iAO : August 2013

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Updated PvP Mercs for Lease

Nexon has finally updated the mercenaries for "lease" in FL/ CL . A total of 10 which include the Valkyrie , Oddy , Khun Phaen , Roro , Mwindo , Druid , Guan yu , Empress, Gigas , Rin , Seems now only the Item Mall Mercs are missing from the list. I think they should add those item mall mercs. This way we can at least get a feel of the merc, Then decide whether to buy or not. It's reasonable. Considering the packages usual cost USD$70. Even the summons alone cost USD$50 . Maybe there are undecided players whom will actually buy them after given the chance to try . :P Cheers

Tuesday 20 August 2013

My Fav 2 Mercs, Rin & Patriot

These 2 Vids show why i like Rin & Patriot . They have very useful skills as well as good attack( esp Patriot). Not many of those around . And they were all Event Mercs.
RIN

Empowering Control (Great to awaken single merc, but the best thing is it allows you to use your heaviest hitter Twice.
Curse Of Strings is pretty good if you have a merc using something like an SDF .

Bloody Strings ; i seldom use this , but its quite useful in tbs style battles. Since u can use ur healers to revive the dead merc. But as my Rin only has a +2 Pegasus Saw i don't use it much

PATRIOT

With A good gun , He is really bad a*s.

Camaraderie ; without doubt the most useful skill . For 3 turns , it will -1 combo from the mercs . In normal battle i normally cast it on the center merc in the 1st row. My main is usually behind that merc and the 3 in the 1st row and the 1 (my main) behind the merc casted on will be affected. This Allows me to not have to use a monk/punisher. Or waste awakening scrolls.
Battlefield Courage ; adds def , Hp and attack power to the formation . Its good , but sherrif's steady stance add buff is almost X3 more but only affects her and not the formation .

Patriotic Resolve ; when Patriot has about 1/3 hp left , this skills will transform him into a "trance" like state .( Almost like the FF8 characters sometimes.) Adds Attack , Accuracy and Multi-hit Rate.