Cabal SEA

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Pet Training System

2008-11-08T23:11:00.001+08:00

1. In order to train your pets, go talk to the Core Alchemist NPC in any town.

2. The maximum level a pet can reach is 10, and they will gain EXP every time you use a skill.

3. You cannot gain skill exp from dummy. You can gain additional EXP for your pets if you use Premium + Plus beads.

4. For every level you will gain 1 skill slot. Every time you level you can have the option of filling that slot with a skill.

(one lucky *** korean w/ horrible sense of names)

5. You will have to use Force Core Highest to train your pet with success rate of 100%. Slot is random.

6. Upon reaching the maximum level, your pet will change appearance. Just like a Pokemon. Or Digimon. Or whatever the hell -mon there is.

That's the basis of the Pet system. Now let's look at everything in more detail.

1. Training Pet

Insert animal, insert Force Core Highest. Success rate is 100%, and skill gained is randomized. Cost of learning new skills will increase as the pet level goes up, or so they say.

One question though, is that there is an item called Action Kit, which hasn't been implemented yet. Probably will be implemented later on.

Skill addition is performed at the Core Alchemist NPC and costs alz determined by the level and a single Force Core Highest.

Levels 1~5 = 1,000,000 al

Levels 6~8 = 2,000,000 alz

Level 9 = 3,000,000 alz

Level 10 = 4,000,000 alz

2. Increasing Pet Level

You accumulate EXP for your pet by using skills. Items that give out skill EXP does not work with it (ie. Adepts). No one knows if certain skills give more EXP or not.

3. Pet Skills

4. Pet Naming

You can give your pet a name via Pet Naming Kit. Available at the Port Lux Grocer this card costs 150,000,000 alz. A renamed pet cannot be seen by the apposing nation on war channel/map they will only see the pet type name for example “Dire Boar” instead of your pets real name be it “Fluffy” or “Ralph”.

(example of pet with customized name, CanCan)

(pet rename card. try to guess what it does)

5. Pet Trading

In the past, it was impossible to trade Pets obtained from the Cash Shop; however, with the recent update, you can purchase Pet Sleeping Kit, which is used to seal your pet and trade them. These Sleeping kits are separated via levels.

(variety of types of pokeball, master ball not out yet)

6. Deleting Skills

You can use Pet Untrain Kit to delete your skills. Be warned, it will delete EVERYTHING.

(fgdssd)

7. Maxed out Pets

At level 10, your pets will change appearances.

Additional pictures from Cabal Life :

8. Pet Training Problems

One of the main concern in this new system is that while it is nice to use the once useless pets into giving your characters a boost, you will need accumulation of same skills more than once in order to actually see these effects. This will prove to be very difficult seeing that every skill is randomized. Furthermore, all pet kits are cash shop items, so the game seems to force you to buy cash shop items in order to model your pets the way you want it to.

[Guide] Pet Training System - Written By ihavoc, livejamie, Cabal Life, Unofficial NA Podcast - Contributed By urmz
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=508589

Cabal SEA - Monster Map Guide

2008-06-26T22:43:00.012+08:00

Bloody Ice

Desert Scream

ForgottenRuin

Fort Ruina

Green Despair

Lakeside

Port Lux

Undead Ground

Credits: Phaenteirae from Cabal SEA Forum

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Screen Shot Tips

2008-06-03T16:26:00.004+08:00

Bring out the photographer in you! Follow these simple steps to take better screen shots.

Scroll Lock. Did you know this key can hide extra details from your screen?

In default mode :

This is the usual standard screen shot.

Press Scroll Lock One Time :

Additional details are removed. Bottom bar and Stat bar are no longer there.

Press Scroll Lock Another Time :

Your character disappears. Excellent for scenery shots. Press Scroll Lock another time to return it back to the default mode.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khal

A tip, after pressing print screen, go into paint. Click edit>paste, the screenshot you took should appear. Save this as a png file. Compare the quality of this screenshot to the jpg one in the Cabal folder, the png one is sharper, brighter and alot better than the jpg one.

Credits goes to Haxer from CabalSEA forums.

Show us what's on your screen. Upload them @ http://cabal-gallery.blogspot.com

Cabal SEA - Dungeon Guide - Volanic Citadel

2008-05-26T11:54:00.002+08:00

Volanic Citadel - Level 105

You will need an entry item, Seal of darkness(sod) to enter.

Entrance to vc is in the middle of the dark bladers habitat.

Now before you enter the dungeon,2 things you need to take note

1) Vc bosses CANNOT be stunned/knockdown,but the normal mobs can.
2) Charge up your sp before entering the dungeon.

Suggested lv/skill rank to solo(in terms of force bladers)
lv 130 and above
At least single transcender and a decent rank of the other e.g A.m/G.m/comp
Warriors fs and bladers should be able to solo at a lower requirement.

Quests which requires you to kill vc mobs includes:

1)Hidden helper T no.69 req: kill 10 balrogs
2)BSLV up special traning #1 req: kill 30 blaze hound
3)BSLV up Special traning # 2 req: kill 50 dark phalanx
4)Mission: volcanic citadel req: kill 1 dark priest

OK now lets start!! When u enter the dungeon, go to the rock on your right,click it.

Now after clicking the rock dash up,take a right and you will see the first no chest boss tiraff. Kill him.
<> Tiraff(naga form) difficuity:easy

After killing Tiraff talk to the rock behind him.

Now a new path will appear. This is the place where the blaze hounds spawn.But there is onli a max of 1 extra spawn so camping here for the bslv quest is not recommended.

Now you will have 2 option to continue.

Option 1(extra chest option)
Dash(and i mean dash,as meteos will be falling on you) towards the path indicated in the previous ss untill you reach the canons below:

1= destroy the first canon
2=destroy the 2nd canon
3=move towards the gate in the ss below,destroy it and talk to the portal

Aft going through the portal you will end up in the first official boss room.
<<> Kanir Difficuity: below average

Kill kanir loot the legacy chest,use the portal behind him and u will end up here.

Now get out of the safety zone and you will see the 2nd boss
<>Jakrr Difficuity:easy

After finish torturing Jakrr,his chest will drop behind the gate behind him,use an aoe skill on the gate and click spacebar to loot.

Now there is an optional boss here if you want an extra chest den u can follow the instructions if not ignore the next 2 ss

First you will need to take down the volcanic frezzen guard.

After u kill him a room behind will be revealed and you will see the cute little wizard boss
<> Bricy Difficuity average.

After finishing the optional boss or if u skiped it, go forward and you should see this gate

Break the gate and clear all mobs surrounding you. Now you will enter the room with MASSIVE spawn of dark phalanx(you will need to kill 50 of this in the bslv up #2) Dont have to panic when u see the massive spawn, they are weak,Clear some of them and their leader will appear. Take his head.
<> Pakss Difficuity: Normal

Take his chest at the top left end of the room and talk to the rock at the top right of the room and the gate behind will open.

Now you will see the fire path previously again but a stronger version of it

Quicky dash up and clear all mobs surrounding you and destroy the gate.

Now after destroying the gate clear the dark knights and assassins before advancing to the boss or els they will cause you some troubles.The last 2 dark knights is in this area

Now move up and you see the next boss.
<<>> Pasin Difficuity: Above average.( use super buffs/debuffs)

After finishing pasin the gate will open and you will end up in the balrog chamber.

Now take a left and you see the portal below. Before going in, i suggest you use bm1 if you are not confident in surviving a boss wif range bodyguards around.

In this room you face the next boss
<> prasir Difficuity:Hard (due to range bodyguards around)

After he is dead exit the room after looting his chest and click the rock outside. Now you will end up infront of the balrog. Take a right, dash up and you would see another portal as shown below, enter.

When you are inside the room DO NOT MOVE. Wait for the dark assassins to come,clear them.

Now move slightly forward and their leader will come, kill him.
<> Tarff (blader) difficuity:abv average

Take his chest exit,click the rock again and find the last portal and enter
Now you will be in the room shown below. Try your best,slowly walk be the side to the left and try to clear the dark knights before lureing the leader out.Its hard. But if you fail,you can either,1) slowly clear the mobs,2) use another bm.

<> Arthberg Difficuity:Above average if his slaves are around.

After finishing the boss exit use the rock. Now find a group of dark priest in a room. When you locate them DO NOT ENTER yet. Again if you are not confident of surving a boss wif a lot of bodyguards around,use a Bm.

Now dash into the group of dark priest. NOTE*: KILL THE BOSS INSIDE THE AREA OR ELS YOU WILL NOT GET HIS CHEST!!!
<> Tiarff Dificuity:Hard

Now use the rock behind tiarff

You will end up infront of balrog again. FInally you are going to take him on.
Talk to the altar wif the red jem on top to summon balrog.

now... KILL THE STUPID BATMAN IN FLAMES.
<> Balrog Difficuity:easy

After finishing bbq-ing the bat advance right and break his chest.

Congrats you cleared vc and recieve a reward of 1k honor points.

Written By MarsPeople

Cabal SEA - Dungeon Guide - Tower of the Dead B1F

2008-05-26T11:43:00.002+08:00

Tower of the Dead B1F - Level 95

Tower of the Dead (B1F) Guide - Step by Step:
NOTE: Remember getting all the items from all bosses, all the items are quest items.
1. Once you enter go and kill Pierce Hound Zombie.

2. After killing it go forward and touch the fountain,touch it

3. After touching the fountain, you'll have to kill some Ice Hound Zombie until you get an Ice Hound Zombie Cuspid. After you get it, go back to the fountain and the door will open. Go forward to the way and look for Agrya and kill him.

4. After, go back at the start of the dungeon until you find a brazier and some bones near, touch the brazier, after the bones and now the brazier.

5. Advance and touch the brazier in the order that the image shows.

6. Go back where you killed Agrya and get near to the corner and touch the last brazier.

7. Turn around and touch the torch at the right.

8. After touching the door you'll enter to the Werewolf's Chamber.

9. Once you enter touch the altar with the blue fire.

10. Now kill the Werewolf.
11. After killing him, touch again the altar and get out of the chamber by the portal, go forward by the only way and touch the fountain.

12. After while you're going to the start of the dungeon, touch the fountains as you see in the image

13. Go to the first fountain and touch it.

14. Go back where you started with the fountains and touch it again, the door will open.

15. Once it's opened, touch the lamps in the correct order, as the image, if you don't do it right, a lot of monsters will appear, they're called Shades to punish you for don't obbey me, xD!

16. After touching them in order, go forward by the new way and kill Anelion, touch the lamp before killing her and the backway will close, don't forget your friends if you're in a party!

17. Now touch the leon that is marked in the image.

18. Go forward the new way to and touch the lamp.

19. Once you touch the lamp a door will open, now kill one Ice Ghoul Warrior.

20. Now go back and touch the lamp that was near Anelion.

21. Go back to the Ice Ghoul Warrior and kill to their boss: Vulschekra.

22. After killing him get sure you extract all the Ice Ghoul Warriors from the next corridor, I'll explain you why later.

23. Enter to the corridor doing Dash and/or Blink and make the Ghouls stay back in the other chamber and make them don't follow you, touch the brazier, the doors will close and you'll have to kill 20 Ice Ghouls. After, touch the brazier again and the door will open.

24. Enter by the new way and touch the leon at the right and a door will open, go over it.

25. Be careful and break the chest and the door will close, if your friends are out they can't help you right now until the door's broken.

26. Once you break the door and killed both Crimson Bats, you'll have to kill them to make the next boss appear. Before of after break the door.

27. Go forward and kill Retthoth.

28. Now go and touch the leon at the left.

29. Go forward and touch that big thing, call it whatever yo want, xD

30. Kill the Ice Ghoul Warriors until you find the quest item. Now you'll have kill the monsters until they drop the quest items, if you don't have enough ghouls, you'll have to wait 20 minutes until they respawn.

31. Kill now Ice Zombie Lady until you find the quest item.

32. Now it's the turn for the Ice BabaYagas until you find the quest item.

33. After collecting all the quest items that I said before go to the big thing and it'll teleport you to the Vampire Chamber.

34. After touch the torch, go forward.

35. After going forward touch the bookcase.

36. Now touch the altar.

37. Once Pertz Von Zatellerean appears, kill him, but NOW LOOK AT THE NEXT STEP!

38. Drag Pertz Von Zaterellean where the image indicates, after a ice wall will appear as the image points. When you kill him you'll have to kill him again.

39. Now go back and touch the piano.

40. Go forward and touch the portal.

41. Touch the stone at the center and after go by the door at the center go through the portal that the image indicates.

42. Now you'll appear in a chamber, you'll have to touch the item marked in the image.

43. Enter forward and you'll have to kill Frozen Watcher Zombie.

44. Go by the new way, you'll be in a square chamber with a item at the center, touch it and a lot of zombies will appear, too much for you maybe, if you're low level maybe you've got to cast some auras.

45. Once you kill them all touch the central item again and the General Zombie will appear, kill him.

46. Once you kill him, touch the item again and a new way will open, then go forward the new way, now you've got to think if do or not the secondary quest that give you 6,000 Alz, WOW! Real shame... hahaha. Well, then do it only to gain more experience.
- SECONDARY QUEST - (PRIZE - 6,000 ALZ) -
- Touch the chunk of wall indicated in the image, then touch the torch near of the wall.

- Go forward by the corridor to the next chamber and touch the items in the way that the image indicates, then some Golems will appear.

- Once you kill all the golems, Axion Stone Golem will appear.

- Once you eliminate the Golem, touch the tomb near to you. When you touch it, it'll ask you to kill 2 Frozen Slaughter Zombies and 4 Frozen Fighter Zombies

- After you kill all the required monsters, go back to the previous tomb.
Secondary Quest Finished!
47. If you've done the quest you maybe have killed him, if you haven't, kill him, he isn't corcening about the quests in the dungeon, but he drops a chest!

48. Go forward and kill the Frozen Slayer Zombie.

49. After touch the items in the order that the image indicates.

50. Go forward and kill Frozen Prime Knight Zombie and kill him.
51. After killing him go back a little and touch the books down the skeleton at the cross.

52. Go forward by the corridor and you'll have to kill 3 Flesh Golems.

53. After killing them go back a bit and you'll have to touch crucified skeleton. You can kill the rest of the flesh golem, as they make additional chests appear and a item is awaiting for you inside.

54. Now go forward through the corridor where the Flesh Golem were and teleport to a new zone by the excavator.

55. Go forward by the final corridor and kill the LAST BOSS: Mergaheph

56. Go back a bit and and touch the clock marked in the image.

57.Go back where you killed the final boss and go through the portal.

58.You'll be in a chamber with a giant stone with three portals. Touch the giant stone and go to the third portal starting to count on the left. As marked on the image.

59. You'll be now teleported back, now touch the tomb, a chest will appear, break it and you've finished the Tower of the Dead (B1F) and you'll be gifted with some Honour Points and a Entry Item to Tower of the Dead (B2F).

Published by InF3RNo

Cabal SEA - Dungeon Guide - Ruina Station

2008-05-26T11:39:00.001+08:00

Ruina Station - Level 85

What do I need? (Requirements)

Being Level 85
Have a Muster Card: Ruina Station in your inventory
Have 30 minutes free to kill without resting, that's the time that the dungeon lasts.

Where's the entrance?

Ruina Station Guide - Step by Step:

1. Once you enter, head forward and skip all the monsters until you arrive to Invader Mecha Ape T-2. With all the monsters surrounding you, kill them.

2. Once you kill the boss, head by the new way and look for Invader Mecha Ape T-B. Kill it and a new way will open.

3. Advance by the new way carefully until you find Invader Excavator-R2 and kill it, if you're low level maybe you've got to use one or two Battle Auras.

4. After killing R2D2 (xD!), advance over the bridge, keep on the only way to until you find Mecha Buffalo+, try to extract it from the chamber without breaking the sticks that there are in the room, breaking these sticks can make appear more Mecha Buffalos. After killing Mecha Buffalo+ the door will close, and you'll have to enter by the portal and kill Mecha Bear.
NOTE: Get sure you're in a corner with your friends to avoid killing the sticks, if you're low level you'll have problems if you break them

5. After killing the Mecha Bear, go forward the way and you'll find Controller YS

6. Once you kill the Controller, a giant Mecha Spider will appear, kill it

7. After killing the 1st Mecha Spider, a lot of Auto-Cannons will appear, get rid of them and the 2nd Mecha Spider will appear, once you kill it a lot of Controller CY will appear, you'll have to kill some to make the Electric Birds dissapear because they're invinceble invincibles, get rid of them, if you don't kill the Controller CYs the 3rd Spider will appear anyways and once you kill the Giant Spider, you'll get the oportunity to break the final chest and end the dungeon: Ruina Station.

Published by InF3RNo

Cabal SEA - Dungeon Guide - Lake in Dust

2008-05-26T11:37:00.002+08:00

Lake In Dusk - Level 75

What do I need? (Requirements)

Being Level 75
Have a Map Part in your inventory
Have 60 minutes free to kill without resting, that's the time that the dungeon lasts

Where's the entrance?

Lake In Dusk Guide - Step by Step:

1. Once you enter, go forward, skip Wurk if you want and kill the next boss, Wurk isn't important for advancing in the dungeon.

2. Go forward and kill Radark, and a door will open to complete next steps.

3. Advance and you'll find Jidarsch, kill him.

4. Now you'll have to enter by a swamp, there are 5 red sticks that you can kill, called Ruin In Dusk. You'll have to kill only one to make the next door open. Guide yourself by the map that FitaEspain, one of my guildmates created, xD.

5. After killing the needed stick go by the new way and kill next boss: Pogarr

6. After killing him, go by the new way again to another swamp and kill Ballu.

7. After killing the boss go by the new way and kill Pirouro.

8. After killing him, another door will open and you'll have to kill Hauk.

9. Now you have to kill Lehifee, going by the new way.

10. Now, enter to the other swamp and kill the troll boss: Ergdusu.

11. Get out of the swamp by the new opened way, now you'll have to kill three harpy bosses, first you'll have to kill Etuor.

12. After, kill Caschnarr, going by the new way that opened

13. Now kill the last harpy boss: Rik.

14. Now you'll have to go back a little, near where you killed the first harpy boss and now you'll have to kill both ogre bosses

15. Now kill the next ogre boss, that have similar names, they look like brothers!

16. Well, now the thing will be more difficult if you're level 75~80 and you go alone! Now here they come, the minotaurs. Just advance by the portal without killing any minotaur until you reach the bottom of the place, now kill the three minotaurs that are at the botom. And a big door will open that lead you to the final dungeon boss called: Zidgris Faello.

Published by InF3RNo

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Making Cabal skins with GIMP

2008-05-12T22:21:00.004+08:00

_The Ultimate Guide to making

This is how you install the skins - Skin Changing guide by bor3dom
This is where you download skins - *~The Ultimate collection of Cabal skins!~*

THIS THREAD IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR TECHNICAL NOOBIES.

Hey guys! After my 1st completion of skinning, I have decided to share how to make Cabal skins!

1st, you will need a DDS reader. Cabal skins, cursors and many other parts of the User Interface are saved as DDS files. You will need Windows Texture Viewer (WTV) to view DDS files like any ordinary PNG or JPEG file.

Windows Texture Viewer (When viewing images you might see a coloured background. This is not a bug or error, WTV cant read transparency.)
DDS Thumbnail viewer(Optional, for easier skin browsing)

I recommend that skinners should use GIMP 2.0. It's free and easy to use. It can't read DDS files yet, but I'll give you a link to enable it.

GIMP 2.4
DDS Plugin(extract to C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins)

Here is a preview of what you will be looking at when you start skinning.

Basic Image skin

Example :

Quote:

Cabal skin v0.1

Download

Pictures :

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3...2117540jh4.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1...2117550ob6.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2...2117550jw3.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8...2117510pa4.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8...2117540dv2.jpg
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9...2117480do7.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5...2117470ir0.jpg

All you have to do is get a template to help you get a basic shape of the skin.
This is the best template. Download

Open the template and create a layer below the main surface. This layer is meant for the picture you are going to place.

For me, I'm going to put a picture behind the "Skill" window. So I will have to cut the picture down to fit the window.

So basically it's just putting pictures behind each window.

Advance UI Skin

Example :

Quote:

OldSchool v1.3 by TheThink

Download

Pictures :

http://adam.moomookau.org/swordam56.JPG
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...-1126-0000.jpg

This method of skinning is tedious and complicated. You have to get the shape you want, while making sure that it's still in allignment so that the game can read it properly. To colour it, just use whatever brushes you want, or if you feel for comfortable with paint bucket, go ahead. You can cut out the UI for your own use.

Tips :
Save files 2x bigger than the original for better quality.
Do not forget to watermark your creation. (Put a signature at the login screen or something)
Remember to keep to your theme! If you put random pictures everywhere, you skin will end up awful!

Skinning is about as simple as that. You just have to get used to GIMP, which is not very hard.

SO GET SKINNING!

Credits to the skin makers from the Cabal Europe forums, The Black Stars Clan forums and the Cabal Database forums. And ESPECIALLY Alfarjamie who made the Photoshop guide on skinning.

Basic Guide

Open up your skin by clicking File > Open and look for it.

Usually it will be named as one of these, so select the one you want to edit or modify.

You can just cut and paste windows or components of other skins into the one your editing. For this example, I will change the square minimap window into a circle minimap window.

You can edit any part of a skin you like, as long as it stays in its position. If it's not aligned properly, the game won't read it right.You have to figure out the grids yourself.

Once you're done editing, just save it by clicking File > Save As. Save it as .DDS.

The DDS saving window will pop-up, save it at this settings.

AND YOU ARE DONE!

My skins :

Quote:

Abomination

Download

Pictures :

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...5-39-02-82.png
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...5-40-55-24.png
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...41-23-81-1.png

More info to this skin.

Quote:

Kingdom Hearts

Download

Pictures :

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z282/khalguild/1.png
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z282/khalguild/2.png
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z282/khalguild/3.png
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z282/khalguild/4.png

*~The Ultimate Guide to Making Cabal skins with GIMP!~* - Written By Khal - Contributed By Khal
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=371429

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Mithril Crafting and Mith Item Stats

2008-04-29T22:19:00.001+08:00

Credits:
dhrverhagen from cabalonline forums for the first two parts ofthis guide
Owlydk from cabalonline forums for the mutant forest map
Lastly, me, for adding the info on where to hunt the items and also pasting this guide here for everyone's convinience

Facts about the Mithril Armour Sets:

Mithril item basic format:

1) Equipment limit
Level 115 and above
Battle style (Equals to rare 1 that equipment for each battle style)
2) Obtain limit
Able to obtain by craft only, not drop (but, for Epik item, obtain by drop
3) Enchant limit
Able to enchant by Upgrade Core (highest) only
Able to give Force Core option by Force Core (highest) only
Able to extend slot by slot extender (highest) only

4) Stat limit for each item (up to the normal +0 standard)

Amour set: Only for Warrior / Force Shielder : Defense 98 / Defense rate 121

* Mithril Visor
.............STR 546 / INT 68 / DEX 137 (Warrior)
.............STR 341 / INT 273 / DEX 137 (Force Shielder)

* Mithril Plate
.............STR 553 / INT 69 / DEX 138 (Warrior)
.............STR 346 / INT 277 / DEX 138 (Force Shielder)

* Mithril Gauntlet
.............STR 505 / INT 63 / DEX 126 (Warrior)
.............STR 316 / INT 253 / DEX 126 (Force Shielder)

* Mithril Greaves
.............STR 513 / INT 64 / DEX 128 (Warrior)
.............STR 320 / INT 256 / DEX 128 (Force Shielder)

Battle set: Only for Force Archer / Force Blader : Defense 90 / Defense rate 135

* Mithril Headgear
.............STR 137 / INT 341 / DEX 273 (Force Archer)
.............STR 273 / INT 273 / DEX 205 (Force Blader)

* Mithril Coat
.............STR 138 / INT 346 / DEX 277 (Force Archer)
.............STR 277 / INT 277 / DEX 208 (Force Blader)

* Mithril Gloves
.............STR 126 / INT 316 / DEX 253 (Force Archer)
.............STR 253 / INT 253 / DEX 190 (Force Blader)

* Mithril Boots
.............STR 128 / INT 320 / DEX 256 (Force Archer)
.............STR 256 / INT 256 / DEX 192 (Force Blader)

Martial set: For Wizard / Blader : Defense 82 / Defense rate 171

* Mithril Headpiece
.............STR 68 / INT 614 / DEX 68 (Wizard)
.............STR 341 / INT 68 / DEX 341 (Blader)

* Mithril Suit
.............STR 69 / INT 623 / DEX 69 (Wizard)
.............STR 346 / INT 69 / DEX 346 (Blader)

* Mithril Hands
.............STR 63 / INT 569 / DEX 63 (Wizard)
.............STR 316 / INT 63 / DEX 316 (Blader)

Weapon set:

* Mithril katana : Attack 109 / Magic Attack 106 / Attack rate 436
............STR 240 / INT 60 / DEX 240 (Blader)
............STR 240 / INT 180 / DEX 240 (Force Blader)

* Mithril Blade : Attack 111 / Magic Attack 103 / Attack rate 433
............STR 360 / INT 60 / DEX 240 (Blader)
............STR 300 / INT 240 / DEX 120 (Force Shielder)

* Mithril Great Sword : Attack 222 / Magic Attack 109 / Attack rate 866
............STR 540 / INT 60 / DEX 60 (Warrior)

* Mithril Daikatana : Attack 219 / Magic Attack 112 / Attack rate 872
............STR 420 / INT 60 / DEX 180 (Warrior)

* Mithril Crystal : Attack 105 / Magic Attack 109 / Attack rate 431
............STR 240 / INT 240 / DEX 180 (Force Shielder)
............STR 120 / INT 360 / DEX 180 (Force Archer)

* Mithril Orb : Attack 103 / Magic Attack 112 / Attack rate 431
............STR 60 / INT 480 / DEX 120 (Wizard)
............STR 180 / INT 240 / DEX 240 (Force Blader)

Deatails for Ingredient Items

1) Astral Core (Mithril/ Blue Mithril)
Use as Ingredient Item for Crafting Mithril item

Divided into two types for Astral Core (Mithril) and Astral Core (Blue Mithril)

* Astral Core (Mithril) is used for crafting Mithril normal item
* Astral Core (Blue Mithril) is used for crafting Mithril slot item
Crafting Method:

* Astral Core (Mithril) = Material Core (Mithril) 20ea + Quartz Core (Mithril) 20ea
* Astral Core (Blue Mithril) = Material Core (Blue Mithril) 20ea + Quartz Core (Blue Mithril) 20ea
Craft requirement:

* Able to craft in craft level 1 if formula card for disposable is used
* For Astral Core (Mithril) it is able to craft in normal craft 6 level/ experience 15,000 and above if formula card is registered
* For Astral Core (Blue Mithril), it is able to craft in normal craft 7 level/ experience 21.000 and above if formula card is registered

2) C.A. Unit - Regard for H.Age
Use for crafting Mithril slot item
Able to obtain by normal craft or using recipe for disposable
Crafting method

*Illusion Coral 1ea + Machinery Head 1ea + Astral Skull 1ea + Infernal Ruby 1ea
Craft requirement

* Able to craft in craft level 1 if formula card for disposable is used
* Able to craft in normal craft 5 level/ experience 10,000 and above if formula card is registered

3) C.A. Unit - Desire H.Age
Use for crafting Mithril normal item
Selling in NPC shop

4) Illusion Coral / Machinery Head / Astral Skull / Infernal Ruby
Use for crafting C.A. Unit
Able to obtain by drop only

5) Mithril Cube
Body of Mithril 1 slot item
Able to obtain if recipe for disposable is used
Create Mithril 1 slot item if Chaos lamp is used together

* For example, create Mithril Orb 1 slot if Mithril cube (Orb) is used
Details

* If Mithril Cube is used, following Mithril 1 slot item will be created
.......................For 88%, normal option
.......................For 10%, extra empty slot with no option
.......................For 2%, efficient option
* However, it has possibility to fail (Not high)
Crafting method

* Astral Core (Blue Mithril) 1ea + Slot extender (low) 1ea + Force Core (high) 1ea
+ C.A. Unit - Regard for H 1ea

6) Mithril normal item
1 slot item is created by cube but normal item is created after crafting
Crafting method

* Astral Core (Mithril) 1ea + C.A Unit – Desire H + Rare 1 item
Details

* Rare 1 item for crafting interlocks with Mithril Normal item

7) Mithril Recipe (instant)
* Available from Mithril Merchant in MF
*NOTE: Recipe is one time use and it allows u to craft any mithril part regardless of the recipe u purchased

Where to get the Materials:

Map of Mutant Forest (MF):

1) Astral Cores Mithril / Blue Mithril
*Obtainable by buying instant recipe from Mithril Dealer and crafting it,

i)Material/Quartz Core (Mithril)/
* Monsters in Mutant Forest: Branny

2) C.A. Unit - Regard for H.Age
*Obtain by buying recipe from Mithril Dealer in MF or FT and crafting it using:
*Illusion Coral 1ea + Machinery Head 1ea + Astral Skull 1ea + Infernal Ruby 1ea

i)Illusion Coral
* Obtain from Orcs in The Lake in Dusk
ii)Machinery Head
*Obtain from Auto Cannon- OP or OP+ in Ruina Station
iii) Astral Skull
* Obtain from Frozen Ghoul Warriors in Tower of the Undead B1F
iiii)Infernal Ruby
*Obtained from Flame Hound or Flame Elemental in Volcanic Citadel

3) C.A. Unit - Desire H.Age
*Buy from the Mithril Dealer in MF or FT

4) Mithril Cube
*Obatain by buying recipe from Mithril Dealer in Mf and crafting it using:
* Astral Core (Blue Mithril) 1ea + Slot extender (low) 1ea + Force Core (high) 1ea
+ C.A. Unit - Regard for H 1ea

5)Mithril normal item:
* Obtain by crafting it using Prof. Craft or Instant recipe or rare drop in MF.

