Traing skill in mid-late game

[❟❛❟stew ❟❛❟]

Hello guys,
i have a squad of 12 guys combat skill from 35-50 and 1 robot guy doing research and crafting. At the moment the combat squad takes forever to level up. Just got destroy by the holy nation paladin, 9 guys 70 combat skill vs 12 guys :(
So what zone or enemies can i go to train up my squad? Is it feasible to equip backpack for penalty skill in order to level faster?
Also, what is the best way to level up armorsmith and weaponsmith? i currently bought 1 house in squinn doing research there
Thanks

[TTV SleepyMonoVT]

I like to fight Iron Spiders and Broken skeletons, as well as Beak Things. Best way to level up armoursmith or any smith is simply crafting things over and over.

[NexAngelus *X*]

wepsmith u could download the master weapons and set them all the making folded steel. that will net u weaponshith skills. i had just a handful of ppl on bnech level 1s and one person actually make stuff with the highest bench i could make.

armor is easy. i think leather is armor? plate beating is armor and so is chain rings or what ever for chainmail. u could also have one or more on each of those main armor benches.

9 guys with 70skill vs 12 guys with 30-50skill... lol not even a challenge u got ur ass beat. ur group would of pro had issues with 1 guy like that.

around that level is when i spent a few days at raptor island. river raptors and they dont "aggro" unless u attack and dont eat u. perfect place to level skills without worry of dying! mofos spawn as fast as u kiull them also.

gets too easy, go to an area with beak things, like around the hiver vilalges

as a test, u could go around black desert city and do all those encounters around there. they are around 55skill across the board skellies, with turrets at most places. if u can do those ur doing pretty well.

btw i have many ppl but my combat group is the 12 ronin ;) so when not in my base i am rolling with 12 ppl as well.

understanding mechanics of the game goes a long way also. like speed training ur chars so they can use the bigger/heavier weps later. *personal fav is wahiksha or what ever small katanas* then around 50dex swapping over to desert sabers or falling suns.

armor u want to make sure u understand the "stun" or bleedthrough effect and how it works. dramatically effects how much dmg u take. its under gameplay and balance i think under pinned topic understanding armor.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

Gorrilos or gutters are great mid game. Though be careful as they will eat you.

[TTV SleepyMonoVT]

Originally posted by HaTsUnE_NeKo:

Gorrilos or gutters are great mid game. Though be careful as they will eat you.

I want to die being eaten by a beak thing... Sounds like nice way to go. xD

[BLKCandy]

Get scorchlander smith. They are the best smith.

Spam guardless katana with lv1 smith(do not upgrade the smith) to train your smith and profit.

Spam armor plate, tanning, or even just bandana to train armor smith.

For soldiers, get training weapon mod and a prisoner, equip them and your soldier with training weapon. Start hacking. (Or if unmodded, use crappiest weapon possible crafted by lv 0 smith.)

Switch to real weapon when you are done to knock them out again, heal them and put them back for later use.

Eventually you will get super soldiers... And super prisoner.

You'd probably got the latter first though.

[Aereto]

Originally posted by Jtom2k:

Originally posted by HaTsUnE_NeKo:

Gorrilos or gutters are great mid game. Though be careful as they will eat you.

I want to die being eaten by a beak thing... Sounds like nice way to go. xD

And if you don't want to, the beak thing outruns you.

Everytime I go to Leviathan Coast in every playthrough, I am always tempted to build a base with 3 walls. Surrounded by beakthings, leviathans, and cannibals. It felt like a massive reference nod, but I should not be doing that until I know what I am doing. Maybe.

Then again, I would be laughing maniacally if there were a Leviathan base assault that resulted in the outermost wall gate busted open with beak things pouring out.

[❟❛❟stew ❟❛❟]

ok so this is what i have tried to do all day today. After like savescumming 20 times i finnaly killed bugmaster without any squadie die or cripple. Strange sometime he just kill my whole group of 12 guys (40-50 combat) in one combo and somehow i killed him without anyone hurt too bad.

I planned to take him back to my house in Squin and lock him up for trainning purpose. Do you thing this will work?

[BLKCandy]

Just... Be ready to take him down again. Shouldn't be too hard if you gave him training/junk weapon. Just remember, crappily armed expert is weaker (safer) than unarmed expert.

Though TBH, you could have just grab any bandit. They will eventually get strong.

[BLKCandy]

Wait, are you living IN Squin?

Please don't bring Bugmaster to Squin. Take him to your outpost or prison camp or something.

[❟❛❟stew ❟❛❟]

Originally posted by BLKCandy:

Wait, are you living IN Squin?

Please don't bring Bugmaster to Squin. Take him to your outpost or prison camp or something.

yea i bought a house there for researching and stuff. hasnt created my outpost yet because im afraid the game is buggy.
what happened if i bring him in?

[BLKCandy]

I'm not exactly sure. I think there would be nothing if you just bring him in. But once you started using him to train your men you are releasing hostile character in a town, the guards will probably get involved with lethal weapons.

[Wuzabii]

Originally posted by BLKCandy:

I'm not exactly sure. I think there would be nothing if you just bring him in. But once you started using him to train your men you are releasing hostile character in a town, the guards will probably get involved with lethal weapons.

Use him to train your men? Like a punching bag in a cage?

[BLKCandy]

No, give him worst weapon possible and best armor possible. Release him. Then beat him again with worst weapon possible. Lock him up again. Heal him. Then repeat.

Technically, game will consider you to be in a real fight with very strong opponent which gives a lot of atk/def growth, and str/dex depending on the weapon you use the poorer weapon you use, the longer the fight and thus exp.

But you are not in real risk. Not against a boss with prototype iron rod.

[arrow2555]

I took my solo guy out to the spider planes, close to one of the high end bounties. There are two metal platforms on the eastern side of the crator, maybe more north eastern. I placed him on the first teir, put on hold stance and waited for patrols of skin spiders to come, the steps create a bottle neck and the first teir only allow 4-5 max on there at once so it was just about bearable.

You will chew through med kits and splint kits like crazy though, and it isn't a forgiving place, KO too long and you're eaten alive, so I rolled up with a minimum of high grade full set of Samurai gear with a mk1 Nodatchi, and a katana just incase something should happen to an arm.

Note: I turned the squad size and global population to 2, so the roaming skin spider squads are roughly 30 in number