Going to be playing again soon

• Episkey wrote on 2011-12-18 03:15
  Well then, I made my Evie about 1-week after she first came out and I could only play Vindictus for a little while after that. (My graphics card went caput)
  
  Since then I've logged on to my level 22/23 Evie once in a while to apply Meditation AP.
  I couldn't go on any boats or anything, if I did I would be forced out of the game.
  I just ordered a new computer that will hopefully be arriving around the end of this month and I want to resume playing Vindictus. I've been trying to catch up with everything via guides and watching videos, but I still have a few lingering questions ... Thanks for your time in advance :bow:
  
  Question 1: Is it feasible to make a "mule" on another account? Would I be able to mail items and have them be mailed or traded again?
  
  Question 2: Without any hacks or mods or anything of the sorts, is it possible to open Vindictus twice and at least be able to interact with two different accounts on the same computer?
  (Related to question 1, not a big deal if I can't ... I suppose)
  
  Question 3: I should have about a minimum of $50 that I could spend on NX. I've been curious about the Cadet Badge (+600 DEF and +10 Luck, lasts 30 days). Since I plan to be a Staff Evie, the defense is a nice plus - but I'm more curious towards the luck bonus. Is +10 luck significant at all? Take into consideration I have base luck.
  
  Question 4: Is there any other NX items I should think about buying? Storage Expansion is probably going to be one of my top priority ... (I'm going to wait until it goes on sale though, over 10k NX for just storage is a lot for me D:)
  
  Question 5: If you are a Staff Evie, where do you place your Healing Corona?
  
  This is all I could think of for now, any answers would be appreciated!
• blizzire wrote on 2011-12-18 03:38
  Yes you can make mules and mail items between your characters. But I've been using it for a while and it doesn't seem worth it because you need like 5 mules to hold EVERY SINGLE ITEM you get up to boat 6.
• Episkey wrote on 2011-12-18 04:09

  Quote from blizzire;696638:

  Yes you can make mules and mail items between your characters. But I've been using it for a while and it doesn't seem worth it because you need like 5 mules to hold EVERY SINGLE ITEM you get up to boat 6.

  
  
  :!!:
  
  Thanks for confirming question 1. But Gosh, Vindictus must have a lot of items ... I was thinking of leveling up the mules until they got that quest-line storage chest.
  Are your mules at level one?
• MareneCorp wrote on 2011-12-18 04:24
  Question 1: Answered by above.
  
  Question 2: No, you can only have 1 of the same game client open at once.
  
  Question 3: I've never tried it, but I personally don't think it's as good as a divine blessing stone or luck blessing stone, the stones are guaranteed to give an extra drop at the boss.
  
  Question 4: Seeing as you aren't at endgame, I don't know much else except the storage expansion and Clodagh's dye ampoules, which can yield a lot of money.
  
  Question 5: Staff isn't my forte of all the weapons, but I would put them in a spot where it is easy to get to, easy to see, but not in the middle of the combat zone nor in a tight corner where someone can get trapped.
• Episkey wrote on 2011-12-18 04:39

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  Question 2: No, you can only have 1 of the same game client open at once.

  
  
  Oh darn. Well, I figured as much. I'll just use my crappy computer for the mule account then.
  
  

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  Question 3: I've never tried it, but I personally don't think it's as good as a divine blessing stone or luck blessing stone, the stones are guaranteed to give an extra drop at the boss.

  
  
  That's a good point. Thankfully, I have a bunch of free divine blessing stones due to various Nexon compensations. I'll try them out at various points of the game and see if I would perfer them ... The problem I see is that the stones are a one time use.
• Invertex wrote on 2011-12-18 04:44
  Well, what hasn't been covered so far...
  
  3. The luck boost is so minor, and Evie really can't stack defence properly. So don't bother with this at all. Luck only starts to matter if you're running endgame daily raids where you can't just run it a few more times to get drops.
  
  4. You might want to consider some cosmetic things, like hair or inner armor as Evie's sets tend to look terrible with the default one. Other then that, I'd say save at least 20k NX for when you reach Lv. 61, so you can +10 a Lv. 61 weapon (this is pretty important in order to have the MAtt for later raids).
  
  5. Remember that Coronas are activated by running over them, and that they'll heal anyone who isn't at max HP. Since Corona can heal 900-1300 HP, you really don't want them to be wasted on people only missing 300 HP. So you don't want to drop it in middle of the battle (unless everyone is at low HP), but make it close enough so that people don't have to run for it.
• Episkey wrote on 2011-12-18 04:56

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  3. The luck boost is so minor, and Evie really can't stack defence properly. So don't bother with this at all. Luck only starts to matter if you're running endgame daily raids where you can't just run it a few more times to get drops.