Preview Of Mithril Sets:

Mithril Martial Set (Blader/Mage):

Mithril Armor Set (Force Shielder/Warrior):

Mithril Battle Set ( ForceBlader/Force Archer):

Preview of Mithril Weapons

Mithril Great Sword:

Mithril Daikatana:

Mithril Blade:

Mithril Katana:

Mithril Crystal:

Mithril Orb:

GUIDE: Mithril Crafting, Mith Item Stats & where to get Materials - Written By dhrverhagen, Owlydk, thegamer1907 - Contributed By thegamer1907
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=358564

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Skill EXP Guide

2008-04-29T22:17:00.001+08:00

First of all:
You only get Skill XP for HITTING a mob - if you miss it then you wont get any skill xp.

Equipment

To skill up faster you need a lot of Adept Armor and Items (But keep in mind that there is a limit for adding Skill XP! The maxium of additional skill xp is 36!)
Your adept armor should have atleast +3 Skill Xp at each part (so dont be shy to spend some money at crafting or buying adept stuff !It's a big difference between +2 each part to +3).
Your weapon should have +4 Skill XP (you dont need the highest weapon you can wear - e.g. Citrine Crystals/Orbs are enough to skill up fast and easy).

Formula to calculate Skill EXP:

* = times

For punching the mob you gain 3 Sword/Magic points when you hit it (see: "Boxing Mobs" Method4).

For casting an attack skill:
"Cast time of skills" * ca. 12 = gained Skill XP

For casting a buff skill:
"Cast time of buff" * 3,6 = gained Skill XP

just add the adept items

Example:

Force Archer Skill "Power Shot" at level 9
Casting time: 1.3 Sec.
Used equipment:
Board +4
Citrine Crystals +8
Adept Rings + Amulette (Level 80 Items) +20
Adept Aramid Battle Suit +4
(all in all +36 Skill XP)

Calculating:
"Casting time" * 12 = 15.6
15.6 + "Skill XP Items" (36 Skill XP) = 51.6 Skill XP

Methods

Here I will list pro's and contra's of each farming method. Which method you choose is up to you!

Method1 Fast Skill XP Farming with using Combo
This method is the fastes - you gain at level 10 a skill called "Combo Start". With this skill you are able to cast spells without the delay of casting times (so you can cast one skill right after the other)!
A little bonus at this method is that you gain a certain % of additional skill xp:

Bonus:
Excellent: +30% Skill XP
Good: +10% Skill XP
Bad + 0% Skill XP
When you reach your eleventh hit then the action bar becomes very little but when you reach the 15 hit you gain additional skill xp and your combo is shown at the right window at the bottom!

PRO Fast Rank-UP; Combo-Support; Extra Skill XP;

CONTRA You must stay at the PC; Old PC's have a low FPS rate (Frames per second) so its hard to hit the action bar after the 11th hit;

Method2 Training Dummies

Ok this is the method which needs the most time. If you are a Premium Member then you are able to use these dummies. Every city has its own 4 dummies (they stand next to the city - often outside of the town). You can train up to 30% of your Skill Rank at those dummies (after reaching lvl 90 there is another way to skill up at dummies (mentioned below). This means that for example you can skill 30 of 90 skill ups at those puppets.
To skill afk there are 2 hints:

The Press-Down-Your-Button-All-The-Time-Hint:

Just put a coin or a sheet of paper between the skillbuttons (you should add your skills to your quickslotbar before).
Example how I did it:
I putted the fastest Skill in quickslot 1 -> pinched a piece of paper between button "1" and "2" so that the button got stuck (this means the button gets pressed all the time). Now your character casts nonstop (after targeting the dummy) the same skill. Important is that the button get STUCK!

The Window-Mode-Hint:

At first you switch in window mode (Options - Graphic - Activate Window Mode). Then you target the dummy and press the quickslot button for your skill. Press the button all the time, so that your char casts nonstop. While pressing the button click outside of the window (for example at the desktop or at the toolbar). Now stop pressing the button and your char should cast nonstop without pressing a button!

Ingame Shop Hint:

Just press the button again like at the Window-Mode-Hint and while pressing it hit the ingameshop button (little coin at the right buttom of your toolbar).

PRO You can be afk; 1/3 of the rank can be trained

CONTRA It takes a long time because you gain less xp then with the other methods; limited to 30% of the rank (except you are level 90+ and did the rankup quest); you HAVE to be a premium member;

NEW Method 2 b) Train at dummies over 30%

Like mentioned before we are now able to skill at dummies beyond 30%. The mean thing is that you HAVE to be 90+, did the level 90 rank up quest and own a premium account. If you have these things then you are able to level nonstop at those little dumb puppets without being at the PC. But there is a little thing which has to get mentioned:
After you passed 30% of your rank up (example: 30 of 90 ups) then you get less skill xp as before! So skilling up needs more time after the 30% (but of course you can continue)!

PRO No dumb skill farming anymore; you can skill up afk; nonstop skilling without interruption;

CONTRA Again you need to be premium; takes more time then any other method;

Method3 Skilling AFK at high level mobs

This method is the most riskfull method - you need to look for a mob with many health points (like the mobs in LiD, RS or UG). Best mobs for this are mobs with a "+" after their names or bossmobs in dungeons (they have more Hp than the others).
Ok now head on:
Take the cheapest and lowest weapon you can find (startup weapons are the best for this). Take armor which protects you well (the mob mustn't hit you too much or make too much damage!). Now the expensive part of this method: The Lifecapsules! You need them to heal your char while being afk. You can buy them from other players (really expensive!) or buy them via playershop (mine cost 1,60Euro / 999 Capsules).
Now look for a suitable mob - if you are level 50+ you also can enter a party dungeon and hit the closed gates (they have much hp and dont hurt you )
If you choose a mob notice following:
Your mob should stand alone and not surrounded by other mobs (so that you can "concentrate" at ONE mob!). I recommend the bosses in Lake in Dusk (they alway stand alone - but you need to own a mappart and you need to be level 75+).
Ok now let's begin:
Choose one of the hints I mentioned at the part of the training dummies (like Stucking a coin between your quickslot buttons etc.).
Now you can watch how your char beats up the mob while you just have to go afk ^^

PRO You can be afk and gain a lot of Skill XP;

CONTRA Riskfull; Expensive (because of the Lifecapsules); I recommend to do this when you reach level 50+;

Method4 Boxing

Last but not least...
this method is similiar to Method3 - you beat up a mob while being AFK.
At level 50 and rank "Expert" you can buy a interesting upgrade skill at the Instructor in Port Lux .
Skills are called:
1. Sword XP to Magic XP
2. Magic XP to Sword XP
This means: When you buy "Sword to Magic" you ONLY receive Magic Skill XP! So you could skill up your Magic Rank by using sword skills.
Now search again for a mob with many health points (like in Method3 mentioned).
But keep in mind following points:

1) The mob must give you atleast 5 XP each hit (you can see this at the right window at the bottom).

2) Auto-Attack has to be activated (Options -> Game -> Cross at "Auto Attack")

3) Choose Low-level-weapons again AND buy Lifecapsules!!!

[A small declaration at the edge: At dummies you cant do "Normal Attacks" because you dont get XP for it (you MUST get atleast 5 XP)! So you can attack mobs with normal attacks and the funny thing is that you recieve SKill XP for magic AND sword with boxing! But you get less than using normal Skills! But after buying the upgrade in Port Lux you concentrate your Skill XP to one section (magic -> sword; sword -> magic - sounds logical, eh?)]
After you did this, target a mob and press "Normal Attack". Now your char should begin to beat up the mob (if you use swords then your char should hit the mob with the sword).

PRO AFK-Skill-Leveling

CONTRA Less Skill XP than using other methods; Expensive (because of Lifecapsules); You must be level 50+ and at least rank "Expert" in one section;

NEW Small hints how to get more Skill XP

There are now some dungeons/quests which give you additional Skill XP.

As a reward for B1f Frozen Tower you gain 5000 Skill Xp after finishing the dungeon. And every skill xp quest gives you additional Skill XP.
Also those "new" T-helper-quests are very acceptable for farming Skill XP. You gain while farming mobs and cards a huge amount of XP! So don't get aggressive or desperate when you dont find your 50 cards (always think of the Skill XP )

This Guide Credits goes to vi0l3nt from another cabal guides forum.TQ

~[The Skill EXP Guide]~ - Written By vi0l3nt - Contributed By PrinceEvo
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=361297

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - DpS, DoC, Def & Skill levels

2008-04-24T20:31:00.002+08:00

Foreword:

I've realised that there is an increasing number of people(retards) posting up severely screwed up guides. Thus I've decided to try to change the mindsets of those whose brains have been noobalized by those stupid threads. Yes, I'm flaming you, the people who decide to teach horrifically screwed stuff. In anycase, I do hope this helps and solves the whole issue.

Skills & Levels

Alright this is one of the major problems I've seen around, people do know what level to maintain their skills at and what's not helping is that there are floods of people telling them to leave their skills at level 9. But is that practical? We shall find out here.

First, lets take a look at a chart of skill leveling.

Credits to Myth and pigpigpig for telling me about the lvl 20 cooldown.

Yes I know its crappy, I did it myself, but nonethless lets analyse it:

It shows that at lvl 10, 13, 16, 19 and 20, your amplification goes up by 0.05
However, the cooldown also increases.
But, the following 2 levels decrease the cooldown time.
Following this logic, we can see that the optimum levels are, 9,12,15,18.

Before I go into discussing what level your skills should be at, I shall explain this:

Skill cooldowns are dependant of their cast times. VERY few skill have cast times which varry very largely with their cast times(Force kick is some such example) So in theory, a 3 seconds cast time skill is going to have 2.8-3.2 seconds cooldown time at lvl 9. This is of course only for some skills. G.Master, Completer and Trans skill have larger cooldowns.

Alright, heres what I'm gonna say:
Most skills should be left at level 15, if it THAT unbearable, level 12.

"But kiroshinoke!!!1111one!! you noob****! Level 15 cooldown so big! u noob issit! lvl 9 best LAAA!"

Yea I get that alot, so being nice, I shall explain to you peeps.

Mobbing skills

Mobbing is different from single targetting. When mobbing, you choose large area spells.

A normal person would mob with 2-3 skills.

Let's pretend we have 3 skills.

Poke, pinch and tickle.

Poke has a cast time of 2.3 seconds.
Pinch has a cast time of 3 seconds.
Tickle has a cast time of 2.5 seconds.

So assuming we're gonna mob in this way : poke pinch tickle poke pinch tickle.

Let's calculate when we are gonna cast poke again after we use it for the first time.

2.3(poke cast time) + 3.0 (pinch c.t) +2.5(tickle c.t)
= 7.8

We are ONLY going to use poke once again after 7.8 seconds. So why do u need it to be at level 9?(cool down of 2.3 seconds). Since we know that we have 7.8 seconds to spare, is it not logical we level it up to lvl 15 to get additional amplification and dmg?

Single targetting(includes pvp)

Single targetting skills are usually meant for pvp or bosses. They are usually massively high in dps. In pvp, they are usually accompanied by a large finishing attack.

Single targetting usually involves combos. The better you are at combo, the more dmg u can unleash. There are usually 3-5 skills used in pvp. I highly suggest you do not use 5 skills since it spreads ur skills out too much.

3 skills is a favourite of many ppl, but I don't get it. Having 3 damaging skills at lvl 12 means that you will recast a single skill again very soon, limitting your skill level to.. possibly 12? However 4 skills means you recast each skill later and allows all your skills to hit a healthy lvl 18, a much deadlier combo.

lets assume we hav 4 skills now.

Stabj00butt has a cast time of 2.8 seconds
Poke has a cast time of 2.3 seconds
Pinch has a cast time of 3 seconds
Tickle has a cast time of 2.5 seconds

We're casting it in this order : stabj00butt poke pinch tickle stabj00butt poke.

Let's calculate the time we will recast stabj00butt.

2.8+2.3+3+2.5 = 10.6 seconds.

So... why not max it to lvl 20 since we have that much time?

Because we're going to combo with these. Combo doesnt remove cast time or delay time, (yes, another flame at those wannabe guide posters).

Quote:

Comboes remove back swing time. For dota players you should know this term. For all the others, pretend you have a gun and your shooting it. Comboing means you don't have to reload, but you still have to pull the trigger and wait for the bullet to fly.

There is a way to calculate backswings but thats honestly too complicated for this forum. So to be safe, just assume combo removes 30% of cast time.

With that said, your skills should have a cooldown that is less than this formula:

(Skill 1 cast time+ skill 2 cast time + skill 3 cast time+ skill 4 cast time) x 70%

This concludes the part on skill levels

DPS (0 defence test)

What is DpS?

DpS stands for Damage per second. It refers to the amount of damage you can do to a target every second. It is useful to calculate just how much total damage output you have with your skills.

So why do I need to know my DpS?

Alot of people think that just because a skill can do alot of damage means that its damage is high. This is not entirely true(as proven later). If you know your own DpS, you can maximise your damage output and create the most devastating comboes you can achieve with your spells. This allows you do deal the highest damage, in the shortest time, utilising ur dmg potential to the fullest.

How do I calculate my DpS?

Here's a simple example as to how to do it. For this example we shall use 2 skills.
A beginner magic skill, terra arrow.
And an A.master skill terra break.

Here are the stats of the two spells

Quote:

Terra Arrow
1.65 amp
+63.4 additional attack
1.5 seconds cast time

Quote:

Terra Break
1.75 amp
+1045.6 additional attack
6.5 seconds cast time

Many will think that Terra break is the stronger skill. However, this is not entirely true. Let's calculate the DpS for both spells.
We can use a base of 500 atk 500 magic for this test.

Quote:

Terra arrow
1.65 x 500 (amp)
+63.4 (add. atk)
/1.5 (cast time)
DpS = 592.26

Quote:

Terra break
1.75 x 500 (amp)
+1045.6 (add atk)
/6.5 (cast time)
DpS = 295.48

So as you can see, terra arrow can easily do TWICE the amount of damage that terra break can do when casted consequtively. However, this does not mean that Terra break is weak, this will be explained in the next section.

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DpS (With defence)
Credits to ren99 for reminding me to put this part up

So why are we learning the higher ranks skill if even a novice skill can beat it?

The above shown calculations are done on a 0 defence test. In other words, they are the full damage you're going to be hitting. However, in reality this isnt possible. Even if a player strips himself of all his equipments and buffs, he's still probably going to have 100-300 def.

Why do we need to have a good gauge of an enemy's Def?

An enemy's defence is crucial into planning your perfect combo or your armour breaking comboes. Defence severely reduces th damage of your smaller DoC spells and thus effectively removes the ability for it to be used very well.

DpS calculation (with Def)

Assume the same 2 skills:

Quote:

Terra Arrow
1.65 amp
+63.4 additional attack
1.5 seconds cast time

Quote:

Terra Break
1.75 amp
+1045.6 additional attack
6.5 seconds cast time

Now we all know that 0 def does not exist. Let's calculate the DpS of the 2 spells when your target has 300/500/700 def, ignoring absolute guard.(See below for details on this)

Quote:

Terra arrow
1.65 x 500
+63.4
-------
0 Def damage = 888.4
300 Def damage = 588.4
500 Def damage = 388.4
700 Def damage = 188.4
-------
0 Def DpS= 593
300 Def DpS= 392
500 Def DpS= 259
700 Def DpS= 125.6

Quote:

Terra break
1.75 x 500
+1045.6
-------
0 Def damage= 1920.6
300 Def damage= 1620.6
500 Def damage= 1420.6
700 Def damage= 1220.6
-------
0 Def DpS= 295
300 Def DpS= 249
500 Def DpS= 219
700 Def DpS= 188

So as you can see, larger spells do have their uses. Small spells are affected largely by Def, their DpS dropping severely with each point of def your opponent has. Guessing your opponent's Def is very crucial into combo planning, otherwise, you'd be setback alot.

DoC

What is DoC?

DoC stands for Damage on Cast. In Cabal, the damage for a spell, the ENTIRE spell, is registered once u cast it, not when the hit lands. So in simple terms, ur damage kicks in once u hit the hotkey for the spell, the cast time is just the delay before u can cast another spell.

Why is DoC important?

Knowing your DoC is very important. It allows you to put in crucial hits when u need them, where u need them. The fact that the damage is applied instantly means that even if ur skill takes 90seconds to cast, if you judge it correctly, u can use it to kill someone instantly, leaving the cast time just as nice animation.

Using DoC well.

Most spells with high DoC have very high cast time, making their DpS weak. However if timed well, you can use it as a 0.1 seconds nuke to kill off someone. If someone will die when the spell is casted, the cant move during the whole duration of the skill and stands there to let u finish him off. However, if he will NOT die when the skill is casted, it means u just gave him a few seconds to beat on u while u cast ur sluggish spell. Using DoC spells are all about timing and judgement. Get a feel for ur skill and how much it hits an opponent, thats the best way to assure a smooth win.

How do I calculate my DoC?

This is alot simpler compared to DpS since cast time does not matter here.

Take the previous 2 examples.

Quote:

Terra Arrow
1.65 amp
+63.4 additional attack

Quote:

Terra Break
1.75 amp
+1045.6 additional attack

And here's the DoC calculations. Similiarly with a 500magic 500 attack base.

Quote:

Terra arrow
1.65 x 500(amp)
+63.4 (add. atk)
DoC : 888.40

Quote:

Terra break
1.75 x 500(amp)
+1045.6 (add. atk)
DoC: 1920.6

As you can see, Terra break is much larger in DoC, and thus can be casted when the person has more hp, and allows more room for mistake.

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Disclaimer

For this part of the guide its mainly guesswork on my part. I tried my best to get as close to the actual number as possible. If anyone wants to correct me on this section, feel free to do so, I'd change it and credit it to you.

Def

What is Def?

Def is short for Defence. Defence is probably as important in cabal as attack and magic. 1 defence blocks 1 damage. Simple as that.

How is Def important?
Defence in cabal is very crucial. It gives ur survivability and the ability to take in many hits even with a low hp. The ability of absolute guard also adds to how important this stats is.

For those who has played maple out there, all know that defence in maple is bulls**t. With 0 seconds cooldown pots and an invunerability frame, def is just about as useful as dung. However, any player of cabal attempting to play with 0 def and 92342834672435423232364 magic and attack is prolly gonna die at least a hundred times before he hits lvl 50.

Absolute guarding
How many of you are FSes or warriors here? For that fact, probably anyone would have encountered this:

Say you have X def and a mob comes along.

*WHACK*

He hits you for 100 dmg.

2 days later u come back with X+5 def and he hits you for 15 damage.

This is because you have absolute guarded his damage. This is how it works

From what I have researched, the absolute guard rate is 20% of your total def. What that means is this.

Let's assume u have 1000 def.
Lets assume there are 2 mobs,
Squirrel has 1300 atk
Chipmunk has 1150 atk.

Without absolute guard, you would take:

1300-1000= 300 dmg from squirrel
1150-1000= 150 dmg from chipmunk

However, absolute guard exists.
The absolute guard amount is 20% of ur def, or 1000 x 20%, or 200.

So lets recalculate for the mobs.

Squirrel hits u for 300.
300 is larger then 200?
Yes.
So no dmg is guarded and he hits you the full 300.

Chipmunk hits u for 150
150 is larger then 200?
No.
So all the damage is guarded and u recieve minimum damage.

Minimum damage is 10% x character/mob level.

Combo sets

Why should I have different combo sets?

Combo sets are lineup of specific skills that allows to to adapt to situations as and when you need to. They also allow you more flexibility since squeezing all your skills into 1 bar is gonna be suicidal. In addition, different comboes steps provide on-the-fly adjustments to situations so when a new threat comes into the scene, you will be ready to take it on without much problems.

What are the main types of combo sets?

I shall go into these with abit of detail. An average person should pick 3 of of these and leave the last bar as a Buffs, Aura & BM bar. Choose according to what your skills can handle.

Note: No matter what set it is, your potion button should ALWAYS remain where it is. ALWAYS. Otherwise you'd find yourself dead cause you were tapping some other key.

Armour breaker

This set of comboes are geared towards attacking opponents that have amazingly high def values. In a pvp, its usually warriors and shielders and some of the other classes that went "heavy"

Skill types: You should go for skills with moderate-high DoCs and good cast times. These skills are least affected by the high def values and can easily nullify it.

Good against: Slow, lugging, high armoured units. Warriors DO fall into this cateogory, shielders less so, heavy FBs less so. Amazingly enough, bladers ARE slow. Their main skills have disgustingly huge cast times: saying that, a heavy blader would fall pretty easily to this combo set too

Bad against: Agile, fast, martialed units. This includes archers, wizards and FBs. One of the primary reasons is that with proper tatics, these people can make you lose your combo and attack them without it. Your skills are also probably pretty slow and thus, missing ANY particular one of it would seriously put a dent into you.

Rapid/Peirce sets

This one is aimed at break down single units with moderate or low armour. Since they have lowish armour, it means all of your spells are gonna be hitting as close to their pure DpS as possible.

Skill types: You should set skills with very low cast times around 1-2.5 seconds. Skills like Shield sharge(1.3 cast time), Assualt(1.1 cast time), Shadow shot(1.3 cast time), Vital interfere(1.0 cast time) and other such skills are perfect examples of things to add this this set. Oh FYI impact stab has the one of the highest dps when used in a combo.

Good against: Virtually anything with low armour. Your high speed attacks also mean that even if you miss an attack, its not gonna cost u alot.

Bad against: Armour-clad foes. Def is going to take a HUGE toll on this entire set. You're probably not even going to scratch your opponent very much. Which is why you need to have another set to take that on.

Advance gameplay tips: DpS, DoC, Def & Skill levels - Written By kiroshinoke - Contributed By kiroshinoke
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=348414

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - 12 Skill Experience Quest

2008-04-20T09:38:00.003+08:00

FREE SKILL EXP

with D.T cards

- Tested and it works -

Items Needed

You will only need 12 D.T. cards.

