5.0(quick review and some opinions)

Well, as i am sure some of my readers are aware, 5.0 has FINALLY been released by G1. Finally my lvl100 Scout Adrian can stop standing in auch for dasy on end, as i got to accomplish something constructive.


Raiding

Castilla


Castilla and its related raids have added a whole host of instanced raiding glory with potential epic loots, but in reality, a tremendous source of 84e to the Sword2 experience. Castilla mine is quiet spammable in a small group, and its a great source of chips and with the bonus chance of(don't raid just for this, you will be let down time and time again) DHr. Castilla relic is similar but also has chances at ELB, ELBr, made 32ar weapons and LNs, and the still sought after DHr. Castilla tower, well once i get a squad going i will update on it.

Bounty Hunters Guild


Some more spammable raids, this place has roulettes for low tiered accessories/their recs vet tokens(used to buy stuff like CS items and other handy things) and the usual 84e crap. It has several different lvls, and each has strict lvl requirements, obviously the lower the lvl the worse the drops. Very worth the time doing, though the mob kill quests are tedious, so go in a squad and butcher them.

Stances

Just a few quick opinions. Madness is nice, but without some very serious weapons for pvp you won't be killing many people unless you use 2 reckless's, however for pve, she is a monstrousity, she hits very hard due to her decent pene and is incredibly good at mob control, aswell as a good mental dmg dpser.

Catherin Torsche and Death Chopping, very good as expected, killing ELN users with relative ease thanks to her devastating debuffs. Death Stunt in particular is very good with the special effect vs metal armour(see previous posts for details) and the hold time it has, allowing you to set up a appropriate kill shot when they get up.

Calypso and Shadow Sting. Put simply the stance is so good, libra is selling at the same price as aqua, her dps is greater than outrage or flint on most targets, devastating for pvp and very very good for pvp, and now she bearly runs out of skills to spam. Thanks to this stance, caly is now my most used charactor.

Lorch and Dual Blaster, surprisingly annoying in PvP, however for active raiding and stuff like that, kinda lame. decent for afking though as the pene helps him hit harder. In PvP his traps are devastation, one wrong move or one miss timed detection leads to certain death.

Vincent Rio and Prelude, a very powerful stance, however suffers from no stance penetration. Using a trump lute, my master vince has a shocking 2.5k atk unbuffed. Taking into account differences in modifers and what not, his AoE is just as strong as spell bead, and the buffs are incredible for both pvp and pve.

Other stances coming soon....