Brand new, looking for advice from playersFollow

I put it at 50% myself with an alt, I hit 97 AA's at lvl 65. You can get up to a 100 AA's up to lvl 70, it's only after lvl 70 that you can get all the other ones. I would suggest trying to get as many of those 100 as you can though, it saves you a bit of the bother having to grind hard to get more AA's.

Others have stated it, the AA trees used to start with a basic stat, that has been removed but Sony did include the two main stats needed by your class to the very first ability which used to a be simple one point ability but can now take ten points.

edited to add: I heard online that it might be possible to have over 100 AA's before hitting lvl 70, I have no idea if it's true or not though.



Edited, Mar 31st 2010 6:32pm by Zieveraar

^ mostly this.

Definitely it's always good to try the ones you think would be good, trial and error is the best way to fully understand what your abilities do and how they can help or slow you down, both in group and solo adventuring. Just because someone has posted that "build type A is the best to go"...they possibly only mean for the way that they play their character, when in fact there are limitless ways to play any class, and in fact some guilds that raid prefer not every class to be cookie cutter (Dirges for example, are so variable that it's boggling).

It can be beneficial to read peoples thoughts on specific AA abilities though. Someone may know something about it that isn't listed in game on the description. If you have joined a guild, that would be a good place to start by asking them for any pointers to see what they have done (again, not that you have to do it, but this way you can get some first person knowledge).

I have a few, not previously mentioned hints for soloing that may be helpful also.

Buy level appropriate food and drink from the broker if you can afford it. Player made food can last up to 5+ hours each and has some really nice stat boosts.

Also, buy some totems. Totem of the "x" (Rat, wolf, bear, and so on..) will give additional run speed, hp regen, mana regen, invisibility, special vision and so on. Really, this is one of the cheapest and easiest buffs you can buy. They are also player made.

Mastercrafted hex dolls in your charm slots are really handy for debuffs and for pulls. There are different types and levels (also player made) thus they can be tuned to your type of play and can really make a difference when your soloing a difficult MOB. You also get a bonus if you have 2 Mastercrafted hex dolls in your charm slots. (hexing vexing is the bonus name.)

Now all of these are player crafted by a provisioner, a wood worker and a tailor respectively. Tailors can also make some "big ole" backpacks with a jillion slots and those are really nice.

As for all your AA's I will leave it to someone who has one, (Im currently hoping a guildy can help a brother out soon to get one) A Mirror of Reflected Accomplishments is what I think it is called. That allows you to respec your toon different ways. But like I said, I would love to have someone else explain it because I am unsure of its use, I just know that it is availible.

Cheers!

Sam And Dan