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Most cost-effective way of upping range at lv. 214?

I recently came back to the game after a ~8month hiatus and sadly, I've lost a majority of my friends, and very few people I know have made it this far as a Bowmen type class so I've been trying to google for help/tips.

Anywho, currently level 214, and at 343k-403k range clean, 400k-465k w/o my hyper, and only 496k w/ my hyper

Not sure what I __should__ focus on upgrading. Mainly aiming for more stats to grind, as I only aim for climbing rankings.

A full detailed picture of my gear: http://i.imgur.com/vDhBDcc.png

Quick summary of my equips/stats: (all items are at 12 star/highest star unless otherwise noted)
Belt/Cape tyrants 5*
3/4 Cra set (currently scrolling hat) Rest are emp gear.
Fafnir: w.atk 311 12 stars 50% boss, 40% ignore, 20% boss neb
Worthless rings, tbh. Working on getting Gollux stuff.
Only 156% dex, roughly 70% boss, and about 170% PDR. (I'm not sure if PDR is just added or if there's a formula to it)
Notes:
A lot of my gear is really poop, a lot of them are hand-me-down gears lol.
Also hoping this thread may help newbies and others looking for some help for increasing range.

March 7, 2015

11 Comments • Newest first

daringwaffle

definitely get your link skills. they account for nearly 25% of my range at the moment!
definitely get your CRA hat for the % boss dmg, but dont rush scrolling one,
if you can, grab a tyrant shoe! i would work on getting 7star tyrants through reward shop, as @elufu mentioned"
Get superior gollux set, its cheap enough now that it doesnt make much sense to go for full reinforced anymore
not sure if you have the emblem/secondary cubed but definitely work on that! I find the best way to go about it is getting %pdr on your emblem(if you dont have 85%+ already) then you should get a lot more %boss on your secondary, or if you get lucky and get like 21% atk thats great too. generally the most necessary place to get atk% is on your bonus potentials though.
Get sweet[water eye accessory and tattoo, either 7%dex each, or cube some to unique for like 17%. scroll them with spell traces, and then 12 star each of them. i believe thatll net you a solid 80-100dex and 14-34% dex.

You have enough range to get dojo gloves, so make sure to dojo and grab those! I think the lack of atk and atk% is what is holding you back

Priority order;
dojo gloves
recube secondary
recube emblem
5star tyrant shoe with %dex
7star all 3 tyrants
full superior gollux set.

just read you're really only grinding. cube your emblem/secondary for attack then

Reply March 11, 2015
NinjaOfTennis

Cost effective? Leveling up is a free 5 AP

But if you're actually spending money... yeah definitely get that gollux
Emblem, ghost ship badge as well. And miracle time is projected to be this month so get ready for that

Reply March 10, 2015
krazyazn33

@LightZero thanks!
I have my old ghostship badge!
Definitely saving up some mesos for cubes and unique pots tho.

Everyone has been so helpful <3

Reply March 10, 2015
LightZero

Dat matt% on emblem XD definitely go for att% on emblem,bow seems ok for now(you could do bonus potential but thats costly) so compensate the boss dmg with att% on your sub, you missed a good heart event (could've gotten 55 att heart XD) but they come around once a year.

You're missing sweeth20 accesories (glasses and tattoo). Probably get those two, use 1 occult scroll for att for accessories on each and then cog them or wait for events to icog since you can most likely get a better potential than whats on the tree branch. Like you said, get gollux gear, reinforced if you can't afford superior (the 20% boss is helpful) and you can try getting diligence to lvl 100, comes in handy when scrolling (except with chaos, clean slates and some other scrolls)

From singapore you can get the ghost ship exorcist badge, which is the only potable/scrollable badge in the game and you don't get a second one (don't boom it XD, you can use epot 50% on the market to get most items to epic with 0 boom chance)

But yea overall, you should prioritize getting more atk over getting more stats or boss since those two seem decent (plus ull get 30% more boss and some stats once you get a gollux set so yea). I'm guessing (by the look of the stars) you aren't new to starforce but just don't starforce tyrants/nova (Superior gear- superior gollux set does not fall under this), it's a complete money waste.

Reply March 8, 2015
powerguy121

cube your secondary and emblem for % att

Reply March 8, 2015
krazyazn33

@Elufu oh my gosh, wish I knew sooner, blew through like 3b trying to scroll the damn thing.
@RFighter Yeah don't think that'll be happening haha, only got +6 from 2 scrolls :c

Guess I should aim for 30%'s and CSS? o:

Reply March 7, 2015
RFighter

[quote=krazyazn33]@RFighter Yeaah, agree'd, and I think I have like 0 link skills haha
@Elufu I'm currently using 50% CoGs, are you recommending me to use the trace scrolls instead?[/quote]

Link skills are a nice small boost, but it's noticeable. Using CoGs will only be helpful is you get like 20+ attack from what I've heard.

Reply March 7, 2015
Elufu

@krazyazn33: I've never had any luck with CoGs so... spell traces are a lot more reliable in terms of what they provide (depending on the % you use) and even if it fails you can always CSS.

Reply March 7, 2015
krazyazn33

@RFighter Yeaah, agree'd, and I think I have like 0 link skills haha
@Elufu I'm currently using 50% CoGs, are you recommending me to use the trace scrolls instead?

Reply March 7, 2015
Elufu

General consensus is that you need roughly 800k-1m range to clear the mobs in sdh quickly, so you're about half way there.

I agree with the first comment the hat being swapped out for a CRA hat will probably yield more stats (given it's spell traced and star forced to 12). The rest is really using reward points to slowly move the tyrants to 7 stars (highest priority) and getting att% on weapon, 2dary and emblem.

If you've got some mesos in hand, tyrant boots will help you get there sooner.

Reply March 7, 2015
RFighter

your falcon wing hat needs to go asap i think and link skills help out a little too c:

Reply March 7, 2015