Material Usage

[cHaOsMaZtA]

I was wondering what materials i should feed my characters. And I'm not talking about maxing stats. I highly doubt I will get to level 200 with any of my chars. Now that I think about it, somebody should make a guide about what is best to feed each character class. Thanks for the help.

[oeagrus]

Just build a little spreadsheet in Excel like I did. Take your character's base level 200 stats, their max level 200 stats, figure out the difference and your on you way to knowing how much of each type to feed your character. Make your mag accordingly and try to max your stats without any God/units. Some characters can't be maxed w/o a few God/Abilities (cough FOmar cough) and perfect mat consumption.

All it takes is a little work.

[cHaOsMaZtA]

On 2004-04-20 16:55, cHaOsMaZtA wrote:
And I'm not talking about maxing stats.


hmm... i guess you didn't read my post very thoroughly. I want to know what is the best way to use your materials on your characters if aren't trying to max their stats

[Eclypse]

Well that would depend on if you've used an materials already. In the event that you haven't yet, I would feed your HUnewearl Arwen, 50 defense, 50 evade, 50 power materials. The reason for balancing is because the HUnewearl isn't the best at anyone thing but she is good at many things so it's best not to make her one dimensional. Depending on how you raised your mag that will also influence mat use also.

[THOMAS_LARS]

Well if you want my opinion I would say for your HUNTERS power, mind, and evade. For FORCES mind, evade, def, and HP. For RANGERS power, mind, HP, and defense.

[Jazhara]

If you use RA or HU, or melee FO, max LCK.

[oeagrus]

Yeah I guess I didn't get your question. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif
Realize that, by not balancing your mats and preparing for a high level, you'll max out some stat quite early on, then all subsequent levels you gain will never affect that stat. IE if you consume only Power mats, yes you'll be a strong player, but your power will then probably top out around level 130-150 (depending on your mag obviously).

There's a corollary to the story of the ant and the grasshopper here (preparing for the future vs. preparing for today). If you're not interested in someday maxing out all your stats, then which mats you take along the way really don't matter.

But for the most part regarding mats...
EVADE - 75% of people say it's useless
DEFENSE - use mats for this, not your mag
POWER - Rangers, Hunters, Melee FO's need this direly
LUCK - ditto
MIND - all FO's, then possibly HUnewearls and RAmarls
HP - take every one you find
TP - if you find 2 in 500 hours, you're doing swell

[TatuPreb119]

I figured I'd throw this in here because I didn't want to make a new topic about the same thing but How many Materials can a HUcast use? I've looked at the guide but it doesn't make sense.. It shows 125 for hp and 125 for TP? and a total of 150.. which does not add up

[DezoPenguin]

On 2004-04-23 12:58, TatuPreb119 wrote:
I figured I'd throw this in here because I didn't want to make a new topic about the same thing but How many Materials can a HUcast use? I've looked at the guide but it doesn't make sense.. It shows 125 for hp and 125 for TP? and a total of 150.. which does not add up



The problem arises because there are three material counters: "HP Mats," "TP Mats," and, for lack of a better way of expressing it, "All Other Mats." I had the same confusion when I started with the GC version.

So basically, your android can swallow 125 HP mats, and can then get 150 more mats of type Power, Def, Evade, and Luck for a total of 275 mats. I have no idea whether the game would let you eat any TP mats since I've never encountered one (it won't let bots eat Mind mats, though, since the stat is already maxxed at 0).

Likewise, a human can eat 125 HP + 125 TP + 250 other = 500 total materials, and a Newman 125 + 125 + 150 = 400 total.

[TatuPreb119]

Thank you that cleared it all up Time to eat all of those HP materials I've been saving... Probally around 75!