EvilProfesseur wrote:
Which do you prioritize?
Ever since I found a plate armor +3 on level 3 or so I dump almost all upgrade scrolls into armor, since it was the only way I ever reached lv 19. It does work out great in the beginning, since nothing can damage you, but on deeper levels I start not being able to damage anything in return, with the weak weapons I usually have. Balance never worked out for me and I never really tried investing much into a weapon since you find (or are able to use) better ones quite late and it seems like a waste to upgade an earlier one.
I'm stumped. And I really cannot reach past 19.
look i just read all this discussion and found out many stuff that i did not knew yet,some stuff that makes absolutly no sense so i decided to put my experience in as i have beaten the game only a few times (and i mean few not more than 12 times) so i will say the strategy i use for most ocasions
(i will mostly priorize armor exept for a few classes)
warrior:
i will focus in mlee combat (for real mr obvious?)
gladiator:
as soon as i get a plate+1 or a scale + 2 upgrade it until plate+6 scale+7 use your weightstone in a battle axe or war hammer (i even rather battle axe than glaive) for accuracy then put all you get into weapon
then focus on weapons solely(i do not upgrade rings or wands with the gladiator at all)
berzerker:
mostly the same as gladiator but i put one more SoU in the armor and swich the wightstone for speed and use a longsword or glaive and you should be just fine
(of course 'i go a litle bit crazy some times and go a little bit outta control with my rhimes'(EMNEM words)you can see a pic of my last compuer run down there)
mage:
this oscilles a lot depending on witch subclass i take
battlemage:
plate+3 or scale+4 will do fine put all you've got on a decent battle wand such as firebolt/lighting/avalanche and obviouslly equip your wand as mlee but most of your damage will come from the spell of the wand
warlock:
actually i do not spend anything on wands at all i only put the same thing as beszerker onto this
(for rings,i will only upgrade a ring of power if i find one)
rougue(finally i will speak about the real class of this game):
i do not use assassin much so there may be flaws
freerunner(i use this the most):
i usually get a plate armor +4 or scale +5 and use a hit-and-run style for most fights(exept bosses that all are easily beaten with a seed of earthroot)then put all on a measly knucleduster or mace with weightstone for speed then we're good to go of course when using the freerunner you should farm drops a lot as it will be far easier to kill those flies while chasing down those thieves easily just be allways non-starving and you're good to run
(a ring of haste/evasion really shines here the pic down there shows it)
assassin(as i said i am not really experienced with this beast):
this class does much like freerunner for me but you will need a one-hit-one-kill weapon like a galive or a longsword with an speed weightstone to make this shine or something a paralisis weapon or keep luring enemies into doors will make good use of this class ,hit sleeping enemies with an projectile weapon will also be a great asset here
(i guess that a ring of shadows does really great with this)
huntress(i dont really like using this as they hp is too low for begining but after you pass floor 10 or something,boy this lady shines):
sniper:
best for her as sniper is to upgrade the boomerang a lot with an decent armor for this weak-starting-health melee weapons will not shine that much here i would even ignore them most times
(not much from wands or rings here you see)
warden:
a good mlee weapon and +6 plate will do fine of course a ring of herbalism+wand of regrowth(and a wand of firebolt to kill enimies from afar)will ork out like miracles here the barkskin is a GREAT asset for her despite her low health (to help before the goo) i will prefer a glaive with speed wightstone here if you find a wand of regrowth or ring of herbalism (or both)take'em +3
well i guess that's,it i hope it helps
note that these pics are both from my emulated computer not cellphone and both caught the amulet of yendor it was freerunner(evasion+8)and berzerker(scale+11) as you can see are the easiest way to get rid of those baddies