Realm of the Mad God

[Reako]

When fighting medusas, circle them (this requires at least 35-40 speed) They fire where you were, not where you'll be. This makes them easy kills than trying to fight them up front. In cases where they get alot of helpers, do what pretty much any class has to at this juncture and... run away.

I suppose I can list tactics for some other monsters that allows a melee character to fight them, since I favor melee.

Ent Gods are the opposite of medusas and fire where you'll be, not where you are (unless you aren't moving/running right at/away from them) Trick them out to get close and get some shots in. Slime gods are the same, but are much tighter in their AI with it so it can be difficult.

If you have 40 speed or more, you can successfully circle a sprite god once you get close and not get hit

White Demons you cannot fight. This issue has been voiced on various channels and forums. There is nothing you can do against these but run away.

Ghost Gods you need a crystal sword to touch otherwise just leave them alone.

Beholders aren't bad if your monitor is bright enough to see while blinded. The blind shots do no damage. Their shots are a bit erratic but you can kill them as melee with some skill. Just poke carefully. Once again crystal sword makes this much easier.

You shouldn't attempt to fight leviathans til your speed is high/maxed. I've killed them plenty of times with melee before, not even with a crystal sword, but you need to move fast when they start spraying bullets everywhere to avoid getting shotgunned. I generally don't like fighting these.

Not giving a tactic for genies or flying brains because both are fairly easy. Melee classes eat flying brains right up regardless of their damage, since defense makes them hit so low.

Geared melee is most loved in the Abyss of Demons dungeon. Countless casters get insta-munched by brutes when they try to take the lead, while a knight or paladin can handle the initial surprise. I realize alot of these "tactics" resort to "raise your speed" and "get a crystal sword" or "get close and circle" but that's just how it is. Snake pits, and it's boss, Stheno, is incredibly easy for melee, so go take out ogre kings or lizard gods and the like to spawn pits and clear em to get your speed up. All you have to do for snake pit is break into a chamber, dash into it, and start rounding up the snakes like a sheep dog and poke them down. For Stheno, you just poke her during her first phase, back off for her second, poke her into her transition into her third, back off, poke her into her transition back into her first (and during) and repeat.

[Dentrala]

I kind of see the Flying Brain as a "support" god. Anyone can take it out on its own, but a flying brain coupled with a medusa or a ghost or a white demon is a pain to dodge.

[illisid]

I have to say, now that I'm back to a caster, I do miss the damage. I died a few times in the spider den though, since it's practically impossible to hit the boss with a melee character.

in other news:
"yeah let's play a bit in the early morning! eh there are no trains, I'll just go joing a random group. I'm level 15 itll be fine. Oh cool this group is fighting in ogre land. Nice exp! Ooh spider den, lets get some stuff. Alright, done with that, let's find my group again..." -teleports to random group who happens to be fighting gods, happens to teleport RIGHT underneath a djinn in the middle of going nuts, with 5 other gods on screen. instadies without even seeing health decrease from full.

[Dentrala]

in other news:
"yeah let's play a bit in the early morning! eh there are no trains, I'll just go joing a random group. I'm level 15 itll be fine. Oh cool this group is fighting in ogre land. Nice exp! Ooh spider den, lets get some stuff. Alright, done with that, let's find my group again..." -teleports to random group who happens to be fighting gods, happens to teleport RIGHT underneath a djinn in the middle of going nuts, with 5 other gods on screen. instadies without even seeing health decrease from full.

We've all been there man.

[WateryHell]

To be perfectly honest, I hate rogue,wizard,and paladin. I like knight (damage? what damage?), assassin (AoE + DoT? :0 ), and necromancer (healing myself is always nice).

also, mythril armor + sup dex ring for HP pots. :P

[Kaitostrike]

We've all been there man.

Hah, it just happened with my Huntress (bye bye GBow). A couple level tens? Right, let's go. Cue Ghost God outta nowhere. Alright, one Ghost God, I can handle this. Suddenly Hermit Crabs. Hundreds of them. Didn't stand a chance.

Although I have a tendency to get really good drops right after I die.

[illisid]

I... I think I'm addicted to little purdple bags..

[Kaitostrike]

I... I think I'm addicted to little purdple bags..

Psssht, blue bags are where it's at.

[Dentrala]

I... I think I'm addicted to little purdple bags..

Just a gateway drug, man. It don't got nothing on blue.

[dragonHacker]

I now have 15 of those fame stars! I'm BLUE! You do not know how infinitely happy this makes me.

