Congrats on making it to 200 for the first time. There’s a whole lot of mechanics you’re about to be interacting with for the first time and I’d like to walk you through them a little. There’s a lot to learn, but I’m going to focus on the stuff I think you need to know now (at your first SH / remort) and gloss over the rest.
TLDR: Regardless of your primary class, you will want to put everything you got into STR with a little in DEX if thats cheap. Read on to find out why.
Super Hero
Once you hit 200 you’re at the end of leveling. Super hero is the process of switching from leveling mode into late game mode. Don’t get too comfortable, you won’t be here long.
For your first time at SH, your current character will become a SH, keeping all of the stats. You just pick up a few extra spells and skills. The one exception is that your unused practices are lost (more on this at the end).
There are some activities at SH like epics but as a baby SH with low stats you’ll likely not be invited unless it’s a speical event. Most people will dive back into leveling via remorting.
Loud vs Quiet
Normally when you SH you can either do so quietly for 500qps or loudly for 750qps. Loud has some benefits including giving everyone a double exp for a bit and then everyone loves you more than ever.
However for your very first SH you get another option, SH free. For your very first SH use the command “superhero” with nothing extra for zero qps.
Regardless of if you plan on being frugal or fame seeking in the future, for this first time save the QPs and spend them at level 1 on quest items.
Remort
Remorting is the process of resetting your character to level 1 and doing the whole thing over again. When you do, your SH character is put “on hold” and all your stats are set to level 1.
When you remort you get to “add” a class. But you will mainly remain whatever class you were before. Your first class is called your primary class and it will always be your strongest (by a long shot). So for example if you were a mage before, and then remort to warrior, you’re now a spell caster who can also kinda hit things. Your pclass skills / spells are stronger than all of your others, so if you are a pwarrior, and picked up mage, don’t waste trains on int.
If you want to change your primary class, thats a different mechanic that can be done at any time “help classchange”.
As you level, you will auto re-learn your primary classes spells/skills as you hit the appropriate level. In addition you will have the chance to practice the skills/spells for the new class.
As you level you will train and practice with what you earn during the leveling process, just like the first time around.
Super Hero Redux
When you’re ready to SH for the second time the game has a problem, which stats to use, the ones from the first or second mort? The answer is (metaphorically) your leveling character is melted down into trains and practices, then your converted back into your SH char and given all those trains/pracs. There’s details to the this process that I’m glossing over, but the gist is there.
Also it doesn’t matter if you used a train or saved it, so spend your trains as you’re leveling in whatever fashion makes leveling easier.
Item / Weight
While leveling, nothing about your SH stats matter, that character is on hold, with one major exception.
Characters were struggling to carry all of the stuff they had amassed during 200 levels with the stats of a level 1 char. So item capacity and weight limit are calculated based on your current STR/DEX or SH STR/DEX whichever is better. This is the only part of your SH char that will make your leveling life easier. Weight and item limits can really make leveling a pain.
Item / weight is determined primarily by STR. Even if you are a primary mage and have been pumping INT so far, put everything you’ve got into STR.
The formula for carry capacity (number of items you can carry) is “str + (dex / 2)”. So spend on STR, but if strength costs more than twice dex, spend on dex instead.
At 201, if you remove all your gear and all your spellups, you will see what your new item/weight limit will be when you remort. Here you can see if you are going to be over after remort. An aard-bag is a solid purchase if you’re struggling with weight, but your qps may be better spent elsewhere.
Rebuild
Now that you know that STR and DEX are what matter at SH you may be frustrated because your class has pushed you to spend all of your trains elsewhere. Firstly don’t worry about it too much, as you progress this hiccup will seem small. Secondly consider doing a rebuild. If you haven’t changed class in 7 calendar days then you can use “classchange” to reset all of your trains and reallocate them. If you’ve used classchange recently then you can consider rebuilding which will burn 5% of your trains, but may be a decent choice regardless.
Again, don’t worry too much. The amount of trains you’re dealing with now will feel comicaly small later in the game. There’s really no way to “mess up”, you always progress and can rebuild things often.
Low level campaigns
Campaigns that you get below level 50 are very easy in comparison to later in the levels. So much easier that it’s often worth using the noexp to prevent leveling to ensure you can use your 1cp per level before leveling again.
Level 1 Quest items
You will be back here at level 1 many many more times. As such many people recommend buying several aard items at level 1 so they are available right after remort. Ask on clanchat for a raging debate over what to buy, but my personal suggestion (since I got you here anyway) is Helm of true sight.
Counter point from Epsilon:
buy aura -> breastplate -> helm. Aura’s going to give you the most protection for your QP, breastplate’s a fairly solid incremental increase, helm is great for detects but there’s some pclasses where it’s not nearly as useful as the others. The helm is a massive quality of life increase. I’m not going to deny that. But it doesn’t make your character able to kill things better or make them less likely to die.
First SH / Remort Checklist
Putting it all together, here’s my list of what to do when you hit 200 for the first time:
- Celebrate
- Convert spare pracs into trains: “train convertall” at a trainer
- SH via the command “superhero” (without loud or quiet)
- Optionally: classchange or rebuild to reset your trains.
- Train STR and DEX as much as you can, heavy on the STR.
- Remort – the remort chamber walks you through this pretty well
- use the “noexp” command to ensure you hang out at level 1 until you’re ready
- Buy whatever level 1 items you were hoping for.
- Start campaigning
