necro mode.. but instead of saying how i got into TQ, I'll just try to remember the different characters I've played.. (there may be more i just can't remember).. before i got into TQ, i already played different RPGs and MMORPGs so i wasn't a total noob.. can't remember the exact order of these:
TQ:druid - my very first character in this game.. was still learning the game and i can't remember what build i was aiming for.. probably nothing.. just playing and adjusting.. didn't even finish normal.. was just playing on a not so good PC in a certain gaming shop.. had a lot of freezes
TQIT:prophet - my first character in TQIT.. self-found.. i think it was ice shard and distort reality build? but not sure anymore.. finished
conqueror - stopped somewhere in epic.. got too bored to continue.. felt it was too much mindless leftclicking
elementalist - tried lots of different tactics.. played it ice sharder.. played it VO and eruption.. eruption and hiding in stone all day.. but late game i got >90% CDR and found that lighting bolt alone can beat the whole game.. this was crazy.. monsters can't even get near me.. finished
assassin - dual wield melee.. might be the only time i enjoyed playing a pure melee.. finished
Poinas' ternion harrowing build - stopped somewhere in normal.. found it too difficult to follow
ice shard paladin - stopped because it was just time to stop playing TQ.. i stopped too many times playing this game only to come back each time.. but this was the only time i enjoyed playing defense
haruspex - this was crazy.. i started with the idea of playing a decent archer casting distort reality when mobs get close.. later i thought "I'm not even casting distort?".. and then even later "sh!t this is too OP I'm just standing in the middle of a mob and I'm not even getting hit".. and then to make it worse, whenever i play multiplayer with my nephew, he doesn't want to play in the same area as me because I'm clearing mobs before they even get to melee range.. i googled and i found in forums it was because of very high DA and scatter shot was OP.. of course i finished it.. no deaths iirc.. the class was just an abomination back then.. even someone who wasn't following any build can make it immortal
ranger - spear melee with no pets.. first time i started trying permanent call of the hunt.. stopped because again it was just time
i also played brigand and oracle but those characters were not mine.. i also played my nephew's conqueror.. it reached legendary but he also didn't finish it because he also found it boring.. i think i also played a melee dream.. harbinger? templar? can't remember.. i never reached 100% CDR on any of my characters
TQ UL and SV:can't really remember.. i think i played 3-4 characters here.. 2 of which i think was hunting/warfare and occult/defense
TQAE/R (it was only sometime in AE that i started trying crazy builds):
bonecharmer - self-found.. started as straight up melee.. late game i thought about equipping CDR.. i discovered it was about 65% to get permanent call of the hunt and unearthly power.. finished AE but did not continue to ragnarok content
knifethrower sorcerer - also self-found.. was going really well until i accidentally deleted it somewhere early legendary
assassin - started playing it the same way i played it in TQIT but felt that i get more and more squishy the more i progress.. tried traps somewhere in legendary and found that it really works well with battle standard.. from a combination of throwing crazy ideas with another caster lover over at reddit and me finding Key of Elysium, i came about the melee petmaster caster assassin build (lolz).. finished AE but did not continue ragnarok content
avenger - deleted it in its early teen levels
ternion oracle - deleted it in its early teen levels
knifethrower sorcerer - i really liked it so i made another one.. it's the one from my guide and the one from my videos
.. finished ragnarok but skipped act 5 normal and epic
illusionist - i also tried lots of different builds here but settled for pets and traps.. with throwing knife and throwing weapon.. still somewhere in act 5 legendary but i feel like continuing it from time to time.. also skipped act 5 normal and epic
physical damage ternion - this was a joke build.. just made a lvl 60 character with the help of defiler.. actually it's a nerf because i didn't bother giving it quest rewards like bonus skill/stat points, health points, total damage bonus and resistance bonus.. i just tried if it's viable in legendary and yep somehow it is.. but very difficult to equip
stonespeaker - started as lvl 40 but deleted it somewhere in normal
haruspex - the mage build.. currently dancing with 3 Fafnirs
thunderer - it's the one from my videos
somewhere in epic.. i also plan to continue playing it from time to time
petmaster skinchanger - somewhere in epic act 5.. guhh can get really boring
dreamkiller - uhhh.. what happened to this character of mine? can't remember.. but it's a str/int caster/trapper build
(nevertheless i made sure to try every skill in every mastery
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