Stat points

Every class has a certain build they should go with. With FB's I've heard the question of whether to put most of your stat points into STR or DEX. As a FB...you can do either or but I highly recommend AGAINST doing STR build unless you want the defense rate of a Warrior...without the defense. XD As a Force Blader you should put only the minimum amount of STR and INT to compare to the gear you need to use. Everything else should go into DEX. You will lose a couple attack doing DEX but I would rather be able to break 3k Defense Rate and 4k Attack Rate. You can get that buy putting the majority of your Stat. points into DEX.

Force Blader Combos

Force Bladers do have variations in the combos that they can use. However, there ARE some skills that under no circumstance should be used in any PvP whatsoever due to their lack of DPS or long casting times. Force Impact and Infernal Stigma are among those.

PvE Combo:
I'm a lazy ass so I usually don't combo in PvE so you can take this combo with a small grain of salt and feel free to change it to your liking if you usually do combo in PvE.

Infernal Stigma Lv 9--->Infernal Impact Lv 9--->Assassinate Lv 9--->Seal of Damnation Lv 18

PvP Combo:
I actually use 2 combos...a Nation War combo and a regular PvP combo. The nation war combo was when I had less Crit Damage so small skills played a big role. Now that I cracked the 200% CDI mark I try to get off a couple large skills really fast. Either one of these are good to use.

Nation war combo:
Force Kick Lv 9--->Force Assault Lv 18--->Impact Stab Lv 20--->Assassinate Lv 9--->Infernal Impact Lv 9--->Seal of Damnation Lv 18

After you cast seal, go back to Force Assault and repeat through Infernal Impact. Then go back again to Force Assault and repeat through Assassinate. By that time you should be at the 11+ combo and hard luck will be wearing off so it's time for you to break your combo and cast it again(or do it in combo if you want depends on your preference.)

Regular PvP Combo:
Force Kick Lv 9--->Assassinate Lv 9--->Force Assault Lv 18--->Seal of Damnation Lv 18--->Infernal Impact Lv 9--->Impact Stab Lv 20

Force slash is another skill you can put in either on of these somewhere as it does have HP down. Abyssal Crystal is another skill useful to avoid chasing in PvP. Just mess around with some combos and see which skills fit best for you.

Weapon builds

A long time ago, I used to think that double Forcium amp weapons for FB was the way to go. Yeah...no don't think so that was a total nub time frame. The biggest question I get asked in game is "what is the best weapon set up for Force Bladers?" This isn't a easy answer question since FBs have such a variety.

Osmium Build (Osmium PC Dmg Sword/Lapis PC Dmg Orb): Some things don't change over time and neither does my opinion on this build since you can get such better options these days. The plus side...you have nice Crit Damage...but your attack suffers greatly. Good luck trying to break 1k attack with this build.

Amp build (2x Forcium S.Amp weapons): I went this build at one point and it is a cheap gear up if you are not yet able to afford end-game weapons. I pretty much call this build the "temporary" build since you don't want to use this long term. It will basically allow you to run things but you will have problems excelling if you maintain this build for long.

Mix build (Forcium S.Amp Sword/Lapis or Topaz PC Dmg Deathblow): This is an option a lot of Force Bladers go with...I myself used this build for close to a year before upgrading to what I currently have(we'll save that for another post though). It basically will give you a nice balance between both attack and Crit Dmg. You can usually do most end game things with this build as long as it's not solo play. With solo you may run into problems.

Redosmium Build (Redosmium Sword PC Dmg/Topaz PC Dmg): This destroys all the other builds mentioned before it. While I was against Osm build, Redosmium is squarely in the middle of Osmium and Forcium. You will be able to have a nice balance of Attack and Crit Damage while being able to extend on your endgame activities(although soloing things like IC2 and Pluma might still be slightly out of reach).

Extreme build (Forcium PC Dmg Sword/Lapis PC Dmg): This is what I use...except for the fact my blade is 34 Damage and not 36. Pretty simple...you can basically do anything with this(obviously...Forcium Deathblow come on lol). There is very little room for improvement here, apart from upgrading to Topaz or Forcium Damage Crystal/Orb.

Other: You also have the option of using 2 slot Forcium weapons. I actually was lucky enough to test out a 2 slot +11 orb awhile back. Your DPS will be roughly equal to that of a Lapis PC Dmg DB. I noticed my non crits were higher while my crits were lower compared to a Lapis. With Illusion Castle B2F dropping 2 slot on a regular basis this may also be something you want to look into.

Getting back into the hang of this...

So after over a year of completely forgetting about this thing...I think it's time to update. The basic reason is I've had people in game PM me asking about stuff I thought a year ago...stuff that after I actually learned a hell of a lot more about the game are completely false. But we all make mistakes right? Yes we do. :) So I plan on making some posts to help other FB's and do a few changes on this page in the process. Basically.....everything underneath this post ignore it. xD

Just putting it out there...

