Announcement

Collapse

Forum Rules [Updated 12/21/2016]

MAIN RULES OF THE FORUMS

Please respect your community. Respect each other as you all enjoy the same thing – The Game.

We encourage open and friendly discussion of the game and the Community. Moderators and Staff have final decisions on all matters, and are here to make sure that the Community remains a friendly, fun place appropriate for players of all backgrounds, ages and groups.

It is the forum member's responsibility to stay up to date on forum rules and to honor the behavior outlined.

PURPOSE OF THE FORUMS

These forums provide an area for constructive player discussions of the game. It also allows players to
help each other identify bugs and issues, and help each other reproduce and resolve them.

These forums are not the most direct way to contact support. If you’re having an issue with your game and you need direct assistance, please tap on the FAQ/Support tab within the game.

CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENT

Please make sure to stay updated on these rules by reviewing this page from time to time.

SET RULES

This is a private board. As such, decisions made are final.
We reserve the right to remove any message board content without notice for any reason.

Rule 1: Responses to rule violations
Violating these rules will result in warnings, either formal or informal, suspensions, banning, or other sanctions.

Rule 2: Respect other users on the forums
- Do not make attacks or insult other users, either in the forums or through private messages. Disagreements and debates are fine, but don’t make it personal.
- Do not attack groups. This includes professions, races, religions, sexual orientations, genders, incomes, or even vague groups like “you people.”
- Do not use ill terms which are offensive to groups, do not “flame”, “troll.” or “haze”.

Rule 3: Respect the forum purpose and structure
- Make your posts in the appropriate forum.
- Please use the Search function. If a relevant thread already exists, please post there instead of creating a new thread about the same topic. Duplicate threads will be closed to keep the forums orderly and easy to navigate.
- Keep off-topic posts in the off-topic forum.
- Don’t start discussions about games that are not ours.
- Do not cross-link to other message boards or websites unless approved by a moderator.

Rule 4: Respect the law
- Do not post anything illegal under U.S. law, or encourage other users to break the laws of the U.S. or their country of residence.
- Do not encourage users to break terms of service. This includes giving information about how to find scripts, exploits, or cheats, as well as arranging to buy or sell accounts or virtual goods.

Rule 5: Respect the audience
Think about who you're talking to. Users may be as young as 13 on these message boards, and may be male or female, and from countries across the globe.
- Keep your language civil. Profanity is frowned on.
- Do not post Adult Material, inappropriate graphic sexual content in any format, or links to sexually explicit sites.
- Do not post graphic images or explicit descriptions of violent acts.
- Do not use an avatar or signature that could offend other users. They have to look at it a lot.

Rule 6: Respect privacy
- Do not post any private emails or private messages unless you have the explicit permission of each person involved in the exchange.
- Do not post private communication between customer support, members, moderators, or administrators on these forums, or anywhere else. (This include support ticket responses)
- Do not post any information covered by a non-disclosure agreement or beta testing agreement. Even if you somehow have inside information about our competitors, for legal reasons we don’t want to hear it.
- Do not post Facebook information about other forum users.
- Do not post any private information about other users.
- Do not post in-game information in an attempt to have other players attack your target. Be careful to not cross the line into bullying.

Rule 7: Do not spam
- Do not post repeatedly about the same topic.
- Do not spam users on the forums or through private messages.
- Do not start a thread without actual purpose.
- Do not start a thread about a news story or article unless you make it clear what the story is about, and offer your own opinion to start a discussion.

Rule 8: Respect your account
- Do not share your account information with other individuals. You will be held responsible for any rules violations that occur under your account.
- Do not create new accounts or use other tricks to avoid suspensions or bans.
- Do not create ‘sock puppet’ accounts – multiple accounts created just so that you can agree with yourself and make it seem like your ideas have more support than they do.
- Never include your e-mail address or any other personal information in posts.

Rule 9: Respect the Moderators
- Do not post using the color red. This color is reserved for moderators.
- Do not impersonate moderators. Do not claim to speak for the moderators.

Rule 10: Respect the decisions of the moderators
- The moderation teams reserves the right to warn, suspend, or permanently ban users judged to be acting against the spirit of the rules, even if the user is following the letter of the rules.
- Do not argue with moderators about moderator decisions. You can disagree with a moderator’s opinions, just like any other poster, but when they post moderator actions in red text, it is considered final.
- Moderators have no access to your game account. If you have an issue you must contact customer service.

Generally, BE NICE. There is nothing wrong with being nice to each other.
See more
See less

Equipment slots ore/ingots question

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • #1

    Equipment slots ore/ingots question

    Ok finally I can post a topic.

    I'm somewhat new to trying to optimize playing so I'm just now absorbing what I need to do. I've only ever put runes into my equipment but clearly I'm at a point where my equipment doesn't really change often (until this new set of elf stuff) I think it's time to start putting the ore/ingots in. I know that they get destroyed if I ever salvage so that's why I've been very reticent about putting them into my equipment.

    Is there a guide or page somewhere (I've not been able to google or find anything, either the terms are too general or my search terms are bad) that explains how to optimize what I should put into these empty slots? e.g. various piercing/resist physical/elemental

    I'm a monster hunter. My general alliance is 2*Barbarus 35/ 3*Sahar 54/ 2* Dolomar 24 (in that order because I made the mistake of just leveling Sahar early on so she's got lots of atk/def and it would be bad to put her in the 3rd position since Dolomar is so far behind).

