Updates on Dimensional War

(posted by Ashira of the DolyGames Team)

Hey guys,

Sorry that I haven't posted news over the past week, it's Christmas time and like for most people my priority is spending time with my loved ones rather than finishing all of my Circuit Quests (which of course I always do when it's not Christmas time *nose growing*).

One feature of the game I enjoy a lot at the moment is Dimensional War. It gives great rewards to everybody and it cannot be emphasized enough how helpful it can be to make your char strong. As I shared in one of my previous posts, I increased my wind resistance with Dimensional War in order to kill Sky Trail boss V-3, and these buffs still carry on, so my wind resistance is decent for Class Wars finals (which hopefully I can find the time for this time *knocks on wood*). In preparation for Class Wars, I also mentioned that it could be a good idea to use Electro dimensions to take less damage from Hercules/Eve - and while this is not as powerful a strategy as it would have been without sylph troops, I still expect many strong knights (and archers to a lesser extent) to bring an Electro sylph as main sylph.

As you have seen in Cosmos' videos, you can work on several dimensions at once and as long as you have occupied all towers in a dimension, the rewards are better if you just start a new dimension rather than trying to get 100% on the conquered one. In my case, it took me 2 days until I figured this out, which is why the completion rate on my first dimension is 82%, but after that I worked on it very efficiently, and I have now entirely conquered (at the same time) 3 basic dimension, 1 intermediate one, and 1 advanced one. You cannot conquer more than 5 dimensions at once, so until the first of them expires, I try to clear the area in completed maps, mostly trying to kill the guardians, so that I have additional income of dimensional shards.

Clearly, having 5 dimensions conquered is nice and the key to getting there is minimizing step costs and - as often pointed out by Cosmos in the videos - minimizing steps (or, as he calls it, 'maximizing visibility'). The maximum step cost is 50, while the minimum step cost is 10 - in order to have that minimum step cost, you need an elemental resistance of at least 800. This is hard to obtain, even with Level 7 resistance crystals, so the way to do it is to make sure the maps you work on are of the same element (for instance, I did three Wind Maps at the start and managed to reach that minimum step cost on the third day).

The rewards I get (daily!) from these 5 maps I conquered are: Basic Resource Pack x 15, Int. Resource Pack x 10, Adv. Resource Pack x 10, Basic Resource Chest x 3, Int. Resource Chest x 1, Adv. Resource Chest x 1. The packs you get for occupying one level of the dimension, and they are alright, but not too fancy either (basically gold and a some very mediocre rewards). The chests you only get once you conquered the entire dimension - and they're awesome, as they give you daily sylph equipment enchanting material, but also sepulcrum and mahra. And - which is important to have a sustainable income of dimensional maps - there is the chance that you get another map from each of these chests: A Basic Resource Chest has the chance to give you a Basic map or an Intermediate map, an Intermediate Resource Chest has the chance to give you an Intermediate map or an Advanced map, etc. So from the Advanced Resource Chest you have the chance to obtain a free (!) Expert map daily until the map expires, which in my case still takes 28 days!

Okay, so Dimensional War gives you great rewards if you conquer 5 dimensions, this may not come as a surprise. What I find a lot more amazing is the increase in strength that comes along with it: You have a choice in the resistances that you want to improve, at the moment for me these are the wind resistance and the electro resistance, and the improvement is considerable. In my case, my wind resistance is increased by a fixed +400 and each wind resistance crystal has an effect that is increased by 40%. So if I wear five Level 7 wind resistance crystals, which then have wind resistance of 450*1.4 = 630 and equip my Medusa, which has +200 resistance against wind anyway, this brings my total wind resistance to +1230 (as you can see in the picture), which is just insane. Not just insane, also useless, as the decrease damage you take from an element is capped at -90%, which you reach with a resistance of +800! So it makes no difference if you have +800 resistance or +1230, the damage you take from wind sylphs is decreased by 90%. The Dimensional boost I enjoy even more is the resistance reduction boost. Usually my resistance reduction is 555 from my three Level 6 Will Crystals. However, the maps I have conquered give me a fixed resistance reduction increase of +225 and increase the effect of Will Crystals by 24%, bringing my current resistance reduction to +913!

As I don't think many people have completed advanced maps at this point, here is some more information: Every level is a 20 times 20 map and (as the Intermediate map) there is a total of 10 levels. The bosses are not considerably harder to kill than in the lower quality maps (apart from the final boss, for which a BR of around 250k is recommended according to the in-game info). The number of bosses in each level is as follows:

• Level 1-2 have 2 bosses (2 easy bosses)
• Level 3-4 have 2 bosses (1 easy boss, 1 intermediate boss)
• Level 5-6 have 3 bosses (2 easy bosses, 1 intermediate boss)
• Level 7 has 4 bosses (2 easy bosses, 2 intermediate bosses)
• Level 8-9 have 5 bosses (3 easy bosses, 2 intermediate bosses)
• Level 10 has 8 bosses (5 easy bosses, 2 intermediate bosses, and 1 endboss)

Hope that helps you a bit in organizing your own Dimensional War strategy. If you have questions, ask away in the comments!

