I'm proud of my melee force!

[anwserman]

My melee force, on Ultimate Ruins, was doing 500+ damage to enemies. Of course, I had S/D from a chain of PB blasts (I had an ATP of 1500) and they had level 28 Zalure on them, the enemies.. but still... doing 500+ damage, on Ultimate mode, with a FOnewearl and her Gladius does rule... it made my night!

No al rappies either!

[Dhylec]

On 2003-11-20 21:21, anwserman wrote:
No al rappies either!

does this mean you'r on xbox?
i have a melee fomar, he's not doing 500 in ult but enough to make it thru caves w/mechgun http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[anwserman]

Yup, X-Box. Though I don't really see what the difference would be... I'm legit. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Superguppie]

On 2003-11-20 21:56, anwserman wrote:
Yup, X-Box. Though I don't really see what the difference would be... I'm legit. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif


For the mellee FO there's not much of a difference. But for the Al Rappies there is...

[Hrith]

Meleeing with a FOnewearl... *does not compute*

Well my FOmarl can deal over 500 with only Shifta in Ult Ruins (RED SABER), just to point out FOnewearl should not melee :?

[-Luke-]

Heh...when I finally decide to take the time to make a Force, it will hopefully be a Bluefull Fomar, and he's gonna use Partisans and Elsyion. Well...thats the plan anyway. But I see why a Melee Force would be great, since they can buff themselves up a lot by themselves, whereas Hunters (except Hunewearl) cannot.
Luke

[Hrith]

Use partisans ? whadduya mean ? SOUL EATER/BANISH ?

[anwserman]

On 2003-11-21 01:24, Kefka wrote:
Meleeing with a FOnewearl... *does not compute*

Well my FOmarl can deal over 500 with only Shifta in Ult Ruins (RED SABER), just to point out FOnewearl should not melee :?



But that is what makes the whole thing so fun! Its challenging as all hell - plus all the comments people make about never seeing a melee FOnewearl before.

My interest in PSO was dying, so I figured to make a melee force to make the game difficult... oh yeah, its really hard. But its fun, and right now my force is 3 levels higher then my hunter (levels 111 and 108 respectively) and I find it too boring to play with my hunter.

Long live melee FOnewearls! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Asia_Skyly]

More power to you! I am sick and tired of people telling us forces how to play! Grab your weapons brother and sisters! Let's have a national Melee Force Day! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

PS. I got a FOmar at 185, and melee is all I ever do (S/D/J/Z are constant of course). I just put Spirit on my S-rank twin. With the aid of a power Mag, and someone elses Zalure S-rank Shot, I was doing 1600+!!!! with the Spirit special. Just amazing! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif GO FORCES!

[anwserman]

On 2003-11-21 08:03, Asia_Skyly wrote:
More power to you! I am sick and tired of people telling us forces how to play! Grab your weapons brother and sisters! Let's have a national Melee Force Day! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

PS. I got a FOmar at 185, and melee is all I ever do (S/D/J/Z are constant of course). I just put Spirit on my S-rank twin. With the aid of a power Mag, and someone elses Zalure S-rank Shot, I was doing 1600+!!!! with the Spirit special. Just amazing! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif GO FORCES!



http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

But remember, a good melee force knows when its acceptable to hit something with their wand (or Mind Gladius with 30 hit in my case!) or when to cast magic. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

I love casting S/D/J/Z since the SDJ are all level 30 now and Z is level 28... I traded photon drops for all the disks and it is the most rewarding thing in the world to cast the magic and see the enemies cripple!

[MaxBuster]

I melee with my FOnewn and FOmar as well, but for enemies such as Delsabers and those Megid-spitters I must break out my lvl 30 Rafoie and Rabarta.

[Silver-X]

if you are the only FO in the game, just s/d z/j , resta a bit and use your [insert weapon here] then no one will complain i guess ..
atleast they dont do that to me when i flap out my high hit charge vulcan http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[_Sinue_]

Heh.. welcome to the club. Those are pretty much the same reasons I started a Melee FOnewearl back on v.1 for the DC. I get tired of going into games and seeing the exact same characters, with the exact same equiptment, with the exact same stats - it's horrible. You can be a great PSO player without having to have the "Best of the Best" of everything.

Too bad you're on the Xbox, or I'd say we should hook up for a game sometime. I'm curious to see how well you're doing with her by seeing her in action. The most damage I've ever topped in a single strike was 850 with a 4way PB combo. I probably could have boosted that into the 900's or possibly even break 1,000 if I'd have had my Combat Gear and a stronger weapon back then. I try to stay away from the stronger weapons and focus on the multi-hit weapons like Partsians and Daggers. Of course - that covers about 8 weapons she can use out of those classes total - but they really do make a difference.

The closest I've come to cheating with her is putting %'s on her weapons - which is almost a necessity when playing a character as inately weak as the FOnewearl in open games with characters toting BKB's, Guld Milla's, TJswords.. ect. Playing a Melee FOnewearl is an excersize in squeezing every last drop of ATP potential out of a character - and utilizing %'s is just a means to an end. Average damage is still fairly light. She can kick out about 290 (350) on a normal hit and 550 (600) on a hard attack. With SD/JZ in place of course. (Numbers in parentesis are for criticals - of which I usually get anywhere from 1 to 4 per combo regularly)

I wouldn't necessarily say she's all that much of a challenge though. Her versitility with support spells make her much easier to work with solo than any HU or RA with the exception of HUnewearl or RAmarl.

[anwserman]

By seeing her in action? I'll get into Ultimate Ruins offline and record a video of her playing. Online I get slaughtered, but offline (I did Temple and with S/D/J/Z and some equipped items) the Arlans would smack me... and surprise, not do a cent of damage to me. On Ult!

Though I do have to admit, I do have a God/Body and a God/Arm equipped... it makes a difference, though I could probably ditch the God/Arm due to the 30% hit on my weapon, and I could probably replace the God/Body with a Metal/Body since I have one. Its just that I traded many Photon Drops I've collected for those items... though I still wonder if I should use them even if they might have came from questionable sources.

So perhaps I'll replace them with lesser equivelents, such as a Metal/Body and an Elf/Arm++ and I probably will do just fine. Might be harder, but what the hay... thats why I chose melee FOnewearl anyway. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

I'll get a video of her playing offline Ruins with her equipment change (I get owned on online Ruins unless I get the awesome 4-chain PB), so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

And I'll the video on here, too!

[_Sinue_]

Meh, the video wouldn't do much. For me anyhow - I don't have DSL to download it with. It's just that I've been set in my ways and expirimented quite a lot with her to tweak her out in the almost three years I've been playing her. I just like seeing different people's approach to overcomming the ATP hurdle. I might be able to pick up some hints on things I haven't thought of, and I might be able to offer some advice.

Offline ruins are a cake-walk for my FOnewearl - and online is very do-able. She preforms much better in a team - as her main tactic for online is to come up from behind an enemy and attack. She can drop an Del-Del and below in just barely over 1 combo if she hits every time. This is why it's helpful to attack in a team, whereas my party can deal out damage and weaken them enough to where I can drop most monsters there in a single combo. Even if there is no damage delt by my team-mates, being able to attack from behind ensures a safe combo even if I miss the first strike.. and enough time to start into my second combo before they get a chance to turn around and target me.

Even without a team though, she's more than able to take out multiple Delsabers, Indi Belras, Chaos Bringers by herself. It just takes her a little longer. That's the tradeoff. A HUmar or HUcast can take them out faster than I can - but they're at a much greater risk of killed. Mana's support spells are her vercitility - and she's able to last much longer in a fight than they could.