Always keep in mind the “meta” is ever changing with patches and reworks of specific skills, new items coming out, new dungeons/events. Your char may not be great as rank7 but with rank 8 coming at some point, things could change drastically.
I agree with you that is why I come daily on the forum and on the reddit to see the updates of the game. (darn Korean getting all the good stuff)
I actually am almost certain they will implement job reset in cash shop for a lot of reason.
So yeah I guess I will play again one day, it’s just that every now and then when I am bored at work I miss the game (it’s the only game I could play at work^^). And wonder what if I reroll, to immediately say yeah nope^^.
Also, personally, whenever I see people talking about meta builds I make it a point to try to make my builds as efficient as they are. Because that is all that a “meta” build is, is efficient, there’s a possibility of so many different efficient builds out there that no one is trying to find because they all want to be the fastest they can be without any effort- hence “cookie cutter” builds.
Maybe you aren’t the new guy who figures out the new “meta” but maybe someone sees your research and figures something else out to make it more efficient. Believe me, we’re out there, we just need people to stop harping on what is and is not “meta”. Then real discoveries can be made.
The secret is easy - Playing a different way.
If you reroll and make the same character with only a very small difference then I agree it’s going to be boring. If you make a swordie then reroll a wizard it’s really not repetitive because the way the entire game plays is different.
Getting to max level doesn’t even factor into it right now without PVP and end game content that isn’t just ET.
Best to make one of each class. Once you are able to do missions with two of them, your team level should skyrocket and you can start concentrating on one of them, or start working on the next two. Regardless your grind choices are limited to storage and up or more characters.
Again I agree with you, the only problem is that the game does not forgive you for getting out of the safe zone.
It’s either you experiment stuff and you reroll, or you follow the known meta.
But believe me I was really invested in the game, and I shared the maximum info I could on my journey and on my build.
I just regret that well I guess I chose the wrong path.
Here is a post I made few weeks before stopping:
I’d have to disagree with what you said about rerolling to a completely different class. Assuming you know your playstyle, if you like archers, say, you probably won’t be comfortable on a swordy. I have 3 different archer builds in the works, all have completely different end game goals and playstyles. In my case I tried all of the starting classes till about rank4 or 5 and found archer fit my playstyle best.
So I might have to agree with trying different starting classes, but always be aware of what playstyle you know you enjoy.
Nobody that does that should be surprised that the game plays the same.
I already know too I won’t reroll any of my chars… I don’t even understand why ppl think that is a good game design in any way.
…and before misunderstandings I actually love the grinding and everything… but doing everything again with the same char is just horrible…
Also I’m that person who wants more than 1 character… DIFFERENT ones… So I want to spend my time making different builds and chars and not redoing the same ■■■■ all over again.
@Awoooo That’s not rly a reroll for me… X)
Hi. I’ll share my experience in iTos for u (playing time: 1090 hrs)
I have a lv 229 shinobi (since swordsman classes are underpowered) i tried a different class to have some test how they roll and to have fun, of course.
My alts: lv166 monk, lv174 sorcerer, lv134 hoplite, lv125 barbarian, lv106 priest, lv106 elementalist, lv76 ranger, lv71 quarrel shooter, and a lv1 swordsman (cataphract build)
Question: “why make tons of toons”?
Answer: because i was unable to join cbt’s and obt is the only way for me to test things out.
Question: “have you tried deleting a high leveled toon that has a messed-up build”?
Answer: yeah. I’ve deleted my first char (for me it’s high already, lv114). Not to mention i have deleted 5 messed-up toons because i lack experience of their skills/stats/build-tree.
Question " why didnt use your shinobi to reach 280"?
Answer: coz i felt my shinobi lacks damage and i cry most of the time from magic based mobs in high leveled maps AND i want to explore the game more and try things out…like hunting stuffs, searching fir hidden quests, and trying other classes
Question: " dont you feel the game is kinda lame lately? Bugs, bots, etc?"
Answer: i’m already hooked. Thats why i reached 1090hrs playing time. But yea…im still hoping for improvement, balances and fixes. I’m not rushing imc to fix these problems ( but i want these bots to be vanished in the abyssmal pit coz they keep ks-ing my precious hunt ). I havent get bored yet while playing this game…why??
- PANTSU, MY FRIEND, PANTSSUUUUU!!! IT GAVE ME ENERGY! LIFE FORCE!!!
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No ones saying not to build different characters. That could very well be your jam. I, personally enjoy the planning and theorycrafting that goes into making a build, leveling the character is an added bonus. I was merely suggesting that he, because he enjoyed his first char up to level 250, that he may simply change some of his ranks or skill point allocations.
the pantsu really made my day. im still waiting for customizable pantsu. GO pink teddy bear.
On the side notes, despite being somewhat tedious grinding and repetitive questing. What really kept me going is enjoy the game with different alts, have fun and enjoy experimenting different classes. I have a total 7 toons so far.
Featherfoot looks really interesting I’ve only seen one in game before but I hear that their numbers are a bit gimped compared to most classes. Which is sad but I’ve been considering trying to build a Featherfoot of my own at some point.
Honestly, knowing that it’s considered weak really makes me want to try making it strong.
I didn’t spend playing every day of my life just rushing to reach max lvl. I spend time doing quest, crafting items, rushing dungeons, complete collections, hardly ever grinding but specially I do it in a party with friends wich it’s the point of a mmorpg
The most MMOG are the same and technically you do always the same. So why do still playing those video games?
Well, everyone is different, for example I read the quests once on my first character then I just skipped through them all on every subsequent character. I, personally, don’t enjoy collecting every little thing for the collections and I don’t care if I’ve done every single quest that I’m eligible for. It’s ultimately up to him whether or not he will find it worth his time to start a new character new build or not.
In response to the game not being 110% forgiving if your build doesn’t pan out, all I have to say is, no risk, no reward. Nothing worth having is ever easy.
Let me get this straight: You do not like the game, you think it’s boring but want to have high-level characters because of reasons.
i guess you did not read much anyway:
I have 4 characters, split between Orsha and Silute.
Orsha: Cannoneer 22X , Rodelero 14X.
Silute: Hunter 12X, Priest 7X.
What is your secret god darn it ?
I have played MOBA for a really long time and all the stressful events I faced playing that genre was affecting my mental health. I was anxious, I couldn’t sleep properly, I had a bad temper, things easily got me angry.
ToS is a relaxing game and that’s what I need currently.