A 19/19/19 Armet can be made by combining a Tilt Glove, with its 12/12/12 bonuses, with a Missaglia, also 12/12/12.Īrmor is immensely more difficult to maximize than weapons. For example, Armets drop and are usually found at 4/6/4 (Blunt/Edged/Piercing). Type bonuses of armor vary from piece to piece it is thus advantageous to forge armor from stronger pieces. The three Types are Blunt, Edged, and Piercing. Weapons are always one Type Armor give protection against each of three of the Types that remains the same value from the time it is dropped, found, or forged. Type is a distinct quality of weapons, but a variable set of attributes for armor. They could be called Elements, but for the purposes of these guides, the distinction of Elements is valuable Air and Earth are opposed Elements: Air-based attacks can reduce Earth affinity and vice versa.When Physical goes up, it has a tendency to be very destructive to other affinities, sometimes reducing two or more at a time Physical is opposed to all the Elemental affinities and Light and Dark too.This distinguishes them from the affinities of Light and Dark, which among other differences, do not have spells for armor or weapon affinity bonuses.Īffinity is affected as Class, but rather than a continuum, it is based on a set of opposites. 'Elemental' affinities are the traditional elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water.

There is no way to increase Class outside of combat, as there is with Affinity. Gain two, lose one, amounting to an increase of one overall, is pretty near the formula, based on anecdotal evidence. In this example, Dragon and Evil and Human would never be affected hence the Three Weapon strategyĭecreases are less likely the tendency is for bonuses to increase, but the chance for an increase is not much more than double the chance for a decrease. For example, in a battle with an Ogre, which is a Beast, Ashley's armor may increase in Beast Class protection, but Undead or Phantom Class, or even both, may decrease. The same thing may happen to enemy armor and weapons the bonus gained by enemy armor is, of course, Human.Ĭlass bonuses are affected according to their position in the continuum:Įvil > Human > Beast > Undead > Phantom > Dragon > Evil > HumanĪnd so on. When Ashley attacks one Class of enemy with a weapon, that weapon may gain a bonus to that Class, or either of the two next Classes may decrease. When one Class of enemy attacks a body part, armor on that body part may gain a bonus to that Class, or the value of either of the next two Classes may decrease. Armor Type can be increased, or lowered, by combining armor pieces. Type bonuses of weapons are fixed to each Design. All the best armor pieces in the game: Tilt Glove and Missaglia, both 12/12/12, Plate Mail, 10/10/10, and Fluted Armor, 15/15/15, are all well advanced in Tier.Īffinity and Class can all be altered by Crafting. And while the relatively weak Rondanche always drops with a bonus of eight to Blunt, six to Piercing and zero to Edged, the next tier up Tilt Glove, has bonuses of twelve to all three Types. For example, each Chain Sleeve always drops with a bonus of zero to Blunt, and Piercing and a bonus of four to Edged. Type bonuses of armor, by contrast, almost always vary from one Equipment to another, and one Tier to another, when first dropped they are unique to each Equipment at a particular tier, and bear no relation to material, although they do have an overall tendency to increase with Tier. Note that this is not true of all drops, and items from Chests, which can vary in their bonuses. Elemental affinities will come and go, perhaps making Physical dwindle away to a minus, or Physical may grow and push out hard-won Elemental affinities, but the most precious resource of all, Class, will only get stronger and stronger.Īffinity and Class bonuses of an item in the beginning, when it is first dropped, are fairly predictable, based on its material. As long as this format is adhered to, Ashley's weapons will never ever lose Class points.

The third is for killing Undead and Evil. One is for killing Human and Phantom Class enemies. Designate (renaming helps) each of three weapons a separate task. Only one thing is necessary to do with weapons at the start, and it should be done as soon as possible.

Weapon combinations are counterindicated until the player has a really good idea what they are doing with Affinities.

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