Here is a list, what you need, party or solo is it, level requirement, how many skill XP will you earn, and where can you farm it:

D.T. Skeleton Mine / Solo / Lv. 35 / 3500 Skill xp / from Babayagas at Bloody Ice
D.T. Mummy Grave / Solo / Lv. 45 / 4500 Skill XP / from Bitterleafs at Green Despiar
D.T. Ghost ship / Party / Lv. 50 / 5000 Skill XP / from Crag Turtle at Port Lux
D.T. Lighthouse Maze / Solo / Lv. 55 / 5500 Skill XP / from Bugdolphy at Port Lux
D.T. Chimera Dungeon / Party / Lv. 60 / 6000 Skill XP / from Phantom Crew at Port Lux
D.T. Troglo Lair / Party / Lv. 60 / 6000 Skill XP / from Phantom Crew at Port Lux
D.T. Zombie Infested Cottage / Party / Lv. 60 / 6000 Skill XP / from Phantom Crew at Port Lux
D.T. Ghost Ship / Solo / Lv. 65 / 6500 Skill XP / from Phantom Crew at Port Lux
D.T. Parasite House / Party / Lv. 70 / 7000 Skill XP / from Auto Cannon-OP at Fort. Ruina
D.T. Skeleton Mine / Party / Lv. 70 / 7000 SKill XP / from Auto Cannon-OP at Fort. Ruina
D.T. Mummy Grave / Party / Lv. 70 / 7000 Skill XP / from Auto Cannon-OP at Fort. Ruina
D.T. Ruins of the Ancient City / Solo / Lv. 75 / 7500 Skill XP / from Auto Cannon-OP at Fort. Ruina

If you collected all of them, or maybe one of them, go to Green Despair and search for Libert the Grocer.

** Note that you MUST reach the level requirement stated to enter the D.T Dungeon to be able to collect the skill xp.

Eg. D.T Skeleton Mine - Required lvl = 70, so uu gotta be lvl 70 to be able to collect the 7000skill xp**

**- thanks Indeterminate for this info -**

How to Use it?

At the quest window, you won't see this quests, maybe it is like something hidden quests or whatever. If you go there, you'll see, over Libert's head, there is a New quest symbol, so click on him. These quest are really simple, just clicking the right phrase, then you wil get the Skill XP.

- You will both earn Skill XP on sword and magic, but if you have Change Force upgrade only on 1 side will you earn that, but there 2X. -

**- For this sentence, i am too, unclear about this cos ii havent tested out. Can someone try it out to see if uu get 14k xp for sword/magic if uu have force change(magic/sword)? -**

**-Thanks to xlly for pointing this out -**

EG.: If you have the solo SKeleton D.T. card and Change to sword, you will earn 7000 SKill XP on sword, but 0 on magic.

You can do these quests only once, but the D.T. card will not dissappear, so ypu can use them later for your dungeon quest.

Credits: kovyfive
Original Post: http://forum.cabalonline.com/showthread.php?t=20094

Cabal SEA - Warrior Guide - sniperzreborn's Warrior Guide

2008-04-13T09:13:00.002+08:00

sniperzreborn@Copyright Reserved

I'm the newly guide maker for the warrior guides to make you a wise and intelligent warrior in battlefields. In my very own warrior guide, I'll be covering the skills from Novice to Completer rank and also on how you PvP and Guild Wars better with some tactics provided commonly and uniquely.

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The Advantages And Disadvantages of Warrior Jobs
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Warriors have the advantages of the 2 factors below :

No.1 Heavy Armor = Higher Defense In-Game

No.2 High Damaging Skills Technique

Warriors do also have disadvantages as the following :

No.1 Warrior's A.Master Skill : Terra Break has a quite long casting time which gives your opponent advantage to spam twice the skills you had but in other words, it's a damaging AoE effect skill.

No.2 Warrior's overall skills are rather long in casting so you need to cover it up with strong equipments to reduce damages from PvE and PvP.

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Warrior's Skill List

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Flash Draw - Fast cooldown. Get it to max level 9 in your early lv10s to 20s. It's AoE based damage.

Impact Stab - Aims one mob at a time but all the damages are being focused.Remember it's single target!

Power Stab - I prefer you to max it till level 9 and just go on leveling as this doesn't have knockdown effects and such.

Fade Step - This skill is used for evading magic casting and combo-ing from your opponents in PvP. But usually you need it at level 9 so you can do quest easier from the early game till the late game where you had to fight bosses using Fade Step.

Dash - Moves quickly ahead once you used the skill. Makes you reach your destination easier.

Concentration - Max this to level 20 for increasing your attack rates in leveling. You can delete this skill anytime if you just focus on combo-ing on monsters and players alike. But if you want this in your skill list, it's still advised.

Heavy Slash - Turns around your sword at some degree and smash a single target or nearby monsters. Max this to level 9 for fast casting and lesser cooldown.

Press Impact - AoE based sword slash. Max it to level 9 as it's faster in casting.

Blade Force - Increase your attack efficiently. Max this to level 20 for improved damages. It's recommended at your lv40s to lv70s above.

Raging Thrust - Turning your sword to a drill-like attack and thrust through your foes in a straight line. Max this skill to level 9 if you please.

Rising Shot - Raises your sword in a uppercut form and attacks with AoE like degree attack. Max to level 9 and never to level 20 as you'll only get more cooldown and slower casting time.

Rising Blade - An improved version of Rising Shot. If you are out of slots,delete Rising Shot skills and just learn this to level 9.

Cascade Break - Sword skill gathered with the earths power to take out strong attacks to the earth surface. Max this to level 9 as it's advised.

Charge - It's a so-so skill for Warrior jobs for charging next to your single target. If you want this skill, just max it to level 9. Or if you really wanted this skill, learn it as your very own build.

Force Kick - Stuns for 2 seconds as you charged with a flying kick against your enemy. Max this to level 9 only cause if you max it to level 20, all you got is longer cooldown.

Rolling Crash - You'll jump up with your twisting sword and goes down with a powerful slam. AoE based sword skill that attacks fiercely to the ground monsters and opponents.

Iron Skin - Max it to level 20 for the max potential of HP and Defense.

Blade Aura - Increases your attack drastically. Max it to level 20 is advised. Improves your sword skills like Cascade Break and Rolling Crash pretty well.

Round Cut - AoE based attack that turns 360 degree near your warrior to cause decent damage. Pretty weak but if you need it, make sure it is max to level 9.

Down Breaker - Improves your knockdown effect to hit much more against your enemy. Max this to level 20 at higher levels as this puts you into the nickname " Knockdown Machine! "

Spiral Doom - Spins 360 degree AoE style to cause a 3 time damage to your opponent. Get it to level 9 or if you want to get it to level 20, it's still pretty fine for warrior.

Sword Cannon - A long range sword skill that bursts up a straight line cannon. Max it to level 9 for fast casting.

Aura Barrier - Glowing with a bright yellow orange-ish aura. It improves your HP and Defense further more. Stacks with Iron Skin. Max it to level 20 A.S.A.P!

Terra Break - Turns 360 degree and jumps from high above and cause an earthquake down below to create high damages. Max it to level 9 for decent cooldown and fast casting.

Whirlwind - An improved version of the Spiral Doom. As this is more fierce and stronger, it creates a whirlwind of powerful spinning AoE sword swings. The more monsters that gathered around you, the more the damage improves gradually. So remember to lure a large amount of monsters to show the true power of Whirlwind. Remember to get it to level 9. It's also ok for it to go for level 20 if you want a stronger damage based sword skill.

Seismic Wave - A volanic lookalike attack that shoots at straight line with highly immense damage! Max it to level 9 or the better level 20.

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Warrior's PvP Tactic Against Other Jobs
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Blader
They are agile and strong in attacks. To fight them in BM2 mode would be easy if your level are not far by 3 to 5 levels. Warrior's BM2 mode is simple, just use Dash + Normal Attack to fight against a BM2 mode Blader. When they are about to be defeated, activate your Astral Lance skill to get a final blow ahead. Be careful of their Crushing Blow techniques from their BM2 mode too. As long you pumped in HP + Defense and with good equipments, you will be easy to par with any bladers alike.

In normal BM1 or combo mode, this is where the battle is challenging. You need to have good controls of combo and never miss to beat PvP matches. Usually, bladers have advantages against warriors in this form but it's all hands down to the accurate combo count being accumulated for greater winning purpose.

Force Archer
Long ranged jobs are warrior's opponent for their long destiny ever! To fight with them, you need to have Dash + Fade Step and some warrior's skill. Preferably, use sword skills that has knockdown percentage of 85% above and you'll be easier to fight against FA's.

As for BM2 mode, it's all about getting next to them and go normal attacking and throw your Astral Lance. If you never ever get near to them , your as good as lying on floor afterwards. In later games, warriors do not fear BM2 FA's much anymore due to the high defense that reduces quite sustainable amount of damage given from the BM2 Fa's.

Force Shielder
Nearly the same as warrior's particular sword skills. To beat them in BM2 is rather easy, just use Dash and get near them and do the normal attack and do pray your knockdown effects are locked on for you to damage even further.
Be careful as some FS's defense are as tough as you could ever imagine, you may suggest buying critical slotted sword equips to battle them out. If they were to stun you with Force Kick, use your very own Force Kick if you had it. If you never learn it, it's ok. Just use ur normal sword skills that has 90% above knockdown effects for you to initiate better combo counts.

Force Blader
This is one of the toughest foe in later games. But all you need is to practise your combos used in battle. The more combos you made for etc : 15 to 30 combos would be easy advantage if the FB's initiate less than 9 to 15 combos.
Their BM2 is rather decent so you have advantage as a BM2 warrior form. In BM2 battles, all you need is to Dash and get behind their back and normal attack! Other than that, watch out for their BM2's cannon. It's a pain if you never finish them off before they take you down.

At normal modes like BM1, it's all about more damages you inflict against FB's and how they try to beat warriors too. So it's a challenging match.

Wizard
Another long range foe you have to beat. In early games, they are pretty much common to be defeated under one BM2 warrior mode's Astral Lance skill. In late games, you may need to focus on combos or a BM2 form that uses backstabbing tactics and terrain usage to beat wizards. Their normal wizard skills are high damages and it's painful for melee jobs like W's and FS's. It's all hands down to the best combo battle if you were engaged with a wizard!

Warrior
Your very own job and also your very own enemy if you faced them. It's all about who has the better equips and stronger sword skill and also who has the upper hand in skills rank and such. BM2 mode in between two warriors are all about normal attacking and Astral Lance skills. Buff yourself before you fight your very own jobs. Same applies to all the 5 other classes.

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Warrior's Upgrade Guide
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It's all about what you prefer and suitable for your PvE and PvP purposes. The skills mastery below is just part of my own preference.

HP Mastery - A must for boosting HP at every skills rank you have.
Mana Mastery - If you want to have more mana pools, learn this.But it's better not to learn it after you reach lv30s above as your mana is more than enough.
Reflex - For increasing your defense rate, learn it if you please.
Offensive Sense - Increases your attack.
Defensive Sense - Increases your defense.
Impact Control - G.Master's skill that improves your attack further.
Damage Absorb - G.Master's skill that improves your defense and make you tougher.

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Warrior's Skill Leveling Guide

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To get skills experience is a mission for all warriors, to achieve a greater skills rank to boost your stats and access to more skills.

So as to do this, what you need is the following common things in mind :

1. Get full adepts from your armors,shoes,gloves and head equips. Once you bought it. Remember to get a adept swords equip to boost more of your skills leveling process.

2. You can always punch to gain slowly for the Sword and Magic section. Increasing both slowly also eases your time as you get to balance your skills rank altogether.

3. Spamming of your sword skills are advisable too. As you progress through leveling, you'll certainly have enough time to improve your skills rank as well.

4. Most importantly, patience in-game is required! You need to invest some time to improve your skills leveling afterall.

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Warrior's Money Earning Guide

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Nothing much to explain either way. But if you really want to be rich as a warrior, all i know is about doing quest after quest.

So from lv1 till lv100, you would have accmulated at least 30-75 million alz's in game just progressing through quest!

Remember to sell slotted equips and check the market price! There's always demand but you still need patience in order to sell all your stuffs!

That's all to my guide. Hope you like it! Try stickied it if possible!

sniperzreborn's Warrior Guide @ Copyright Reserved 2008

[Guide]sniperzreborn's Warrior Guide - Written By sniperzreborn - Contributed By sniperzreborn
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=342336

Cabal SEA - Wizard Guide - Mini Skill Guide

2008-04-09T09:24:00.000+08:00

Get Magic Arrow, Burning Hand and Freeze to lv9. This is to allow faster skill training as what affects skill level is how frequent u cast your skills. You may choose other novice skills(arrows) but i personally prefer Burning Hand and Freeze because they have very low cooldown at lv9(burning hand 1.1s, freeze 1s) and very easy to combo. Reason for leaving these skills at lv9 = lowest cooldown time. Also, get Regeneration and that's it for Novice.

Reaching apprentice allows you to learn the blasts. Don't bother. This is because you will delete them anyway and Skills > level in Cabal. Start skilling asap. However, get Dig Bomb to lv9 because it's limit 2(AOE) and knocks down the enemy. Good for saving your arse when you get whooped by many mobs. For other apprentice skills, don't even look at them.

Now the regular rank. What skills can you learn lemme see.. Oh the lances. Just learn 2 of the lances, Terra Lance and Fire Lance. Reason being their high DPS as compared to the other lances at lv20 when you get your amp equipment during late game. Don't even bother touching Hydro Disk or Wind Cutter. However, if you got the alz and want to train faster, you may get it. And i was jw if Weaken is under regular. If it is, learn and max it. You'll surely need this one.

Expert - this is when your cannons come. But firstly, get Hardness and max it asap. Lightning Strike is useless as it's too slow to be of any use. Acid Trap is good at lower levels, but start to get useless at the higher levels. It's too low damage at higher levels and for it to be useful, you have to level acid trap to 20 for the max poison effect. And it'll cost you a bomb to delete it. So, simply, don't learn it. Get Stone Cannon, Fire Cannon, Lightning Cannon, maybe Aqua Cannon as well. Stone, fire and aqua are usually used for PVP while lightning is more for PVE.

For A.Expert, only 4 skills: Vacuum, Chain Explosion, Energy Field and Sharpness. and what's the point of sharpness? for a wizard to punch? so don't bother unless you wanna buff your mates and the points to spare. If you got the alz and want to train fast, learn all the other 3 as these skills are good at the low levels. Energy Field is a MUST HAVE because it has a nice cast time and stuns. However, i do not recommend Vacuum cos it's too slow, in fact **** slow. I deleted it after killing a wriggleleaf.

Get Blink and Force Increase at master. Blink is awesome when you cast it with Dash. Hailstorm is good. I realised how idiotic i was to skip hailstorm because this can temporarily replace space collapse, although it doesn't has stun. i got it to lv20 and PVE became easier. Get the resist knockback buff later in the game cos for now, we can't stack 2 spirit buffs and so the force increase buff will be cancelled if you cast the resist buff.

After 126 SLOW LEVELING, finally AM. Get Arctic Field. It's great for PVE and i mean GREAT. And for High Regeneration get it if you got the alz. I'm totally broke thanks to the AM skills =.= will get it eventually i guess. However, please note that high regen has a dumb duration of 60s (after lv80 rank up quest) and a GREAT cooldown of 180s. what the hell.

The long awaited G.Master is finally here. EXTREME DUAL CANNON OWNS SHEETS OUT & GET IT TO AT LEAST LV9 ASAP! Requirement for lv9 EDC is 75/168 ~.~ I am kinda lazy to learn acid trap to test the damage over time but people said it stacks. btw, in my opinion, it still sucks even if it stacks because the dps simply suck. Btw, spirit intension, our very first party exclusive skill, CAN BE CASTED WHEN YOUR PARTY MEMBER IS NOT NEARBY YOU.

For sword rank:
Just go to any weapon merchant, get a normal blade, then go to any instructor and learn all the sword skills you can. Now go to any monster and start spamming your flash draws and impact stabs. You'll be dealing like 5 damage on a same level mob and just keep spamming. You'll get to apprentice very soon. serious =.=" Get dash at apprentice (duh, isn't that what you want?) and max it. At lv50, when you can go to port lux, you can also choose to get the Change Force upgrade skill (magic to sword) which i will advise you to learn once yr sword rank gets to expert'ish. Because spamming with yr sword is f**king slow.

For upgrade skills,
Vitality Mastery
Reflex or Defensive Sense
Force Control
Sixth Sense
Ruling Force
Damage Absorb

SO, IN A NUTSHELL:

Magic Arrow: Lv9
Burning Hand: Lv9
Freeze: Lv9
^the above skills are for skill leveling, you may choose other novice skills.
Regeneration: Lv4
Weaken: Lv20
Terra Lance: Lv20
Fire Lance: Lv20
Hardness: Lv20
Stone Cannon: Lv20
Fire Cannon: Lv20
Energy Field: Lv18/19 (up to you but not 20, cooldown too long)
Force Increase: Lv20
Blink: Lv9
Hailstorm: i got this one to Lv20 recently, up to you to learn it.
Arctic Field: Lv12/15 (higher than 15 has retarded cooldown)
Extreme Dual Cannon: Lv9/12 (12 recommended)
Max all other buffs not mentioned above.
the remaining slots may be for skills like acid trap, chain explosion, etc. IMO it's pointless tho.

Mini SKILL Guide for WI - Written By Vodka - Contributed By LegionK
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=317105

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Plate of Honor

2008-04-07T11:54:00.002+08:00

1th Step - Find the PoH

Is convenient use PoH since 4° Honor Rank.
The best way to drop some PoHs is to farm in Forgotten Ruin. You will find the PoH whit a long farm, because the drop rate is not high.
Personally i farm in this zone, but you can farm where you like.

2th Step - Active the Quest

PoH is a quest that you must activate at Port Lux, to Morrison(Officer).

The quest will depends by the honor rank that you have. So, the honor that you will win depends too by honor rank.

3th Step - Do the Quest

Read here for know all about PoH's Quests, and read the hints

Rank 0 - Since 0 to 10.000 Hon {You DON'T need PoH} - Very Easy
First way --> Kill Gray Orc Mage in Lake in Dusk to get : 15 pages [respawn every 10 min]
Second way --> give 100.000 Alz to Morison (Port Lux Officer)
Reward: 2.000 Hon.

Rank 1 - Since 10.000 to 20.000 Hon
Dunno

Rank 2 - Since 20.000 to 40.000 Hon - Easy.
You have to get 20 pages by Death Soldiers in Undead Ground [normal respwan]
Reward: 2.000 Hon.

Rank 3 - Since 40.000 to 80.000 Hon - Easy.
You have to get 20 pages by Death Giants in Undead Ground [normal respawn]
Reward: 4.000 Hon.

Rank 4 - Since 80.000 to 160.000 Hon - Easy.
You have to get 25 pages by Wraiths in Undead Ground [normal respawn]
Reward: 7.272 Hon.

Rank 5 - Since 160.000 to 320.000 Hon - Easy.
You have to get 30 pages by Ogres in Lake in Dusk [respawn every 10 min] ~ You need one Map Part only.
Reward: 11.428 Hon.

Rank 6 - Since 320.000 to 640.000 Hon - Not so easy.
You have to get 35 pages by Minotaurus in Lake in Dusk [no respawn] ~ You need some luck and some Map Parts.
Reward: 17.777 Hon.

Rank 7 - Since 640.000 to 1.280.000 Hon - Easy with luck.
You have to get 40 pages by Invader Mechazards in Ruina Station [respwan every 15 min] ~ You must have a lot of luck, normally you can complete whit 3 Ruina, 4 max. There are 10 Mech every respawn, and you can get max 2 respawn. So, you can get max 20 page every Ruina.
Reward: 27.826 Hon.

Rank 8 - Since 1.280.000 to 2.560.000 Hon - Rly hard.
You need to get 45 pages by Invader auto cannons - Ex in Ruina Station [respawn every 15 min] ~ That's rly hard, you must have lot of Ruina.
Reward: 42.666 Hon.

Rank 9 - Since 2.560.000 to 5.120.000 Hon - Titanic feat!
You have to get 50 pages by Flesh golems in EoD - B1F [no respawn] ~ Oh, if you have this quest I think you dont' need more honour. :P That's something of very boring, you have to do minimum 10 b1f and you must have a BIG luck. There are only 5 Flesh Golem in the Dungeon.. but, anyway, big reward :P
Reward: 64.000 Hon.

Rank 10 - Since 5.120.000 to 10.240.000 Hon -
You have to get 55 pages by Phantom Bladers in B2F [respawn every 20 minutes]
Reward: 64.000 Hon.

When you finish the PoH come back to Morrison and take your reward

[Guide] Plate of Honor - Written By Enkk - Contributed By IniTiaLB
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=337325

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Vampiric Option on Item

2008-03-30T22:37:00.001+08:00

There are 2 major type of Vampiric item:

Option 1: Steal HP/MP for x% of damage:
This type of option is the one that actually have the hp/mp stealing effect. However, there are limits of how much HP you can steal per hit on one target.

Limit 1: Character level divided by 10.
This limit can be extended by the option 2 (Max HP/MP steal per hit + x)
Limit 2: 5% of maximum HP for your character. This limit cannot be extended.

The maximum amount of HP/MP you steal is the smaller of the two limited mentioned.

Option 2: Max HP/MP Steal per Hit + x
This type of option DOES NOT actually steal hp/mp. It adds to the limit 1 to become the maximum amount of HP/MP that you can steal.

Example:

1. Char level = 120, Char Max HP = 3000, HP steal = 5%, Damage dealt = 2000, Target = 1 monster.

HP steal 5% effect : 2000 x 0.05 = 100
Limit 1 : 120/10 = HP 12
Limit 2 : 3000 x 0.05 = HP 150
Lower of limit 1 and 2 = HP 12

Net Effect : HP 12 x 1 absorb

5% of HP absorb for 2000 damage is 100 HP, but because of limit 1, the maximum amount of HP steal is 120/10 = 12 HP. So without adding option 2, high % of HP/MP absorption is almost meaningless.

2. Char level = 120, Char Max HP = 3000, HP absorb = 5%, Max HP steal per hit + 50, Damage dealt = 2000, Target = 1 monster.

HP steal 5%` : 2000 x 0.05 = 100
Limit 1 : 120/10 = HP 12
Limit 2 : 3000 x 0.05 = HP 150
HP steal limit+50 : Limit 1 extended to 12+50 = HP 62
Lower of limit 1 and 2 = HP 62
Net Effect : HP 62 x 1 absorb

The limit for HP steal in this case is now 12 + 50 = 62. So the added option 2 adds a huge amount of HP steal.

3. Char level = 120, Char Max HP = 3000, HP absorb = 5%, Max HP/MP steal per hit + 50, Damage dealt = 2000 per monster, Target = 5 monsters.

HP steal 5%` : 2000 x 0.05 = 100
Limit 1 : 120/10 = HP 12
Limit 2 : 3000 x 0.05 = HP 150
HP steal limit+50 : Limit 1 extended to 12+50 = HP 62
Lower of limit 1 and 2 = HP 62
Net Effect : HP 62 x 5 = HP 310 absorb

The effect of HP steal increase as the number of target monsters increases. However, the limits still apply on each monsters.

4. Char level = 120, Char Max HP = 2000, HP absorb = 10%, Increase HP absorption limit + 120, Damage dealt = 2000, Target = 1 monster

HP steal 5%` : 2000 x 0.10 = 200
Limit 1 : 120/10 = HP 12
Limit 2 : 2000 x 0.05 = HP 100
HP steal limit+120 : Limit 1 extended to 12+120 = HP 132
Lower of limit 1 and 2 = HP 100
Net Effect : HP 100 absorb

This example shows how the maximum HP affects the limit of HP absorption. This shows that having high maximum HP also is important for optimum HP steal.

Conclusion:

The two vampiric options (steal HP/MP x% of damage and Max HP/MP Steal per hit + x ) have to work hand in hand in order for effective HP/MP absorption.

List of item with option “Steal HP/MP x% of damage”
- Life/Mana absorption ring
- Force absorption ring
- Extortion ring
- Life/Mana absorp bracelet
- Extortion bracelet
- Vampiric gloves from professional crafting
- Force core upgrade in slotted item (lvl 2 random option, need 2 force cores)

List of item with option “Max HP/MP Steal per hit + x”
- Vampiric Amulet
- Vampiric Earring
- Vampiric helmet and boots from professional crafting
- Force core upgrade in slotted item (lvl 2 random option, need 2 force cores)

For now, one would wear just one x% force absorption ring and a vampiric amulet in grinding to save HP and MP potion (if you configure your items correctly, you can even grind without using potion). In some high level dungeon, vampiric item can even save your life.

It is not hard to note that the common limiter in HP/MP steal is usually limit 1 (char lvl). If you do decent damage on monsters, 4% of HP/MP absorption ring is normally enough. However, without the “Max HP/MP steal per hit +x ” in vampiric amulet or other vampiric item, the maximum amount of HP/MP absorb is very little.

[Guide]Vampiric Option on Item - Written By key2chaos - Contributed By key2chaos
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=329033

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Lake In dust Guide

2008-03-24T13:18:00.002+08:00

Lake In dust Guide - Written By InF3RNo - Contributed By fyesan
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=323687

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - In-depth upgrading guide

2008-03-24T13:05:00.001+08:00

Author's note

Before you flame or accuse anything, hear me out first. I found the upgrade guide we have currently too simple and also it might be a bit hard to understand for the newbies. So this is my version of CabalSEA's upgrading guide.

1. Starting out

The core alchemist npc should be the main interest for everyone, there is one in every town. But at the moment, Fort Ruina's core alchemist does not include upgrading services.

2. The upgrade window

After clicking the upgrade options when you talked to the core alchemist, you will come to this window. They are three columns which you should take note of:

- The item you're upgrading
- Force cores/Upgrade cores
- Catalyst

2.1 Upgrading the equipment

Important - the equipment you're upgrading must be slotted!

Don't get confused with another term of upgrading in this game. Just remember upgrades at the core alchemist uses Force cores while the other uses Upgrade Cores (low/medium/high) and doesn't require the usage of the core alchemist. Another thing to note of the equipment is that they may come in one or two slots. The cash shop (not yet available) has an item called a slot extender which can further extend slots on your slotted equipment. But if I'm not wrong, the maximum you can achieve is only three slots.

Slotted equipment can only be gotten off mobs, quest or bought off players. Two slots equipments off mobs are of course, uncommon.

2.2 Cores

Then comes the important part of the upgrade you can't do without, force cores. They are the one responsible for the options that may be given to your slotted equipment. Please note the following...

1) For level 1 upgrades, only one force core is needed
2) For level 2 upgrades, you need two force cores but there is only a 25% chance to achieve a level 2 upgrade and furthermore, what you may get is completely random.
3) The last slot is used for upgrade cores BUT it's to increase the overall success chance. And the better the core, the higher the success chance. (Alternatively, you can also use one force core and two upgrade cores if you want a higher success chance on your level 1 upgrade)

2.3 Catalyst

The catalyst is to determine which stat your equipment you're upgrading will have. And your catalyst must be slotted so don't be surprised if you cannot place a non slotted equipment inside.

