Polenicus
12-12-2002, 07:16 PM
I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but so far I've managed to go a WEEK without finding a red box. My last red box was a Photon Drop.
I've been playing Vhard and Ultimate, and I'm currently level 95. I find NOTHING in Vhard Ruins or Ultimate Forest to Mines. Before that I've run into Hildeblues and Red Slimes... who drop Diska of Braveman without fail. Most of my decent weapons I mortgaged my future for by trading off materials.
I played one Skyly game back at level 84... we found two Gigobooma's claws, two Dragon Slayers and a Club of Laconium.
Most of the people I play with now have Demo Comets or Red-series weapons, rare armors (I'm still using Guardian Armor), Agito's and such, God-level units... I accept that most of them traded around to get their gear but so far I've been suckin wind on THAT, too. You need something good to trade for something good, and it seems every time I come into something that seems decent (Cadeceus, large number of Pdrops, Elysion, Dragon Claw, etc.) suddenly everyone already has them and no one wants them, and I usually end up giving them to a friend who can use them, rather than let them gather dust in my inventory.
I've been reading the rare weapons find lists on the board, and that doesn't fill me with hope. Most of the good Whitill finds seem to be in Ultimate Seabed Episode II... where you need to be a good deal stronger than Ultimate Ruins, which I can't handle yet ANYWAY.
Personally, I'd prefer to spend my time running through the challenges and earning myself a good weapon and shield (S-rank and a White Ring) and then be able to play through for a while without absolutely NEEDING that next red box to be something half-decent (If I ever see another one again). However, it doesn't seem we're going to see the Challenge modes all finally uploaded until well into the new year at this rate.
Around level 60-80 I was making decent finds. Yamato, H&S Justice, Dragon Slayer, G-assassin arms... stuff I could use and trade. Now I don't even find THAT stuff anymore!
This SUCKS. It sucks BAD. I barely feel like I'm contributing in Ultimate runs, and I HATE that. It makes me feel like an EXP leech. I'm also diving for whatever red box I see, and I don't like that either. I keep dreading going into a game and missing the dive, only to have it turn out to be a Demo comet or some other nifty weapon I've been hoping for.
I remember what it was like in vers. 2. All of my Ultimate-level weapons, with the exception of my S-rank, were charity donations. I could go straight through Forest to Falz and find NOTHING. Though even then I would find God/Battles and Perfect/Resist.
Am I doomed to that again? To be cursed to always be two or three grades down in equipment from those of the same level? To always have people cancel the trade window before I've even gotten halfway through adding in all the stuff I have to trade?
I dunno... but it's getting kinda frustrating.
I've been playing Vhard and Ultimate, and I'm currently level 95. I find NOTHING in Vhard Ruins or Ultimate Forest to Mines. Before that I've run into Hildeblues and Red Slimes... who drop Diska of Braveman without fail. Most of my decent weapons I mortgaged my future for by trading off materials.
I played one Skyly game back at level 84... we found two Gigobooma's claws, two Dragon Slayers and a Club of Laconium.
Most of the people I play with now have Demo Comets or Red-series weapons, rare armors (I'm still using Guardian Armor), Agito's and such, God-level units... I accept that most of them traded around to get their gear but so far I've been suckin wind on THAT, too. You need something good to trade for something good, and it seems every time I come into something that seems decent (Cadeceus, large number of Pdrops, Elysion, Dragon Claw, etc.) suddenly everyone already has them and no one wants them, and I usually end up giving them to a friend who can use them, rather than let them gather dust in my inventory.
I've been reading the rare weapons find lists on the board, and that doesn't fill me with hope. Most of the good Whitill finds seem to be in Ultimate Seabed Episode II... where you need to be a good deal stronger than Ultimate Ruins, which I can't handle yet ANYWAY.
Personally, I'd prefer to spend my time running through the challenges and earning myself a good weapon and shield (S-rank and a White Ring) and then be able to play through for a while without absolutely NEEDING that next red box to be something half-decent (If I ever see another one again). However, it doesn't seem we're going to see the Challenge modes all finally uploaded until well into the new year at this rate.
Around level 60-80 I was making decent finds. Yamato, H&S Justice, Dragon Slayer, G-assassin arms... stuff I could use and trade. Now I don't even find THAT stuff anymore!
This SUCKS. It sucks BAD. I barely feel like I'm contributing in Ultimate runs, and I HATE that. It makes me feel like an EXP leech. I'm also diving for whatever red box I see, and I don't like that either. I keep dreading going into a game and missing the dive, only to have it turn out to be a Demo comet or some other nifty weapon I've been hoping for.
I remember what it was like in vers. 2. All of my Ultimate-level weapons, with the exception of my S-rank, were charity donations. I could go straight through Forest to Falz and find NOTHING. Though even then I would find God/Battles and Perfect/Resist.
Am I doomed to that again? To be cursed to always be two or three grades down in equipment from those of the same level? To always have people cancel the trade window before I've even gotten halfway through adding in all the stuff I have to trade?
I dunno... but it's getting kinda frustrating.