PS: While Class Wars is always nice to play, my focus in the game is on events that give great rewards, which is just not the case in Class Wars. That is why I did not focus more on Electro maps! Keep this in mind with your wagers this time, resistances can differ a lot more than before with the dimensional buffs, even between top players! So even a considerable BR advantage can be more than offset by a resistance/resistance reduction disadvantage!

Sub-Class in Class Wars

(Posted by Krishna - DolyGames Contributor.)

Hey guys, the sub-class (Dragon Whisperer) in Chinese servers can be in Class Wars now. Just like the regular class, the Class War winner in sub-class will get it's statue in Cloud City.

Sub-Class Class Wars Rankings is Empty since this is a new thing.

It may be that you have an option to do class wars with your sub-class or regular class before entering Class Wars. You won't be able to switch class during Class Wars.

Repacatos and Cindy's Double Class Wars Blessing!

(Posted by Eliatan of the DolyGames Team)

Hey you guys, Wartune server 131/136/148 had a pretty awesome coincidence this past Class Wars, when two of their players, Cindy and Repacatos, both placed 11th and the highest on their server. This resulted in a double blessing!

I always figured that if two people placed the same on a server, that the one with the greater battle rating would get the blessing, but turns out they both get it! Better yet, they both get to summon the thieves into guild chamber.

To top it all off, Cindy and Repacatos are married -- power couple ^^. Share in the comments about any awesome things that happened on your servers this Class Wars!

Thanks to my bud castway for sending over the pics! Have any awesome screenies you want to share with the DolyGames Team? You can find our contact info at The DolyGames Team or message the DolyGames Facebook/Google+!

Class Wars Playlist, Plus Cosmos is Awesome

(Posted by Eliatan of the DolyGames Team)

Hey you guys, sometimes I forget that Class Wars is no longer a "new patch" event in Wartune -- every month I feel like there is something new I need to improve or adapt to in order to stay competitive. I hope all of you have an awesome September Class Wars, and may the odds be ever in my and only my your favor!



I decided to gather all of the DolyGames Class Wars videos into one playlist, so that we have a sort of running history of them for our team, so please check it out!

When I was going through the uploads to add to the playlist, very quickly there stopped being Elia-videos, and it was just a sea of Cosmos ones. I'd be quite surprised if there's another player other that has recorded every single Class Wars to date (plus they're all with commentary, not a bunch of techno loops haha - I say this shamelessly because I have some on my personal channel).

Cosmos has of course made so many other videos for nearly 2 years now, but I think 15 months of Class Wars footage are a testament to his ongoing dedication to putting out awesome content.

So far I've kept most of my irritation with R2's forum ban on Cosmos between him and myself, and I plan to keep it that way. But I will say that while I don't think angry tickets to R2's Couldn't-Support-My-Underwire* Elves will make much of an impact, what you can do to help is show your support for DolyGames and Cosmos Wartune blog -- share, like, subscribe, donate, etc. in any way you can to spread the word that R2's trying to mute.
*If you don't know what an underwire is, you're probably part of 90% male audience of DolyGames.

Since I already share our content on social media, I thought I'd rename my Gaia as a little tribute to Cosmos and to show a little extra support for the big guy ^^ (Hint: Googling "lavash" will help) Here's hoping I can snag the Sorcerer title this weekend, with a little help from bread xD

I imagine a conversation going something like this:
Person - "Elia why is your sylph named breadftw?"
Me - "Go to Cosmos's Wartune Blog and maybe you can figure it out. Oh, and start early in the archives."

Winner of 12,000 Glory Crystals

Hey guys, here a short post to share with you the happiness of Nyalifali from S49 who managed to guess the correct Wager for Class Wars and win 12,000 Glory Crystals, which is, of course, awesome!! Congratulations Nyalifali and happy shopping spree in the Glory Shop!! ^^

DolyGames July Class Wars (Videos)

(Posted by Eliatan of the DolyGames Team)

Another Class Wars has passed -- Cosmos and I both recorded our battles, and you can check them all out below!

Preliminaries

COSMOS (Knight, EU servers)

Eliatan (Mage, Wartune West servers)

Finals

Eliatan (Mage, Wartune West servers)

This was one of my best performances to date, and definitely the best one I have recorded lol xD. Below are the spiffy rewards for 2nd place!