An upgraded (eg. +1/2/3/4...) catalyst will further increase the success chance. See the difference in success chance as compared to the first screenshot? (my catalyst is a +5 in my case)

Refer to the picture below to see what catalyst gives what stat

Things to take note of:

1) Some equipment are unable to receive a certain stat (eg. in the first column, only boots and suits are able to achieve a HP stat)
2) Just in case people forget, level 2 upgrades are random and cannot be determined by the use of catalysts. But to play safe, always make sure what level 1 upgrade you want if the level 2 upgrade fails. (reason being if you didn't make to a level 2 upgrade, at least the next option will be the desired stat you want thanks to the catalyst instead of a random level 1 upgrade stat)
3) The catalyst used must either be one grade less/equal or many grades higher than the equipment you're upgrading (eg. for Osmium, as a catalyst the lowest grade usable is Shadow Titanium. Anything Osmium or higher is usable)

3.Tips

- Usually the 75% base chance success is good enough, but unless you're investing heavily into a single upgrade, you can cut back on upgrade cores
- The best level 1 upgrades are critical damage increase and HP
- Only consider upgrading IF you're very sure you're gonna use that particular equip for a while (so naturally usually anything <>)

4. Some examples of godly upgraded equipment

If there's anything I missed out or needs to be corrected, feel free to point out. I hope this guide was helpful.

In-depth upgrading guide - Written By Larg - Contributed By Larg
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=323047

Cabal SEA - Force Blader Guide - Force Blader Guide

2008-03-21T14:42:00.001+08:00

Table Of Contents

Section 1 - [ About TS & FB ]

1a. About [ Read Before Reading Guide ] [za]
1b. Why Choose Force Blader ? [zb]
1c. Pros & Cons Of Force Blader [zc]

Section 2 - [ About Levels ]

2a. How To Train a Force Blader ? [zd]
2b. Suitable Training Spot While Low Level [ze]
2c. Status Distribution [zf]

Section 3 - [ About Skills ]

3a. Magic Or Sword ? [zg]
3b. Skill Expectation ... [zh]
3c. How To Train Both Skill... [zi]

Section 4 - [ Rounding it Up ]

4a. Credits [zj]

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Section 1
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1a. About [za]

Hello everyone, Im Opticon from channel 20 of Venus channel...
Im here making a Force Blader guide and I dont welcome any
flamers here, I will just try my best to let people who are unaware
of Force Bladers skills / etc...

Also, about the [za],[zb] all those things are just to make it
easy for those who seek that section's help, basically ...
Hold Ctrl & Press F to [FIND] And type in the code names like..
[za] , [zb] , [zc] , etc...

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1b. Why Choose Force Blader ? [zb]

The meaning of Force Blader is
Force [ Using Of Magics ]
Sword [ Using Of Fancy Sword Skills ]
So, if you like Fancy sword skills with magic enchanting powers
YOU SHOULD CHOOSE FORCE BLADER !
Because force blader uses magic to enchant himself
for great status and later use sword skills to damage greatly...
Also mixing magic power skills for offense.

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1c. Pros & Cons Of Force Blader [zc]

Pros

1. Have Fancy Sword Skills & Magic Enchantments.
2. Have Neat AoE Skills & "Poison" Skills Great For PvP.
3. Quite a Number of STUN Skills which is GOOD !
4. Able to inflict neat damages.

Cons

1. Need some time to train BOTH sword and magic skills.
2. Unlike wizard, need enchantments to deal neat damages.

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Section 2 -
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2a. How To Train a Force Blader ? [zd]

Training a Force Blader at low level is quite a hard job to handle.
As you inflict low damage because of your [ Equal Stats ]
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So, the best thing to do is have a partner that is able to help you
complete your quest easily or get a number of POTIONS to aid you.
Also, always remember to use BUFFS example .. Regeneration,Enchant ...
To end this training thing, Doing QUEST is the easiest way to level xD

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2b. Suitable Training Spot While Low Level [ze]

AS it mentioned, LOW LEVEL. Well I shall name them now,
If you find it not good please inform me , I will change to one
that you recommend, please do not just say its not recommended.
Please recommend a new spot too.

Level 1-4 >
[ Green Despair ]
Mantis, Troglo

[ Desert Scream ]
Garlie, Giant Beetle

[ Bloody Ice ]
Nipperlug, RabbitHorn

Level 4-10 >
[ Green Despair ]
Troglo Fighter, Troglo Elder, Troglo Warrior, Dire Boar

[ Desert Scream ]
Red Garlie, Garlie Captain, Desert Fox, Desert Hound

[ Bloody Ice ]
Scorlug, Lynxhorn, Zombie Maid, Zombie

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2c. Status Distribution [zf]

AS I mention earlier, its hard to level for low level FB because of
Equal Stats, well, if you wanna level EASIER while at low level,
get a partner or INCREASE Strength first and delay wearing better armor
& sword.

Well, the distribution of STATUS is easy, just follow what the
Growth says. Growth is stated at ...
First, press C or Character Box
Then see top left of the box, there would write
Growth Level 10 -> STR ?? DEX ?? INT ??
And would continue as level increases...

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Section 3 -
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3a. Magic Or Sword ? [zg]

Force Bladers Uses BOTH of them , so theres so DEFINITE anwser of
Magic or sword, because some may use sword skill with magic buffs.
Also some may use Magic Blast from long range and Sword skills
while melee`ing. So , different people may differ.

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3b. Skill Expectation ... [zh]

Theres no DEFINITE anwser too for skill expectation
For some people they may think HIGH LEVEL
Should have HIGH SKILLS LEVEL, and some may think
LOW LEVELS with HIGH SKILL LEVEL will be very great.
In my opininion, Low level with high skill level is the best ;D
Because you can easily win Enemies and Players same level as you
but not same skill level as you in PvP.

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3c. How To Train Both Skills... [zi]

The EASIEST way of all is to PUNCH with adept full set
Or if your low level, just use normal punch by
unequipping your weapon & orb or both handed things.
You have to punch for a quite long of time, say maybe ...
2 Hours? or 1 Hours?? Hahas, Just take your time occupy yourself
with something else and punch a monster suitable.
If your level 4, maybe you could try punching Troglo Fighter.
If your somewhat like level 16? You can punch Bugzard.

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Section 4 -
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4a. Credits [zj]

I made this guide by my own knowledge of the game.
But, If you think anything is wrong here, please leave a
recommendation or whats the problem, I will include you in credits.
Thanks everyone for reading my guide ! xD

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Force Blader Guide - Written By aHsiiao - Contributed By aHsiiao
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=320643

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Money Guide

2008-03-21T10:25:00.001+08:00

So, you're reaching lv 70-80, and you desperately need cash to buy skills and a lot of new equipment you wish to have.

But you cannot find a good way to make cash.

Do not fear! i'm here to show you some good ways to make good cash at not so high levels.

First, we'll start off you're at LEAST level 70, but for people who still aren't there i'll give you a nice tip.

Go to fort ruina, and farm auto cannons-ex (one legged cannons) like no tomorrow, they drop map parts, ruina station cards, slot osmium, and sloted titanium (you might get amp on the slot and you get rich in no time).
Those and auto-cannons-op drop the key items onto our money making plan.

Note: Remember there's 2 kind of auto cannons in Fort. Ruina, one are the four legged cannons, those are the -OPs. The others are the one legged (at the end of Fort. Ruina), those are the -EXs.

Now let's get on it.

Part 1: Sell items needed by crafters. (the level 70 party cards)

You all know crafters, those wealthy people who waste tones of cash for the sake of creating super items.

You, will be the supply of those items, and in TONES (because we want to make 20 or 30 millions, not 30k)

The auto-cannons-op will be the key here.

Those little things, drop some Dungeon Time cards (known as D.T. cards), when you train on them, you have to take a look on those 3 cards.

-Mummy grave (party) lv 70.
-Parasite house (party) lv 70.
-Skeleton mine (party) lv 70.

Given you're already g.master or completer on your main rank should suffice for you to solo them (and they give some good exp, so you will get lv 75 in no time)

At the end of the dungeon you'll have to face 3 bosses, no worries, they're just normal mobs, now what's worthy of those dungeons is what the bosses drop.

Droplist :

-Titanium Slot +0 (clean or amped) note : mobs drop those too.
-Titanium 2 slots + 0 (usefull to craft will/deathblow)
-Force and upgrade core (high)

Now you will take those, and sell them, how much for?

-Titanium single slot +0 (clean) around 250k a piece.
-Titanium single slot +0 +5%magic/sword amp on slot (given you're lucky enough to get those, i'd suggest to get a price check since price vary depending on the part you get)
-Titanium single slot +4 skill exp, around 8-12m
-Titanium Double slot +0 (slots clean) goes from 2 to 4m, any part except gloves, those are worthless.
-Force core : 200-250k
-Upgrade core : usually 200-400k

Note : at this point i would also look for cheap map parts, i mean CHEAP ones, so keep an eye for them if you can spare cash.

Part 2 : The lake in dusk.

So, during part one we made it to lv 75 and made some good cash, now remember i told you to farm auto cannons exs apart from ops?

By this time you should have some map parts, so let's use them.

Now, what do they drop to make them so valuable?

Droplist :

-Force core (high)
-Upgrade core (medium)
-Titanium slot (any type, clean, amped, etc.)
-Shadowtitanium no slot/slot/2slots (sells for some cash at the NPC) / 2 slots can be sold to c rafters
-Aqua orbs/Crystals no slot/slot/2slots (sells for some cash at the NPC) / 2 slots can be sold to c rafters
-Adept/bless bracelets +0 and +1, pick and wear if you need, if not, sell to the npc.
-Extract potions, pick and use in case you need, if not, sell them via stall.
-Osmium weapons, lapis weapons, no slot (250k), single slot (2-3m), 2 slots (15-30m), 2 slots with crit rate on first slot (60-100m)
-Osmium Armours : single slot, either to the npc, or in case of helms you can stall for 200k, Double sloted, from 300k (suits, i'd rather npc) to 500k-1m (helms, gloves, boots)
-Shadow epaulette of sage/guard/fighter, around 10m for any kind.

Special drops:
-Crafted shadowtitanium with 0-1-2 slots, price varies depending what part you get, i suggest to make a price check before doing anything with those.
-Crafted osmium, same as shadowtitanium.

Well here, what you will do is take all stuff you get droped, npc the adept/bless things, same with the slot/no slot shadowtitanium (unless it's amped or with skill exp, do not npc those!), and you set a stall with force cores, med cores, extract potions, and any other rare drop you get on the runs.
This is it, enjoy making some money and watching your character grow.

Regards.

A more accurate priceguide to be added, i'd like someone who plays on jupiter server to give me accurate information about the prices, thanks.

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Hey! I'm just posting this to show the three main techniques used in making money. Each can be used in conjunction with the next.

Technique Number 1: Farming.

Farming is the first way that everyone makes money...

You pick up the monster drops and sell them to shops, or other players via personal shop.

To use your personal shop, click on yourself, then at the top use the drop down menu. Select 'Personal Shop', then stock up and sell. ^_^.

Some drops will be extremely expensive. Cores, Epaulettes, Double Slot items etc.. Can be sold in the personal shop for a huge amount more than the NPC shops will buy them for. So don't make any mistakes about pricing items.

Technique Number 2: BLSH (Buy low, sell high)

Most merchants' favourite way of making money.

You buy an item at a fairly low price, and then re-sell it for a slightly higher price than that which you paid. Repeat however many times you can be bothered.

Remember: Higher level items and lower level items take a lot longer to sell. Mid-level items are best for this technique e.g. Upgrade Core Mediums, Force Core Highs, Bluestin/Titanium Armour, EoX+3/4, Level 40-100 Jewellery.

Last but not least:

Technique Number 3: Crafting

It's a pain. Yes. I know, but stick with it. It'll make you millions in the long run.

First off, once you reach level 50 you'll get the Map Code to Port Lux. Once there, the Core Alchemist will have a quest for you, the reward for such will be a Transmuter of your choosing: Armourset, Martialset, Battleset, Artifact etc..

Once you've picked your type, you can start breaking down armour, jewelery and weapons into their crafting materials.

After you make your items, you can sell them at any price you want. Personally I make them as cheap as possible, so I make a tiny bit more Alz than I spent, to increase sale speed.

Adept Items sell the best, as more people favour Skill Exp. So once you're able to make Adept in that certain type, it's advisable to stay with that until you can do the next type. Although a lot of people do all the enchantments anyway.

Make sure you're always keeping prices around the average or you'll never sell anything.
If the prices are too low you'll know about it when your items disappear extremely fast. If so, raise the price a bit next time.

Originally Posted by soundwave3

Money Guide - Written By soundwave3 - Contributed By SnowFrog
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=319647

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Skill EXP Guide

2008-03-21T10:24:00.001+08:00

Method1 Fast Skill XP Farming with using Combo
This method is the fastes - you gain at level 10 a skill called "Combo Start". With this skill you are able to cast spells without the delay of casting times (so you can cast one skill right after the other)!
A little bonus at this method is that you gain a certain % of additional skill xp:

Bonus:
Excellent: +30% Skill XP
Good: +10% Skill XP
Bad + 0% Skill XP

When you reach your eleventh hit then the action bar becomes very little but when you reach the fifthteen hit you gain additional skill xp and your combo is shown at the right window at the bottom!

PRO Fast Rank-UP; Combo-Support; Extra Skill XP;

CONTRA You must stay at the PC; Old PC's have a low FPS rate (Frames per second) so its hard to hit the action bar after the 11th hit;

Method2 Training Dummies

Ok this is the method which needs the most time. If you are a Premium Member then you are able to use these dummies. Every city has its own 4 dummies (they stand next to the city - often outside of the town). You can train up to 30% of your Skill Rank at those dummies (after reaching lvl 90 there is another way to skill up at dummies (mentioned below). This means that for example you can skill 30 of 90 skill ups at those puppets.
To skill afk (away from keyboard) there are 2 hints:

The Press-Down-Your-Button-All-The-Time-Hint:

Just put a coin or a sheet of paper between the skillbuttons (you should add your skills to your quickslotbar before).
Example how I did it:
I putted the fastest Skill in quickslot 1 -> pinched a piece of paper between button "1" and "2" so that the button got stuck (this means the button gets pressed all the time). Now your character casts nonstop (after targeting the dummy) the same skill. Important is that the button get STUCK!

The Window-Mode-Hint:

At first you switch in window mode (Options - Graphic - Activate Window Mode). Then you target the dummy and press the quickslot button for your skill. Press the button all the time, so that your char casts nonstop. While pressing the button click outside of the window (for example at the desktop or at the toolbar). Now stop pressing the button and your char should cast nonstop without pressing a button! important is that you dont minimize the window (otherwise it will abort)!

Ingame Shop Hint:

Just press the button again like at the Window-Mode-Hint and while pressing it hit the ingameshop button (little coin at the right buttom of your toolbar).

PRO You can be afk; 1/3 of the rank can be trained

CONTRA It takes a long time because you gain less xp then with the other methods; limited to 30% of the rank (exept you are level 90+ and did the rankup quest); you HAVE to be a premium member;

NEW Method2 b) Train at dummies over 30%

Like mentioned before we are now able to skill at dummies beyond 30%. The mean thing is that you HAVE to be 90+, did the level 90 rank up quest and own a premium account. If you have these things then you are able to level nonstop at those little dumb puppets without being at the PC (you can rank up to transcender). But there is a little thing which has to get mentioned:
After you passed 30% of your rank up (example: 30 of 90 ups) then you get less skill xp as before! So skilling up needs more time after the 30% (but of course you can continue)!

PRO No dumb skill farming anymore; you can skill up afk; nonstop skilling without interruption;

CONTRA Again you need to be premium; takes more time then any other method;

Method3 Skilling AFK at high level mobs

This method is the most riskfull method - you need to look for a mob with many health points (like the mobs in LiD, RS or UG). Best mobs for this are mobs with a "+" after their names or bossmobs in dungeons (they have more Hp than the others).
Ok now head on:
Take the cheapest and lowest weapon you can find (startup weapons are the best for this). Take armor which protects you well (the mob mustn't hit you too much or make too much damage!). Now the expensive part of this method: The Lifecapsules! You need them to heal your char while being afk. You can buy them from other players (really expensive!) or buy them via playershop.(coming soon)
Now look for a suitable mob - if you are level 50+ you also can enter a party dungeon and hit the closed gates (they have much hp and dont hurt you )
If you choose a mob notice following:
Your mob should stand alone and not surrounded by other mobs (so that you can "concentrate" at ONE mob!). I recommend the bosses in Lake in Dusk (they alway stand alone - but you need to own a mappart and you need to be level 75+).
Ok now let's begin:
Choose one of the hints I mentioned at the part of the training dummies (like Stucking a coin between your quickslot buttons etc.).
Now you can watch how your char beats up the mob while you just have to go afk ^^

PRO You can be afk and gain a lot of Skill XP;

CONTRA Riskfull; Expensive (because of the Lifecapsules); I recommend to do this when you reach level 50+;

Method4 Boxing

Last but not least...
this method is similiar to Method3 - you beat up a mob while being AFK.
At level 50 and rank "Expert" you can buy a interesting upgrade skill at the Instructor in Port Lux (he's standing next to the vulcans - not in town).
Skills are called:
1. Sword XP to Magic XP
2. Magic XP to Sword XP
This means: When you buy "Sword to Magic" you ONLY recieve Magic Skill XP! So you could skill up your Magic Rank by using sword skills.
Now search again for a mob with many health points (like in Method3 mentioned).
But keep in mind following points:

1) The mob must give you atleast 5 XP each hit (you can see this at the right window at the bottom).

2) Auto-Attack has to be activated (Options -> Game -> Cross at "Auto Attack")

3) Choose Low-level-weapons again AND buy Lifecapsules!!!

[A small declaration at the edge: At dummies you cant do "Normal Attacks" because you dont get XP for it (you MUST get atleast 5 XP)! So you can attack mobs with normal attacks and the funny thing is that you recieve SKill XP for magic AND sword with boxing! But you get less than using normal Skills! But after buying the upgrade in Port Lux you concentrate your Skill XP to one section (magic -> sword; sword -> magic - sounds logical, eh?)]
After you did this, target a mob and press "Normal Attack". Now your char should begin to beat up the mob (if you use swords then your char should hit the mob with the sword).

PRO AFK-Skill-Leveling;

CONTRA Less Skill XP than using other methods; Expensive (because of Lifecapsules); You must be level 50+ and at least rank "Expert" in one section;

NEW Small hints how to get more Skill XP

There are now some dungeons/quests which give you additional Skill XP.

As a reward for B1f Frozen Tower you gain 5000 Skill Xp after finishing the dungeon. And every skill xp quest gives you additional Skill XP.
Also those "new" T-helper-quests are very acceptable for farming Skill XP. You gain while farming mobs and cards a huge amount of XP! So don't get aggressive or desperate when you dont find your 50 cards (always think of the Skill XP )

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Credits , Vi0

Skill EXP Guide - Written By SnowFrog - Contributed By SnowFrog
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=319658

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - The Simple Cabalier's Guide On PvP Fighting And Conduct

2008-03-17T09:10:00.001+08:00

Nope, I'm no pro, maybe most of this guidelines are even obvious, but anything to help.

NEW IMPORTANT NOTE :
Although in Cabal Korea, which is the most up-to-date version of Cabal, your Combo will 100% be broken the moment you get Knockdown-ed; in CabalSEA CLOSED BETA there seems to be two sides to things.
Sometimes ppl get KD'ed and break combo, others get KD'ed and continue whacking in a split second, or owning =o
Guide will be updated on "Knockdowns" in OBT.

Can't Fade or Dash in Combo? Look at FireCloud's thread : http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=297654

1) Train your Combo. Neither I or the other players around can emphasize how important Combo is; it makes sure all your skills hit, and plus cancels the unimportant part of your skill-casting; ok short and sweet, your skills cast faster.
That means, quick ownage.

2) Fade Step and Dash accordingly, and use them in Combo too. Fade Stepping is a strange one, most ppl thinks hey, Fade Step is useless(like one of the guide-makers around here) but lemme tell you something:
Fade Step does to your opponent as a mob dying does to your opponent.
They lose target on you, they have to click on you again, that's wad makes Fading so cool and make PvPs more "high"! Coz if you Fade your opponent has to spend extra effort just to re-lock on to you, and if they Fade, you have to re-target too ^.^
Plus it covers more distance and is much faster than Rolling, sure in low-lvl PvP u can roll all you want, but in higher lvls we can just click on your while you're rolling and then cast a G. Master on your butt later.

Dashing is the trick to winning for melee characters. 'Coz Force Archers and Wizzies won't be dashing that often in PvPs you'll want to use one Dash to cover two of their Fade Steps. Their Fading gets very annoying after a while, especially if you let them knock you down from afar; start your combo with a dash!

3) Keep your enemy in front of you, at all costs. Use the Force(camera).
Simple enough, nobody likes getting b-sed at the wrong moment. Get a good mouse, if not make sure you swing hard and good with your old ghey Digitek mouse.
Make sure your opponent is in front of you, adjust your cam accordingly.
When they're in front you dun need to panick that much when they Fade away.
Scroll in or out accordingly, don't zoom in too much so that you can only see your own character, but dont zoom out too much either, hard for you to click on your target.

4) Keep your knockdowns handy.
It has been proven that knockdowns work in CabalSEA to interrupt combos. I was going PvP all the way yesterday be4 closing and sometimes while I como-ed and this Warrior KD'ed me, my Combo broke even tho he didn't Fade or Roll away.
A well-timed KD can turn the tide of the battle; but if you dun have one handy, then speed is of the essence, though higher-rank skills will give you 1 or 2 KD skills sooner or later.
Of course some skills give you 100% immunity(blader/warrior) and 10%(others) but you dun wanna rely on your skills too much, rely on urself!

5) Get a good mouse hand and pair of eyes.
You don't wanna Combo happily halfway and then the Force Archer Fades once, there goes ur combo coz you didn't click on her fast enuff =/

6) Buffs up, please.
Later in game, one Lightning Enchant can turn the tide of battle.
Have courtesy and remind your opponent by saying "Buffs up".

7) Heal up before fighting.
This is duh, painfully obvious but I've seen people who fights a PvP right after he/she finished 1 and forgot to heal up.
Don't blame others if that happen =o
I did this a few times meself, tho xD

8) All equips up!
idk about you guys, but I sometimes end up fighting a 3x wiz(I'm 2x) with my 3/3 attack katana because I was training mah skillz >_>
sucks to be me.
so next time if you're training skills in Port Lux, make sure to check equip first ^_^

9) Fight fairly.
By this I mean, if you wanna use Aura for fighting, make sure your opponent is agreeable/does it too.
If you wanna use BM1 or BM2, both of you use it, enuff said.
Kind of pain for me to fight 3x warriors using Berserker even though I have Regular-rank Sword >_>

That's all folkies, got anything more plzzz point it out ^_^

The Simple Cabalier's Guide On PvP Fighting And Conduct - Written By Kurosaki Ichigo - Contributed By Kurosaki Ichigo
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=303300

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Kada's Guide to Combo Practice and Etc.

2008-03-16T14:10:00.001+08:00

Would you like to improve your combo count past 11 but don't know how? Here's how ;

1. Use the noobest weapon.

Noobest weapon allows you to have the minimum damage, that means the monster can last longer and you can whack more

2. Find somewhere secluded.

Try to find somewhere with no people around, you don't want anyone ksing your combo dummy, would you?

3. Find a suitable target.

There are 3 targets that you might want to practice on;

I. "Boss" monsters; like Scoulug +, Armaku +, Black Snake, Huge Spider and Highzard. These monsters have high hp, so they can take your blows while giving off relatively low damage.

II. Normal monsters; you have to lure a handful of monsters so that switching between them can be easier. This is a great way to practice comboing+switching between monsters. When the monster is near death and your skill is swinging, quickly change to the next monster and continue combo. Quite difficult. Don't lure it somewhere public, do it somewhere secluded or else Kurosaki Ichigo will pwn you with his purple font. Don't forget to use regeneration skill as you'll be focusing on the combo rather than your hp.

III. Friends; PvP or PK. The perfect dummy, ask them not to move and try not to kill them in the process

How to Combo?
Assign the combo button somewhere. Right click it to iniate combo, now move your fingers to at least 3 skills. Alternate between each one, and be careful. If you start with button 3, 2, 1, stick with that pattern. Because the cooldown of each skill requires time, let say you press 3, 2, 1, then 3, 1, 2, the button 1 might not be done yet, so combo will be canceled.

Why can't I combo?
Several possibilities;

1. No mana. Go restock ler >_>
2. No SP. See that yellow bar below your mp? Yeah that's your SP. You get that by hitting+get hit by monsters.
3. Skill cooldown. Comboing with 2 skills only is impossible, as warrior I use 2 sword skills + 1 magic skill to combo.
4. Monster is dead. Go figure.

Extra Note
Ever play Audition or O2Jam? There's a trick to getting pass the 11th combo. Try taking a stopwatch. Now if you stop when you see 1.00 second, it'll stop at 1.5 second. So how do you get the 1.00 second? You press before it gets to 1.00. Master this and you will master the combo.

It's basicly the same concept, the trick is to press before it reaches. From my tips above, it'll give you the orpotunity to reach 11th combo in the first place. This part is how to surpass it. Judge the speed of the combo bar, and see where it stops. Predict the time takes for you to press the button and for it to stop, where it stop, and use it to your advantage.

Hope my guide here helps, happy comboing

Disclaimer ; My highest combo was like 19 or something, too bad I don't know which button is the screenshot button. *emo* I'll try to get it higher and then post teh screenshot. For now, any questions you would like to ask?

Oh and don't mind my comment about Kurosaki Ichigo xD I was just kidding, he's cool. Except he PKs me when I had no mana pots, gasp! D:

Kada's Guide to Combo Practice and Etc. - Written By Kadamon - Contributed By Kadamon
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=297102

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Setting Your Own Music (JukeBox)

2008-03-16T14:08:00.000+08:00

Before Starting
You may want to know that you can just off the background music and open your own player to listen to music but if you want to use the jukebox...

