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It's the first CW of the year and I hope everyone had fun and got a share of other player's armors during the war. Congratulations to the factions who got their share of colonies. You can check for the past results here.

Thanks to my Factionmate in Pachelbel and I was able to get my hands on an Idge the Battlesmith rNPC card! She starts at level 40 and rather imba at the start with that 8 Agi on her belt. Anyway, this post isn't to talk about Idge the battlesmith but more on what may happen in GE with such an event.

To make things short, with this month's 'My Bellem's Box', I wouldn't be surprised to see other Cash Shop RNPCs included in another month's 'My Bellem's Box'. Yes! I am now a believer that in no time, IAH will milk us with our money so we can get our hands on that coveted Adelina the Pirate Cash Shop rNPC or that Soho the Wind. I believe the only question to ask now is when are they going to be packaged on the 'My Bellem's Box'?

Has anyone noticed that we are currently bombarded with new (and some are IMBA) rNPCs to grind? Yes! I know that they're not forcing us to but who could resist not training Viki or Angie which should be a perfect weapon for CW. Think of dozens of Viki summoning Treasure Golem during CW! LOL! Total LAG!!

Anyway, if you're looking for a real good news click on this. Yes! They're keeping the x2 exp for a very long time XD. Amazing eh?

Yes, this is far from an April Fools' Joke! Two long months after I wrote an article titled "Words on Premium Shop rNPC" lamenting on the thought that Premium Shop rNPCs won't be released anymore for balance issues. Anyway, after the maintenance I was shocked to see the news on my GE client and so I went straight to the GE website to confirm my disbelief.

Anyway, she isn't much of an imba rNPC and definitely a must get. Why? We'll here are her stats to begin with:


Idge the Battlesmith
Total Stat Points: 31
Str: 6
Agi: 8
Con: 5
Dex: 6
Int: 3
Cha: 3
Starting Level: 40
Location: Cash Shop
Armor: Leather Armor, Metal Armor
Personal Skill: Nil
Stances:
Sword + Shield - Back Guard, High Guard
2 Sword - Hack and Slash
Great Sword - Plow Guard, Roof Guard, Tail Guard, Sidewinder
Pole Arm - Blandir Cruz, Penetrar Cruz

With 1 Agi more than the normal Idge and without the ability to craft, she gets three more stances to compensate for it. I believe the only thing that makes her better than the normal Idge is the Hack and Slash stance and High Guard. She'll benefit more from Hack and Slash as her Agi is pretty much high up there already. Her Great Sword stances should be better than ever with an additional Agi (though it isn't seriously a huge difference). Yes! I'm a fan of the battlesmith look (I personally think it looks pretty bad ass!).

Seriously now. Idge the Battlesmith is not that much different from the normal Idge. The extra AGI wouldn't make much of a difference but that is when you look at it using Great Sword and Pole Arm stances. I believe ItB (Idge the Battlesmith) will excel more on using swords. 5 HP isn't enough to cover the tanking part even with High Guard. But with her 8 AGI she will and shall be a monster using Hack and Slash. With 1 more point upon reaching Veteran Status you can maker her deal more damage or make her go even faster.

The My Bellem costs like what? 19.90 SGD? Along with the NPC Card you get 2 Platemail costume and 1 Blue Female Samurai Costume. The latter 2 shouldn't mean much more than the card and the little 5,800 G-points along with it. Whether to purchase My Bellem's Box or not is up to you! If you're more of a collector (like me) It's almost impossible to let such an opportunity go by (though I'm guessing she can go on sale after some time though it'll be around XXXM Vis or more?) but if you're more like a smart buyer and doesn't have the luxury purchase one, you really won't miss much passing up on this opportunity.



Source of the Idge Picture: http://ge.asiasoft.co.th

(Marionette, Esgrima, Standing Shot, etc...) 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 Skill Points format requires 81 Points in Total. Obviously with 79 points you'll be sacrificing one skill to max all the other. Here is when you should have planned on what skill you'll be utilizing the most and prioritize that above all. For Cath's summoneer's Marionette stance for example, since Victor, Sasha and Lloyd Summons are important skills, you're left with either max Walter and Helena. Both are melee yet have very different use, this is when you should think on which skill will you be using more frequently. For Stading Shot, a lot of people tend to put less priority on Blind Flash as it is less useful and so they'd rather max out other skills first.

(Back-Guard, Plow Gaurd, etc...) 1, 2, 2, 3 Skill Points format requires only 72 Points in and the 1, 2, 3 Skill Point format requires only 54 Points allowing you to easily max all skills under these Skill Points format.

Skill Point Allocation is another problem, knowing that you can max all skills shouldn't make you worry of allocating skill points on a useless skill. You refer here for stance information. Just a rule of the thumb, for training purposes it is important to max AoE type of skills for obvious reasons.

Before I end the short guide, it is also important to note that there are skills that crosses over the other skill. Let's say Romina's stances (well you can max both regardless) both got the Guardian skill. Cross over skills are skills that can be found in two different stance yet they function just the same. A skill point attributed to that skill point carries over to the other stance as well. Look out for stances like this as it allows you to max all skills in formats that requires more than 79 skill points. A perfect example is the Heaven and Hell stance and Middle-Guard stance. They both have the skill Grind Cutter and since Heaven and Hell is a 1, 1, 2, 2, 3 format which you can max them all you can use to skip allocating points on its Grind Cutter and max it over Middle Guard instead.