FAQ & Newbie Guide

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=I've played the original Sacred Seasons. What are the main differences?= The first differences you will notice are: - The game has improved graphics. - There are quests that involve something other than "Complete XXX dungeon". There are now many quests for collecting certain dropped items, and for travelling to places to click a particular item. - Some dungeons have a number on a flag outside, indicating its difficulty. - Enemies have skills to cast. - You can queue one action in battle.

There was a system whereby people could transfer gold from their original Sacred Seasons account to a new SS2 account, but that functionality was disabled when SS2 went live.

=What class should I pick?= The classes in SS2 are all radically different, and have different strengths and weaknesses. For team play, all of the classes have something to bring to a party. It is hard to say which class is best for solo play at the moment, although Soldier seems to be the least popular at the time this guide is being written.

You can see what classes the top players are using at the official [Top Players page|http://sacredseasons.com/content/top-players].

There are no wrong choices, and it is possible in the game to use multiple classes and change season. See also the Class Details page.

=I've started the game and done the first beach quests -- now when I go back to the beach I get killed!= At the start of the game you are on an "Intro" beach with easier battles. Confusingly, once you leave the beach, the battles become slightly harder than you can probably beat.

The easiest things to do at the start are Grisella's non-combat quests, the beach non-combat quests (fixing the ladder) and the Stella's Cellar dungeon, which is next to Stella in Plimouth. After gaining a few levels you can solo the beach fights.

=Do I have to join a guild? How does multiplayer combat work?= There is no requirement in the game to join a guild. Doing so just makes it easier to band together, and makes it easier to ask questions in the game. If you do join a guild, you can talk to anyone in the guild by putting /g in front of your text. Orange text in the chat box is guild chat.

Whether or not you join a guild, multiplayer combat is easy to set up. To start with, meet up with friends or guild members; go to a heavily populated server (typically); or ask someone to help you in the kongregate chat system (typically by adding them in the friends window and then clicking the "Go To" button). Once you can see the character in the game, all you need to do is go into dungeons and battles at the same time, and you will be fighting alongside each other.

Experience is shared by a formula and item drops are given to every member of the group. Overall, the game rewards co-operative play, but it isn't strictly required by any part of the game, if you have a high enough level character.

=I did what the quest told me to, and yet the quest giver doesn't say I've completed it= There are currently a few bugs in the quest texts in the game, the earliest example of which is currently The Mermaid's Amulet quest. If in doubt, check the wiki Quests page for details, specifically checking the "Walkthrough" section or the "Discussion" button at the top.

=I've been playing for a few hours and I still don't have a weapon yet. Is this normal?= To some extent, yes. There is a staff and a club you are given very early, but some classes can't use either. Your first weapon will probably be bought with silver from either the World Store or the stores in Plimouth or Native Trails. For example, a Hunter class will probably buy the level 4 Stone Bow followed by the level 9 Firefly bow -- or might skip straight to the Firefly bow, using no weapon until level 9.

=I was beating every battle very easily until I got to Redoubt, then something one-shot killed me= That's probably a Bear Bull. They have two skills which, when both have been cast, makes them do insane damage. The best tactic with these is to watch carefully and attack any Bear Bulls that cast skills on themselves, indicated by an icon in the bottom-left, or a yellow +NUMBER in the stats window when you hover the mouse cursor on them. Ignore any other enemies until all Bear Bulls are dead. You may wish to queue your attacks more slowly until you find out which Bear Bulls are casting skills -- wait until your orange bar is nearly full before choosing a target.

As a general approach, being higher level means you can survive a single attack by enraged Bear Bulls, making them a lot easier. Fighting in a group also makes them much easier.

=This guide is rubbish, it didn't answer my important newbie question!= This guide is new, as is the game; a lot of which is still being changed and updated. Please add the question either to the guide or the discussion page. Try to restrict questions and answers in this guide to things almost everyone will want to know when they first play the game, though.