If you still want to...
Firstly you must convert your music from whatever types you have to .ogg...
You must have your own converter... If you don't have one, you could either post your email and I could send you the link to download one... or you could just search using google!
Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:
Drag your .ogg format music into it!

Step 5:
Login CabalSea

Haha I gone on a erasing frenzy

Step 6:
Select the music from the JukeBox!

I will not be liable for any damage caused by the program sent, I also did not use the program itself.
If the program is illegal in any cases, do not hold me liable for it.

Setting Your Own Music (JukeBox) - Written By XFallenHeroX - Contributed By XFallenHeroX
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=295645

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Force Core Upgrade - Tips and Tricks

2008-03-16T14:06:00.000+08:00

This guide is been taken by other site....

-When you are speaking to the Alchemist, click on 'Upgrade' button to upgrade your item (all items with slots!!!) and then a new menu will appear.

This is a slotted item for example:

-The Item space is to put the weapon or armor inside you want upgrading, the core space is to put your force core inside (you can also but low-, medium- or high core inside with the force core because it will increase the chance of being successful). The Catalyst space is where you have to put another slotted weapon / armor inside and this determines your special upgrade.

-You also can put a second force cores inside and can get a chance at getting a level 2 upgrade but its completely random what you get.

-When all is done you can click on the "try Upgrade" button. Now it can fail or success. I hope you get a success!

Upgrade List:

Some Tips:
1.Only use low cores for increase the success rate!!! (thats important or you lose to much money)
2.The best lvl 1 Upgrades are hp and critic! (you can only make hp on suits and boots and critic on helm and weapon, for gloves much choose attack but you can also try lvl 2 upgrades)
3. First chance to get a success is 75% (if you have a double slotted item the second slot will have a 50% chance)
4. You also can increase the success chance with a catalyst which have +X (1,2,3,4,5...) which give 3% more.

Copyright by... http://shiningforce.ucoz.com/forum/15-10-1 .... (StrangeGorn)

Force Core Upgrade - Tips and Tricks - Written By StrangeGorn - Contributed By kr898
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=305224

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Hidden Helper T Quest

2008-03-16T14:04:00.001+08:00

This guide was not written by me.
This is just a copy of a guide written by moomoo in CABAL Europe.
Here is the original guide, http://forum.cabalonline.com/showthread.php?t=21978

Hidden Helper T Quests are quests available in "Normal Quest" tree on the "Quest List" panel. There is a total of 81 Quests available, numbered 001 to 049 and 051 to 082.

There are certain requirements for each of the quests to be met before aquiring them. Each quest has certain character level requirement and character class rank requirement (achieved upon completion of growth level quest). Without the class rank met - the quest will not appear on the available quest list in game. As an example - the first quest requires character level 36 and character class 3, so a level 45 character, with character class rank 2 will have no access to it.

There are 12 quests, which, in addition require an item to present in inventory. Those are "Dungeon Training" quests, which require a D.T. Card corresponding to the quest in inventory, for the quest to appear. If you have a card in your inventory, for which you have not yet completed Hidden Helper T Quest, re-log with the DT Card in inventory or move to warp zone or another town and the quest should appear.

Here is the list, consisting of quest number, level requirements, amount of monsters to kill or messages to get, locations where the monsters for the quest are located, monster's name, indication whether the quest is a killtask or a message gathering task, and of course rewards for completing each the quest.

*UPDATE: 13.03.2008:
FIXED - Reduced image width so the image is more readable without having to "resize" it.
FIXED - Corrected numerous errors
FIXED - Information is current (checked numerous entries to see if anything changed in Cabal version 1232)
FIXED - Rearranged table columns so the table is more readable
NEW - Added Summary
NEW - Added some information in guide

Again, credit goes to moomoo.

Hidden Helper T Quest - Written By moomoo - Contributed By Fritsc
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=310627

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Guide To Changing Weapon Models

2008-03-16T13:59:00.001+08:00

Quote:

not by me credits to benexdrake(not this forum =)

Quote:

Normal Magic:
magc_100.efx -- Magic Arrow
magc_101.efx -- Terra Arrow
magc_102.efx -- Aqua Arrow
magc_103.efx -- Wind Arrow
magc_104.efx -- Fire Arrow
magc_105.efx -- Freezing Arrow
magc_106.efx -- Lightning Arrow
magc_107.efx -- Magic Blast
magc_108.efx -- Stone Blast
magc_109.efx -- Aqua Blast
magc_110.efx -- Wind Blast
magc_111.efx -- Fire Blast
magc_112.efx -- Ice Blast
magc_113.efx -- Lightning Blast
magc_114.efx -- Magic Lance
magc_115.efx -- Terra Lance
magc_116.efx -- Aqua Lance
magc_117.efx -- Wind Lance
magc_118.efx -- Fire Lance
magc_119.efx -- Freezing Lance
magc_120.efx -- Lightning Lance
magc_121.efx -- Magic Cannon
magc_122.efx -- Stone Cannon
magc_123.efx -- Aqua Cannon
magc_124.efx -- Wind Cannon
magc_125.efx -- Fire Cannon
magc_126.efx -- Crystal Cannon
magc_127.efx -- Lightning Cannon

Wizard Magic:
magc_128.efx -- Burning Hand
magc_129.efx -- Freeze
magc_130.efx -- Dig Bomb
magc_131.efx -- Icicle Shower
magc_132.efx -- Wind Cutter
magc_133.efx -- Hydro Disc
magc_134.efx -- Lightning Strike
magc_135.efx -- Acid Trap
magc_136.efx -- Vaccuum
magc_137.efx -- Chain Explosion
magc_233.efx -- Energy Field
magc_138.efx -- Hailstorm
magc_139.efx -- Extreme Dual Cannon
magc_140.efx -- Artic Field
magc_141.efx -- WIZ Completer Skill

Force Archer Magic:
magc_148.efx -- Power Shot
magc_149.efx -- Critical Shot
magc_150.efx -- Explosion Shot
magc_151.efx -- Poison Arrow
magc_152.efx -- Shadow Shot
magc_153.efx -- Drilled Shot
magc_154.efx -- Prismatic Arrow
magc_155.efx -- Gravity Disortion
magc_156.efx -- FA Completer Skill

Force Shielder Magic:
magc_159.efx -- FS Magic GM skill

Warrior Skills:
skil_2h_051.efx -- Spiral Doom?
skil_2h_055.efx -- WA Completer Skill

Blader Skills:
skil_du_052.efx -- Blade Cry?
skil_du_056.efx -- Blade Scud?
skil_du_070.efx -- Vital Intefere

Force Blader Skills:
skil_1h_058.efx -- Force Blader Completer Skill

Force Shielder Skills:
skil_1h_057.efx -- Force Shielder Storm Rush

These are all the skills that i have found out yet...im not sure of the blader/force blader/force shielder/warrior skill names though...because im wizard myself and ive never played with those chars...post file names and skill names that YOU know to improve this list...i hope this helps...

not by me but i duno who made this list =)

same method just change it in CabalOnline SGMY>data>FX>EFX>magic or
CabalONline SGdata>fx>efx>skills

1st step go to the correct folder =)

2nd find the wep you want (note:not all weapons can be changed and changing it in any other folder will not change anything)(for me i'll use a coraleye orb)

3rd find the wep you want to change it to(for me its the wizards bm2 wep)

4th step Delete the file of the wep you want to change(remember to make backups just in-case =)

5th step copy the file that you wish you change your wep to

6th step paste the file you copied into the fsame folder

7th rename it to the weapon you want to change

and there you have it =)
i'll post some of the magic skills later
guide was made by me =)
item list is benexdrakes

and remember to make back-ups
and a thanks would be nice if it works for you =)

Guide To Changing Weapon Models - Written By bor3dom - Contributed By bor3dom
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=311814

Cabal SEA - Misc Guide - Battle Modes

2008-03-16T13:53:00.004+08:00

Hi. This guide is about info on Battle Modes on all classes.

IMAGE CREDITS. THIS IS THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE THE GUIDE. I AM NOW BORROWING THE PICS & ADDING IN INFO ON MY OWN.
DO NOT ACCUSE ME OF INTELLECTUAL THEFT.
I HAVE PLAYED CABAL TAIWAN FOR 5 MTHS. IF SOMEONE REALLY WAN TO ACCUSE ME OF ANYTHING, I CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.

Noxy 07/27/2006 01:01:01, http://cabal.mmosite.com/content/200...10101850.shtml

Side Note: I will creating a guide on blader after this guide as it is my main char in Cabal Taiwan. Any questions on blader can be pointed to me.

As you guys know, there is 2 available Battle Modes for each class.
Short form for Battle Mode is BM. BM1 or BM2

Lv 20: Aura
Lv 30: Battle Mode 1.
Lv 50: Battle Mode 2.

Below will be individual info on each classes.

It may take me some time to complete this guide.
Thanks.
If u have any things to clarify, i will try to help.

..:: AURA ::..

Aura is a pre-Battle Mode given to every single character when they are lv 20. They will have to undergo a certain quest given by each individual class instructor.

DESERT SCREAM - Blader (BL) & Wizard (WI)
GREEN DESPAIR - Force Archer (FA) & Force Blader (FB)
BLOODY ICE - Warrior (WA) & Force Shielder (FS)

It has been awhile since i played Cabal.
INFO: You are able to choose any of the following elements. Players are able to reselect by closing the quest window, before u cfm ur selection. Elements DO NOT affect the stats. It is just a visual effect.

There will be although 8 paths to the elements. 4 paths will be pointed to 2 same elements. When the game starts, i will put up the path selection choices.

LIGHTNING
Image Credits: MMOSITE, , Noxy 07/27/2006

WATER
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

WIND
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

FIRE
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

EARTH
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

ICE
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

..:: WARRIOR ::..

Battle Mode 1 : Berserker

Battle Mode 2 : Lancer

------ BATTLE MODE I ------
BERSERKER "Turns user into invincible warrior"
Image credits : MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

In this battle mode, the warrior is just having a boost up. All sword skills are still able to be used in BM1.

* Attack + 50 (+5 per Lv)
* Magic + 50 (+5 per Lv)
* Defense +60 (+10 per Lv)
* Defense Rate +30 (+10 Per Lv)
* HP Restore + 5 (per 2 sec)
* MP Use 40
* SP Use 5000
* Casting Time 6.0 Seconds

------ BATTLE MODE II ------
LANCER "Turns its user into an Astral Lancing Warrior"

Image credits : MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006
Image credits : MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

* Attack +50 (+5 Per Lv)
* Magic +50 (+5 Per Lv)
* Defense +50 (+5 Per Lv)
* Hit Rate +100 (+100 Per Lv)
* Defense Rate +10 (+10 Per Lv)
* MP Use 40
* Sp Use 5000

BATTLE MODE II enabled skill.
Lance Drive "Slash an enemy by throwing the astral lance"
MP Use 50
Casting Time 3.0 Sec

INFO:
In BM2, warrior will do an animation by thrusting the Great Sword/Daikatana into the ground and pull it out.
Only certain skills are usable in BM2. They are:
Impact Stab
Fade Step
Dash
Concentration
Raging Thrust
Rising Blade
Charge
Rolling Crash
Iron Skin
Aura Barrier
Whirlwind

..:: BLADER ::..

Battle Mode 1 : Illusionist
Battle Mode 2 : Grappler

----- BATTLE MODE I ------
ILLUSIONIST "Enables its user to do a supersonic attack on the target"
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

The official description for this BM is bull****. It does not have any special abilities.
Casting animation: Swing blades, jump up and jump down. --" looks nice though.

* Attack + 26 ( +3 Per Lv)
* Magic + 30 ( + 5 Per Lv)
* Defense + 60 ( + 10 Per Lv)
* Hit Rate + 400 ( + 100 Per Lv)
* Defense Rate + 30 ( + 10 Per Lv)
* Critical Rate + 45%
* Critical Damage + 50%
* MP Use 40
* SP Use 5000
* Casting Time 6.7 Sec

------ BATTLE MODE II ------
GRAPPLER "Turns its user into an Astral Claw using warrior"
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006
Image Credits: MMOSITE, Noxy 07/27/2006

Attack + 50 ( +5 Per Lv)
Magic + 50 ( +5 Per Lv)
Defense + 50 (+10 Per Lv)
Hit Rate + 200 (+100 Per Lv)
Defense Rate + 10 (+10 Per Lv)
MP Use 40
SP Use 5000
Casting Time 6.7 Secs

This is one of the fastest atk based BM.

BATTLE MODE II enabled skill.
Crushing Blow "A critical attack that delivers instant death to a target"

A ranged jump atk skill. If it strikes a critical, u can normally instant KO the enemy.

Only certain skills are usable in BM2. They are:

Fade Step
Dash
Concentration
Iron Skin
Aura Barrier
Double Rising
Assault
Vital Interfere
Blade Scud

..:: FORCE SHIELDER ::.. (FS) The faithful warrior that uses the force to shield others

Battle Mode 1 : Counter Attacker
Battle Mode 2 : Shielder Master

----- BATTLE MODE I ------
COUNTER ATTACKER "Counter attack an enemy with the Astral Shield"
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Sani (Cabal EU)

----- BATTLE MODE II ------
SHIELD MASTER "A warrior with the Astral Blade Shield"

Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Sani (Cabal EU)

Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), TheTitan (Member of KOS, Cabal EU)

Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), TheTitan (Member of KOS, Cabal EU)

..:: Force Blader ::..

Battle Mode 1 : Force Enchanter
Battle Mode 2 : Blade Shooter

------ BATTLE MODE I ------
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Shurt (Cabal EU)

------ BATTLE MODE II ------
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Noxlupus (Cabal EU)
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Noxlupus (Cabal EU)
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Noxlupus (Cabal EU)
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Noxlupus (Cabal EU)

..:: FORCE ARCHER ::..

Battle Mode 1 : Multi Shooter
Battle Mode 2 : Twin Gunner

------ BATTLE MODE I ------
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Black (Cabal EU)
------ BATTLE MODE II ------
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), Player of Cabal EU

..:: WIZARD ::.. Ultimate Destroyer, the Ruler of the Force

Battle Mode 1 : Chain Caster
Battle Mode 2 : Dual Caster

------ BATTLE MODE I ------
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), heKtic (Cabal EU)
------ BATTLE MODE II ------
Image Credits: Noxy (MMOSITE's guide author), heKtic (Cabal EU)

Guide: Battle Modes (by: Cryogenist) - Written By cryogenist - Contributed By powerman378 and darkangelz
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=137636

Cabal SEA - Warrior Guide - Warrior Guide

2008-03-16T10:26:00.003+08:00

Credit to poopeedoo

here is the direct link to the Warrior website, which will list all skills:

http://www.cabalonline.net/Default.aspx?wbs=4.0.0.1
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Now I can start the guide for all of you aspiring warriors.

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Advantages: - Heavy Armor Set - High Defense
- High Damage Skills
- Need only to search for 1 weapon, which is easier than all other classes, who all need to search for 2.

Disadvantage: - A.Master Skill cast time a little high, this means opponent can probably cast 2 skills during your casting period.

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Skills - Active

Note: everything i have in between the lines such as *blah blah blah* will indicate the advantage of that particular skill. If i don't have any comments in the parallel lines, it means I BELIEVE this skill is useless and not worth getting.

FLASH DRAW - You definitely want to level this skill to 9. * 120 degree AoE knockdown in fron tof you. *

Impact Stab - Fast Casting, get up to level 9. * 1 target, weak damage, but the fast cast makes it worthwhile in skill leveling. *

Power Stab - 1 target, low damage, no knockdown. Get lvl 1 of it for the sake of having 4 skills to combo.

Fade Step - a backward dash that will cancel the oppnents combo. Useful in PvP. DO NOT get it before Master Skill Rank.

Dash - Quickly moves a distance in front of you. *Helps getting through dungeons and avoiding mass mobs. Get it IF you have the skill slot for it*

Concentration [BUFF] - in my opinion 100% useless. Combo = 100% hit and cast skills faster. I don't understand why people get this buff.

Heavy Slash - 1 target low damage. USELESS, therefore no comment.

Press Impact - AoE, good damage * get it, you will be using it for a while, up to level 9 only *

Blade Force [BUFF] - get it to level 20 if u have the skill points, this buff increases damage.

Raging Thrust - a 120 degree AoE, but the arc is to the side of your body and knockback. * good damage, AoE. however, the knockback can destroy your group mob, therefore making you have to regroup your mob. get it to level 9. also i would use this skill as last skill in combo*

Rising Shot - 1 - 2 targets not too bad for damage. you can get it if you wish.

Rising Blade - more powerful version of Rising Shot.

Cascade Break - a high damage skill, but has knockback problem as well. * get it to level 9 and i would use it as last skill in combo *

Charge - USELESS, despite what other people tell you about it and the MechaSpider boss. I tell you a strategy that will allow you to defeat MechaSpider without sustaining damage AT ALL.

Rolling Crash [FINAL] - This will be 1 of your final skills. * 120 degree AoE in front of you, high damage, and knocksdown. get to level 20 *

Iron Skin [BUFF] - Increase Hp and Def get it to whatever level you want preferably higher the better if you have the points to spend

Blade Aura [BUFF - Advanced Blade Force] - do not get this skill right when you hit A.Expert because your Blade Force will provide a higher bonus at this point. * give greater damage than Blade Force, i get it at 40/67 A.Expert, which is level for Spiral Doom. *

Round Cut - good aoe but weak damage. get it if u wish

Spiral Doom [FINAL] - 1 of your final skills *Crazy Damage, 360 degree AoE. get to level 20*

Sword Cannon [FINAL] - ranged sword skill * this is your boss skill, get it to level 9 ASAP, you will **** bosses with this skill *

Aura Barrier [BUFF - Advanced Iron Skin] - Some philosophy as Blade Force, get it at around 40/57 Master Skill Rank. * Get to level 20, which adds 100hp and 59 def *

Terra Break [FINAL] - INSANE damage....and 360 AoE * get it to level 9 i suggest for quick casting, therefore giving high DPS*

Whirlwind [FINAL] - INSANE^2 damage...and 360 AoE * get it to level 9 for quick casting.

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Skills - Upgrade

hp mastery
Defensive sense
offensive sense
when you hit g.master.....
impact control
damage absorb

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Equipment

Try to wear +4 and +5 equipment that you find or buy from vendor up to SHADOWSTEEL set.

for SHADOWSTEEL set, get Adept+2: +3 Skill Exp per Skill pieces, which will be: HELM, ARMOR, BOOTS, GLOVES, BLADE, and CRYSTAL.

Now that you have your SHADOWSTEEL set, you have 2 choices and they are as follows:

for newbies to the game: wear your adept +2 set and skip BLUESTIN set. once you have enough stats, wear your TITANIUM set. For your TITANIUM set, DO NOT upgrade if that piece of equipment does not have a slot. The reason for skipping an entire set is to up your skills and the trick is to not get cheap on yourself with the potions. Start chugging and i mean chugging level 2 hp potions at this point.

for experienced players: wear your adept +2 set and skip BLUESTIN and TITANIUM set. If you go this route, you will be behind on your quests, but you'll probably be G.Master by level 90 if not earlier. Know when to run and CHUG maybe even level 3 hp potions.

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Your Resources

the fastest way to get rich is to do quests, which should cover you for above basic equipments without a problem.

if you wana be rich, then go test your luck and find a cape to sell.

NOW, this is VERY important, i can't stress this enough. IF YOU RUSH LEVEL, and is the first to 5th person of your class to reach level 50 then you should SAVE ALL YOUR MONEY (ALZ) and use it on your crafting. Craft your armorset and throw away all the different types until you reach ADEPT craft. once you craft yourself and adept +2 set start crafting more and start selling them at 250k - 300k a piece. Once you start feeling competition, start lowering your prices accordingly.

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This is my guide. I hope it helps even a little bit, and do remember I am lazy and i tried my best with my keyboard.

feel free to leave comment or if you need me to add anything

Warrior Guide - Written By poopeedoo - Contributed By kasphersky
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=296108

Cabal SEA - Force Blader Guide - Force Blader 1

2008-03-16T10:24:00.005+08:00

Force Blader 1

Written by Eli
Friday, 03 August 2007
Just writing this cos i never actually written one before. This is based on what I've talked to other FBs about no more no less. Stats - Fbs have to have level stats (up to lvl 100 their pretty much equal). after talking with both FBs - str and dex i think dex ones are better (more rounded att/def). to be able to wear +7 armour and weapons then - try this Str - 227 Int - 227 Dex - the rest (at lvl 123 i have 575 dex) Skills - generally use magic cannons til you hit sword in master +. best ones are stone, aqua wind and lightening to use in Force Enchanter (give the strongest one) so all those at level 20. all buffs and debuffs also best at level 20 (four buffs i use are wind movement, earth guard, lightening blade and aqua vitality. these give around +620 hit rate, +320 defense rate, +29 defense, +49 attack, +100 hp and mp (with +6 regen every 2 secs). For combos I use 4 skills in pve; infernal impact (lvl 9) dance of ruin (lvl 20) infernal stigma (lvl 18) force impact (lvl 15) these give me a perfect combo. all else i stuck at lvl 20 cos meh what the hell. i use force impact, infernal stigma and force impact as well as abyssal crystal in pvp - 3 strongest attacks plus at these lvls will fit in a combo) and of course max out fade step and dash - v useful Upgrade skills; by dual trans max out Vitality Mastery Defense Sense Offense Sense Sixth Sense Impact Control Damage Absorb I did have the g master level hit rate one but gave it up for defensive sense lol Equip go for +HP, +critical rate/ damage, defense and attack. Random upgrades are the devil ^^ As always, need any help i talk a lot so feel free to add/ change anything Axxx Force Blader 1 - Written By Eli - Contributed By nif90 http://cabaldb.com/index.php?option=...d=17&Itemid=37

Cabal SEA - Force Shielder Guide - Force Shielder Guide

2008-03-16T10:23:00.002+08:00

Compliments of timinh93

First off, for beginners, if you are a person who likes to inflict heavy AoE (Area of Effect) damage with rapid and flashy Sword skills while at the same time holding a huge crystal Astral Shield, then Force Shielder is the class for you.

For your stats: Always follow your "Growth" (press "C" then look above your STR, INT, DEX stats) ALWAYS follow Growth.
-Then when you finished Growth and don't know what to do, meet the requirements for your Armor, Weapon, and Crystal. Then follow the next Growth.

Now when you make a Force Shielder, you have to decide, later on, if you want to be a Magic Force Shielder, Sword Force Shielder, or Hybrid Force Shielder.

Here are the good and bad, downs and ups, pros and cons, of each type of Force Shielder:

Magic Force Shielder

-Good

- You'll be really good in PVP because of your strong cannons AND you have the defense of a Warrior since you wear the same Armor as them.

-In my opinion, Magic Force Shielder levels you up and helps you gain Skill Experience faster at low levels because they do good damage.

-Nice DPS (Damage Per Second)

-Bad

- You'll be spamming cannons the rest of your CABAL life, and not showing any rapid and cool-looking Sword skills.

Sword Force Shielder

-Good

- You'll be an important player in your party because of your defense and AoE skills to take on those mobs.

-You have a LOT of cool-looking skills (Storm Cut, Shield Break, the list goes on.....)

- You can solo almost anything from quests to dungeons

-Bad

- You won't do as good in PVP as a Magic Force Shielder because Magic Force Shielders have higher DPS and can pack a whallop from a distance like Force Archers.

Hybrid Force Shielder

-Good

-You'll be balanced in everything, making you a decent Force Shielder.

-Bad

- You won't be exceptional in one category. Meaning, that you won't master the art of Sword and master the art of Magic as well as if you were one or the other.

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Remember to ALWAYS cast your buffs, PVP OR PVE.

Mass Duels ( Guild Wars, 5v5,.....)

Focus on one opponent at a time. If you're dueling someone and an enemy decides to help, FadeStep away, and try using a ranged Skill. If you're the only one alive, then fight to the death.

Duels (1v1)

Against Archers

- DASH. LEVEL 9 DASH. If you don't have it, you're pretty much screwed against a Force Archer or Wizard. A good Archer will FadeStep as much as they can. Dash toward him and hit them with a ranged skill like a Magic Skill for Magic Force Shielders. Earth Divide and Shield Ray for the Sword Force Shielders.

Against Wizards

-Same strategy as Archer. Try to stun and knock them down, that's essential. You don't want them to Freeze you in an Ice Shower in Poison puddles, now would you?

Against Warriors, Bladers, Force Bladers, and other Force Shielders

-If you're a Magic Force Shielder, then FadeStep and keep throwing in those Magic Skills. You should get some quick-casting spells and some heavy damage spells. Remember to Combo as well.

- If you're a Sword Force Shielder, go crazy. Cast your chain of Sword Skills and hack-and-slash with them. Remember to Combo.

-IF YOU DO NOT COMBO IN A PVP YOU WILL LOSE. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS COMBO COMBO COMBO.

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Skills

Alright, now there are 2 types of skills in CABAL. One is Training skills and the other is Normal Gameplay skills.

For Training Sword Skills, you should always get the skills with the shortest cast time, and combo with them. I recommend getting 4 training skills for both Magic and Sword. I recommend these Sword skills for training because they cast pretty fast.

Impact Stab
Flash Draw
Rising Shot
Shield Charge
For Training Magic Skills, same thing with the casting time. Here's a note:

Get 4 Arrows, then "upgrade" to Lances. Don't get Blasts because they have a long casting time, and that's not good.

Now, it doesn't matter which Arrows and Lances you get. It doesn't affect how slow or fast you grind. But I will make a list of what you Arrows and Lances I recommend.

