Sunday, June 29, 2014

Fast Exp and GP Guide

Introduction
Leveling your character(s) and earning GP is part of everyday Lost Saga. Players want to out level their friends, buy styles, and purchase permanent gear chests in hopes of getting the equipment they are looking for. Neither of which are simply handed to you, as players are normally required to spend hundreds of hours of in game time to get them. No worries though, even if you don't have much time to play, we have several tips and tricks to get you started! Let the daily grind commence!

Experience Gaining Tips and Tricks
1) Purchase and/or obtain an experience booster. An experience booster is available for purchase in the shop with ZP for 7 and 30 days respectively. Alternatively, it is pretty common to find these by completing quests and participating in events. When these are not viable options, playing easy crusade for the daily quest is a good way of getting boosters from the present rewards, although it is not always guaranteed. Playing the higher tiered crusade modes is another option, primarily dependent on your level of proficiency when it comes to using golden tokens, and the cost of one or two bronze tokens. Last but not least, it is possible to get boosters as a special prize during the award ceremony as well.

Exp +200% Booster Cost:
7 Day(s) = 5,880 ZP
30 Day(s) = 11,820 ZP
Exp Booster
2) Make friends and play with them! Play with your buddies and earn +20% Exp/GP bonus, and a maximum of +40% when two or more are playing in the same room as you. The same applies to those spectating.

3) Go fishing when you are not actively playing. Find a lucky fishing spot and watch your character level up slowly, but surely, with successful and unsuccessful catches. This is great for low level characters.

4) Bring out your relic kit. Relic hunting requires the opposite action of fishing, you being there. The experience you gain isn't anything to celebrate about, but at least it's better than nothing.

5) Find a room and stay there! Sticking to a battle room increases your replay bonus by +5% Exp/GP per game, and a maximum of +50% the moment you finish your tenth game. Many players miss out on this unfortunately. Winning isn't everything, stick to it!

6) Give it your all in everything you do! Your total effort at the end of a game will depend solely on how well you carried yourself and your team. The Exp/GP bonus you earn at the end of the game will be equivalent to the amount of effort you finished your game with.

7) Faction battle with your guild members. When faction battling with your guild, you earn an additional +5% Exp/GP bonus.

8) Hire a squad of mercenaries. There are some major benefits to hiring timed/permanent heroes besides utilizing their unique skill sets. For each hero you own you are granted +20% Exp bonus, and a maximum of +100% Exp bonus for your fifth hire.

9) Purchase a Hero Exp Booster from the clover shop. For mercenaries under level 30, you can apply a Hero Exp Booster that doubles all experience gained. Unfortunately, it has no further use the moment you reach level 30, is non-transferable, and won't work for any mercenaries already past that level. This is definitely worth the 150 clovers if you want to level up quickly.
Hero Exp Booster
10) Focus on a single character to level them up quickly. Swapping between heroes can unevenly distribute experience among your squad. Sticking to a single hero will help you to level up faster, especially if you choose to use it in every game type specifically.
Character Levels
11) Play the game! Find a character that you enjoy playing as, and set goals for yourself to accomplish in a reasonable time frame. Most importantly, make sure you are having fun or else you will burn out quickly.

Most popular game modes to gain experience fast:
a) Deep Forest Master Run - 3 bronze tokens/10 minutes/Average EXP: 3000 - 4500
b) Snow Town Master Run - 3 bronze tokens/10 minutes/Average EXP: 2500 - 3500
c) Hard Crusade - 2 bronze tokens/15 - 30 minutes/Average EXP: 900 - 1200
d) Medium Crusade 1 bronze token/10 - 15 minutes/Average EXP: 400 - 700
e) Prisoner - 5 - 15 minutes/Average EXP: 80 - 500
f) Team Deathmatch - 5 - 15 minutes/Average EXP: 80 - 500
g) Easy Crusade - 5 - 10 minutes/Average EXP: 50 - 200
(Note: Average Exp is based on estimated experience with all possible bonuses active, minus those from events. Your results may vary depending on time played, effort, mode, number of rounds, changes to the game, and other such factors.)

GP (a.k.a Peso) Earning Tips and Tricks
1) Purchase and/or obtain a GP booster. A peso booster is available for purchase in the shop with ZP for 7 and 30 days respectively. Alternatively, it is pretty common to find these by completing quests and participating in events. When these are not viable options, playing easy crusade for the daily quest is a good way of getting boosters from the present rewards, although it is not always guaranteed. Playing the higher tiered crusade modes is another option, primarily dependent on your level of proficiency when it comes to using golden tokens, and the cost of one or two bronze tokens. Last but not least,  it is possible to get boosters as a special prize during the award ceremony as well.

