Yea it gets much more difficult going forward, I just got done soloing all of it on my warrior. Also fyi, Slayers wear plate, warriors wear leather.
Hrm, I think slayers wear leather too, iirc. Berserkers on the other hand, wear plate.
It's something like
Plate - Lancers, Berserkers
Leather - Warrior, Slayer, Archer
Cloth - Sorceror, Priest, Mystic
I'm still low level, since I've spent the entire time since preorder trying out different character classes, trying to decide on a main. Which, isn't anything unusual for me, mind you. I currently have 6 level 21's, and 2 level 22's (which makes all the classes, btw)
I found that the difficulty spike for me was at level 21, just after opening up the first dungeon. Before that time, you didn't really need any skill before that point, and every class was pretty fun to play.
After that point though, you really need to start leaning your class, and understanding how the game works, or you're going to be in for quite a few deaths, or downtime waiting for yourself to heal up.
And, the spike includes just your normal mobs, as well as the addition of the Bam fights and boss mobs. Just a regular fight with 2 mobs, or 1 regular mobs and alot of minions can really wear you down quick if you just wade in without learning how to play.
Strangely enough, I found the first couple of bam fights the game throws at you to be the easiest part of the game after the difficulty spike, just time consuming. But, thats just 2 mobs. And I haven't messed with the optional 1's yet, perhaps they are harder.
I did take me 2 attempts with a Berserker to figure out how to do those 2 fights. Mostly, I just ran around the mob, and every time he stopped to attack, I'd stop directly behind him and take a couple swings. If he was doing a longer attack, then I'd do one of my charged attacks for more damage. In the end, I think I took damage 2 times the entire fight.
I guess it helped that even if you werent in their line of sight, he'd still stop every so often to attack. If they never stopped till they got a bead on you, then I'd actually have to sit and learn their attack patterns better so i could use the block ability to lessen damage.
Oh, as far as the character design goes, I've always been fond of Korean designs in general, so for the most part I like how the characters look. I'm not really a fan of the Elin, but that just means I wont bother making one of those. I dont stand around staring at other peoples avatars either, so it doesn't really affect me.
Well, I dont have any intention of making one of the critters either