Hunters in Ultimate

[NetNomad]

These are just a couple concerns I have with ultimate mode. I've been up to Mines with my Ranger, who is now level 86, and didn't have too many problems. But my HUmar, level 66 now, still has problems. The biggest problem is horrible accuracy - I can't go on a decent rappy hunt because half the time I miss, even with an Elf/Arm++ and now a second Elf/Arm. The thing is, I'll admit that I don't totally understand what causes you to miss (logically, I mean... "miss" sign versus physical miss). My guess is, it has to do with your ATA versus your enemy's EVP, right? I've noticed how, when facing other Hunters, they'll block a lot, and it shows up as a "miss." That and the fact that this character can hit decently in VHard, but not in Ultimate, suggests that these enemies have higher EVP, right? I just didn't notice with my ranger because, well, he's a ranger. He doesn't have accuracy problems. Basically, I'm asking, is this correct? If so, it'll fix itself over time as I level up, correct?

My other question is about bosses. With my HUmar I managed to beat the Sil Dragon already (I wasn't even expecting to, heh). But I don't plan to attempt the caves until I can hit decently in the forest. When I faced Dal Ra Lie with my ranger, I was carrying a Gulity Light which made the battle a lot easier. What would be a good attack strategy for a Hunter? Slicers from afar, and Partisans on his non-head portions when he's on the barge, would that work?

And one more thing: is Vol Opt V2 a whole lot harder, or is he still the easiest boss? Is there anything I need to look out for when I try this boss?

[Gotien]

yes as you lvl up your ATA will increase so will your EVP and your hit rate will increase, especially with so many lvls to get by making sil dragon runs.

I use a sword myself as they have a lot of ATP and no ATA negatives however if you want to see more numbers come up rather then just 2 big numbers then by all means go for the slicer, i suggest using a sword or saber when he's on the platform and then a slicer when he's swimming

he has more HP... switch your tactics in the beginning to killing the towers that shock you rather than the screens...(he has the much HP, killing the screens and then killing the towers takes so much longer) and the second for is the same, just take your time and remember that there are spots where you cannot get hit, kill off the Healing part and pick at him till he dies

[NetNomad]

Safe spots in the Vol Opt battle? As in, places where nothing he does can hit you? Where are those?

The healing thing was never a problem for me in that battle before... does he heal himself a lot more now or something?

About breaking parts off Vol Opt, I never really paid attention to that... I'd just hit him in the front and the back, sometimes with a sword/partisan to cause multiple hits. But Saturday night I was playing offline multi with two friends and using our lower-leveled characters... we played normal mines, and eventually we broke off just about every piece of him. Heh.

I don't like swords much... and the last thing I need at this point is less accuracy. Partisans are good (this character carries a Vjaya now) and I use a slicer for things like dragons (currently he carries a diska of liberator, but I've been meaning to switch that with a braveman's from my ranger, who is a redria and has about four of them). So I guess the slicer would work better on Dal Ra Lie. Sabers won't be a problem (Delsaber's Combo = good ).

[RareHunterAlpha]

Yeah I finally got to Ultimate too... What the heck am I to do now? I mean getting to Ultimate in the first place was my major goal... Now what? :'(

[Gotien]

lol safe spots? you dont know? guess you dont know.. and i wont tell you! mwhahahahaha! you'll have to wait till i put up my guide for Battle Tactics(still havent gotten around to it:'() and the healing... not so much but it gets annoying and the quick he dies the better ya know?

and the reason i dont advise using the slicer when he is on the platform was because you will only be able to hit 3-4 pieces of him out of the 5 possible that any slicer can hit and if you throw it at the right angle it works.. screw up the angle and you'll be lucky to get 3 hits off... just use the saber when he's on the platform

[RareHunterAlpha]

Tell me!!! I must know the safe zone!

[Gynn Rei]

lvl 66 is not really the lvl for a HUnter in Ultimate. Try levelling up in Vhard Mines.

[NetNomad]

Hehe. This is the second character I have in Ultimate and, according to some other "standard" numbers I've seen, they're ahead of their levels. IIRC, I first beat VHard Falz with my Ranger at lv. 67... now he's at 87 and I'm doing Forest runs looking for God/Battle units because he can't survive long enough in Mines yet. As for the Hunter, I've always been able to do things a few levels earlier with him (IIRC I beat Normal Falz with him at level 23, whereas it took me till level 30 with my Ranger because I didn't understand Falz well enough). So yeah, I guess the accuracy problem is to be expected, at least for several more levels.

VHard mines? Why VHard mines in particular? Maybe VHard Ruins or quests might be better... *shrug*

["THE_ONE"]

Well, I play with Hucaseal Lv 124 and I play with no trouble!

I use Red-partisan, Chain Sawd, Red-gun and Charge-Gatling 50% Hit

Volt Opt is pice of cake you don't need safe point but speed is important!

[A.S.]

Yeah I finally got to Ultimate too... What the heck am I to do now? I mean getting to Ultimate in the first place was my major goal... Now what? :'(

We have the same character stats, Redria, level 70 Humar, Ultimate.

I am doing all of the V Hard missions so I can do Seek My Master as many times as I can to level up and get get rares.