Fiona Shield Selection Guide

• Invertex wrote on 2011-05-20 06:10

  Quote from foreignreign;450230:

  Saw this topic again and figured I'd ask: do you want some opinions on boat 7 even though you don't have a section for it?
  
  I wouldn't mind unloading some commentary if you would care for it.

  
  
  Everything helps, I'd love more input.
  I've only gotten about halfway through Ep7 (been taking it easy), and I've got rough ideas in my head that could use some refining. I just really hate how Nexon organized the mission listing, it's all over the place. Might actually use the ordering on DB for the list.
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-05-20 06:13
  Might want to add a section of preference of weapon influencing shield choice.
  
  Large Shields have a faster cancel, but Small Shields have PG +2 swing bonus and faster consecutive Heavy Standers (without cancelling compared to a large shield's heavy stander without cancelling)
  
  Swords might find Large Shields more useful, as Heavy Stander Cancel is much faster on a Large Shield.
  
  Hammers may use Small shields for easier Butterfly and Stigma attacks, easily wiping out large groups of mobs.
• Invertex wrote on 2011-05-20 06:20

  Quote from Andy-Buddy;450240:

  Might want to add a section of preference of weapon influencing shield choice.
  
  Large Shields have a faster cancel, but Small Shields have PG +2 swing bonus and faster consecutive Heavy Standers (without cancelling compared to a large shield's heavy stander without cancelling)
  
  Swords might find Large Shields more useful, as Heavy Stander Cancel is much faster on a Large Shield.
  
  Hammers may use Small shields for easier Butterfly and Stigma attacks, easily wiping out large groups of mobs.

  
  
  Didn't actually think of that, since I primarily use swords. I might just put in a large section about what I mean by "Personal Preference" and what may affect that.
• Hushield wrote on 2011-05-21 21:53

  Quote from Nichibon;447959:

  I like the list...good job :)
  
  
  
  I'm a little different than most people though and would rather go into a mission I don't know with a *small shield* first. This way, I can tell which attacks are normal, and which are smashes. When heavy standering with a large shield, all attacks look the same. However, with small shield, smashes push you back, while normal let you stay in place. It may result in death, but at least I'll know which one to bring for future runs.

  
  
  I see your point, but while HSing, I can tell which are smashes and regular attacks by a mixture of camera zoom on hit, sound, and energy loss.
• Invertex wrote on 2011-05-22 08:18
  Alright, little update here. Added my rough idea of Ep7.
  Now I've barely played at all over the past few days, losing interest in Vindi fast. But this should work as a starting point. I've done these missions only 1-5 times each, and most were in 4 player parties that didn't give me a chance to get a grasp on how easy or hard it is to manipulate the boss. I haven't even gotten to Thor yet (contrast how I got to Titan before 1PM the day after the update).
  
  Also did a bit of EX1 and Ep5. This is all off memory, but I think it's mostly correct. Expect some more of Ep5 to be updated as well as me finishing EX1 (I love short episodes, so easy to write guides for).
• kevinxiaowis wrote on 2011-05-23 18:53
  Hi this is Iohanna from VindictusHQ!
  
  I found this guide while updating my own Fiona general guide on VindictusHQ, and I'd like to list this guide under my Useful Links section if that's ok with you!
  
  Thanks!
• Invertex wrote on 2011-05-23 19:05

  Quote from kevinxiaowis;453045:

  Hi this is Iohanna from VindictusHQ!
  
  I found this guide while updating my own Fiona general guide on VindictusHQ, and I'd like to list this guide under my Useful Links section if that's ok with you!
  
  Thanks!

  
  
  I'm fine with that, don't really even need to ask for you to give credit cause a link shows this post anyways.