Duma

Just don't expect to win

Forum games sure have been down for a while, but feel free to restart them if you like, we'll see how long they can survive again.

Welcome back to Neopets and to the forum! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. There's a lot of helpful people here that might know how to help.

Hello and welcome back! A lot of things have changed over the years and a lot of stuff seems broken with flash gone. I myself haven't really tried to get around it so I can't help with that.

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You must win in 10 battles each round in order to win the boons.

Oxbridge Prediction:

I would like the faerie quest boon as well so going to go with Sway myself.

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Oxbridge Prediction:

Which faction are you joining for this round?

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Oxbridge Prediction:

It's not very exciting or anything but it's nice because unlike with adding items, that get released at midnight and we would want to add them to the database as quickly as possible, or with events that need updating and such, I can do my TDN job whenever I have time. I usually check it in the morning and after work.

They don't have that bad of boons so I don't get it either. Guess we'll have to wait longer for Order boons and for those who need it, the avatar.

13 hours ago, GillyTook said:

Soooo, basically I train to 750 ( or a few points higher in case a RE hits me) then just try to get the most icons possible?  And do you need to activate defence items, or are they automatic like shields in other games?

In addition to what Aquamentis said, if you play 1P battles and you know what icon types your opponent can and mostly can NOT defend against, you try to pick weapons that have the most icons of that icon type as to do the most damage possible. For shields the same way, if you know what icon types your opponent will inflict, try to pick shields that defend the most icons of that type. For the moment, if you have Lens flare and Warlocks Rage, there's two turns you don't have to worry about the icon type, you'd just pick the weapons with the most icons as those will do the most damage (and don't bother with a shield for 2 those turns, the opponent can't hit you), at least for as long as the BD abilities work as it is working now, but they have been like this for a very long time already.

You're right! I was thinking of the Freezing Potion for water damage. I'll think it over what I buy. I did see the Moehog Skull and Thundersticks but they are insanely priced. I didn't know the Thundersticks were from the AC, if only I had played more. AC is my least favorite event and I usually only get to rank 1

3 free turns would be great and if they change the abilities I'll see what strategy works out best then. No use speculating over it yet. Who knows what they'll do, if they even change it.

12 hours ago, Aquamentis12 said:

@Duma lol Same here, I've got pages of junk BD equipment too. I forget how many, but it was a lot the last time I checked! lol

The H4000 Helmet might be cheaper for you as a freezer. It looks like the Marbles are going for 7mil on the TP right now. The main difference is that the Marbles give you a 3 icon attack besides freezing once per battle.

Yes, the Helmet is cheaper but I figured if I use it with my Kelpbeard Trident (which is my main weapon) The marbles have water damage too, so less likely to be blocked. If I use the helmet and my opponent blocks some physical and some water I end up doing more damage with the Marbles/Trident combi. I haven't used a freezer yet so I'm not 100% sure, but I thought the freezer would freeze the opponent for the next turn and not yet the turn that you use it. If it works like a sort of lens flare as in that the freezing is the same turn and they don't get to attack or defend, then it wouldn't matter what icons and the helmet could be an option. But I don't know and without a freezer to test it my gut was telling me to go for the Marbles.

Yeah, it's always like that, some people (like me) just look at unread topics and then decide whether to post or not. In this case you were the spark to bring it back to my unread list. too bad. Now if only other people would join in, it could become fun again!

It's all based on luck and on the rarity of the item. The well doesn't give out items above a certain rarity. The rarity is speculated to be r89. So not all items are given through the Wishing well. Aside from the restrictions you are aware of already.

There's some more info about it here: https://thedailyneopets.com/articles/wishing-well

11 hours ago, Aquamentis12 said:

If you don't have one already, you MIGHT consider a freezer for the battle plot, depending on what type of plot it is. Maybe even just a Scroll of Freezing or two, since they can perma-break after some usage. I'm surprised to see some as low as below 40k on the Super Wiz. But I think that's GOOD! They could certainly help in a pinch. Especially if there's a Boss opponent with MASSIVE HP that all the players have to work together to tackle.

I have 9 pages of battledome equipment but I couldn't find a freezer right away. Most of it is junk from plots or dailies etc. I'm thinking of just getting a Magical Marbles of Mystery from the hidden tower whenever the discount day is. NP aren't that much of an issue for me. I mean, I can't pay like over 100 mil and I probably won't pay over 10 mil for a single weapon unless it's REALLY good but still, that's plenty to get some decent stuff.

Thanks to you and these topics I am really thinking of picking up my daily battles and training. I just hope I'll have the time. I still have 17 Faerie Quest Fortune Cookie in my SDB so if I get a Quest Refresh boon it would be a really good idea to use one!

4 hours ago, GillyTook said:

Hmmm.  I haven't trained in ages, but think I was planning to up everything to the max for my level one by one and then move up some levels and do it again?