Peso +100% Booster Cost:
7 Day(s) = 5,880 ZP
30 Day(s) = 11,820 ZP
Peso Booster
2) Make friends and play with them! Play with your buddies and earn +20% Exp/GP bonus, and a maximum of +40% when two or more are playing in the same room as you. The same applies to those spectating.

3) Go fishing when you are not actively playing. Purchase a rod, some bait and go fishing. Fishing is a great activity when you are off doing something else. While it may not pay off all the time, the rewards can be pretty good especially if you catch a time lost engine, which gives a whopping 250,000 peso for SSS rank. Other notable catches that you can sell for a good profit after opening include hero scrolls, basic gear chests and permanent gear chests (resist from selling this if you can!).

4) Bring out your relic kit. Relic hunting is more heavily inclined to benefit those looking for GP. A decent relic bonus, fast movement speed, spare time, and a bit of luck is all that you need. All in all, it can be quite tiresome and rewarding if you have the patience for it. Good luck!

5) Find a room and stay there! Sticking to a battle room increases your replay bonus by +5% Exp/GP bonus, and a maximum of +50% the moment you start your tenth game. Many players miss out on this unfortunately. Winning isn't everything, stick to it!

6) Put all your effort into everything you do! Your total effort at the end of the game can be a substantial amount depending on how well you carried yourself and your team. The Exp/GP bonus you earn at the end of the game will be equivalent to the amount of effort you finished your game with.
Player Effort
7) Faction battle with your guild members. When faction battling with your guild, you earn an additional +5% Exp/GP bonus.

8) Maintain a consecutive winning streak. Having consecutive wins is not only about the bragging rights, rather for every win an additional +10% GP bonus is applied, and a maximum of +100% GP bonus after the tenth consecutive win. Winning frequently pays off.

9) Be a part of the award ceremony. Do you see those numbers below your character in the award ceremony screen? Add those numbers together to get the total and yet another GP bonus.

10) Level up your mercenaries. Players are rewarded with GP every time they level up their heroes. Multiply the upcoming level by 100 to determine how much peso you will receive. ex. lvl 29 * 100 = 2900 peso.

11) Craft and sell unwanted items from crafting. Crafting can be a great source of income as long as you have the ingredients to do so. Craft timed heroes and equipment and sell them for some additional pocket change. Be sure to know what you are doing as it is possible to lose more than you would gain.

12) Buy beginner's gear supply from the clover shop, avoid win or lose money bags. A beginner's gear supply, also known as a trial gear chest, is one of the cheapest items in the clover shop. Win or lose money bags cost the same in terms of clovers but is normally a lose from experience buying them. Depending on how active your friends are in sending you clovers, it is possible to make a minimum of 15000 peso a week from trial gear chests alone. If you are really lucky, you can even get perm gears from it, or just have timed equipment for you to enjoy and use.
Beginner's Gear Supply
13) Register sealed gears in the market. Find something worth while that someone else might find useful? Sell it and keep your earnings, or take your chances and buy more!
Market Sale
14) Spend your GP wisely. There are many things that can be bought with your well invested GP. Prioritizing what is most important to you will factor in whether you become a millionaire or someone barely surviving on fish bait. Events are good opportunities to buy discounted items, maybe you could even get stuff for free that you would otherwise fork money over for. Ask yourself a few questions before making your decision. Are styles more important than making my character stats more powerful? Should I buy another permanent gear chest, or wait patiently for the gear to be sold in the market? How important is this to my overall experience in the game? All in all, make a decision and know that you can make it all back eventually, it just takes time.
GP
Most popular game modes to gain GP fast:
a) Snow Town Master Run - 3 bronze tokens/10 minutes/Average GP: 3500 - 7000
b) Deep Forest Master Run - 3 bronze tokens/10 minutes/Average GP: 1800 - 3000
c) Hard Crusade - 2 bronze tokens/15 - 30 minutes/Average GP: 1200 - 2000
d) Medium Crusade 1 bronze token/10 - 15 minutes/Average GP: 600 - 1200
e) Prisoner - 5 - 15 minutes/Average GP: 200 - 750
f) Team Deathmatch - 5 - 15 minutes/Average GP: 200 - 750
g) Easy Crusade - 5 - 10 minutes/Average GP: 200 - 400
(Note: Average GP is based on estimated experience with all possible bonuses active, minus those from events. Your results may vary depending on time played, effort, mode, number of rounds, changes to the game, and other such factors.)


Optional: Participate in Events!
Take advantage of events and keep up to date when you should be actively participating. The most frequent type of events hosted usually involve bonus Exp and GP. More importantly, buying bronze tokens during these occasions are highly recommended if you ever want to rank up quickly. Don't forget to invite your friends and play together! Have fun!