No, everything's probably changed since you left, all the style lines have changed and have been improved for more damage, etc. All assassin now get Remedy automatically at level 50. You should research this in the Charplan link I listed below.
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WijkI'm looking to make a stealther for soloing again. I'm thinking infiltrator, shadowblade or melee ranger. Which one would be ideal for the current state of the game?[/quote posted:
No one does melee Rangers anymore. They don't get access to the Physical Defense realm ability any longer along with any of the other classes. IF you were going to make a melee archer I would recommend a Hunter, but even then it's a hard thing to do. All the assassins classes have their pros and cons. Right now, probably the Nightshade has the most love out of any of the assassins simply becuase their magic damage from casts have been greatly improved. Dex effects their casting speed and damage now, and it's not viable to kite and cast on someone now and be successful at it. Shadowblades and Infiltrators are still very good, it's hard to say who's easier to play, but I give it to the Shadowblade if you can land side-stun consistently. Infiltrators get no positional stuns and the name of the game with assassins is poisons and stuns.
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WijkI also understand that there is just 1 cluster now?
Yes, the servers under the Ywain cluster are, Ywain1, Ywain2, Ywain3...all the way up to Ywain10.
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WijkHow possible is it to mooch buffs from other players these days? I used to run two buffbots but I won't be able to run several accounts anymore and I can't see myself playing buffless.[/quote posted:
You'd have to find someone who will give you buffs. Running buff pots or not buffs just isn't not viable really.
[quote=WijkHow easy is it to get MLs now? and champion levels? And artifacts? Did they change the way those things are obtained or am I going to have to rely on getting a huge guild to carry me?
These are pretty easy. For MLs and artifacts I don't even think you need to do any of the encounters anymore, you can get artifacts with farming glass and stuff and turning it in for scrolls/artis. MLs I think it'st he same thing. I haven't played in like 6-10 months and when I did it was Molvik. Asking in-game. It's 10x easier though now to get whatever you want compared to years ago.
[quote=WijkAny bonus information for a solo stealther is also welcome.[/quote posted:
Pick an assassin that has side-stun (Nightshade or Shadowblade) and practice anytime-sidestunning people. Also to mention dual wielding classes were nerfed against Shields, then Shields got nerfed slightly, not dual wield got buffed against shields. Only Armsman, Warriors and Heros have access to 9 second Slam now. All the other classes got it nerfed to 5 seconds. Also the Envenom line in assassin got major boosts. Check the Charplan link. One of the biggest is now they get a direct damage DD poison to go along with the DoT. That was nerfed slightly, because assassins were like 4-5 shotting people with it. LOL
[quote=WijkEDIT: Also, I need to add that I'm a european player, if that has any bearing on activity etc.