Hope everyone had fun this month -- please share your results and any epic moments!

Elia's June Class Wars Videos

(Posted by Eliatan of the DolyGames Team)

Hey you guys, I had a lot of fun in Class Wars this month. This was my first time doing it with commentary. I felt a little shaky about the whole thing, but got more comfortable as things went on. Looking forward to doing more :)

Preliminaries

Finals

Really happy for Solara -- it's been quite a few Class Wars since our section has had a new Sorcerer!

Any epic moments in your Class Wars? Share with everyone! I had some ridiculous number of deflects in the finals this month and loved every second of it xD.

Mage Class Wars Vids

(Posted by Eliatan of the DolyGames Team)

Hey you guys, thought I'd take the opportunity to post up the recordings I did for Class Wars this weekend.

Preliminaries

Pre-finals Toon Overview

Finals
I'm trying not to beat myself over missing some of the earlier fights of finals. I recorded what I could, even though I didn't get the sound going for it. Big thanks to my guildies for equal parts poking fun at me and cheering me up, because I was pretty bummed about it at the time. I think I would've placed 5th if I had been there the whole time anyway; I underperformed pretty much all night. Flustered >.<
Big congrats to the winners and everyone that participated. There's always next month xD

Prepping for May Class Wars!

(Posted by Eliatan)

Class Wars is finally here after a week-long delay! There are a few things I like to think about for each one, which I'll talk about here. Sorry in advance that this is mage-focused, but since it's my main toon class, that's just how it's going to be. Please enlighten me about what archers and knights do to prepare for Class Wars ^^

First thing I'll need to adjust are my resistances. Usually I only protect against dark, light, and electric, but I think against other mages I'm going to forgo light and add in some fire and wind.

Brownie points to whomever can give me a semi-acceptable explanation for why wind elemental stuff is represented by green in this game.

I've opened all five of the battle protection shields available, but for those with fewer, I'd give this some careful thought. A good question to start with is, "What scares me the most?" (My answer is relatively simple -- Annerose :P -- object of all my mage-envy haha)

I also want to adjust my astrals a bit. I'm not a huge fan of the Deflection astral yet, but its PvP prowess has become a bit undeniable. I've considered taking out either Illusion or Block, but I'm leaning toward Illusion.

After, Before, After

Sylph choice is obvious for me, but maybe not as easy for others. For mages I'd probably go with whichever is your highest BR pet that isn't Iris (unless you have an orange Iris ... in that case, take a pic and show me o_o). I've got an archer buddy who's going to try out Pan to counter all the impending Gaias, so keep an open mind.

Here's my Hades, Franziskaner, what a handsome wheat beer. Though once he becomes Aegis I might change the name to Franzia, because she looks like a glass of cheap wine xD

Last, and certainly most mind-boggling to me, are skill and rune choices.

Below is my old standby. However, the new tie-breaker if neither person wins after 2.5 minutes is total damage-dealt, instead of most HP left -- I think it's time to pick something a little more aggressive.

Have used this for months now, but it's a typically conservative mage CW spec.

These are the ones I've been mulling over for awhile now. I'll probably still be deciding seconds before the fighting starts -_-'

It's pretty much impossible to have everything you want in a spec, but at the moment I'm leaning toward giving up Suntoria and using heal/amnesia for runes.

That's all I've got! Good luck everyone! Here's hoping lol ^^

Class Wars Rules 29th May 2014

Hey guys, this is the 11th Wartune Class Wars coming up on the 29th of May. Are you ready for it? :) I know I never am :)

So let's go over the rules and such:

During the preliminaries of the Class Wars the matching system will put together players based on the number of points each person has earned. It is not a super strict system but rather that of probabilities, so the close the points the higher the probability that those 2 people will fight one another.

Winners get 270 points; Losers get 135 points - for all rounds unlike the older Class Wars where the points were increasing per round.

Top 100 people with the highest score go to to the Finals of the Class Wars and be distributed into:

• Top 16 go to Warlord's Hall
• The rest go to Warrior's Hall

Based on Battle Rating!!

Each round the fight will go for maximum of 3 minutes. If the fight is not over then the one who dealt most damage will win. If by some miracle both did same damage then BR will decide the winner.

The Top 30 ranking people in the Finals, so the Top 30 winners, will get more stuff:

• Ghost Battle Effect (7 days): A buff that offers special effects when using skills such as Delphic Destroyer, Lunatic Fire, Meteoric Destroyer, etc.

• Summon Treasure Thieves (7 days): This effect can be used once a day; lasts 10 minutes. Upon taking effect, 20 thieves will be summoned in the Guild Chamber every 5 minutes. Players may defeat these thieves to earn Guild Contribution points. (worth half a million gold per thief!!!)

