Talk:Corrupted Pawn/@comment-86.11.99.35-20130518170443/@comment-9317427-20130721182643

Warning "LONG-BLOG-LIKE-OPINION" Incoming : For those who hate opinions and long winded posts lol xD

Corrupted Pawns are easy to kill even a levels lower than 100. Yep there I said it lol. (BTW, when I say "they're easy to kill, that only means they drop dead at a reasonable time with the right attack regardless of vocation. Oh they will still one-shot ya, but doesn't matter if they don't hit ya xP. Doge people, dodge lol)

Oh and, Levels "DO NOT" really matter in this game (exception : stamina drain from using high leveled gear", but it's more of a handicap you can give enemies if it seems too easy lol)

Now, "Weapons", yep "Weapons", these babies matter and ofcourse the Augments that further increase them awesome weapon's damages to overcome those BBI Defensive Thresholds.

On the subject of "Damage Thresholds", this is how they usually work : (apart from Anon#8's example which would be more of an "Evangelion : AT Field Calculation" but I don't think that's how they implemented it here)


 * Your Phy-Attack = 999 and Mag-Attack = 499
 * Enemy Phy-Defense = 1000 and Mag-Defense 500
 * Total Damage Dealt = (999 - 1000) + (499 - 500) = -2 rounded up to a positive number like 1 maybe (I'm pretty sure they won't set the damage as low or lower than 0 so maybe around 1 to 5, yeah, something lol)


 * Your Attack = 1001 and Mag-Attack = 600
 * Enemy Phy-Defense = 1000 and Mag-Defense 500
 * Total Damage Dealt = (1001 - 1000) + (600 - 500) = 101

Conclusion :


 * Basically it doesn't matter whether you overcome an enemy's Physical Defense, Magickal Defense or both. As long as you overcome (or break so to speak) Atleast One their defenses, then you will see visible damage.
 * It's easier to get more bang for your buck from weapon stats rather than from leveling up, that's why the notion that you'd need more levels to pass anything in BBI is just plain wrong.
 * Just adding up both Physical and Magickal Stats won't always produce the results you're yearning for. Specially true for some BBI enemies that have extremely high Defenses on both.
 * Contrary to what Anon#4 was spouting off (that Fighters and Warriors are useless in BBI), Physical-Oriented Vocations that aren't archers (ok ok, the both of them lol) are still viable. Just ask tons of peeps who have finished BBI Solo on Hard Mode with a Fighter or a Warrior. (Yep, that includes me lol)

For those having trouble, as a solo Fighter or Warrior (Pre-Daimon) : Additional general BBI tips :
 * Get Cursed Bite for Fighters and either Twinpaler or Gransys Flamberge for Warriors. (Gransys Flamberge is highly recommended as it's far easier to Gold Rarify, just make sure to save before killing Garms for those Beastial Eyes since they rarely drop. Black Cat is your friend)
 * Fighter Load-Out : Blitz Strike, Antler Toss, Dragon's Maw - Shield Skills : Shield Storm and whatever lol
 * Warrior Load-Out : Calamitous Lunge, Arc of Obliteration, Exodus Slash
 * Augments : Vehemence, Clout, Autonomy, Ferocity, Opportunism, Adhesion
 * Armor : whatever... Silk Lingerie or Brown Laced Leggings just because...
 * Rings : a single Skill Ring / Band if you have them + 1 or 2 Barbed Nails (<<God-like gear right here lol)
 * Run from any or all "Spectre-Types" xD. Only exception would be that single Living Armor guarding the gate. You'll be needing the help of the other Tier 2 Weapons (the elemental ones), so basically more Bitterblack Weapon Lv.2 farming if you don't have them yet (Change Augments to Magick-centric before fighting that lone Living Armor and save before killing it to get both mat drops). Ignore all other Living Armors.
 * Upgraded light attacks are your bread-n-butter for dealing visible damage. Then jumping strong attacks (both Fighter and Warrior) for stagger-locking enemies. (replace Adhesion with Eminence depending on enemy / preference)
 * Make like a caster and draw enemies one by one. (yep, just stating the obvious)
 * Get a couple of Shattered Earth Tomes and Jewels of Summoning. The former, for dealing with Gazer's Unknown Spell and the latter for dealing with Maneaters. Black Cat is your friend
 * No visible damage = ignore enemy and run.
 * Easy mats farming for Elder Ogres :
 * Go to the Fortress of Remembrance. Spawn one using Rancid Bait Meat. Smack it's man-loving-ass to get it's attention and run up and jump on the ledge at the top of the overlooking dog-leg stairway (the one leading to the Corridor of Emptiness). It'll try to jump to get to you and fail, falling down and lossing 4 bars of HP in the process. Wait for it a second time. Tadah, easy kill + drops lol.
 * Save-and-Continue is your friend.
 * and finally... play the game as if you're playing a Shooter or a Shmup with everyone lugging around Arctic Rifles (One-shot-one-kill) except for you. Tadah, this is the requirement to clear BBI lol. (things get faster after you get em Tier 3 Weaps but that's stating the obvious)

tldr : Damn, that was a friggin long post... Ok, Corrupted Pawns are the least of your worries in this friggin game lolol :P. The End.