WTF am I doing wrong? I have the max gear I can get (full merciless nightstalker set and merc weapons) but I only do like 1% dmg to enemies in act 2.

[Loser]

Am I missing a progress step or is the game a dark souls game that will be impossible for me?

[Suzaku]

Well, exaggerating isn't helping, unless you forgot to equip your weapons and you're trying to claw down brawlers.

Your vampire is a spell-spamming whirlwind of blood and blades. Spells can deal a lot of damage, and your individual weapon strikes might not deal a ton of damage, but you attack quickly and frequently. Combine that with your enhanced mobility compared to your enemies and a 1v10 fight is completely in your favor.

[This PC]

At 61 gear level (Full merciless iron age armor + merciless iron weapon + act 2 jewelry), I am definitely wrecking through everything in dunley, including bosses, without too much trouble. I will even herd enemies in packs to AOE slap them. Would help to have more information ?

[weirdee]

For the most part, just keep following the V Blood carrier progression and look for who has the next gear crafting stations and research. Enemies in the later zones also tend to be more dangerous, but that's what your spell shards are for.

[Loser]

Originally posted by jdtuggey:

At 61 gear level (Full merciless iron age armor + merciless iron weapon + act 2 jewelry), I am definitely wrecking through everything in dunley, including bosses, without too much trouble. I will even herd enemies in packs to AOE slap them. Would help to have more information ?

I listed the items i'm in. My gear level is 41. The monsters are gear level 44 and they are destroying me.

[Loser]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Well, exaggerating isn't helping, unless you forgot to equip your weapons and you're trying to claw down brawlers.

Your vampire is a spell-spamming whirlwind of blood and blades. Spells can deal a lot of damage, and your individual weapon strikes might not deal a ton of damage, but you attack quickly and frequently. Combine that with your enhanced mobility compared to your enemies and a 1v10 fight is completely in your favor.

I'm gear level 41 fighting gear level 44 mobs. They 4 shot me and I barely do any damage to them. Taking 6 or 7 spells to kill 2 mobs. lvl 44 bosses hp barely moves per spell I cast.

[This PC]

Originally posted by Loser:

Originally posted by jdtuggey:

At 61 gear level (Full merciless iron age armor + merciless iron weapon + act 2 jewelry), I am definitely wrecking through everything in dunley, including bosses, without too much trouble. I will even herd enemies in packs to AOE slap them. Would help to have more information ?

I listed the items i'm in. My gear level is 41. The monsters are gear level 44 and they are destroying me.

Oh so you just stepped into dunley, yeah, it can be hard to adjust to that. Difficulty spikes there when you're not expecting it. You need to get into that haunted iron mine and build yourself up some iron gear asap, frendo, that will help a lot.

Also need to go farm cotton for the iron age armor~

[Loser]

Originally posted by weirdee:

For the most part, just keep following the V Blood carrier progression and look for who has the next gear crafting stations and research. Enemies in the later zones also tend to be more dangerous, but that's what your spell shards are for.

Yeah all of act one was a challenge but I never felt like it was too hard. But starting act 2 feels impossible.

[Suzaku]

Still stand by what I posted. Act 2 is tougher, but you still shred most enemies within seconds. And Act 3 will be even tougher, but you still shred most enemies within seconds.

It's just a little tougher than normal the first few steps in. Find some iron to upgrade your weapons, and then kill Beatrice to unlock what you need for better armor. And then continue your campaign to the top.

[YomaBlood]

Git Gud?

[Hand of Gabriel]

Yoma, you're entirely unhelpful.

jdtuggey has it right that a lot of enemies will be pretty intense; the militia longbows will never stop being a large source of damage intake (fire = bad) and you'll notice that some enemies, like the brawlers, are tough. Transition into iron weapons (raid the iron mine) and hunt down Beatrice (level 40 V Blood) for the recipes required to make the Act 2 armor. You will be level 47 (about) when you need additional techs in order to advance which, at that point, you will be equal level to the boss who gatekeeps the advanced Act 2 equipment.

If you're in full armor with an iron weapon and a basic Act 2 trinket the enemies will be formidable but well time dodges, parries, and spells will still leave you at a significant advantage.

[Loser]

Originally posted by Hand of Gabriel:

Yoma, you're entirely unhelpful.

jdtuggey has it right that a lot of enemies will be pretty intense; the militia longbows will never stop being a large source of damage intake (fire = bad) and you'll notice that some enemies, like the brawlers, are tough. Transition into iron weapons (raid the iron mine) and hunt down Beatrice (level 40 V Blood) for the recipes required to make the Act 2 armor. You will be level 47 (about) when you need additional techs in order to advance which, at that point, you will be equal level to the boss who gatekeeps the advanced Act 2 equipment.

If you're in full armor with an iron weapon and a basic Act 2 trinket the enemies will be formidable but well time dodges, parries, and spells will still leave you at a significant advantage.

dam I thought this was a casual friendly game, I'm VERY bad at games. Can't even beat the new(ish) doom game on the easiest difficulty. So they made act one really easy so that by the time you get to act 2 its too late to refund the game. Amazing.

[Suzaku]

Well, there are tons of server options you can tweak to greatly reduce the damage and levels of enemies, or generally increase your own damage and durability. So if you struggle with the combat, start changing some settings.

[This PC]

Originally posted by Loser:

dam I thought this was a casual friendly game, I'm VERY bad at games. Can't even beat the new(ish) doom game on the easiest difficulty. So they made act one really easy so that by the time you get to act 2 its too late to refund the game. Amazing.

Yeah brother, it's just a matter of tuning your game settings for your own preferences, and on the other side, I have faith that you can learn to get better. I'm old, my reflexes aren't what they used to be, and I play this game fine. You'll get used to it if you persevere! I trust! Otherwise, like I said, you can adjust the settings of your game to make it easier. c:

[Loser]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Well, there are tons of server options you can tweak to greatly reduce the damage and levels of enemies, or generally increase your own damage and durability. So if you struggle with the combat, start changing some settings.

oh where do I find those settings?

[Loser]

Originally posted by jdtuggey:

Originally posted by Loser:

dam I thought this was a casual friendly game, I'm VERY bad at games. Can't even beat the new(ish) doom game on the easiest difficulty. So they made act one really easy so that by the time you get to act 2 its too late to refund the game. Amazing.

Yeah brother, it's just a matter of tuning your game settings for your own preferences, and on the other side, I have faith that you can learn to get better. I'm old, my reflexes aren't what they used to be, and I play this game fine. You'll get used to it if you persevere! I trust! Otherwise, like I said, you can adjust the settings of your game to make it easier. c:

Where do I find those settings?