The icons thing.  I definitely have zero idea what in the world that means, and probably more of it as well, but I've given up on reading articles since I just had no idea what was going on. 

I'd prefer to stick with things that don't break/need to be re-bought as they were one time only, I think.  Should I go for more training first or look to upgrade some of my equipment first?  I mean, I can beat the "easy" foes on their max difficulty, so I don't HAVE to do anything more, it'd just be fun, y'know?

I too prefer to buy weapons that don't break. I would for plots or for the DoN occasionally buy some decent bombs that were one use but still prefer to have items that can be used over and over again, even if it's only once per battle. I do understand some of the icons, enough to work with it but I'm not sure if my knowledge is enough to explain to someone else. I don't know in full detail how it works, especially with the half icons that were calculated by testers. Also, it's been too long now, I should refresh my memory before I even attempt explaining.

You were close but nope, still not winning. Keep trying though! You're close!

Yeah, my set only has the Downsize! now for defense but I have some cheap shields in my SDB (Like the Leaf Shield) I would see what shield to equip if I had to fight harder opponents like in DoN or in a plot. But for only Koi, who I can 1 hit KO or the Skirmish opponents (where I 1 to 2 hit KO the bosses on easy) I don't need any shield other than Lens flare and Warlock's Rage. I will post in the other topic with a list of my shields and see what a good upgrade would be. I don't know too many shields.

Also, you can check how many fights are eligible for the skirmish on this page: https://www.neopets.com/prehistoric/battleground/

Still not winning though But welcome back!

I've only battled in 1P battles and it's been awhile too aside from the obelisk battles when there was someone in need of an avatar. I usually fight Koi Warrior for the codestones. Walein would work too but in my own small test I got a few more reds from Koi than I got from Walein. That test was done years ago and I don't know if anything changed since then but if I battle I'll battle Koi as I'm always in need of red codestones once I start training again. I've been too busy in real life to actually do a lot on Neopets but I think battling and training would be one of the first things I start doing again once I have the time for it.

If they ever bring back the Defenders of Neopia I would certainly come back to battling and training more.

I haven't changed my set in ages either. Maybe it's time I spent some more time on training and improving my set, even though it's quite good already. If anyone has any advice feel free to share it with me! I'm open to suggestions. I only battle 1P but getting better in plots would certainly be awesome! Mostly I use Kelpbeards Trident and the Sword of Reif. Also, as for my healer, that one is less likely to be changed as it's really good for Kacheeks. The "Destruct-O-Match III" weapon might still be in there from testing it out back when we got it, same goes for the Blazing Embers.

As for my abilities, well, yeah, I'm pretty happy with these. I usually use Lens Flare and Warlock's Rage:

49 minutes ago, mewthree21 said:

Hi @Aquamentis12 I have updated Shimmer's battledome set a little take a look! All of the slots are permanent save for the Downsize! that if I need fire defence I swap it out for the Golden Garfir Helm. I have also been training like you said too I'm now only using faerie quests to train agility and using codestones AND quests to train up strength defence and endurance as needed. Strength is still higher then my other stats because I keep getting faerie quests that raise it XD Also I think this is an Advanced set but I'm not sure?

Her ablilities are as follows

The page is still buggy but it works the same way. Please let me know what you think !

That's a really good set you have there! The only thing I would maybe change in the future is get a stealer for when that part of the BD is working again. As for training, your agility is already high enough to use the weapons that require a high speed, so unless you want to keep it even I would focus on defense and strength.

28 minutes ago, GillyTook said:

For faerie abilities, I've got static cling and lens flare.  I've been going back and forth between books (TOO pricey, hahaha) or battledome to get a couple grand extra coming in each day.  Of course I can do BD with less difficult enemies and still get that, so it's not completely needed here, but it'd be nice.  (and I've read gazillions of BD strategy or weapon guides and exactly zero of them have ever made sense to me.)

Lens flare is definitely the ability to go! As for your weapons, the thisleberry pingrenade is a really good bomb until you go for the more expensive bombs. As for your tonic, I would upgrade it to a Greater Healing Scroll (50 HP), a Potion of Healing (For pets with HP 180 or less: 90 HP) or, since your intelligence is above 500, Short Sleeved Yellow Tunic (75 HP + some defence). I would exchange the Winged Palm Blade or the Shining Celesta Sword for Blazing Embers, which does the same amount of damage as the Sword of Malum. Or get the Stone Foam Finger or Dr. Sloths Personal Bath Buddy depending on the icons you need/want.

I joined the Order too because I remembered someone here needing that avatar. Let's hope they win this round!

Which faction are you joining for this round?

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You must win in 10 battles each round in order to win the boons.

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3 hours ago, Granny63020 said:

Do we have this weeks options yet?

No, this is the boon week for the winners, so there won't be new options until next week.

I fought more than usual as well (nowhere near 200 though) and the Obelisk Guild fought for the order too. I can't believe Awakened still won