    I'm now in the process of farming for bronze since I don't have enough groveblades to optimize the leviathan of void yet.
    Do I slot up for a combo of elementals and physical?
    or do i concentrate on physical?
    Do i somehow keep a set weapons/armor for just fire/water/physical/divine etc (that will take forever farming ore), if you do that do you keep one primary set with your runes in it because you can't take your runes out if you do you lose your ore/ingots (right?)?

    Sorry, I feel like this is probably covered somewhere but I couldn't find it looking at the FAQs and read first topics
    Tags: None
  • #2
    Hey MischMash,

    I probably won't answer everything but I'll try to tell you what's important.

    First, Pierce and Resistance are absolutely essential when it comes to PvP strength. Less so when it comes to monster hunting.
    I wouldn't necessarily try to get the right stuff for monster hunting, but rather for PvP. And then you can use some of the equips from your PvP loadout(s) when hunting certain monsters, if need be.
    A few of the biggest/latest monsters have a lot of Physical Resistance however (Chromus for instance has 400), and you'll have to use equipment with Physical Pierce to avoid a significant dmg reduction. As for Elemental resistance from monsters, I don't there's anything in the game a single Epic Chaos Gem cannot handle by itself.

    You can check there for more info on Pierce/Resist on monsters:
    https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Pi...onster_Hunting

    Second, Physical Pierce and Resistance are a bit better than Elemental in PvP. Roughly, elemental is worth about 80% of Physical - it's more complicated than that but you can use it as a rule of thumb. So for instance getting +50 Fire Pierce would be equivalent to getting +40 Physical Pierce (PP), in terms of PvP strength.
    Also, as a rule of thumb, getting more of one single element is better than spreading over all elements, but usually you won't really have the choice anyway, you'll just use your best Chaos Gems. For the same reason, it's good to have as much Physical Pierce and Resistance as possible. As more items have them as inherent powers, it's "easier" to get more of those.

    Third, you can only put 1 type of gem or ingot in each slot of an item.
    Chaos Gems are better than anything else, so if your item has only one slot, that's what you'll want to use. If it has 2 slots, you'll use 1 Chaos Gem + 1 Silver or Electrum Ingot for instance. And if it has 3 slots, it will be 1 Chaos Gem + 1 Ingot + 1 regular Gem (the best being the Shining Gem of Earth, before the 12th anniversary event).

    You can see what gems/ingots are available in this section of the Forge wiki article (not updated with the 12th anniv stuff but doesn't really matter for you here):
    https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Fo...ems_and_Ingots (click "Expand" at the end for the table).

    Now since Chaos Gems are so incredibly important, if you haven't started yet, start doing Chaos Campaigns.
    Here's a guide about it:
    https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/St...haos_Campaigns
    And ofc the main article about them if you need more info:
    https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_Campaign

    As far as salvaging is concerned, you can prevent the loss of a gem/ingot by using an Unbind Stone. They can be quite easy to obtain from the Colosseum Shop (there will definitely be more seasons where you'll be able to obtain Honor Points to buy them: https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Colosseum_V#Shop).
    However the price isn't insignificant either, and you shouldn't use them for any kind of gem/ingot. Personally I only use them for the Chaos Gem (Rare or Epic) when salvaging (you can use one per gem/ingot you wish to keep).
    https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Forge#Salvage

    Oh and about the Ingots, easiest way to obtain the ingredients are Orcs. They only spawn in LoM, so you'll need the right guild.
    Orc Horde and Orc Host make it really easy to obtain them. Orc Horde e.g.: https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Orc_Horde

    About your MH alliance:
    The alliance stats matter A LOT in monster hunting. I'd put Sahar first for now since she's the highest level and most promoted. However I'd stop investing in her now and when Barb has higher stats, put him back as master. Eventually Sahar's ability will become close to useless. But no worries, for now I'm sure she's important to the alliance. But if you got Demon Warrior from the recent event, eventually Barb-Dolo-DW will be much better. Although there may be new generals for you by then.
    Good info in the first sections of this wiki article if you haven't read it:
    https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Mo...nting_Generals

    Other notes:
    • Divine Power items don't need to be equipped. You'll get the DP just by owning them.
    • And yes if you want to get a Rune back you need to salvage and that removes everything (that's when Unbind Stones really come in handy).

    Okay well that was longer than I planned lol. You probably know most of what you need to know 😛

    If you have other questions feel free to ask. I'll answer when I have the time.

    Comment

    • #3
      Wow Thanks for the info gogoo! Very helpful I've got a lot to read and farming todo.

      Comment

      • #4
        https://castleage.fandom.com/wiki/Be...uipment_-_Duel

        This article should also be very useful to decide which equipment to go after. I thought about that because you mentioned the Leviathans and IIRC they're not useful for anything nowadays (not even for Item Archives I think). Well it can be fun to hunt all monsters regardless, but if you want to become stronger they're probably not the right target.

        Note: the article is not 100% updated with the very latest stuff I think, but overall I think it doesn't matter for you right now.
        Last edited by gogoo; 09-29-2021, 05:58 PM.

        Comment

        Previous template Next
        Working...
        X