In other news, Mystic class SUCKS. Stasis powers are useful, in what, one or two situations??

[Bamoehn]

I now have 15 of those fame stars! I'm BLUE! You do not know how infinitely happy this makes me.

In other news, Mystic class SUCKS. Stasis powers are useful, in what, one or two situations??

The freakin' constructs make me ANNNNNNNNGRY...

But Mystic can be really handy for trying to solo in the Godlands, I find. Choosing what attacks you and what doesn't is niiiiiice. Same deal if you need a quick getaway.

[Toast]

I love Mystic. What you do is stun all of the enemies other than one, kill it, and then repeat until they are all dead.

[Karhs12]

In other news, Mystic class SUCKS. Stasis powers are useful, in what, one or two situations??

Only one situation. That situation is whenever you are fighting more than one thing at once. So, technically, all the situations but a few.

[dragonHacker]

Maybe I just don't use it very well? I just find it only useful ever in Godlands. Oh, what I'll do for extra stars.

[Dentrala]

Mystic is probably my favorite class, once you get defence and speed at a reasonable level. I am not a fan of how specials for most classes are either a panic button, or just extra damage.

[xqz]

Necromancer is my favorite class, but mystic does have a fun special.
Especially when you do things like accidentally stasis the ghost king right before the soul keeper ghost dies so the king keeps its invulnerability and people just stand around and shoot at it pointlessly for 5 minutes.

edit:

all in one drop
too bad most of this is pretty much useless to me

[Dentrala]

I'll take it if you don't need it. :P

[Bamoehn]

I'll take anything that's left after that :P
Besides, a nice green color scheme to decorate your home with!

Also, I FINALLY got a good stat roll on my Necromancer. TIME TO FARM.

[_Quietus_]

Yeah so basically,
I just got the hang of this game
But my characters are reliably dying once they reach about 150-250 fame
That's like the deathmark
The worst was when my necro with a robe of the shadow magus died while I was typing

Oh, by the way, you can find me on USwest 2 server under the name DrPainPHD
I founded The Salty Baboons guild
Perhaps I should've called it
"Knights who say Ni"
Or something cool

[Kaitostrike]

First post in a while. OH WELL.

If I have anything to say about this game, it's that it has conditioned me for failure. A couple days ago I lost my Paladin with maxed Attack, and almost maxed Defense. I just shrugged it off and started another class. Anyways, I have lots of T7-8 equipment, and T3-4 abilities, so yell at me if you ever need anything. I've been hanging on USEast2, since it is a lot less crowded.

[_Quietus_]

Welp, my first time playing wizard past second class quest
It went fairly well
And my death was stupid
Killed the hermit god, 50 HP left gods on all sides, rufused to town, got hit by sprite god.
I had 3 wis pots on that guy
And a robe of the masta.

Never maxed a stat, never gotten more than 8 defense potions anyway

Bec, how the fuck did you do that as paladin, I'm hopeless with the swords, it's why I'm always playing magi

[Kaitostrike]

Welp, my first time playing wizard past second class quest
It went fairly well
And my death was stupid
Killed the hermit god, 50 HP left gods on all sides, rufused to town, got hit by sprite god.
I had 3 wis pots on that guy
And a robe of the masta.

Never maxed a stat, never gotten more than 8 defense potions anyway

Bec, how the fuck did you do that as paladin, I'm hopeless with the swords, it's why I'm always playing magi

The melee classes ARE a pain to play if you don't have at least defense maxed. (Still waiting on that buff, by the way) The best way to do it is have one class as your potion dump, and another as your farming buddy. Although that requires buying a character slot, or using an alt and being stuck as wizard (and not getting to use the fame). An alternate route is to get as many defense pots as possible, and use them all at once. Defense is always your first stat to max. No exceptions.

[_Quietus_]

Welp took out 2 level 20's today
Archer
Priest

Archer died way too soon
So did priest
It was so easy being priest too
And the archer had a Verdant bow

[Kaitostrike]

If it makes you feel any better, I just lost my Knight with 20~ potions in him, and my DSoul, Desolation, GShield, Para HP/Def. Why do I keep on choosing meleeeeeeee.

[_Quietus_]

I'd say my firs pick for classes is necro. He's like a priest AND wizard

Unfortunately, my warehouse is almost empty right now
All I had was a staff of destruction and an essence tap skull
Although it's fucking awful being necro without an essence tap skull
I still wish I had a robe
Another necromancer JUST NOW bit the dust
Again.