when I'm ready. Phoenix is great for improving your natural "stop" reaction to killing monsters. I've killed so many Skeles that my body naturally knows when to let go of the button. Probably 9 out of 10 times I apply Hurricane for exactly the right duration to kill a Skele, with very little overshooting. Phoenix helps with that considerably, because he removes the error factor of letting go too early. My natural stop time improved with Phoenix helping me, no doubt.
Bossing: Even though my Phoenix is not yet maxed (level 25), he still contributes a nice amount of damage to boss runs. At Zak, he does the neutral hit damage of about 8k-10k. Phoenix helps lure and kill the non-ice (why are they resistant to fire anyways ?!) mobs, as well. He isn't a bad thing to have at the HT prelim heads, either. Obviously he can not be used during the main HT fight, though. At Anego, Phoenix is really great because now he OHKOs all the mobs around her, giving me a clean path and increased focus to rape her. At Bigfoot, Phoenix helps me kill faster and keeps the annoying mobs off me. I only use Phoenix during the second body of Pap (pointless during the first) as a fail safe. If you accidentally get pinned (hey, crap happens), Phoenix will finish off Pap for you. True story: I made a dumb mistake one time while fighting the second body of Pap and got trapped under it. Phoenix literally killed the rest of Pap for me (over half its HP). <3
Questing: Phoenix does all the work for me. :3 Since almost all quests are at really weak areas, Phoenix honestly does more killing than I do. LOL It makes questing even more easy and relaxed, which is excellent. I can walk around just about anywhere and Phoenix keeps the path cleared for me. It's like having a butler who sweeps the ground in front of me everywhere I walk!
Second, I'm only the ridiculously reckless Bowmaster that I am because I have Auto HP Potion on my kitty cats. My style drastically changed once I got it. I'll jump into just about anything and AR away. Screw the pots, I have money! (catch the reference and win 10 points, btw) I highly recommend it for any Bowmaster. It's some of the best money you can spend in the Cash Shop. Seriously.
Closing remarks:
The Ice area in the Time Temple won't be amazing. It's not going to be anything more than an alternate training spot with worse exp/hour than Leafre. I'm sorry. ;_;
Himes suck.
I'm just gonna mash your whole post together and throw in a few of my comments and thoughts. First off, Phoenix isn't worthless - not by a long shot. Anyone who says that hasn't gotten past 15x-17x and leveled it to 21-30. Phoenix completely replaced Hawk for me (once it was 21+). It's a great companion for training and bossing and an excellent companion for questing. I'll explain!
Training: SKPTs: Heck yeah. Phoenix is great for luring the Skeles behind me (or any I'm not focusing on yet) and getting them to come towards/stay near me so I can kill them when I'm ready. Phoenix is great for improving your natural "stop" reaction to killing monsters. I've killed so many Skeles that my body naturally knows when to let go of the button. Probably 9 out of 10 times I apply Hurricane for exactly the right duration to kill a Skele, with very little overshooting. Phoenix helps with that considerably, because he removes the error factor of letting go too early. My natural stop time improved with Phoenix helping me, no doubt.
Bossing: Even though my Phoenix is not yet maxed (level 25), he still contributes a nice amount of damage to boss runs. At Zak, he does the neutral hit damage of about 8k-10k. Phoenix helps lure and kill the non-ice (why are they resistant to fire anyways ?!) mobs, as well. He isn't a bad thing to have at the HT prelim heads, either. Obviously he can not be used during the main HT fight, though. At Anego, Phoenix is really great because now he OHKOs all the mobs around her, giving me a clean path and increased focus to rape her. At Bigfoot, Phoenix helps me kill faster and keeps the annoying mobs off me. I only use Phoenix during the second body of Pap (pointless during the first) as a fail safe. If you accidentally get pinned (hey, crap happens), Phoenix will finish off Pap for you. True story: I made a dumb mistake one time while fighting the second body of Pap and got trapped under it. Phoenix literally killed the rest of Pap for me (over half its HP). <3
Questing: Phoenix does all the work for me. :3 Since almost all quests are at really weak areas, Phoenix honestly does more killing than I do. LOL It makes questing even more easy and relaxed, which is excellent. I can walk around just about anywhere and Phoenix keeps the path cleared for me. It's like having a butler who sweeps the ground in front of me everywhere I walk!
Second, I'm only the ridiculously reckless Bowmaster that I am because I have Auto HP Potion on my kitty cats. My style drastically changed once I got it. I'll jump into just about anything and AR away. Screw the pots, I have money! (catch the reference and win 10 points, btw) I highly recommend it for any Bowmaster. It's some of the best money you can spend in the Cash Shop. Seriously.
Closing remarks:
The Ice area in the Time Temple won't be amazing. It's not going to be anything more than an alternate training spot with worse exp/hour than Leafre. I'm sorry. ;_;
Himes suck.