  
  
  Ah. That makes sense, considering you can only do those raids a limited number of times.
  The stones would also be able to help everyone too.
  
  

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  4. You might want to consider some cosmetic things, like hair or inner armor as Evie's sets tend to look terrible with the default one. Other then that, I'd say save at least 20k NX for when you reach Lv. 61, so you can +10 a Lv. 61 weapon (this is pretty important in order to have the MAtt for later raids).

  
  
  Thanks for the suggestion. When you talk about saving 20k NX, is it those Enhance Protection stuff? Also, doesn't hair and inner armor also add to luck? If so I could kill two birds with one stone :skip:
  
  

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  5. Remember that Coronas are activated by running over them, and that they'll heal anyone who isn't at max HP. Since Corona can heal 900-1300 HP, you really don't want them to be wasted on people only missing 300 HP. So you don't want to drop it in middle of the battle (unless everyone is at low HP), but make it close enough so that people don't have to run for it.

  
  
  It's all dependent on the map, I guess. Hhmm ... Considering I was used to the old way of healing, Healing Corona seems a bit difficult to me. Cooldowns and positioning ... I hope with practice I'll nail it down.
  
  
  Thanks for the responses everyone! Feel free to keep commenting though as I'm interested to hear other people's perspectives.
• Invertex wrote on 2011-12-18 05:02

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  Thanks for the suggestion. When you talk about saving 20k NX, is it those Enhance Protection stuff? Also, doesn't hair and inner armor also add to luck? If so I could kill two birds with one stone :skip:
  
  That was removed when the permanent options were introduced. They don't add any luck now. And yes, saving 20k NX for 5 Enhancement Protection Runes in order to have a fairly safe shot at making a +10. You might need a few more or less, depending on your luck.
  
  It's all dependent on the map, I guess. Hhmm ... Considering I was used to the old way of healing, Healing Corona seems a bit difficult to me. Cooldowns and positioning ... I hope with practice I'll nail it down.
  
  Also note that the cooldown for being healed is 2 minutes while the cooldown for casting is 3 minutes. If there are other Evies in the party, try to see if anyone else has used Corona recently. It's also probably worth noting that a Corona only heals 5 people. In a 8 man raid, if you see 5 people on Corona cooldown and 3 at low HP but not on cooldown, that'd be a good time to drop one. It also doesn't hurt to say "Corona at mid" or something.

  
  
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• Conor wrote on 2011-12-18 05:07
  Q1: Not needed. Level 56 gives you the third chest; there are a bunch of trash items you can get rid of to keep your inventory clean.
  Q2: Nope.
  Q3: If you're getting the Cadet Badge over whatever the lesser one is that gives +7 luck for DEF, don't. Defense isn't calculated into how much damage Evies take unless they have no mana shields active.
  Q4: Storage Expansion helps, but I'd only get one or two. What you'd want really is dyes to sell or to get your level 61 weapon to +10 using enhancement runes.
  Q5: Honestly, I just put my Corona wherever. I just tell my party mates where it's at.
• Episkey wrote on 2011-12-18 05:13

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  That was removed when the permanent options were introduced. They don't add any luck now. And yes, saving 20k NX for 5 Enhancement Protection Runes in order to have a fairly safe shot at making a +10. You might need a few more or less, depending on your luck.

  
  
  Really, I didn't know that ... Great! Well, that's what this thread is for lol.
  5 Runes for 20k NX doesn't seem like such a bad deal ... I guess. But, I agree. I've read horror stories when it comes to enhancing.
  I'm probably going to need them, considering I'm not a very lucky person.
  
  

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  Also note that the cooldown for being healed is 2 minutes while the cooldown for casting is 3 minutes. If there are other Evies in the party, try to see if anyone else has used Corona recently. It's also probably worth noting that a Corona only heals 5 people. In a 8 man raid, if you see 5 people on Corona cooldown and 3 at low HP but not on cooldown, that'd be a good time to drop one. It also doesn't hurt to say "Corona at mid" or something.

  
  
  Alrighty then. Getting healed every two minutes is not that bad. It's no replacement for potions, which is good I guess ^^
  Here's me hoping I don't get one-shotted typing out where the Corona is :XD:
  
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  Quote from Conor;696698:

  Q1: Not needed. Level 56 gives you the third chest; there are a bunch of trash items you can get rid of to keep your inventory clean.

  
  Hmmm. I've always been a pack-rat when it comes to games, but I'm mid-way through Episode 2 and I'm already almost full lol.
  When you mean trash items, what exactly do you have in mind?
  
