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9 Sure AFK Spots from levels 1 to 50!

Granado Espada has this very cool function which is "Patrol Mode" or "Hold Mode." These modes orders your characters to be in combat mode. This means that you can leave your characters under these modes and still see them attack and/or heal(for scouts). This is very useful as it allows you to catch up with the things in Real Life and still not worry too much about getting your characters' levels left behind.

This article is for those who haven't explored the style of AFK (or Away From Keyboard) Leveling. The basic things you need to know when AFK Leveling is that you should consider the level of the place you're AFK-ing and the amount of spawn your team can handle, and if there are boss/create spawns in the area. Personally, I would suggest you to value Survivability or the amount of time you AFK Train rather than the quality or the amount of EXP you receive per monsters. If you can manage tougher monsters and still manage to AFK there then it's good but for AFK Training in long period of hours (3 or so hours) you should value your survivability rate than the amount of exp rate.

When AFKing you either go to levels where you can 1-HKO (One Hit K.O.) monsters. This is why most tips will tell you that you should AFK Train in areas that is a few levels lower than your average level. Anyway, here are the places you can AFK successfully. There's an occasional "Elite" Monster but if you can 1-Hit Kill most then you should have no problem. The Maps listed bellow are highlighted in Red so you can view it easier.

• Stone Pit
• Ferrucio Junction
• Al Quelt Moreza
• Cathari Falls
• Kings Garden
• Tetra Hills
• Jezebel Glen
• Porto Bello
• El Lago de Tres Hermanes

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September 23, 2007 sgGE Colony War Results

Congratulations to the factions who got their share of colonies. You can check for the past results here.

Carravagio

Pachelbel
[Missing Pic]

Cervantes

Caracci

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In Focus: Heaven and Hell stance

Perhaps the most coolest looking stance for a fighter in Granado Espada. The normal animation looks cool but is very slow as it has to do two sword slashes and one pistol shot. However, being able to attack three times means more damage (this is why Heaven and Hell is a good DPS stance). Being a dual-wield type of weapon and with the high Attack Speed bonus from the stance (30%!!), you're able to achieve insane amount of Attack Speed though it obviously is rather pricey (since most good pistols costs a lot more than a sword with good stat).

PvE-wise, Heaven or Hell stance has high DPS which is good. You can get more Attack Speed bonus from Pistols as you can from swords so it's another plus. Heaven or Hell is also very versatile as it can be used to attack airborne enemies. Though you need to spam the "Pistol Shot" skill as the normal attack of the stance can only hit non-airborne monsters. One problem with such offensive stance is that it doesn't have any good AoE skill. Raging Hell requires a little bit of practice to be fully utilized.

In terms of PvP, Heaven and Hell is above-average with a couple of skills that is quite useful. Deadly Infinitum is perhaps the best skill for this stance as it is very damaging at a reasonable SP cost and Recharge time. You can alternate from Slash Down and DI to keep your opponent down. Slash Down, is very spammable and offers an good Knockback. Grind Cutter is so-so but also offers knockback. It could be a bit useful if you can get to level 11 of that skill other than that it's primarily used to knockback enemies.

You can actually max everything by branching out to other stances for the shared skills like Slash Down (in High Guard, etc..) and Grind Cutter (in Middle Guard). A tip to new players is that go max Deadly Infinitum first as it is Heaven and Hell's most damaging skill, Pistol Shot and Slash Down (if you haven't maxed this from other stances) is also worth maxing.

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An explanation on Weapon and Armor Types

Ever wondered what those armor types are for? Granado Espada has a so called Weapon and Armor Affinities much like a Pokemon Games Elemental/Monster Types where a certain type of attack deals more damage to a weaker element. In GE, Weapons and Armor type varies depending on your target and to explain further here's what the monster information is like when you check them (alt+right click on the monster).


Armor Types
So far there are three types of Armors present in Granado Espad. They are Soft/Misc, Medium and Heavy/Hard. For players, Armor Type is determined by the armor they wear. Soft Armors are Coats and Robes, Leather Armors are Medium Armor and Metal Armors are the Hard or Heavy Armor.


Weapon Types
Weapons Types falls under the category of Small/Light, Medium/Normal and Big/Heavy. Small/Light Weapons are Bayonets, Daggers, Gaiters, Javelin, Knuckles, Main Gauches, Sabers, and Shotguns. They are strong against soft armors but weak against medium and hard armor. Medium/Normal Weapons are Pistols, Rifles, Rapiers, and Swords. They do not have any penalties on other types of armors but they're good against Medium Armor types. Heavy/Big Weapons are Cannons, Great Swords, Maces and Polearms and obviously they are good against Hard Armors with damage penalties on Soft and Medium Armor Types.

So the next time you right click and see the monster info, be sure to change weapons to maximize the damage potential of your characters. This perhaps a good reason why to train other stances. ^_^

Cheers!

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