Just curious

What quest would be at the limit of clearing with story characters since i dont play online yet? There has to be a point where its impossible to clear unless your playing online with 4 or 6 buddies. For example, vell 1 is more than impossible to clear for me, i mean the bosses at the end. Facing three arc knights with story characters is suicide haha

I did vell10 with my NPC's
also did Meddlers2,gatekeeper2,jjb2,mousetrap2 etc..lots of quests are possible but u need to be strong but since u don't play online i'm not sure how far can u go into vell alone.I make Leonard as Bow with few strongest attack skill and spirit hymn,heal spell,raise and tactics to heal first also hurricane song to use as cues and Yulie as mage with only heal spell and eclipse gate,final apocalipse nothing more and put her tactics to go all out,she does high dmg while leonard heal us and give us mp.

In maybe 2,5 weeks i will be online. Right now im a staff/ele/divine with my charater and, Yulie is a divine/staff and Leonard using just an axe. Having really good equipment is improving the odds i guess

You'd be suprised at how high you can go with your NPCs. I haven't really done anything too difficult with them in a while since I primarily play online, but I recall at GR22, I was able to solo Vell 2 (with the NPCs on "heal first" always). The bosses don't hit you too hard if you put your knight in some defensive gear that's somewhat up to date.

At GR 25 I could manage to solo the first fight in FOW2 with my NPC helpers (just have to make sure you carry a good amount of mana potions to keep feeding your knight, since your NPCs won't ever heal your MP on knight). Also it's a great idea to bring revival powders/herbs/salves. You can easily run out of range of Larvayne's super attack, but your NPCs aren't always so wise and it's pretty much a one hit kill on the NPCs.

The hardest I did was Dragon The Line 2...Got a C though, but I did it!

the video and stories on here come from people who upgraded their gears to the max with the help of an online party and then went back to do these quest with their npc. first time around, with gimp gears, doubt anyone had the guts to do that.

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the video and stories on here come from people who upgraded their gears to the max with the help of an online party and then went back to do these quest with their npc. first time around, with gimp gears, doubt anyone had the guts to do that.

I can say that my gear when attempting Vell 2 at GR22 was average at best. The thing is that the gear isn't as important as the strategy for many of the more difficult quests. You have to tweak your NPCs to act as closely to the way you want them to as possible. You can try to force their hands by limiting the abilities you give them on their command bars, as well as by choosing an appropriate "tactics" setting and by giving them cues at good times, as well as telling them to back off or target your mob as necessary.

Furthermore, you may be using your knight some of these times, which makes it even less important what gear your avatar is wearing (knight gear is only thing that matters). When using the knight, it's important to know when you should block, and when you can avoid an attack altogether. Making sure you stay safe is paramount over making sure you deal damage, this means fights can last a little longer, and it means you have to be well stocked on potions.