Arrows: Magic Arrow, Aqua Arrow, Fire Arrow, Freezing Arrow
Lances: Terra Lance, Fire Lance, Aqua Lance, Freezing Lance

Now, to Normal Gameplay Skills. These are the skills you will be using in normal gasmeplay (PVP's, dungeons, quests, partying, PK's,....) Here is the list of Normal Gameplay Skills you should get for Magic, Sword, and Hybrids

Sword

-Shield Splinter
-Shield Break (best damage skill)
-Shield Explosion (360 degrees knockdown)
-Shield Ray (the furthest ranged sword skill)
-Storm Crush (this isn't really good because it has a very long cast time, but you can use it before you can get better skills like the first 2 above)
-Guillotine (frontal knockdown)
-Shield Charge (this is a moving/attack skill, warps you 4 spaces up to hit the enemy)
-Earth Divide (similar to Guillotine, but with further range and smaller radius)
-Dash (this is a movement skill)
-Fadestep (this is a movement skill)
-Shield Harden (this is a buff skill)
-Blade of Judgement (your only Stun Skill, essential)

Magic

-Regeneration (this is a buff skill)
-Crushing Blade (this is a buff skill)
-Shield Harden (this is a buff skill)
-Heal (quite lousy, but what the hell)
-Blade of Judgement (your only stun skill, essential)
-Terra Lance
-Fire Lance
-Aqua Lance
-Stone Cannon
-Fire Cannon
-Aqua Cannon

Hybrid

- Just get any skills because you're both, right? It's up to you.

Note: Get all buffs and Dash and Fadestep no matter what build you're going. Max out all buffs and Dash and FadeStep as well.

Your training skills should be kept at a maximum of Level 9. The reason I say so is because any other level higher than that will increase the cooling and casting time, which is not good.

Your only Stun Skill, Blade of Judgement, is vital. It is your life-saver and without it, you can't win any high-level quests, dungeons, and PVP's.It is a 360 degrees skill that stuns mobs for 5 secs. In my opinion, you should leave it at level 9, where it has a cool time of 5.1 secs. Anything more than level 9 would not be good, because you would want to keep the mobs around you stunned, and you have to spam this skill every 6-7 secs to do so.

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Tips on how to Farm Skill EXP.

You farm faster for both Skill and Level EXP when you lure enemies in mobs and hit them with your AoE skills. You gain much more EXP and Skill EXP this way.

Oh, and remember to get Adept pieces

Force Shielder Guide - Written By FireCloud - Modified By timinh93 - Contributed By kasphersky
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=293852

Cabal SEA - Force Shielder Guide - Suggested skills / build for FS

2008-03-16T10:22:00.003+08:00

Intro:

There are 2 types of FS, sword and magic. Sword FS is more inclined towards PvE, because of the larger AoE sword skills. Magic FS is more inclined towards PvP, because of the higher damage per second (DPS).

The early skills are not of importance; it doesn't matter which you use during those training periods, but it's best to use skills with low cast time and cooldown to train skills with.

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Combos:

Notes:
- For PvE, stun and AoEs are of importance. For PvP, DPS takes priority.
- Cannons: 360 degree AoE, 45% knockback, 2 sec cast time.
- Lances: Limit 1 piercing, 40% knockdown, 1.8 sec cast time.
- Lances will have higher DPS than cannons with a high magic stat.
- Earth>Fire>Aqua~Ice in order of highest to lowest DPS.
- Lightning has highest raw damage, but has longest cast time and is poor in DPS, and thus useless to me.

Sword FS:

PvE (stun combo):
blade of judgement 12
shield break 9
shield splinter 15/18

PvP:
(start with)
shield splinter 15
(then cycle)
shield break 9
shield splinter 15
shield explosion 19

Or simply:
shield break 9
shield splinter 18
shield explosion 19

Magic FS:

PvE (stun combo):
blade of judgement 9
stone cannon 20
fire cannon 20
aqua cannon 20
crystal cannon 20

If you want the easier way out with four skills:
blade of judgement 9
aqua/crystal cannon 18
stone cannon 20
fire cannon 20
aqua/crystal cannon 18

PvP (for high magic only, preferably above 800):
terra lance 20
fire lance 20
aqua lance 20
stone cannon 20
fire cannon 20

If low magic:
stone cannon 20
terra lance 20
fire cannon 20
fire lance 20
aqua cannon 20

You can choose to include shield break or shield splinter in both combos as a finishing move, as they deal very high damage when they crit (which happens often for a FS).

Note that PvP combos are also used for bosses immune to stun.

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Stats:

Code:

Force  Shielder   | Str | Int | Dex | HP  | MP  |
-----------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
Base Stats       |  15 |  11 |  9  |  45 |  25 | 
-----------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
Atk              |0.25 | 0.1 |0.23 | --  | --  | 
Magic            |0.05 |0.286|0.25 | --  | --  |
Def              |0.25 |0.111|0.182| --  | --  | 
Hit Rate         | 0.4 | 0.4 |1.75 | --  | --  |   
Def Rate         | 0.2 | 0.1 |  1  | --  | --  |

For stats, i would recommend DEX for both sword FS and magic FS. You lose very little attack/magic/def for adding dex instead of STR or INT, and gain a very significant amount of attack rate and defense rate, the latter being very important in PvE situations like high level dungeons.

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Misc tips:

- For upgrade skills, get the 2 skills which add attack for sword FS, and the 2 which add magic for magic FS. It is also recommended to get 2 defense upgrades, as well as one def rate upgrade, and of course the hp upgrade.
- For equipment, get sword amp and crits for sword FS, and magic amp and crits for magic FS.
- Similarly, epaulet/ring/bracelet of fighter for sword FS, epaulet/ring/bracelet of sage for magic FS.
- You should use vampiric items when having troubles surviving. Examples of such places include Lakeside, Mutant Forest, Pontus Ferrum, and B2F.

Cabal SEA - Force Blader Guide - Force blader guide and Q n A

2008-03-16T10:14:00.005+08:00

Update of the VC guide is at the end of this post.

And my PVE combo is right here, I use this for xping in MF for example
Infernal stigma lv20
Dance of ruin lv20
Infernal Impact lv12
abyssal crystal lv20
Round cut lv20
Force impact lv20

usually I dont use Force impact at all since with crystal and R.cut I get about the same dmg/cast time done, and I have one more skill to get a crit with

To clarify, I replace Force impact with R.cut and Abyssal Crystal. IF I add Force impact after R.cut then the mobs will loose their stun.

Ok So I got some questions about FB skill and gear wise and what not.
I will give you my 2 cents on the subject in this post, I will update this as soon as I can and, I would like to explain right now, that my english spelling and grammar leaves much to be desired.

I will start with some comboes for you out there and then ill post gear suggestions
like for one a DONT is to go for 5% amp singel slotted boots over 100hp/will boots.

Duel combos:

Basics:
Dont go easy on anyone, dont asume that you can win easy even if he is in aramid and your in teragrace.

Start your combo as fast as possible. How to do this is not to try and get a red hit on your first skill.

Combo bar:
Yellow = poor hit
Orange = Good hit
Red = excellent hit

Usually people think its better to go for Red since it will dish more dmg and will increase the chance to crit. sure this might be true but, trust me you need to start as fast as possible.

Ok So you want to duel and you want to win right!
Say that you have a friend that you compete with you are same lvl, gear and so on.
Or maybe you are higher and have better gear and ranks. But you still loose.
Make a party so you can check your HP bars after each duel this helps, if he constantly survives with 20-100hp and DoT brings him to 0hp after you allready have lost then add a flashdraw or a higher dmg skill and skip some of the dot.

What you need to realise first is that if one combo dont work, say that you dish out to little dmg then look at what can help you out to do more dmg.
like in item change, maybe you dont crit at all and still its close then just replace your rings of luck +2 with Rings of fighter to gain some more attack power and defense

Check your combo say that you do 6 or 7 skills and you cant get your finisher off before your dead.

First thing I do is to get my skills off when they are in the Yellow all of them maybe some in the Orange area but never a Red one.
Did i get to my finished in this case the A.master. Yes? good, still lost? ok now worries.

Go for orange skills instead, did you get your A.master off? no? Ok now worries.

Go again, all yellow except your GM lets go for a Red skill here.
Got your A.master off? yes? excellent you won.

say that I still cant beat him even after trying different combo ranges(yellow,orange,red).

second thing I do is to take off all my items and duel him naked a couple of times to see if its still 6-7 skills i can manage to cast before he finishes me off. Then you know that the last skill he uses is just like yours a finisher/GM skill that makes sure I loose.

So then I know I cant just add HP/Def to actually win I need to get my finisher move off earlier. If I go for more Hp/Def I might survive his finisher and can actually get my own finisher off with the same length of combo I had in mind first, but if you cant increase your hp with 300hp or so its likely that wont happen.

So you know your defense wont make much of a difference put on all the amp/critdmg and rate gear you can muster even if its silk with amp if you still dont kill him then your combo is to long.

If you couldnt get the same amount of skills off during the naked duel but only got 4-5 skills off instead then take this as a guide line go for a 5-6 combo instead with your gear on again.

example.
assault lv20 = 1.3sec cast time
force slash lv20 = 1.3sec cast time
Infernal Impact(G.master) lv9-20 = 4.1sec cast time
Abyssal crystal lv20 = 2.2sec cast time
Dance of ruin lv20 = 2.7sec cast time
Force Impact(a.master) lv20 = 5.0sec cast time.

say these are the skills at any lvl that you are currently using and your combo is:

assault/slash/GM/assault/slash/crystal/DoR/A.master

And with this combo you always loose and he remains standing with 50-300hp or so. just shorten your combo your A.master will 100% do more then 300hp dmg on him.

So to shorten our combo we take away some of the longer cast time skills
like DoR thats 2.7 seconds you saved in. now lets try

Assault/slash/GM/assault/slash/crystal/A.master

YES!!! you got your a.master off die XXXXX huh? he still beat me what the...

So we shortend our combo but he still stands there with some hp left nothing to do then.
Or so most people think, now is where we go shopping in the novice skill department and buy impact stab.

Impact stab lv1-20 = 1.5sec cast time.

Ok this skill wont do alot of dmg and suck why would you want this skill?
well most of you know and the ones that havent figured it out yet..shame on you.

SO we replace Dance Of Ruin with Impact stab lv20
our new combo:

Assault/slash/GM/assault/slash/Crystal/Impact stab/A.master

Woo we got our A.master off and we won jippie!
Why did we win tough?

we still use same amount off skills as we tried earlier, but the "cast time" is different so we actually had time to get our finisher off.

Now this is true for all classes ofcourse but for an FB its even more important.

Here is some comboes to guide you in the right way or even to a victory straight off the bat.

Warrior combo:
(The DoT way)

Assault, slash, GM, assault, slash, crystal, A.master

If you didnt Crit your GM then you will probably need more dmg so then we add skills right.

assault, slash, GM, assault, slash, impact stab, crystal, a.master

If you didnt have time to throw your a.master now then go for yellow hits instead of going for red or orange. Go for RED on you GM but try get yellow hits on the rest, especially your a.master.

Force Archers:

Now Force Archer have an "fadestep" in their GM but dont worrie it wont brake your combo
BUT it will make you walk towards him/her during the duel and so you loose alot of precious time walking forward a few steps instead.

So try and avoid skills that will make you walk forward use your ranged skills.
No not magic skills :P

here is a combo that will stick you like clue to the FA.

Assault, slash, illusion stab, crystal, assault, slash, GM, A.master.

Assault = dashes you up to the opponent

Illusion stab(defense debuff) = ranged will still go off when the FA is far away(if you use Dance of Ruin your character will start to walk forward)

Crystal = ranged (DUH)

Impact stab = same range as Illusion stab.

So what you need to do is to check where you walk forward, to time you skills.

say that you use the combo above and you start to walk when you want to get your GM off.
This is because GM isnt ranged you need to be close.

SO to avoid to walk before you cast your gm, simply remove slash and go for GM directly OR replace slash with impact stab. Or even twist it around and instead of

assault, slash, GM

Go for

impact stab, slash, assault, GM.

a really safe way to make sure that you wont waste time walking forward when you throw your finishers is to use assault first.

Example:

Assault, GM, Assault, A.master.

So remember to minimize the time "walking forward" because its a HUGE waste of time against a strong ranged class like the FA.

(TO BE CONTINUED)

Random stuff
First off, yes FB is weak we are gimped to the bone we dont have high HP, high defense or high attack, we dont have **** thats the sad truth so dont expect any wonders.

Anyways this is my FB:
Revolte = 58% critdmg, 26% critrate, 33% amp
lv137 dual trans
2556-2800hp
def 660-817

I usually fight lv150 FS/WA/FA/WIZ/BL or some uber geared people

There is not constant combo, different classes require different combos.
Even different people require alterations in your combo/gear set
All of your suggestions is nice and all but to mention some small things like assault, and slash.

There is absolutely NO POINT in having those skills at anything else then lv20
cause if you use them its DoT your after so dont use them at the end, start your combo with them.

cast time is 1.3 secs and u get 62DoT per skill.

So if you start with
assault, slash, GM, assault, slash (ALL skills lv20) thats 200hp dmg you get in dot on the opponent every two second so 400dmg in 4seconds.

Assuming you have a crit or two thats 300,150,1000, 200, 300 + 400 = 2350dmg
ad a crystal and/or A.master afterwards crystal 300-450dmg and a.master can crit for around 600-700dmg

You all seem to like Dance of ruin, I dont fancy it so much since its cast time is 2.7seconds and the only time I would like to use it is to debuff the defense for the finisher, illusion stab is faster and debuff the same.

Some high lvl mages have started to do fadestep, and cast defbuff(-53 attack).
So stay alert to put a retarget on them so you dont break your combo do the following.

retarget so you dont break combo then do, assault, slash, GM, assault, slash, FADESTEP keep fadestepping until ur sure they broke combo, cast hitrate and defense debuffs skills and keep fadestepping until your DoT ends.

Why? cause they are fadesteppers and must die at all cost
you only do a few skills you go for assault, slash, GM, assault, slash for maximum DoT and then break their combo they will most likely keep casting at you so there is where the hitrate duff comes in.

Defense debuff to be sure their defense suck even more when you start your final attack. when your DoT is over a mage with just bellow 3000hp should have around 1000-1200hp left if you critted before you started fadestepping even less.

dash to them and start your combo with assault to get close to them faster dont care about DoT this time you should have about the same hp as them left so go for fast dmg on hit skills instead, I usually do assault, crystal, slash and add a a.master if they are still standing.

Now this is way **** behavior from you but hey they started it
if a mage with 950-1000magic feels it necesary to brake combo and debuff attack on a weak FB then dont be afraid to be more **** then them.

skills that people usually dont care about are fast low dmg skills so put some effort in checking them out to(like soaring shot, flashdraw etc)

if you loose and your opponent win but have 0hp, dont go for harder attack, go for defense/HP to let your DoT do its work

against FA/WIZ keep in mind to keep close so you dont waste time walking to them. assault gets you close illusion stab have a long range, crystal is ranged.
To really stick to an FA for example go for.

assault, slash, illusion stab(debuffs just like DoR but it is also ranged = no walking time),crystal(ranged, assault(gets you close fast) finishers GM, A.master.

against Bladers be prepared to be the looser, if you get some duels off with them having 0hp.
Go for DoT starter and skip some amp/atk/critdmg concentrate on your defense and put on those will items of yours. I even won once or twice against aperion,memoria and our own personal buster of all cheaters r4y4

FS/WA have usually(grunge, lordhun, gatz are the exceptions) no chance against me I go for full amp and critrate wich leaves me with 652defense boys and girls thats not alot but thanks to 1.3-1.5 sec cast skills they wont reach second GM

remember we are weak, we need tons of gear to be able to really dish some dmg and on top of that we need to change skills to different situations.

Dont expect to beat VC with the standard combo infernal stigma, DoR, GM, a.master for example. stigma is useless against bosses since you cant stun them anyway.

GUIDE TO VOLCANIC CITADEL:

So time for an update and most people pm me about VC so here is how I do it.
I havent really updated this guide as soon as I wanted. But I have been very busy IRL.
anyway here goes.

First off when you enter the dungeon you will need to have "leech" gear added to your inventory. leech items I use atm is the following:

1x Life Absorbring +3 5% hp steal(really no point in using two so go for one and one RoF)
2x vampiric earings +3
1x vampiric amulet +4
To get the hp leech from your amulet and earings you NEED to use the life absorbring or you wont leech anything.

Ok first part of the dungeon is kinda basic, use your DAMAGE GEAR to kill the first boss and the two towers and the big cannon.
First boss that gives a chest(archer boss) I just kill with no leech items also, I just pot the dmg and all is fine.

Same goes for the second boss that gives you a chest, no need to use leech items here just kill him as fast as possible.

Dont brake the door to get to the chest, use your a.master or G.master to open the chest inside the little room.

Now its time to put on your HP LEECH gear and take the Volcanic freezen guard.

(note if you look at the time I have been afk for a toilet visit and a phone call, if you have less time left, then I have on the picture, then you need to go xp and skillgrind some

DONT kill him!!!
As FB we need to save time so pull him to the gate and brake it at the same time as you take down the guard.

Now its time to kill Bicry(mage pain in the *** boss)
If you cant outpot his dmg then pull him to the gate also, and see to it that some mobs come to you, that way you can leech hp from the mobs to keep your HP full.

Go get the chest and since you broke the gate early, Pakss will allready have spawned.

Just run straight for him and leech hp from all the mobs around him.

Now ignore as many mobs as possible, run past the warriors and wizards, break the gate and ignore the dark knights.

Go straight for the warrior boss dash so you have your back to the gate so no mobs come and range attack you while you kill him.

Pasin is kinda hard, so dont go into dmg mode here keep leeching on him while killing him.

Now for the Blader boss Tariff. just enter the room and stand still. lure Tariff to you with your enervation, and hitrate, defense debuffs. keep your leech on.

For the Shielder boss i use critrate rings and amulet of pain.

Dash into the right corner of the fenced area he stands in and lure him with enervation.
Wait for him to come to you and you wont be bothered by the mobs around you so much.
If one Shielder mob is hitting you at the same time as the boss you shouldnt be in any danger.

before the Mage boss your buffs should be running out.

Go into force enchanter mode and enter the room, go straight for the mage boss ignore
the mage mobs around you and kill the boss off before your enchant mode runs off.
I use assault, slash, gm, crystal and DoR here to get her down before enchant runs out.

pick the chest and exit the room, put your LEECH GEAR back on and take a left for the FB boss Tiarff.

Dash straight at him and leech from the FB mobs while killing Tiarff.

For the balrog just take on all your amp/crit gear Full dmg mode on him, no need to use leech as long as you have like 650-685defense.

If you have 7minutes left when you start to fight the balrog your safe just keep combo him with, G.master, DoR, crystal, r.cut and so on.
you can even use your stun combo for xping here with plenty of time left.

Voila! you finished VC with time to spare to do a victory dance.

B2F is rumored to be hard especially for FB but you can actually do the 2m Cabal lv120 and G.master/G.master in skill rank.
He/she use basic gear aswell so nothing fancy.
http://www.stage6.com/user/Missile08...-Tower-2F---FB

Its an old vid but still very impressive show considering the gear and skillranks.
it stops after the second chest but if you are transcender/g.master you can push on with out any problem.

Force blader guide and Q n A - Written By jackosa67 - Contributed By nif90
http://forum.cabalonline.com/showthread.php?t=11769

Cabal SEA - Force Blader Guide - Cabal Force Blader Guide

2008-03-16T10:13:00.001+08:00

Overview:

FB is a an all-round balanced character with decent stats, good in both PvE (Player versus Environment/Monsters) and PvP (Player vs Player). No doubt that FBs have the best looking gears/equipments and skill animations + some Devil May Cry kind of style in them which is too cool to resist.

Also, due to FBs skill distribution which goes to all STR, INT and DEX, enable them to wear all type of equipments (Amourset, Battleset, Martialset) according to your needs (eg. armourset for more def, martial for more def rate, battleset for better looking and balance def+def rate)

However being a hybrid class, FB's stats distribution made them a weak melee class character compare to Warriors and Bladers because of their low base attack and base defense. But with a good combination of gears/equipments, FBs can really pawn hard.

Stats distribution:

Force Blader
Per Level	2.5HP	1.5MP
Per Stat	STR	INT	DEX
Attack	0.23	0.1	0.23
Magic Attack	0.1	0.3	0.25
Defense	0.125	0.1	0.125
Hit Rate	0.4	0.4	1.75
Defense Rate	0.1	0.1	1

As you can see DEX and STR both give the same att and def, but DEX gives more hit rate and def rate, hence most of FB stat points shall be invested on DEX. But, in order to be able to wear osmium armourset (more def) and blades/crystals(more attack), FBs should follow Force Shielders stats which is quite similar to FBs' (For STR and INT). However this does not apply to all FBs, it depends on players' style. As for all the extra stat points or the rest of the points after you put in str and int for your set, shall all go into DEX.

Gears/Equipments:

As stated, FBs can wear anything from martial to battle to armours except those class specifics like mythril, terragrace or shadowtitaniums. That all depends on players' style, on how they want their FB to be. But to simplify things, FBs' gears should be focusing on 1. Critical rate 2. Critical damage 3. Sword amp. Since FBs have relatively low base attack, FBs don't do much damage from amp gears. Plus, with Lightning Blade Buff skill, FBs can really crit well.

The only parts you can fit crit rate/dmg on are helm, weapons and rings. So consider using deathblow helms (+crit rate) and slot crit damage, blades/katanas/crystal/orbs slotted with +crit rate/dmg, 1 ring of luck+2 (+crit rate) and 1 ring of fighter +7/8/9/10.

The rest components like suit, gloves, boots should go sword amp if possible. Remember that parts that you can fit +HP on are only suits and boots, so the best is go for double slotted gears (eg. 1 slot +HP, 1 slot +amp), crafted or slot extended gears are much better of course due to bonus slot effects (provided if you have slot extenders).

As for amulet, consider Amulet of Battler (+HP +MP) or Amulet of Guard (+def +def rate) or Amulet of Pain (+ max crit rate), depends. For bracelets, Bracelet of Figther (+att +sword amp +min dmg, etc) is your best bet and for earrings, use Earring of Guard or Vital Earring.

That only applies to general FB equips. FB gears need to vary according to levels and situations (eg. against different classes or dungeons), so you should know for yourself what to put on accordingly. For better PvP performance, try focus on Crit Rate/Dmg, Amp and HP.

For PvE, you can consider switching into HP steal gears to survive longer with minimum potion usage. For example, use 1 life absorb ring (1 is already enough) and the rest parts go for +max HP steal (eg. vampiric amulet, vampiric earrings, etc) to increase your lifesteal limit. Crit rate/dmg, amp + plenty of def/def rate gears also do fine in PvE, lifesteal is just an alternative (once again, it depends on players' style)

Skills:

Although FBs don't do much damage, their skills have additional effects such as lower enemy's defense, attack, and deal damage overtime (which is really useful).

Generally, skills that are worth keeping in high levels are:
Sword: Infernal Impact (lvl9 or 12) , Force Impact (lvl18 or 20), Abyssal Crystal, Infernal Stigma, Round Cut , Force Assault, Dance of Ruin, Force Slash (all lvl20), dash and fade step.

Magic: Enervation, Lightning Canon, Wind Canon, Aqua Canon, Stone Canon, Lightning Blade, Aqua Vitality, Lower Defense, Wind Movement, Blind, Earth Guard (all lvl20)

Upgrade: Vitality Mastery, Offensive Sense, Defensive Sense, Impact Control, Damage Absorb and Sixth Sense

For PvP, FB's greatest advantage is that they can stack Damage Over Time, which skills are Infernal Impact, Force Assault and Force Slash. These skills if used consecutively can do quite a damage, given that Force Assault (62 DOT @ lvl20), Force Slash (62 DOT @ lvl20) and Infernal Impact (39 DOT @ lvl9), which means you can deal an additional of approximately 163 (should be less) for every 2 seconds over 8 seconds = woot!. Continue with skills like Dance of Ruin and Abyssal Crystal then end your combo with Force Impact or Infernal Impact (if you can handle the cool time). Use fast casting time skills to deal more dps (damage per second) and avoid using long cast time skills like Infernal Stigma and Force Impact in the middle of your combo, they often get you killed before you can cast other skills.

As for PvE, Infernal Stigma is your best friend, as its the only stun skill you have, besides those knock down skills like Dance of Ruin. My combo is Stigma>Dance>Infernal Impact>Crystal>Round Cut and sometimes replace round cut with Force Impact, when i need more aoe. But most of the time I don't use Force Impact since round cut+crystal deals more dps.

Battle Modes:

Ultimately, FB has one of the best BM1 but also one of the worst BM2. Basically in BM1, all you have to do is to cast magic canons to buff yourself, like aqua canon for aqua vitality effect (+HP +MP +regen), stone canon for earth guard effect (+def), wind canon for wind movement effect (+hit/def rate) and lightning canon for lightning blade effect (+att +crit rate/dmg). After casting these 4 canons, you'll have all the buffs and your stats will be ridiculously high like your HP going more than 3000, def going near 1000 and so and so... depends on your canons lvl though. Other magic skills are useless in BM1, so just stick with those 4 and bust your way with sword skills.

For BM2, you got sytle, you got cool skill animes. In BM2, you can cast a huge + cool AOE skill and you get to shoot lasers using magic canons. You can charge up to 3 stages in BM2, which is by using sword skills, so basically 1 sword skill for 1 additional laser for up to 3 lasers, then release the lasers using any magic canon. However you are limited to use only certain sword skills in BM2, which does not include stigma and etc... but you can still cast Infernal Impact though.

Cabal Force Blader Guide - Written By X - Contributed By nif90
http://gen-life.blogspot.com/2008/02...der-guide.html

Cabal SEA - Force Blader Guide - Best FBs combos and strategy

2008-03-16T10:10:00.003+08:00

1) PVP combos
a) assault / GM / crystal / DoR / AM* / Stigma
b) assault / force drive** / GM / DoR / Crystal / AM***

* = you can replace this skill with : force drive + rising shot
** = you can replace this skill with force slash
*** = you can replace this skill with stigma or force drive + rising shot

-_-" ... i suggest to test the enemy first with both combos and then make the changes ...

2)PVE combos ...
a) GM / AM / Stigma / DoR / GM (i'm not suggesting to use this combo ... only if you want dmg not stun)
b) stigma / AM / GM / crystal (this is the combo i use for DMG but it have 90% stun rate :P ... the monster hit u only 1 time and after stun again ^_^ )

3)100% stun combo ...

