Originally Posted by
Jerbob
It's not necessarily a combination I'd say I "enjoy most" in a general sense, but I had an absolute blast a few weeks ago levelling as PUP52/PLD in Kuftal Tunnel, using a mercurial kris dagger and Energy Steal on crabs with the Sharpshot head and frame. No Trust, of course.
It was mad.
It was completely non-optimal and I lost count of the moments that it all nearly fell apart. I tried to hold hate with Cure II in my evasion gear, restoring MP as best I could with Energy Steal when my accuracy was pretty poor. I didn't realise when I started that I wouldn't have Flash from /PLD until much later, so it was down to Shield Bash and Cure to do the job. The crabs barely noticed my evasion gear and were really laying into me with their claws. The automaton pewpewed with enmity down attachments, the auto-repair kits and barrier modules, dealing almost all the damage with Arcuballista. Miraculously I held hate against it with water manoeuvres up for a good 60% of the time, and the defensive attachments kept it going. It took quite a while to slowly break down the Incredibly Tough crabs. Each pull was a risky one, as the crabs were mixed up with ghosts that I very much doubt I could have handled.
Needless to say, it was the most fun I've had in this game in ages. No other MMO lets me "do it wrong" and enjoy it so much. I can try something "just because" and see what happens. Brilliant.