[bustatjie007]

Guys you give such nice advice but what do one do if you dont understand zilts of it? neva played games before and aoc was my first gameplay and i loved it, but....im level 80 now. I got myself through it somehow, sometimes tried to ask questions, and sometimes did not have the courage. Now I just am not getting anywhere and I took a 3 month subscription...pretty please someone have patience with me and explain all this aa and pve and pvp stuff to me. And buffs and etc etc. Dont laugh at me. You all were here where I am at a stage. I would love to like playing aoc again...

[Crumb]

your lucky im bored.. here goes

firstly your have a sub and your lvl 80 so you can train AA (alternate advancement). This is what you earn experience for after 80 and is like an extra feat tree. When you look at your feats you click the bottom right tab to get to the aa feat tree. First look bottom left and click time training then pick one at top to train.
As you earn xp you will gain points to spend on feats here.

PVE is just player vs enviroment (the normal quests and instances)
PVP means player vs player combat

When you pick feats some benefit you in pve and others are better for fighting other players. If you have chosen badly you can reset your feat tree at a trainer for a small fee in the hub cities.

You also need good gear as i think you know now, that benefits your class. Blue is good (blue named) ans purple is best (epic). For a pom you need wisdom for more mana and magic damage , magic damage for DPS (damage per second) and constitution for survivability. Critical damage rating and critical rating also help all classes.

To get gear you can do quests for factions in khitai, Raids (24 man groups) and khitia 6 man group instances. Nm is normal mode 6 man quest in khitia and Hm is hardmode, more complex with an epic item as loot.

Ill stop there. I suggest if you want more post a topic in the newcomers forum section and im sure more help will follow .

[Misiuggah]

I'm sure if you'll ask specific questions (that will suggest that you're also thinking on your own) a few players will be happy to help.

[Iyon]

Originally Posted by bustatjie007 Guys you give such nice advice but what do one do if you dont understand zilts of it? neva played games before and aoc was my first gameplay and i loved it, but....im level 80 now. I got myself through it somehow, sometimes tried to ask questions, and sometimes did not have the courage. Now I just am not getting anywhere and I took a 3 month subscription...pretty please someone have patience with me and explain all this aa and pve and pvp stuff to me. And buffs and etc etc. Dont laugh at me. You all were here where I am at a stage. I would love to like playing aoc again...

Firstly, If anybody wants to ridicule you for trying to learn, just ignore them.

Second, you should really make a list of the different things you want to know more about, it's easier for ppl to start replying then.

Third, some mod should split this out into a new post.


It's hard to know at what "level" you are from your post. You know that gear makes your stronger, right? AA is another way of making your character stronger.

You also know certain gear has "the right" stats for your class, PoM, and others dont? F.ex. Intelligence doesn't help you, but wisdom does. Rather than us trying to explain in general what gear is good and not, you should post a screenshot of a piece and its stats (Shift+click in inventory), or even better a link to the item on http://aoc.yg.com, and ask us to explain.

Buffs are effects that you have running, you can see them on the top of the screen. As a PoM you should have 4 permanent (4 hour) buffs. 2 of these also happen to be group buffs, that means they grant a bonus to the other members, when in a group. There are also temporary buffs or effects, f.ex. Holy Cleansing.

Somewhat related are debuffs, negative buffs or penalties that are running on you. They could have been put on you by a mob or by using an ability that has a cooldown. Radiance, is an example. Your spell Radiance which heals for around 1000hp or more, has a cooldown of 25 seconds. But when you affect someone with that heal, that player can't be healed by radiance again for the next 60 seconds. You can see that 60 second cooldown as a debuff on yourself and any other players you heal with radiance.

Maybe this was too basic?