Stigma / DoR / Force Drive / GM / Force Slash

NOTE : use the next skill lvls for the 100% stun combo ... or it will don't work ...
Stigma = lvl 18
DoR = lvl 20
Force Drive = lvl 20
GM = lvl 9
Force Slash = lvl 20

UPDATE :
after i tested all combos in LS ... i noticed thet the 100% stun combo don't work sometimes ... i think is all about how you cast the combo :

lets say thet you make the next combo : all skill orange and only the gm skill red ... then your 100% stun can work ...

but if you make a combo like 2 yellow 1 red and 2 orange ... it can't work

so thets why i think is all about how you cast the combo ...

NOTE :

yellow = lvl 1 combo ... it take a longer time to cast the skill then a orange or red combo ... but faster then a normal casted skill
orange = lvl 2 combo ... it can be considerate as a normal combo ...
red = lvl 3 combo and the best ... it is like orange (a little faster) but have a higher chance to crit the target ...

New update 100% combo stun ...

stigma>rising>slash>GM>comp

NOTE : this combo is not mine ... originally posted here : http://forum.cabalonline.com/showthread.php?t=24017

Pontus Ferum + 100% stun combo vid here : http://www.stage6.com/user/Arctica00...-Pontus-Ferrum

Best FBs combos and strategy - Written By Bible_Black - Contributed By nif90
http://forum.cabalonline.com/showthread.php?t=24198

Cabal SEA - Force Blader Guide - CABAL Online Episode 2: Force Blader Changes

2008-03-16T10:01:00.001+08:00

Force Blader:

List of new special effects on old skills:

Flash Draw – Down + 40%
Rising Shot – Down + 70%
Soaring Shot – Down + 70%
Dance of Ruin – Down + 80%
Round Cut – Knock Back + 60%
Infernal Stigma – Stun + 80%
Infernal Impact – Down + 90%, Attack-10, Defence -10, HP down -10 (for 8 Seconds) (??? at lvl 20)
"Lance" skills type - Down + 40%
Lightning Lance - Down + 45%
"Cannon" skills type - Knock Back + 45%
Lightning Cannon - Knock Back + 55%

List of new offencive skills(special effects only):

Force Kick – Stun + 75%
Assassinate – Down + 75%

List of types(Series) on old Buffs:

Regeneration - Strengthen Body, Evoluated skill
Enchant – Strengthen Weapons
Fire Blade – Strengthen Weapons
Earth Guard – Strengthen General Attack
Ice Blade – Strengthen Weapons
Wind Movement – Strengthen Equipments
Lightning Blade – Strengthen Weapons
Aqua Vitality - Strengthen Body

List of types (Series) on new Buffs:

Ressist Intension – Strengthen Spirit

List of new debuff skills(special effects only)

Execration - Unmovable
stats at lvl 20 (Duration 20sec)
Hard Luck - Resist Critical Rate -10%, Resist Critical Damage -10%
stats at lvl 20 Resist Critical Rate -10%, Resist Critical Damage -20%(Duration 20sec)
Darkness – Attack Distance -2
stats at lvl 20 (Duration 30sec)
Field of Enervation – Level Down - 4
stats at lvl 20 Level Down -12 (Duration 30sec)
Mana Freeze – MP -1020
stats at lvl 20 MP -1400 (Duration 10sec)
Field of Execration - Unmovable
stats at lvl 20 (Duration 20sec)

List of new skills - full stats (based on lvl 1skill):

Force Kick
- Condition: "Expert(4)” Rank or higher
- Attack Amp.: x1.20
- Add. Attack: +106.50 (1.50 increase per level)
- Stun:+75% (lasts for 2 sec)
- Range 1-12
- Limit:1
- MP: 21
- Cool Time: 72.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.0sec
Assassinate
- Condition: "Completer(0)” Rank or higher
- Attack Amp.: x1.70
- Add. Attack: +856.00 (6.00 increase per level)
- Down: +75%
- Range 1-5
- Limit:3(Piercing Effect)
- MP: 30
- Cool Time: 8.4sec
- Casting Time: 3.0sec
Field of Enervation
- Effect: Wide Range Level Down, Max target number of Skill Effect- 9
- Condition: “Transcender(16)” Rank or higher
- Whole Ability DOWN: -4(0.40 increase per level)
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 3
- Duration: 30sec
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 180.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Darkness
- Effect: Target Range DOWN
- Condition: “Completer(14)” Rank or higher
- Target Range: -2
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 11sec
- (Promotion Bonus to duration depends on Class Rank)
- MP: 385 (-15.00 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 58.5sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Mana Freeze
- Effect: Target Max MP DOWN
- Condition: “Transcender(16)” Rank or higher
- MP: -1,040(40 decrease per level)
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 10sec
- (Promotion Bonus to duration depends on Class Rank)
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 180.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Execration
- Effect: Character Unmovable Effect, Basic DeBuff Effect
- Condition: “A. Master(11)” Rank or higher
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 11sec
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 58.5sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Field of Execration
- Effect: Target and Caster Unmovable
- Condition: “Transcender(16)” Rank or higher
- Range: 0-10
- Limit: 5
- Duration: 11sec
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 180.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Hard Luck
- Effect: Critical Rate and Damage Resistance DOWN
- Condition: “G. Master(12)” Rank or higher
- Critical Hit-Rate Resistance: -10%
- Critical Damage Resistance: -10%
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 11sec
- (Promotion Bonus to duration depends on Class Rank)
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 58.5sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Bike/Board Chain Attack Skill

Other changes:

Damage Overtime now stacks on both PVP and PVE
Enervation Effect
- Effect will be minimized starting from the targets 10 levels higher than the caster, no effect for targets 30 levels higher and up
- Field of Enervation can be used during PK, PVP and PVE
Lightning Blade Buff now gives more attack and critical rate
Upon activation of Battle Mode 1: Force Enchanter, magic cannons are automatically casted as buffs and when its time runs out it'll automatically buff your original buffs.Force Blader:

List of new special effects on old skills:
Flash Draw – Down + 40%
Rising Shot – Down + 70%
Soaring Shot – Down + 70%
Dance of Ruin – Down + 80%
Round Cut – Knock Back + 60%
Infernal Stigma – Stun + 80%
Infernal Impact – Down + 90%, Attack-10, Defence -10, HP down -10 (for 8 Seconds) (??? at lvl 20)
"Lance" skills type - Down + 40%
Lightning Lance - Down + 45%
"Cannon" skills type - Knock Back + 45%
Lightning Cannon - Knock Back + 55%

List of new offencive skills(special effects only):

Force Kick – Stun + 75%
Assassinate – Down + 75%

List of types(Series) on old Buffs:

Regeneration - Strengthen Body, Evoluated skill
Enchant – Strengthen Weapons
Fire Blade – Strengthen Weapons
Earth Guard – Strengthen General Attack
Ice Blade – Strengthen Weapons
Wind Movement – Strengthen Equipments
Lightning Blade – Strengthen Weapons
Aqua Vitality - Strengthen Body

List of types (Series) on new Buffs:

Ressist Intension – Strengthen Spirit

List of new debuff skills(special effects only)

Execration - Unmovable
stats at lvl 20 (Duration 20sec)
Hard Luck - Resist Critical Rate -10%, Resist Critical Damage -10%
stats at lvl 20 Resist Critical Rate -10%, Resist Critical Damage -20%(Duration 20sec)
Darkness – Attack Distance -2
stats at lvl 20 (Duration 30sec)
Field of Enervation – Level Down - 4
stats at lvl 20 Level Down -12 (Duration 30sec)
Mana Freeze – MP -1020
stats at lvl 20 MP -1400 (Duration 10sec)
Field of Execration - Unmovable
stats at lvl 20 (Duration 20sec)

List of new skills - full stats (based on lvl 1skill):

Force Kick
- Condition: "Expert(4)” Rank or higher
- Attack Amp.: x1.20
- Add. Attack: +106.50 (1.50 increase per level)
- Stun:+75% (lasts for 2 sec)
- Range 1-12
- Limit:1
- MP: 21
- Cool Time: 72.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.0sec
Assassinate
- Condition: "Completer(0)” Rank or higher
- Attack Amp.: x1.70
- Add. Attack: +856.00 (6.00 increase per level)
- Down: +75%
- Range 1-5
- Limit:3(Piercing Effect)
- MP: 30
- Cool Time: 8.4sec
- Casting Time: 3.0sec
Field of Enervation
- Effect: Wide Range Level Down, Max target number of Skill Effect- 9
- Condition: “Transcender(16)” Rank or higher
- Whole Ability DOWN: -4(0.40 increase per level)
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 3
- Duration: 30sec
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 180.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Darkness
- Effect: Target Range DOWN
- Condition: “Completer(14)” Rank or higher
- Target Range: -2
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 11sec
- (Promotion Bonus to duration depends on Class Rank)
- MP: 385 (-15.00 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 58.5sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Mana Freeze
- Effect: Target Max MP DOWN
- Condition: “Transcender(16)” Rank or higher
- MP: -1,040(40 decrease per level)
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 10sec
- (Promotion Bonus to duration depends on Class Rank)
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 180.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Execration
- Effect: Character Unmovable Effect, Basic DeBuff Effect
- Condition: “A. Master(11)” Rank or higher
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 11sec
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 58.5sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Field of Execration
- Effect: Target and Caster Unmovable
- Condition: “Transcender(16)” Rank or higher
- Range: 0-10
- Limit: 5
- Duration: 11sec
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 180.0sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Hard Luck
- Effect: Critical Rate and Damage Resistance DOWN
- Condition: “G. Master(12)” Rank or higher
- Critical Hit-Rate Resistance: -10%
- Critical Damage Resistance: -10%
- Range: 0-8
- Limit: 1
- Duration: 11sec
- (Promotion Bonus to duration depends on Class Rank)
- MP: 28 (2.80 increase per level)
- Cool Time: 58.5sec
- Casting Time: 1.5sec
Bike/Board Chain Attack Skill

Other changes:

Damage Overtime now stacks on both PVP and PVE
Enervation Effect
- Effect will be minimized starting from the targets 10 levels higher than the caster, no effect for targets 30 levels higher and up
- Field of Enervation can be used during PK, PVP and PVE
Lightning Blade Buff now gives more attack and critical rate
Upon activation of Battle Mode 1: Force Enchanter, magic cannons are automatically casted as buffs and when its time runs out it'll automatically buff your original buffs.

CABAL Online Episode 2: Force Blader Changes - Written By Haze - Contributed By nif90
http://scud-v-haze.blogspot.com/2008...ce-blader.html

Cabal SEA - Force Archer Guide - ZaXorN's Guide To Force Archer (FA)

2008-03-16T10:00:00.001+08:00

NOTE : CREDITS DOES NOT FULLY GOES TO ME.
Contents

1) Cons And Pros Of Force Archers -
2) Force Archer's Skills Guide -
3) How To Add The Stats For Force Archer -
4) Where To Train & Earn Alz -
5) Credits

1) Cons And Pros Of Force Archers -

Cons : Low HP.

Pros : High Damages & Far Ranged

2) Force Archer's Skills Guide -

Novice

Power Shot - Create a spiritual arrow to attack a target .

Magic Arrow - A basic long ranged magic spell that uses one's force .

Which one should I add ?

My Advice : NONE . You shouldn't be buying any skills from the instructor & adding any skills when you're a novice. You should save your sp which is a total of 21 when you reached apprentice .[/color]

Apprentice

Critical Shot - A basic long ranged magic spell that uses one's force -

Repulsive Armour - Increase the caster's defense rank

Precision - Increase the caster's attack rank .

Which one should I add ?

My Advice : Critical Shot and Repulsive Armour. Critical Shot provides high damage which is important and useful , while Repulsive Armour increases your armour defend which is very useful because force archers have quite low hp.
Try not to add Precision as it will be taken over by Eagle Eyes when your magic rank is regular. [/color]

Regular -

Explosion Shot - Shoot one's concentrated energy to a target, causing an explosion

Eagle Eye - Increase the caster's hit rate and attack range

Which one should I add ?

My Advice : Explosion Shot & Eagle Eye should be the one you should add. Explosion Shot is another skills that can cause high damage to monsters / enemies. It also has fast cool down time. Eagle eye is the only skill that can take over Precision skill. It increases your attack level and effective range.

Expert

Poison Arrow - Shoot a magic arrow that poisons its enemy

Lower Defense - Decrease the defense of an enemy
Which one should I add ?

My Advice : None. But if you want , you may also buy those elemental cannon skills too.

A.Expert

Shadow Shot - Summon an arrow from the shadow of an enemy

Mana Condense - Increase one's magic attack strength

Vital Force - Increases your maximum hp.

Which one should I add ?
My Advice : Add all these 3. They're useful in different ways.

Master

Great Heal - Restores a great amount of HP.

Vital Bless - Greatly increase the HP restoration rate for a short duration

Drill Shot - This is the first skill can give over 300 high DMG.

Which one should I add ?

My Advice : Add Great Heal & Drill Shot will do. If you wanna add Vital Bless , you may too.

A.Master

Prisimic Arrow - Powerful hit.

My Advice : MUST LEARN.

G.Master

Gravity Distortion - Destructive arrow that distorts time and space

Should I add this ?

Yes , of course. You may want to max it or leave it at lvl 18.[/color]

3) How To Add Stats For Force Archer ?

There is only one way . The only way is to follow your growth level.

Example : Growth Level 10 STR 13 INT 35 DEX 25

This means that by level 10 , your STR should be 13 , INT should be 35 and DEX should be 25.

4) Where To Train & Earn Alz -

-Doing quest should be the best way for training and for earning Alz . At the level of 40 and above , you would like to surf around cabal to find a suitable training spot.

5) Credits

rolax06 - Thanks for your wonderful FA skill guide.
CabalSEA - Thanks for the skills details.

Quote:

Originally Posted by t3h1337n00b

Lower defense and Poison arrow are Expert skills

Thanks .

† ZaXorN's Guide To Force Archer (FA) † ™ - Written By ZaXorN - Contributed By ZaXorN
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=310017

Cabal SEA - Force Archer Guide - FA Skill Guide (rolax06)

2008-03-16T09:59:00.002+08:00

Hello to all who want to play FA Chart.,this just some guide to you if you can't have your own idea..... If you have, try share it with our friend out they who want to try FA, thanks Q. SRY if u found some spelling is wrong. Pls correct it for me thanks Q.
Some basic skill I'll not discuss much because it will not in use after your get EXPERT Rank. For adding Chart.Stat, just follow ur Chart. requirement, press C and u can know the requirement for ur Chart.

1)Novice

Power Shot
Not advice to add SP

This is the beginning skill,so just use it.

Magic Arrow
Not advice to add SP
Beginning skill too,so just use.

Regeneration

Recover HP,It more useful for high DEF Chart.
For FA it not much useful cause when u have to use pot when hit by monster.

2)Apprentice

Critical Shot
SP=lv 18~20

Sidenote from ren99:
Lv 18 Critical Shot - 1.35 Mag Amp. +98.7 added damage. +95% critical damage. CD = 2.1s. MP = 32
Lv 20 Critical Shot - 1.45 Mag Amp. +103.1 added damage. +105% crit damage. CD = 3.2s. MP = 36
Casting Time = 1.3s. +50% crit chance. Range: 1-8. KB = +50%. Limit: 1 (piercing).
Needs 20 SP to level from Lv18 to Lv20.

Concentrates spirit to give critical damage
All high lvl FA player will agree with this cause it was a main power for FA.
Why i say it useful ???
a) Can see the DMG
b) High DMG rate
c) Hit Passes through and Hit Back the monster.
e) Fast cool down time.
this is very useful & more power skill they give at the beginning level for FA.U also can pump ur SP into it.belive me. u can see the differences,this skill can last u until u reach lvl 70, maybe more.......

Precision

Increase the caster's attack rank..... It not much difference from normal hit and it will take over by Eagle Eye.so if u want just train it with the next skill and change it when u can learn Eagle Eye.

Repulsive Armour
SP=lv18~20

No other skill can take over this skill cause it Increase the caster's defense rank

Magic Blast

Just use it ask helper to u.(if u want)

3)Regular

Explosion Shot
lv18~20

The first skill can make monster falldown.Condensate energy to explode enemy
Fast cool down time,high DMG,when u get this skill u can use it with Critical Shot. Both of this skill very useful,and u can think to unlearn some not useful skill if u want.

Blind

Decrees enemy hit rate.

Eagle Eye
SP=lv18~20

This is the only skill can take over Precision skill.
Increase own Attack level and effective range.

4)Expert

Poison Arrow
SP=lv20

More useful to High Def Mobs,when u train it to lv20 it will giv around 67dmg/sec,maintenance 10sec.

Lower Defense
SP=lv18~20

it up to u want to learn or not,cause it almost same ask decrees enemy hit rate,only helpful when u killing boss type mobs.

5)A.Expert

Shadow Shot
SP=lv18~20

Summon an arrow from the shadow of an enemy
The only skill can use all FA life.
High Dmg,Can make monster falldown ask Explosion Shot,fast cool down time,Faster shot make and the only thing is use alot MP. My suggestion is try change some useful skill to this skill.(it up to u)

Mana Condense
SP=lv18~20

Increase one's magic attack strength,MUST LEARN

Vital Force
SP=lv18~20

Extra up ur HP,MUST LEARN too

Until here,make sure u have learn 4 importance helping skill.
a)Eagle Eye>Add up hit rate + attack distance
b)Repulsive Armour>Add up ur avoids rate.
c)Mana Condense>Add up ur magic power
d)Vital Force>Extra up ur HP.
For FA,this 4 skill can say is there life helper,for a,b and can help ur party team. (useful in solo or team)

6)Master

Great Heal
SP=lv18~20

the healing skill(recover ur Hp)Restores a great amount of HP.
When u train it until Lv3 it recover ur HP more faster than using HP pot.

Vital Bless
SP=lv7( tough of SP and not reaching chart lv requirement[depend on game chart higher ranking] )

Greatly increase the HP restoration rate for a short duration
Maybe i can say it's revolution of Regeneration.
(up to u want to learn or not.)can skip it.

Drill Shot
SP=lv18~28

This is the first skill can give over 300 high DMG.
the bad thing is take longer time to having shot.It also make enemy blur for moment and it very useful all the life of FA.

8)A.Master

The only skill at this rank.
Prisimic Arrow
SP=lv15 (tough of SP and not reaching chart requirement[depend on game chart higher ranking])

powerful hit. Must learn too

9)G.Master

Gravity Distortion
SP=lv1 ( depend on game chart higher ranking )

Destructive arrow that distorts time and space
Can hit back enemy,the only thing is long cool down time.

Why i just write adding SP lv18 ~ lv20 ??? It because u will tough of SP, if u feel enough of SP u can max it on lv20 or just stop at lv18. This is my Exp on CABAL TW.
For me, i feel it great and very useful. hope can give some idea to those who want to play FA,if u feel it not much helpful just take it ask ur guide line,u can read other player suggestion to have up more helpful guide for u. lastly i hope forgive me if they have any wrong typing word

write by ren99>>>http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=306456

Quote:

Originally Posted by xia0kg

regen does nt stack with eagle eyes... zz...

i wasted 100k to unlearn my Precision and another 100k to learn my eagle eyes and lols.. eagle dont stack with regen..-.-zz..

please write tat down in ur guide

Thanks to xiao0kg for remind.......
ok..... for regeneration skill is difference with Precision or Eagle Eye
It can't stack on each other.
REGENERATION = recover ur HP
PRECISION or EAGLE EYE = Increase own Attack level and effective range.

FA Skill Guide - Written By rolax06 - Contributed By rolax06
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=302127

Cabal SEA - Force Archer Guide - FA Skill Guide (ExFoRcE)

2008-03-16T09:58:00.001+08:00

Magic Skill:
[Apprentice]
Critical Shot - lvl 20
Repulsive Armour - lvl 20
[Regular]
Blind - lvl 1
Eagle eye - lvl 20
[Expert]
Poison Arrow - lvl 20
Lower Defense - lvl 20
[A. Expert]
Mana Condense - lvl 20
Shadow Shot - lvl 20
Vital Force - lvl 20
[Master]
Drilled Shot - lvl 4
Greater Heal - lvl 20
Vital Bless - lvl 9
[A. Master]
Prismatic Arrow - lvl 20
[Grand Master]
Gravity Distortion - lvl 9

Now i will tell you how to use your skills.
Obviously with all the buff skills you buff yourself and others Now with attacking skills, this is which skills you should use
and where.

For PVP:
Obviously you start combo straight away and use these skills to attack:
Shadow Shot first (knockdown at start=good chance to win)
Critical Shot second (does allot of damage over a short period of time)
Gravity Distortion third (adds good damage with chance to stun)
Posion Arrow last (again, adds good damage and gives poison damage over time)
After you used these 4 skills repeat all of them again.

Now for PVE:
Gravity Distortion first (stuns for long time)
Poison Arrow second (good damage and gives poison damage over time)
Drilled Shot third (good damage)
Prismatic Arrow fourth (good damage again)
Use these 4 skills on monsters and if you combo vs a melee mob it will be very hard for him to reach you ^^
(You can also use the PVP combo in PVE, for example if you're killing a boss.)

Upgrade Skills:
When you reach Transcender you will have 6 upgrade slots. These are the upgrades you should buy and max:
Vitality Mastery (a must have for any char - adds alot of HP)
Force Control (another very good upgrade - adds alot of magic=more dmg)
Force Rolling (same as above but better ^^)
Damage Absorb (good upgrade skill - adds alot of defense)
Sixth Sense (a usefull skill in PVE - adds alot of def rate)

final skill you should pick either:
Reflex (if you like PVE more than PVP)

And finally I will tell you which equipment to use:
I cannot tell you exactly which items to use as these will change as you get higher lvl.
If you like PVP, try to get as much crit rate % and crit dmg % as possible.
And if you like PVE more, you can get more magic (although crit rate and dmg is good also)
So this is the end of my Force Archer guide . If you do not like something about this guide or think that I am wrong please
do not follow it^^. This is how my Force Archer is build and I think that he is strong in PVP . Force Archers are a fun class
to play if you know how, and I hope this guide helped you.

[Update]

Novice > power shot + random arrow
Apprentice > crit shot (keeper) + 2 random skills
Regular > crit shot + explosion shot + random skill
Expert > crit shot + explosion shot + poison arrow (keeper)
A expert > crit shot + shadow shot(keeper) + poison arrow.
Master (see A expert)
A Master (See A expert)
G Master Crit shot, shadow shot, poison arrow, Grav distortion, fire lance, terra lance.

Everything that isn't worth keeping should be at lvl 9.
Other skills at lvl20 besides grav.

Buffs
Mana condense > 20
HP buff > 20
Repulsive armour > 20
greater heal > 20
The regen buff thingy > 9

Optional
Eagle eyes > 20

Combo all the way and follow your growth. After lvl60 focus your stats on your gear requirements and everything else in int.

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Defensive Sense (if you like PVP more than PVE)

FA Skill Guide - Written By ExFoRcE - Contributed By ExFoRcE
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=297290

Cabal SEA - Force Archer Guide - Aidenz Guide To Force Archer

2008-03-16T09:54:00.002+08:00

Basic Of Force Archer Guide

Introduction

Ok. Basically this guide is base on my experience with a Force Archer in CabalSEA Close Beta. The furthest I've gotten is up to level 45/Regular.
This guide will basically base on what I've done during the Close Beta testing period.

Starting As A Force Archer

1. Do the quest in available by pressing 'T'. Doing quest can guarantee you a good startup because they provide you suffiencient exp,potion,alz and information you need as a newbie.
2. Keep doing all the quest available up to level 6 - 8 if possible up to level 10.
3. At level 10, Get your combo skill by doing the quest available at your hometown(Green Despair) provided by the Instructor.

How Do I Add My Stats?

From level 1-60 you will need to follow the growth stats and between following the growth stats you need to plan your stat points on the armour or weapons you needed the most. I will advise everyone to get the stats to wear your armor first before getting stats for weapon.

How Do I Add My Skills?

Suitable Buffs for lvl 10 - 45 - Increase Armour Defence Rate & Precision (After lvl 45 you can derank your Precision to get Eagle Eye)
Suitable Upgrades - Always get the HP Upgrade as it is useful for your survival (this is the furthest I've gotten so far)
Suitable Skills - Skills that I use for fast leveling from Level 12 - 45 is Critical Shot, Universal arrow skill of your preference, Level 35 onwards after you get to Regular I get Explosion Arrow and Universal Arrow Lance skill good for grinding at Wriggleleaf as those mobs are huge enough for you to multi hit them.

Basically you can experiment your skills on your own because you can derank your skill level with alz but do take note that the higher your skill level is the more expensive the deranking will cost.

Suitable Leveling Guide For Force Archer

Ok this leveling guide is base on my experience you don't really have to follow the way I train you could explore out on your own by pressing'M' for the GPS system and tick the box 'Mark Suitable Hunting Spot' to get a rough idea on what monster your able to train on.

Level 1 - 10 - Do quest available or Fight Troglos(Green Despair) or Red Garlies(Desert Scream)
Level 10 - 14 - Train on Troglo Warriors,Troglo Elder,Dire Boar or Plant Toad(All this can be found at Green Despair)
Level 14 - 20 - Do quest available or Train on Bugzard(Green Despair) or Giant Snake(Desert Scream)
Level 20 - 25 - Train on Plant Pantherhorn,Pantherhorn,Giant Spider or Huge Spider(All this can be found at Green Despair)
Level 25 - 30 - Do quest available or Train on Mummies or Mummy Bladers(Can be found at Desert Scream)
Level 30 - 36 - Train on Mummy Bladers,Mummy Warriors or Archionis(Can be found at Desert Scream)
Level 36 - 40 - Train on Archyterix and Clay Gargoyle(Can be found at Desert Scream)
Level 40 - 45 - Train on Moscutters(Green Despair),Bitterleafs(Green Despair) or Wriggeleaf(Green Despair)
Level 45 onwards - to be continue or you can explore on your own its and intresting thing to adventure out to the unknown!

PVP For Newbies

This tips are base on my experience you don't really have to follow it but I would like to share with you all though.

PVP Basic Manners

Request a Duel and do not force the person to duel with you if they do not wish too!
Ask whether they would like to have a Aura Mode or Battle Mode PVP Style before starting. DO NOT ACTIVATE YOUR AURA MODE OR BATTLE MODE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLE WHEN YOUR DYING JUST TO SAVE YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU'VE AGREED NOT TO USE IT. Its Pretty Rude to do that its like telling your opponent,"Hey I'm a sore loser so I decide to break the rule and make you lose instead".
Never hurl abusive languages when you've lost have some Gamemanship.

