Hi everyone. In this Edition 2 of FAST GRINDING I wanna share with you how I grind tbs skirmish using an all range party. Here you can see how to grind in TBS 131 skirmish.
This is FAST grinding, fights take just seconds most of the time. I have average armor, i think +4 is the highest (armor) and +0+1 other parts. I have 3 strong mercs (focused on them for TBS missions), which is the main, cannon and rang and all others are semi-naked / dark / freeze / whatever i had. Even before i used the bee gun when i was training the formation.
Most importantly what I am showing you can be done with just regular class D gunners/cannons. The main reason why it works is because of hwarang aura.
The ideal formation was the one i saw on youtube with 7 gunners, rang and princess, but the guy had +10 shotguns and other +10 items so that was uber. Since most of us are not uber, we can just aim in the uber direction. The good news for you is that a completely naked merc can do 2-3k damage just because of rang aura, so keep everyone within 2 squares of rang.
I also want to add that the point is not to replace your main party. The point is to have an efficient grinding formation for the highest reward in the game which is in tbs skirmish. It has the highest exp, workload, rewards than any other place in the game. So this "work horse" formation has only 1 purpose = to grind and sponsor your main formation with which you PvP, etc.
I also adapted - I am cannon main and already had high level cannoneer also as well as a PVE arty. I also wanted to level up my empress. So i used 3 cannons, 2 guns (janis which I already had level 120+), rang, empress, princess and oracle. The oracle I have found to be a must to have for anyone who is not uber. I literally can solo only because of oracle in many fights in TBS 131.
So adapt but try to be as close to the ideal formation as possible because any difference versus ideal reduces your efficiency.
Below I made 3 videos for you, kind of my best examples of my fast TBS 131 grinding. It does not always go as good as here. Other times 1-2 other mobs join in and it takes longer + oracle res. And some rare times i do die, which is totally ok in tbs skirmish because you dont lose anything - you actually gain for whatever you did manage to kill.
Lastly, once you become expert at this you will realize it matters exactly where in the formation each merc stands (cannons front) and if you are cannon heavy like me it makes sense to select cross formation mobs to attack (immediately 5 get hit) and also you may realize it matters a lot which merc is after which mercs in the order so to make you fight faster.
Enjoy and feel free to leave comments here (no registration required)
3 comments:
Okay, how has the most recent patch affect this grinding method?
Signed 134-cannon main, non uber
this is not really a patch issue here. the reason this works is because of the design of tbs. an all range (preferably gunners) will always always be a better option in tbs in terms of efficiency / time.
actually an all range is also the best option for regular PVE but because the mobs immediately reach you is only worthwile if you are higher level and with strong armor, at least on the front 3 guys.
these videos are amazing. what weapons+gears are your cannon mercs using?
does this grinding technique still work now? the last patch was adding the lea's wings.
also non-uber cannonmain
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