  

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  Q3: If you're getting the Cadet Badge over whatever the lesser one is that gives +7 luck for DEF, don't. Defense isn't calculated into how much damage Evies take unless they have no mana shields active.

  
  
  Thanks! I didn't know the bolded part. If all the mana shields are gone anyway, I think most end-game bosses would just outright kill me.
• Kollin wrote on 2011-12-18 05:52

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  Thanks! I didn't know the bolded part. If all the mana shields are gone anyway, I think most end-game bosses would just outright kill me.

  
  
  They will outright kill you even with shields. Get hit once, all shields gone. Get hit twice, which more often than not is right after you got hit the first time, you are dead. Since you are staff you can Mana Amber which should protect you for the most part. If you were a scythe Evie, then your just screwed because Blink isn't amazing at all.
• Skye wrote on 2011-12-18 05:56

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  Get hit once, all shields gone.

  
  
  That isn't necessarily true. :/ I don't know how many times I can get hit before losing all my shields, but I'd say it's at least 3 times. I think INT is what determines mana shield strength, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
• Invertex wrote on 2011-12-18 06:00

  Quote from Skye;696727:

  That isn't necessarily true. :/ I don't know how many times I can get hit before losing all my shields, but I'd say it's at least 3 times. I think INT is what determines mana shield strength, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

  
  
  Late game raids have multihit moves which can pretty easily blow through your Mana Shields, even if you're stacked and have 2.3k Int or something.
  That and most Evies run Wonderland, which leaves them at 3k-4k defence.
• Skye wrote on 2011-12-18 06:18

  Quote from Invertex;696729:

  Late game raids have multihit moves which can pretty easily blow through your Mana Shields, even if you're stacked and have 2.3k Int or something.
  That and most Evies run Wonderland, which leaves them at 3k-4k defence.

  
  
  Well ok, yeah, those can be a *****.
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2011-12-18 09:07

  Quote from Episkey;696619:

  Question 2: Without any hacks or mods or anything of the sorts, is it possible to open Vindictus twice and at least be able to interact with two different accounts on the same computer?

  
  It depends how badly you want it.
  
  If you really, really wanted to, you could set up a virtual machine with VMWare, install Windows on it, download Vindictus and log on with an alt to have two clients running at the same time. This does not involve hacking, modding, or doing anything "bad". However, it should be noted that your one computer will have to be able to deal with two instances of Vindictus being open. Just realize that you're going to need a lot of RAM to do this (absolutely no less than 4GB, 6GB would be comfortable).
  

  Question 3: I should have about a minimum of $50 that I could spend on NX. I've been curious about the Cadet Badge (+600 DEF and +10 Luck, lasts 30 days). Since I plan to be a Staff Evie, the defense is a nice plus - but I'm more curious towards the luck bonus. Is +10 luck significant at all? Take into consideration I have base luck.

  Just buy dye amps and sell them. I guess you could get it if you plan to play hardcore and feel a bit guilty about buying dye amps, though. $50 would get you an insane amount of dye amps and would come out to approximately 100m depending on your luck.
  

  Question 4: Is there any other NX items I should think about buying? Storage Expansion is probably going to be one of my top priority ... (I'm going to wait until it goes on sale though, over 10k NX for just storage is a lot for me D:)

  Get what you want. Dye amps are the best deal for NX to gold unless you're trying to enhance/enchant a very expensive item (no less than 20m). Everything else is entirely preference and pretty much comes down to what you feel it's worth. Want more space? A different appearance? etc. I run around with my default 3 storage slots (you get your third later on) and it works out fine for me. You'll just have to remember to sell your junk maybe once a week or so.
  

  If you are a Staff Evie, where do you place your Healing Corona?

  Wherever the hell I feel like it~
  
  Really, just put it wherever. Most people couldn't care less and are happy to even get anything. I guess if there is an obvious place where the action is happening then put it there, but even then some people may disagree and would rather run to a safe place where they can take it. So just do what you feel like.
  

  Quote from Skye;696727:

  That isn't necessarily true. :/ I don't know how many times I can get hit before losing all my shields, but I'd say it's at least 3 times. I think INT is what determines mana shield strength, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

  
  I have approximately 2.2K-2.3K int last I checked and I definitely cannot take 2 hits and still have mana shields from endgame raids. The third hit will often be the killer.
  

  Hmmm. I've always been a pack-rat when it comes to games, but I'm mid-way through Episode 2 and I'm already almost full lol.
  When you mean trash items, what exactly do you have in mind?

  Anything that isn't of immediate value to you. You should keep equipment you intend to use, potions, secondary items, and that's about it. NPC the stuff that isn't worth your time and sell the things that are worth a decent amount of gold on the marketplace.