PVP Style

Ok basically this is what I do at the beginning. Make your opponent do the first move then you fade step away and activate your combo. Then start spamming your skills try not to break the combo. Practice your comboing on monster first before applying it to PVP. Basically this is my order of skill usage during combo mode. Critical Shot>Explosion Shot>Fire Lance/Freezing Lance and recycle back to the beginning. Avoid breaking your combo up to 8-10 combo where your combo skill will be ready to be used after breaking your combo reactivate your combo and start everything over again to finish your opponent. Try to quickly click your target when they have made you detargeted during your combo.

Aidenz Guide To Force Archer - Written By Aiden - Contributed By CheshireCat
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=298988

Cabal SEA - Blader Guide - Blader Skill Guide

2008-03-16T09:49:00.002+08:00

Hello all ....... Hope this Guide can giv u some idea.

1)Novice

Flash Draw
Beginning skill.very usefull skill from Novice to Expert rank.
Mag Amp: X1.10
ATK: +20.70 (+1.60 per Lv)
Range: 0~1
Limit: 2
MP cost: 5
Cooldown: 2.9 sec
Casting Time: 1.6 sec

Impact Stab
The most basic fencing skill for swordsmen
Mag Amp: X1.10
ATK: +19.40(+1.50 per Lv)
Range: 1~2
Limit: 1
MP cost: 5
Cooldown: 2.7 sec
Casting Time: 1.5 sec

Fade Step
Quickly run further away from an enemy
Range: 1~4
MP cost: 5
Cooldown: 2.1 sec
Casting Time: 0.5 sec

2)Apprentice

Double Slash
Wield two swords at once
Mag Amp: X1.10
ATK: +39.40 (+1.00 per Lv)
Dmg rate:+10%
Hit rate:+10%
Range: 0~1
Limit: 2
MP cost: 12
Cooldown: 2.4 sec
Casting Time: 1.3 sec

Concentration
Concentrate one's mind to increase hit rate
Mag Amp: X1.10
ATK: +20.70 (+1.60 per Lv)
Range: 0~1
Limit: 2
MP cost: 5
Cooldown: 2.9 sec
Casting Time: 1.6 sec

Dash
Increase one's movement speed for a short period of time
Range: 1~18
MP cost: 12
Cooldown: 2.4 sec
Casting Time: 0.8 sec

Triple Slash
bladder's faster attack
Mag Amp: X1.20
ATK: +74.90 (+1.70 per Lv)
Dmg rate:+10%
Hit rate:+10%
Range: 0~1
Limit: 2
MP cost: 14
Cooldown: 3.6 sec
Casting Time: 2.0 sec

3)Regular

Blade Force
Increase the damage of a sword by infusing it with mana.
ATK Power: +15 (+1.00 per Lv)
MP cost: 17
Cooldown: 54 sec
Casting Time: 2.2 sec

Double Rising
Attack quickly using dual swords.
Mag Amp: X1.30
ATK: +104.90 (+2.20 per Lv)
Dmg rate:+10%
Hit rate:+10%
Range: 0~1
Limit: 2
MP cost: 18
Cooldown: 4.0 sec
Casting Time: 2.2 sec

Death Cross
Cross two swords and then stab a target.
Mag Amp: X1.30
ATK: +169.90 (+4.00 per Lv)
Dmg rate:+20%
Hit rate:+5%
Range: 1~2
Limit: 1
MP cost: 19
Cooldown: 5.4 sec
Casting Time: 3.0 sec

Blader Skill Guide - Written By rolax06 - Contributed By rolax06
http://forums.playpark.net/showthread.php?t=304078

Cabal SEA - Blader Guide - Duo's Guide for Bladers

2008-03-15T12:23:00.006+08:00

What's to come in this guide?
-Katana bladers vs Blade bladers
~Interlude: Posters Questions, answered!
-Skills
-Skills Part Two
~Second Interlude: Video Collection
-Combo
-Aura Mode
-Battle Mode 1
-Battle Mode 2
-PvP
If you have a question unrelated to any of these topics, or if you feel that I left something important out, please feel free to post it and I will try my best to answer it and add it to the guide.

The General Jist of Bladers

Bladers are CABAL's speed demon class. Similar to bandits and assassins featured in other games, bladers specialize in fast, multi-hit attacks and high evade. Though some bandits and assassins are weak compared to the other classes in some other games, bladers are a big exception. A Blader's ultimate skill is an AoE skill that can eliminate a mob with 1 use and cut off about half of a player's HP in a PvP. Bladers also have the ability to 1 shot a foe, whether monster or person, with a pretty high chance of success. But enough of delving into more detailed subjects.

Personal note: If you're the kind for speed and fast paced gameplay, then bladers are probably your #1 choice. All blader skills execute quickly (with the exceptions of Blade Cry and Twinmoon Slash) and make for beautiful combos.

The Ultimate Blader Question: Should I use dual katanas or dual blades?

Quote:

Originally Posted by UltraViolet

If you search any other cabal forums, you should be able to find like 101 posts about this

Blader | Str | Int | Dex | HP | MP |
-----------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
Base Stats | 16 | 3 | 16 | 50 | 20 |
-----------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+--
Atk |0.25 | -- |0.25 | -- | -- |
Magic | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -- | -- |
Def |0.167| -- |0.167| -- | -- |
Hit Rate | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | -- | -- |
Def Rate | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | -- | -- |

I believe this was taken from cabal korea. So if it is different then there's nothing I can do. And if it's different then who knows what stats calculation cabalsea will be using.

STR = DEX, they both add exactly the same thing. I believe the general advice would be to add STR and DEX equally. That way, you have room for every kind of equipment, blades/katanas, osmium armor/mystic. As for blades vs katana, I think use whatever you can find. Unless you have 2 red osms katanas and 2 red osms blades then you probably have to see which looks cooler.

So let me conclude with this notion - THE CHOICE IS ALL YOURS! The weapons are basically the same based on this status calculation provided here. So pick your look, katana or blade?

Poster's Questions, answered here!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polis

er...Duo can you tell me...how much stats point i will get for each lvl?10?

~You get 5 skill points each level which you put into the three stats, STR, INT, and DEX. Try your best to meet the status requirements listed in your character window (C) right above your stats.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple

how do we get the skills and add skill points? and how long does grappler last, and how do we rank up?

Skills are bought from your skill NPC. In Cabal your skills work differently than most. You have a meter in your skill menu. whenever you fill up that meter to max, your skill level increases and you get a skill point. Grappler mode lasts somewhere between 2 and 3 minutes I believe. And something I left out, whenever you rank up, all your battle modes and auras automatically level up and become stronger. As for ranking up, in order to rank up skill level you have to complete your current skill level's set. For example, Novice rank requires 17 level ups. When you obtain the 17th level up, you move onto apprentice rank. And in order to rank up when it comes to your levels, you get a simple rank up test every 10 levels which involves beating a slightly challenging dungeon, along with completing side quests given to you by NPCs in all 3 areas, desert scream, bloody ice, and green despair. That is assuming I remember correctly, I do know that you have to do a dungeon though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple

oo how much each for the skill?

I won't lie. Skills become very expensive. Your first skill costs like 800 alz to get, while your Gmaster costs something like 3 million I think. But don't fret, quests give you so much money in this game that you could be flying on a 10 million alz hoverboard and have all the equips you need before you hit level 60.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zer0shiki

hmm.. Duo, the combo bar is [...........................|......|....] and a perfect combo is near the bar,something like [////////////////////|.......|....] so wht abt [//////////////////|///////|....] would it be the same as [////////////////////|.......|....] ???? sry abt the lousy language

Yes it works at both lines. The lines are for best possible combo damage, and the space inbetween is a safezone of guaranteed "great" combo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple

how long does BM1 and BM2 last?

They last about 2-3 minutes each. The same applies for battle aura.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polis

Question~~~:

what is Battle Aura....^_^ the element?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple

its just a temporary buff
the elments make no difference , its just the look

It seems like Purple can infact read the guide. The description of battle aura is already listed in the original version while this question/answer topic is updated constantly and easily missed. Please be nicer to your fellow CABALers Polis ^^.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polis

One More Question:

Between Blader And Force Archer which is the most Helpful character in war..

There is no such thing as a better class in cabal. The classes are all balanced and require more player skill than player class. I remember in a 5 on 5 guild war, I took out a warrior 8 levels higher than me, an FA 4 levels higher, and survived the whole pvp without using battle modes. How you ask? Because I can consistantly hold 15+ combo sprees while they couldn't combo me for more than 10 skills straight. Remember this: In CABAL, the class you choose should match your playing STYLE, but it won't give you a playing ADVANTAGE. Skill is more essential than your class in this game.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KopiO

may i know what does 'heavy blader' means??

In CABAL the equips are not class specific, they are only stat specific. If you meet the status requirements of items, you can equip anything you want. You can be a blader, equip orbs and full battle set if you like. What UltraViolet said is correct. A heavy blader refers to a blader that uses the armorsuit set. This probably applies for one that used the battle set as well. It has its advantages, but most stick to martial set.

The Blader Skill Collection

I will now list blader SWORD skills as they appear in each ranking and give an opinionare on each.

Novice Rank

Flash Draw - This skill is your first skill that can be easily used to attack multiple foes in front of you and to your sides as well. This skill knocks opponents off their feet as well, which will save you a lot of damage. You can't get hurt if your enemy can't attack you. To try to help you imagine what it looks like, you pull each of your swords to your side with arms crossed in front of you. Your character bends low, charges up, and then releases a cross slash.

Impact Stab - Your first attack skill. In fact, you start with this skill. This is a fast skill but is hard to use for area of effect. You get it free of charge, so you can't really say anything bad about it. A very simple visual. You simply stab with your left? sword while taking a small step forwards.

Stab Slash - Ah, a skill that does 2 hits! A very appropriate name, for you really do stab, and then slash! The slash portion of this skill has AoE. It's basically a combination of the previous 2 skills in one single motion.

Fade Step - This skill allows you to swiftly back away from your opponent. If you know you're about to die, you can simply back up and then flee. A nice skill, but I would skip it and get a different movement skill in the near future.

Apprentice Rank

Concentration - Increases your hit rate, 'nough said :P

Dash - This is the skill that I feel is superior to fade step. When you use this skill, your character swiftly moves almost an entire screen's distance towards where your mouse is on the screen. You more much farther and much faster than you do with fade step, so I prefer having this skill instead.

Double Slash - Two quick, consecutive slashes. This skill covers everything in front of you, so it's very useful for fending off large mobs, even more so than Stab Slash, since both of your hits are AoE.

Triple Slash - Three slashes in one motion. This skill covers everything in front of you and to your sides as well. Your first slash slashes from left to right, then you slash with your opposing katana from right to left, and then you conclude with a third slash that is executed after you spin around and finish with your left hand sword I believe.

Regular Rank

Blade Force - Increases the damage of your swords. Some people say to skip it since you get a stronger version of this skill later on, but I still got it and found it helpful enough to keep. Try not to get too obsessive over leveling it up really high though

Death Cross - Your first "power house" skill. This skill features a double sword stab, after which your character separates the swords, one going left, the other going right. The stab is not AoE, but the final slashes are. It does a high amount of damage, but is sadly slow in execution. Still a must have skill.

Rising Shot - A one handed swing straight up to flip your opponent over. Basically it's a faster, one target version of Flash Draw, and it's also stronger. However, I advise skipping this skill. You will already have Flash Draw, Impact Stab, Double Slash, Triple Slash, and Death Cross to combo with, so you shouldn't waste points on an almost useless skill.

Double Rising - A very deceptive name, for this is actually a 3 hit succession skill. Your character spins around while performing 3 upper cut slashes with the sword. It has a limited AoE range, but still has enough to be counted as an AoE skill. Strong and useful for comboing in place of Death Cross.

Expert Rank

Storm Grind - A fun to use skill. Your character vanishes in a poof of black smoke, and swiftly swings upwards, flying about 5 times your avatar height into the air. This skill is full AoE (hits everything around you in a circle), and flips them over. Powerful, and a must keeper.

Assault - A fast charging attack. This skill is VERY VERY useful for fighting bosses in this game. If you do not get this skill then beating boss dungeons will be virtually impossible.

Hasing Dance - One of the ***iest skills in the game. Your character flips both of his swords into hilt leading grip (rather than having the blade sticking out of your grip) and performs 7 consecutive left to right / right to left slashes, finishing with a double slash with swords back in the normal grip after spinning a 360. This skill is front and side AoE, and is very VERY powerful due to it having 8 strikes.

Iron Skin - Make your pathetic defense pathetic no more! Your first defense up skill has arrived.

A. Expert Rank (Advanced Expert)

Mirage Step - Thought your evade was good already? Well think again, cause it's about to get better! Your evasion skill is here, and it's a mighty effective one.

Round Cut - A skill common to all classes, you spin around in a circle and strike everything around you once. This is a very iffy skill. I ended up deleting it and relearning it many many times. I would say delete it unless you have nothing to combo with.

Blade Aura - The stronger version of Blade Force. Increase your attack by even more!

Mirage Grind - A lovely skill to watch. Your character crosses his katanas over his head and bends at the knees to charge up, then he releases a small radius and a large radius circular spin, while spinning himself around to deal many successions to everything around you. A must have that excels beyond the forces of even Hasing Dance.

Master Rank

Twin-moon Slash - Your only ranged attack skill. You cross your blades in front of you, charge up, and shoot dual moons about the same distance as a dash would take you. This skill pierces, so it hits everything in a line in front of you. A good skill when used correctly

Aura Barrier - Iron Skin advanced! The more defense the better.

Vital Interfere - A stun skill that stops your enemies in it's tracks in the same pathline as Twin-moon Slash. Useful for PvP mostly.

A. Master Rank (Advanced Master)

Blade Cry - A freaking power house AoE skill. With this skill, you stick your swords together, pointing straight up, spin around about 4-5 times, then swing out your blades to deal a full circle AoE that strikes very high damage to everything in a very large area. Think of it as turning your character into a mini nuke.

G. Master Rank (Grand Master)

Blade Scud - The skill of all skills for a blader. This skill is a 6-7 hit succession that features an insane animation that I can't begin to comprehend with how little I've seen it. This is a piercing skill like Twin-moon Slash, except your character moves through the mob until you reach the end of it. If you land all 6-7 hits, it can instantly kill a mob.

Magic Skills

It is vital to train your magic skills as well as your sword skills. Whenever you increase your rank on your sword skills, you gain something like 10 STR, 10 DEX, and a lot of HP. The same applies for when you increase your magic skill rank. You will receive I believe 5ish INT and a lot of MP. It also opens slots for passive upgrades (that naturally boost HP/MP, avoid, accuracy, damage, defense without having to physically use them).

Bladers have very good AoE skills. In fact, ALL blader skills can be exploited and used as an AoE skill, all of them besides "rising shot" and "assault".

For impact stab, if you have 2 or more monsters in a line in front of you, click on the farthest back monster and you will stab all of them. Here's an example. Imagine that monsters are represented by "x" and you are represented by "B" (cause you're a blader)

...x.x.x.B. If you click on the bolded X, all 3 will be hit. If you click the first one, then only the first one will be hit (the one closest to you).

For flash draw, you can attack monsters in a small arc in front of you.

Say this is your situation, using the same variables as before (I will use the same variables throughout all my examples).
......x
.....x..B
......x
If you click on the bolded X, you will be able to strike all 3 if they're close together enough.

For stab slash, it's pretty much a combination of both impact stab and flash draw.
.......x
...x.x.B
.......x
Click on the bolded x to hit all 4.

For double slash, it's got a very nice range. If i remember correctly it works like this:

...x.x
..x.x..B
...x.x
Click the bolded x to hit all 6 of them

For triple slash, it's almost just like double slash, only it's got a slightly bigger range as well.

...x.x.x
..x.x.|B
...x.x.x
You can't hit enemies that are right on your side, but you can hit them if they're still slightly in front of you.

For death cross, it's pretty much just like triple slash. Death cross is a two stage attack, a dual stab, and then separating your swords to the left and right. I will color the monsters that get affected by the stab AND slash with red, while monsters that get affected by the after swing are colored green.

....x.x
.x.x.x.B
....x.x
I believe you can do that. If you can't hit 3 in front, then it's just like triple slash.

Rising shot is teh sux. I don't remember AoEing with it, and all it does is flip a single opponent over. I would say save money (a little money) and SKIP this one.

Double rising is kind of hard to AoE with. It has the same potentials of double slash, but the monsters have to be tighter together.
...x.x
..x.x.B
...x.x

Here we go, your first ever full AoE skill! Storm grind is a full circle AoE, but similar to double rising, the monsters have to be right up against you and well packed to strike a full circle.

...x.x.x
...x.B.x
...x.x.x
You can target anyone you want in the ring.

Assault is an essential boss slaying skill. What you do is dash about 5 character steps in an instant and slash once to one enemy. It's pointless to combo with, but you MUST get it to kill bosses.

Ohhh yeah, this is one of your smexiest skills right here, hasing dance. It has a beautiful range that can be exploited excessively with tightly packed monsters. On mechazards, I believed I managed to expoit to this maximum potential range:
...x.x.xx
..x.x.|B
...x.x.xx
If you target the bolded x, you will be able to even hit slightly BEHIND you. It covers something like 220 degrees of ground, a very useful skill, you will probably keep it forever.

Round cut is a skill you should probably just not get. It costs like 700k-1 mill so I'd say skip it unless you don't have enough skills to keep a continuous combo. Round cut is just like storm grind, only it's weaker (I think). It just has lower cool down time and faster execution. The damage range:

..x.x.x
..x.B.x
..x.x.x
Round cut also can reach slightly farther than storm grind.

Mirage grind is a MUST GET, MUST KEEP skill. It has the BEST full circle AoE that you can ever hope to obtain as a blader. The range looks something like this when fully exploited:

-......x.x
-....x.x.x.
..x.x.B.x.x
-....x.x.x
-......x.x
Target any one of those monsters and you will be able to obtain that kind of range (I think, I'm not sure how far it goes on the second layer of monsters).

Twin moon slash is a long range piercer skill. It's a very debatable skill, certainly useful for PvP, but it's usefulness in PvE is fairly mehish. I personally use it to collect mobs in LiD, and it does do some decent damage, so this is purely a your choicer skill

..x.x.x.x.x.x
.................B
..x.x.x.x.x.x
I can't draw two rows of monsters with a B in the middle of them, but if you take the two rows of monsters and squish them together, that's what twin moon slash's range is like. Note, you do NOT move when you use this skill, you stay where you are to attack.

The blader's stun skill, vital interfere. This skill blasts in a line that pierces through, temporarily freezing your opponents where they stand for perhaps 3-5 seconds. I think the range is either like twin-moon slash's range, or it works like this:

..x.x.x.x.x..B
Not too sure, because I've never gotten to this skill, nor have I seen it oftenly used by anyone.

Guess what? Your second best skill is your second strongest skill, and it is also a full circle AoE that has practically the same range as mirage grind. I believe people usually deal around 1-1.1k damage when they first get this skill, no critical damage counted in.

-......x.x
-....x.x.x.
..x.x.B.x.x
-....x.x.x
-......x.x
Once again, target any of those four to get something like the range you see here.

Finally, our G-master, our pride and our glory, BLADE SCUD. Blade scud is an enlargened, stronger, multihit version of twin-moon slash, except your character flies through the mobs as well.

..x.x.x.x.x.x.x
.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.B
..x.x.x.x.x.x.x
Target that sucker way out there, and you'll destory everything in that line of path. Blade scud is a 5 hit succession technique. when you fly through the mob, you deal one slash to each set of two monsters, and the last set of monsters takes 2 hits. So, I'll color code it like this:
Takes first hit Takes second hit Takes third hit Takes fourth and fifth hit

..x.x.x.x.x.x.x
.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.B
..x.x.x.x.x.x.x

Also, if you do not want to spread the love to an entire mob, you can deal all 5 hits to a wall of mob by clicking a closer monster. I believe blade scud can accompany this range whilst dealing all 5 hits to all of them

..x.x.x
.x.x.x.B
..x.x.x
Might be a little farther than what you can do, but you can definitely mob them with blade scud in that manner and have all 5 hits land on all the monsters.

Boss Killing Strategy
It's almost the same for every boss. HIt, and run. Run, very far away. Believe it or not, the best way to beat most bosses is to follow this attack pattern:

Attack with assault/magic --> Dash and avoid attacks --> Attack with assault/magic --> Dash and avoid attacks -->Attack with assault/magic --> Dash and avoid attacks.

That's seriously everything you need to do in order to beat a boss. There are times when you will have to do more running than attacking, but that is the single most effective boss killer tactic. Bosses are immune to Battle Mode 1 and 2, meaning if you turn them on, you won't be able to hurt bosses one bit.

Blader videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWpm8hkT7iI ~Level unknown. Shows many skills, BM2, and a boss fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6TmSXEuG0 ~Level 74 blader that has obtained up to Blade Cry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiY2DNU1nkI ~Blade Scud demonstrations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIzu9RdWNYQ ~Blader skill showcasing from Storm Grind to Vital Interfere

Combo - Level 10 Rank Up

Combo is an ability unique to CABAL and CABAL alone. When you activate this lovely ability, a message will appear saying "Combo Start", and a bar will appear underneath the monster's HP (You can change your options to have the combo meter above your head instead of at the top of the screen). The bar will be empty when you start it, and then a bar will automatically start to fill up. The first combo bar will look something like this:

[............................|................|......]

What you want to do is push a skill key when the bar is as close as possible to the 2 bars you see near the end of the bar. The more accurate you are with your combo timing, the stronger your skill will be.

I believe you can obtain 3 different combo ratings, actually, 4, if you miss.

Miss

2 scenarios for a combo to miss

[/////................|.................|......] Pushing way too early

[////////////////////////||//////////||/////] Or not pushing at all.

Good ~ Minimal Skill Damage Amplification

[/////////////............|...............|......] The bar will appear something like this color, and it will be far away from either line. The distance can also apply if you push very late.

Great ~ Decent Skill Damage Amplification

[//////////////////.......|...............|......] The bar is somewhat close to either line, and will appear as something like the color I made it. You can also obtain greats for pushing right in the middle or right after the second bar.

Excellent ~ Maximum Skill Damage Amplification

[////////////////////////.|...............|......] The bar is very close to either line, or is right on it. When you strike an excellent, your skills will do as much damage as possible. Excellent appears as a tone of red I believe.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireCloud

hmm actually the combo is rather like this instead:

bad:
[////////////////////////|[//.....|......]

good:
[////////////////////////|[/////.|......]

excellent:
[////////////////////////|[/////|......]

I'm going to believe you on this one. I haven't played CABAL in a really long time so I only remember that near the bars is for a good combo.

**As the number of combos increase, the area of the bars will decrease, and the bar will move faster and require a change of pace for success. Also, the area of success will decrease, making even getting a great hard to do. Here's an example

1-5 hit combo bar:

[..............................|................|.......]

6-10 hit combo bar:

[.........................................|.......|.....]

11+ hit combo bar:

[.................................................|..|..]

I'm not sure if the bars change at the exact hits that I listed, but you get the general idea that it gets harder. I can't show bars moving at a faster rate, so this is the best I can do.

Battle Aura - Level 20 Rank Up : SP use = 1 block

A battle aura is basically a temporary super buff. All of your stats are boosted for a period of time to help you kill more effectively. Auras have different elements based on how you answer the series of questions they ask you. So in a sense, your preferences should end you up with your favorite element. There's wind and fire as an example, but I forget the rest.

Battle Mode 1 ~ Illusionist - Lv 30 Rank Up: SP use = 1 block

The Illusionist mode is basically an even more powerful version of battle aura. A few differences is that whenever you use skills, your screen shakes and jiggles to indicate extreme damage, and you really do deal extreme damage with illusionist mode on. You can also stack battle aura ontop of Illusionist mode so that you can increase your potentials to their max with that combination.

Battle Mode 2 ~ Grappler - Lv 50 Rank Up: SP use = 1 block

The Grappler mode turns you into a butt kicking duelist that is a master in the art of 1 on 1 combat. Your swords transform in to shiny blue 3 bladed claws. When you active grappler, **Most of your skills will be unusable during that time, with the exceptions of Assault, Double Rising, and Blade Scud** During this battle mode, you can attack a single monster with god like attack speeds, successing around 3-5 hits in less than a second.

Grappler mode also comes with a bonus in the form of the skill known as Crushing Blow. When you activate this skill, you leap high into the air, and dive down onto your target. If you deal a critical it, it is instant death for monsters and people alike.

Grapplers are thus awesome for PvP, and they are very effective at taking down hard monsters that have lots of HP. If a full blown Crushing Blow doesn't instantly kill, it has the potential of dealing 6.5k damage. I can usually clear a room full of hard monsters (about 15 ~ 20 of them) before my grappler mode runs out.

Side note about SP, what it is, and how to get it

SP is the points that allow you to use combo, battle aura, BM1, and BM2. The SP meter will appear under your mana bar in the top left corner of the screen. It will look like this:

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When you use combo, your meter will go from [||||||||||||||||||||] to something like [||||||||||||||||||..].

When you use aura mode, BM 1, or BM 2, you will consume a full block of SP, which are those 5 squares in my previous picture. Whenever you fill up your SP meter completely, it will be stored in one of those blocks.

In order to gain SP back, just kill. Using skills is the fastest way to get SP back, and it takes just as much time to fill the 1st SP block as it does to fill the 5th SP block. You gain an SP box every Rank up, meaning every 10 levels. When you get combo, you will be able to have 1 SP block, when you get aura, 2 SP blocks to use, BM1, 3 blocks to use, BM2, 4 blocks to use, etc. The max amount of SP blocks are either 4 or 5.

Side note: you must perform a 13 or 14 hit combo to regain all SP used to activate that combo.

PvP

This game features PvP and PK systems. During a PvP, the best strategy would be to activate your combo, and then unleash an all out attack on your opponent. If you intend on breaking your opponents combo, using dash or fade step is very adept at doing that for you. There really isn't much to say about PvP. Just bring your strongest swords and armor and make sure you combo to your best capabilities.

Duo's Guide for Bladers - Written By DuoBlader - Contributed By genesis_x
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