Shalille

If you test your stats with your robes equipped, then swap the chest out for a sec (and try to cast a apell) you should notice that robes actually give you 100% cast speed , plus atk speed and 20% MP recovery, but its activated from a different more basic magicians passive skill that you got as a starting mage. At 1st class transfer , healers/summoners gain the ability to use light without totally gimping their magic ability, but its still not as good as robes at casting , you do get more pdef however. This is why the light armor skill gives you 91% cast speed /etc because otherwise you would get a 100% cast speed penalty for using non-robes. (at least this is how i remember it working)

I found Disciples and Forbidden path entrances , but both seems to only be special lvl 76 (to enter) boss areas.

I asked support about this but they cant open upgrades for packs that have already been consumed/applied , as the original upgrade option only changed the packs before they were opened. As the starter kits (+7b accountshare wep) , and 7/15/day XP runes already been applied . To fairly upgrade you would have to remove the starter kits from the new pack and change the 30 day XP rune to subtract the days already received via the earlier pack. ### eg: create a special new upgrade deluxe packs that do not contain the starter kits, and has a different rune eg in case of standard pack->deluxe would give a 15 day rune(30-15), and in case of light pack->deluxe give a 23 day rune(30-7 day).

I dont know of any workarounds, but maybe you could be lucky when they decide on what compensation to give out for the blackbird server issues they might extend the event .

I feel like you need to have at least 2 accts even just to have the 2nd as a mule/shop so that you can login your 2nd to do a supply run, or come collect a drop you just got go sell it while you can keep auto hunting on your main acct.

I was thinking about this also, but I think the real reason its not implemented is because of how it would effect grouping in PvP.

If you dont have a version of the sayas buff active you get 95% penalty to adena drop, and 90% penalty to item drop, as per patch notes: https://www.lineage2.com/news/aden-launch-patch-notes #### . . On the other hand, without Sayha’s Grace while monster hunting, the Adena drop rate is affected and item drop probability is affected. Sayha’s Grace Buffs XP/SP Bonus Effect Adena Drop Quantity Item Drop Chance Penalty Sayha’s Grace – OFF No Bonus 5% 10% Sayha’s Will (Limited Sayha), Sayha’s Grace - OFF 200% 30% None Sayha’s Grace - ON 300% 100% None

How easy will it to get to +11 Aden ? I'm lvl 66 and only got my aden 2 hand blunt to +8 , from all the free scrolls I received so far, but I had bad luck with many fails after +6 . And it seems expensive to buy additional aden scrolls in the adena store.Could I expect to receive many more free Aden scrolls in next few lvls ? Also the Aden 2hblunt I was assigned for my class is weak Matk compared to If they gave me an Aden 2h staff or mage sword. So for me the +7 B SOES would be 191 matk, compared to 141 with the +8 Aden blunt currently.

Your "Weapon of Aden" from class quest is special and levels up with you, as well as not blowing up and potentially getting to +15 enchant. You can get a +4 c grade armor set, with the day 7th attendance checker . (Be careful choosing what char/alt to take this on as it may have long term value as an non-droppable set to wear while red.) The only way currently to get a good weapon from the store currently is to buy the $45 deluxe pack, in order to receive the the included "Starter kit" containing the +7 B-weapon ticket. (and another +4 armor set) (This kit was available prelaunch for $10, but the deluxe pack is the only way to obtain it for now, but that could change when they stop selling the deluxe on 25th) Also high lvl weapons are starting to be sold by players in game I've noticed.

I'm an original launch player also , returned to try this out. A lot of mechanics are new to me, such as the auto hunt, self buffs , and healers with nukes. I've found stuff to enjoy just progressing at my pace and the "nostalgia hit" each time I re-discover an old hunting area has been great. As an ex-healer class, I may be getting more value from the self buff/auto hunting system that other players, as its been fun to solo hunt in my old grouping spots as I rediscover them. # Theres probably more productive methods of progressing, but I've found to work for me is to burn the free daily sayas/buffs in a HIIT active play session @ 690xp/300adena, then switch to a lower intensity style for the rest of the day @200xp/90adena. (longer unattended sessions at lower costs/lower risk) There seems to be a science to picking the best locations to auto-farm at. Considering if your hunting with no boost its XP100%/Adena 5%/Loot10% . With sayas will , its XP200%/Adena30%/Loot100% so you may want to focus on the strengths of that buff, (which I think is the loot drop raised from 90% penalty to 0% penalty) When your running with sayas grace its XP300-500%/Adena100%Loot100% , so the main bonus is the Xp rush (esp if you use gusts/storms) and higher adena drop. But Sayas grace doesnt seem to have any loot drop advantage over sayas will. (I also found that it seems you can save your gusts/storms for when you proc the "sayas will maintained" freebies for 1-4 hrs and use them without draining the 100% extra grace (as it drains no grace) but you still get the 200-300% bonus.) PPl have been saying nothing drops, but I have seen about the same drop rates as the original game, I see players getting b weapons worth several mil drop in the rooms right beside me, and have gotten a few armor and jewelry drops myself. (It feels almost like the old days where a party hunts in a prime location for a few hrs and gets a drop worth 100k-10mil, which gets sold and the adena shared out. Only this time you solo auto hunt that party. Go to work/sleep for hrs, and come back later to find the drops waiting in your bag.) # I hope the game will open up to more grouping for content at the higher lvls, but I have not seen many using the LFG tool currently.

Try setting the short distance auto target mode - you will only target mobs within 600 , this should mean most of your kills die within 600 or closer depending how many shots you need to kill, and whether the mob is focused (charges) at you or not. I found auto pickup seems to mostly work for me using short range target, with a 700 range nuke. (I suspect the main times stuff doesnt get picked, is when the mob is chasing another player while you kill it, meaning it dies at 700+range from you cos its moving away as you shoot) Using manner mode and careful positioning can reduce this.

Have you been getting the free event welcome kits and reinforcement packs, 1 per day , from the L2 store for the soulshots and 20x attack and defense boost scrolls. Or do those not help much on your char.