Backtraining armors? on 06/08/2006 01:28 PM CDT
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Hello. I am currently having some severe problems trying to backtrain armor, since I have to find some sweet combination of lowering evasion/parry so as to be able to gain any experience in the armor... and while doing this I stand great risks of being hurt.

I was wondering if anybody has some suggestions on how to backtrain two sets of armor when your parry and evasion are far higher.

Troubadour Raziaar
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Re: Backtraining armors? on 06/08/2006 01:59 PM CDT
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Blocking with a shield teaches the most armor, aside from getting hit, which teaches great - just not for very long.

Stance 100 shield, stance down evasion until you block all the time.
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Re: Backtraining armors? on 06/08/2006 08:58 PM CDT
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I agree with what Praxis says. I use stance shield 100 now and stance parry like 90, no evasion and my armor ranks are flying now.

thanks
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Re: Backtraining armors? on 06/08/2006 09:01 PM CDT
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If your backtraining armor, do the same with weapons like i'm doing cause it helps big time with boredom and you get more tdps which is nice.
LC,HC,LP,HP were all sitting around 10-20 ranks same with the 10 weapons i started training. I went to unarmed gobs till i got around 30ish in all the weapons and the armor ranks just came while doing that, then went into trolls, grendels, cougars E of the NE gate by the cemetary till just over 40ish and straight to sand sprites where i'll be staying till 80-90ish in everything then to creepers while raking in loads of tdps.
It gets boring, but its worth it so you can keep the armors at a high mindstate without ruining your mind by not keeping check on the numbers attacking you.


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Re: Backtraining armors? on 06/09/2006 09:42 AM CDT
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What Praxis said is the best way.

Now, I was in a position similar to yours when I added the plates to my armor set-up as accessories. I started wearing leather, then went to LC. However, I was still getting too many hand and eye stuns for my taste. So with help from Magdar (Thanks, big guy!) I chose a helm (HP) and some gauntlets (LP) from a trader.

I then stepped down a couple of critter levels until I felt comfortable hunting at level again.

I don't get the stuns now. And now anyone looking at my armor skills just might mistake me for a paladin! ;)

Ryeka


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