Not really gonna write about a ton on here today. Just some random thoughts and feelings I've held in for quite some time that I think it's time to get out. As with any MMO, you will run into the idiots who know how to do nothing except flame you about every little thing you do, no matter what your accomplishments are or how much you have grown. These people are very small minded and should generally be ignored for the most part since all they want is attention. In here I'll address some things that I've thought for awhile so beware of wall of text coming.

My mistakes: Of course I have them and anyone who denies they haven't screwed up somewhere along their Cabal life is just fooling themselves. Probably the thing I had gotten the most crap for was using Infernal Stigma on bosses and dungeons. Was it stupid? Yes...yes it was. Did it fail with it's POS DPS? Yup. Can I look back on that now, many months later and /facepalm? You sure as hell bet I do because I have revamped my combo from way back when I stopped using it(April I think). Yet there are STILL people to this day that say fail to me and use that as an excuse...I'm sorry to burst your little bubble here but calling someone out on a mistake they made many months ago is stupid.
Weapons: I know they aren't the best. I know gear needs improvement. But for my gear I do a hell of a good job with skill alone. Gear and skill go hand in hand. Granted you need to be good in both and everyone aims to excel in both. If you can be good in one and excel in another, you are on the right track. With me, I would say my gear is good but my skill excels. I do everything a good FB player should be expected to do aka debuffs at ALL times and know the key times to run if need be. If you are good on skill you can work on the neverending task of gear revamping.

What about accomplishments? Well...people who like to flame you really don't take those into account now do they? I got a perfect example(no names here...if you are reading this next example you should know exactly who you are). When I go all out in Nation War, I am basically guarenteed Luminosity Bringer(usually don't try all that hard since I HATE the stun/knock down/root). Now last week I had it and this certain person decided to go around saying I got it by building. Yeah okay...you can go around and say that bullshit while you sit your little butt on the Proc Resurrection Towers and farm them...okay then...sorry that I can get Bringer on DPS alone and not need to farm or build. :/
What other things have I done? Gotten to the final boss, Tyrant in Forgotten Temple B2F so many times I lost count. I can solo Forgotten Temple, Derk, Pennas, and Tanks. Tanks are a bit harder for me though and I'm still working on perfecting my DPS so I can do it in 5 SP bars and not have to use 5 Fury Pots to get a 6th SP bar. -.-

Basically in short, you can flame someone all you want. But you sure as hell better be able to back up the flame with you doing the same thing only better. If you can't, you just come out looking like the ass after sorry.

SigMetal Armor Event....

So OGP has decided to host one of the most creative events I think they have ever had. They are selling Helmets and Suits(SigMetal of course...) from an event girl in Green Despair. They come 2 slotted, PERFECT CRAFT!!!!! Zomg, 16% Dmg/8% Rate helm and 7% Amp suit. Awesome right? Well...yes...except they cost 20m and only last 7 days unless you +9 them. Q_Q

So I decided to try this event...and by some pure miracle I got the suit to +7...and then failed +8 and went back to 0. -____________- But...I decided I'm going to try again. However I am going to be prepared next time(and let someone else do it for me haha). My plan is to run Chaos Arena 3 times a day and hopefully get at least 3 UCH per CA. If this goes well, I will have 162 UCH at minimum by my hopeful date of October 7(day before the event ends). Not only that, but I hope to start farming Volcanic Citadel for even more UCH...sell enough of them from the runs to make even then keep the rest. Here's to hoping for a suit...

Busy week!

I've had possibly one of the busiest and most exciting weeks of Cabal since I started. Some of it happy, others of it the end of the road. For starters...I joined a new guild TangDynasty. Now this meant a LOT of good things; I'd be able to run Chaos Arena again, do Nation War more consistently, do more dungeons and boss hunts...well you get the idea. Sadly however, it meant leaving behind all my close friends in eXistentiaL. It was probably one of the hardest decisions I had to make on the game(felt about the same as when I left Functions for Ophirus) and it took me a couple days of moping around before I finally started trying to fit in with my new guild(which I think I'm doing...lots of LOL moments but you can see that below)

Chaos Arena Level 5(Speical thanks to EterNity for the video)

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Now Second thing...titles and BRINGER...yes Bringer Again. Since I had joined a new guild and I was fairly happy with my gear, I decided to try for Bringer once again. Kind of surprised myself by scoring 1521 for the week...wow. o.o 300+ points higher than the last time I had Bringer. xD Now not only that, but I also gained Rank 14 Honor finally! The Honor title is called Praetor of Tolerance and gives pretty nice stats(150 HP, 3% Resist Crit. Rate, 5% Resist Damage). Not only that, but I discovered after my last Nation War I had at last gained the title Luminos Officer. What does that mean? Well basically since the Nation War patch in December of 2008, I've killed a total of 5,000 Procyon in Nation War. o.o That's a lot. xD




Honor Rank 14 Trading of WExp

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Now...about those LOL moments of the Guild? I swear these people are some of the craziest and most nutty I've ever met...yet friendly and helpful at the same time, as long as you can take the crude jokes anyway. xD There are a lot of fake pairings and couples which makes everything so much more lively because there is always something to talk about. This is just one of the many random and completely pointless chats that happen on and off throughout every single day. xD