• Server Wide EXP Bonus for the top Server Finisher. (The most hated thing for all those people holding level :P hehehe)

Ranks 1 to 10 --> 50% bonus
Ranks 11 to 20 --> 40% bonus
Ranks 21 to 30 --> 30% bonus

What are your opinions? expectations? put in the comments!

Here the video from April Class Wars:

Don’t Fall into the Dirty Wager Trap

Hey guys, be careful and don't fall into the intentional or unintentional dirty trap in the Class Wars Wager system where it is stating in the Wager window that in the case of a loss you get the same amount that you have invested (which was also the case the Class Wars was first introduced), but actually according to the clarifications on the forum we have a confirmation to expect only 50% of the invested amount as in the last Class Wars Wager and not like the text says.

If you invest say 5000 balens in the Wager and get 50% rather than your hoped 100% I suppose you can go open a support ticket and complain about this after losing your money with no guarantees that your request will be respected, so better not lose the money in the first place.

This is really shameful job by those who worked on Class Wars. I actually think this was not intentional but then this means that they are doing their job with such a poor level of quality that such an obvious double-checking they do not bother to do.

So remember guys, both in Wartune and real life, when you do something, do it properly with a good quality or your reputation will be damaged.

Class Wars Modifications + Video

Hey guys, so in the forum they posted the Class Wars Modifications, which they say is done to make things more balanced and nice, so let's go over those:

1) The matching system has been changed to put those people against one another who have similar points.
>> cool.

2) Points are no longer growing from small to high but points are uniform for all rounds giving out 270 points for the one who won and, as usual, half of that to the one who lost.
>> nice.

3) The Top 100 are split into Top 16 which go into the Warlord's Hall and the rest of the bunch who go into the Warrior's Hall and only those from the same Hall fight each other.
>> hehe, keeping the monsters with each other - sweet :)

4) If nobody is dead in 3 minutes now the winner is the one who dished out the most damage.
>> The only downside to this is that this is to the disadvantage of all the defensive strategies like the defensive knight and also those using Iris and healing up or those using the Healing Rune.

5) Top ~30 players out of the Top 100 get some more rewards:
- 7 day Ghost Battle Effect which gives special effect when using various skills.
- 7 day Summon Treasure Thiefs (1 per day) to be done in the Guild Chamber to summon 20 thiefs every 5 minutes for 10 minutes (killing these gets you contribution)
- 7 day Bonus EXP gain for the whole server (rank 1-10: 50%; rank 11-20: 40%; rank 21-30: 30%)
>> nice :P

6) Wagers are placed only on those from the Warlord's Hall and are now placed in Glory Crystals (which can be bought with balens for wagers).
>> Not sure if this makes any difference, but it seems the wager return rate might have been changed back to 1:1 but i don't have a confirmation on this yet. If you know please put down in the comments.

General Concept) Anything being equal the one with the higher Battle Rating wins (example: same points earned)
>> fair.

So what do you think about these changes? Share your opinion in the comments.

And lastly, here is the video of my Class Wars run with my Knight, check it out:

Class Wars Winners Of US East Servers "DEC 2013"

~Posted by Jack~

Hey guys, inspired by cosmos i m also posting the "Class Wars" winners from "US East" server of December 2013 .

~First pic is of the winners of the Class Wars from US East server Dec 2013 :-

~Second is the pics of Mage, Knight and Archer Toppers list in Class Wars :-

Mage toppers in cw dec 2013 of US East

Knight toppers in cw dec 2013 of US East

Archer cw toppers in cw dec 2013 of US East

~Third is the pic of the winners of seven seasons of Class Wars in US East :-

*Mage

*Knight

*Archer

> So its all guys see you all later and wish u all a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year <

Class Wars Winners December 2013

Hey guys, just for the record / archive here are the December 2013 class wars winners and the top people on page 1 for each class. I will keep recording this every month i think.

China CW, Duel and Medallion

(Posted by Cosmos on behalf of Ivo Pinto)

Hey guys, some new info and pictures from Ivo Pinto from the China server and also some short explanations:

Pic 1: Class War classification on Chinese server
Pic 2: Items to trade for Glory crystals

There are 2 New Medallions. 1  for 291k Honor and  the second (showed on picture named "New Medallion") within the new limit of 321K honor.

Last but not least. Wonder how does our character does on single duel arena ? And those times when your near the top but only got friends to duel and you don't want ?  No worries anymore ! There is a new option where you can do all that... With your SELF ! New option in duel allows players to Test the best skills for single arena and counts as a duel vs other player.