r/projectgorgon

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I have some questions about the gearing up process. As background, I've been in PG for a few months now. I've been raising combat skills to the 60+ skill range, then I kind of move onto something else as my gear/mods are pretty weak. I have AH, Fire Magic, Staff and Spider all over 60. Then 6 more combat skills 40+. I've done the grind for Druid and Battle Chemistry. Transmutation is 59 and Augmentation I've just starting working on.

I am really struggling with getting the right mods on my gear. Typically I find builds, work on getting the most important mods on loot gear that is Epic, or Legendary. Then I reroll one Mod on a piece. At this point I kind of stall out.

What I'd like to understand is the complete process to gearing up if possible. I think it goes something like this (Keep in mind I don't believe this is correct and has gaps):

• Find, or create a build with mods to work towards.
• Loot gear that has your two combat skills and at least two mods that you need
• Transmute one mod by replacing a mod you don't need.
• Augment....ok here I'm not sure.

Some specific questions I have:

• When you are using a build that was already created, how do you figure out which mods to get on which pieces? Or are you just going for the build mods on any piece of gear?
• When you decide to keep a piece of gear you looted, how many keeper mods do you prefer to start on the gear? I.e. looking for the one most important, any two, three, etc.?
• Are you transmuting and then augmenting? It would seem, one of those is going to be harder to get the rolled mod you are looking for.

I'm trying to get this down to a checklist/process I can just follow in order. I don't do well with complexity

Thanks for your understanding and patience. Any help would be much appreciated.

For the people who played before release, do the devs do any kind of balancing or are classes and abilities pretty stable? If they do balance, is it usually nerfs or what?

Anybody doing dragon and gauntlet runs can see that a few builds are significantly more powerful than others. Just curious to know what to expect. Should I start leveling these myself or do they usually balance stuff in patches?

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I am a new player and I was looking at the game and it seems interesting. I was wondering which server would be best for a new player? I am looking for a server with a good population and also a good community. Also preferably one that has a very active community for grouping and question answering.

I either love this game or I'm addicted. Probably both. Either way, I haven't had this much fun with an MMORPG since FFXI, and I try most of them.

And I know I'm not even fully experiencing it because I can't group with voice right now. I have a good group of friends on the same server just life circumstances at the moment doesn't allow for predictable times.

I just love farming skills and crafting my gear for each level.

I understand the desire for more active players online at any given time, but it hasn't really affected me yet. I usually see one or two people in my zone who can help clear a dungeon (or sometimes compete with me for node respawns).

It's funny because I remember trying it before full release and not really getting into it. I went on to try Pantheon, Ashes, and M&M but something has definitly hooked me now.

On Dreva usually playing around 5am Eastern if anyone wants to say "hi".

I am currently running 78 AH / 70 Druid. So at my level I would like to start getting into learning the other higher level dailies.

My problem is maybe my age and arthritis or just plain laziness. I have been trying to figure a way to set things up so i don't have to hit 1-6 then ctrl+ 1-6 and s+1-6. Yes i admit, i'm a clicker.... So been hesitant on jumping into the higher end stuff because i don't feel like i am utilizing my abilities in a fluent way that would be beneficial to my group. I use mouse to move then I look at a mob, i tab target, i look at skills, click look click look click. I can't seem to be able to hit the ctrl+# buttons and have it feel comfortable. A lot of times i will look up after casting, only to realize the mob is already dead and i contributed nothing.

I tried setting up my xbox controller through steam but quickly realized that was really worthless, don't have enough buttons for all the skills. Same with my Logitech g7.

The game key assignments are kind of wonky because you can only use certain buttons. Like, I would use normal main skills 1-6, then i'd like to change second skill bars to F1-F6 but it won't allow me to do that.

Does anyone else seem to have this issue? Could anyone enlighten me on some ideas?

I keep seeing all these builds with a lot of power regen focused stuff. And seeing complaints from people about power consumption, making sure to work on max power, etc. I'm level 75/74 archery/druid and I have never struggled with power for the entire game. I'm using shit food too (cooking is level 38). Full leather armor. To the point I feel like I'm doing something wrong, maybe?

I have noticed that I have had particular difficulty forming favor with NPCs who like corpse trophies. Obviously some corpse trophies go for hundreds of councils and others are almost worthless depending on their rarity. Has anyone figured out which mobs offer the most value for your time?

I'm back! After doing part 1 and part 2 I am back with a new set of slightly more advanced noob tips.

• Egg Run - level 70 run happens 3 times a day on some servers, it's a big group dungeon run. You can join lower than 70 but you need to make sure you do not aggro and try not to die. If you're below 70 hang back and just loot. Do not AOE if you are lower level, as some mobs will kill you instantly. Easy gear/councils/xp/etc... You need to have teleport 27 (I think) to do this, and 2 aquamarines. You meet in Casino and port, then use code 0019 to access the dungeon. Join a party. Have fun and really do your best not to die. Ideally you also have res available and bring diamonds because a lower level your primary value is to res people who die. Don't try to rush ahead of people, you will get called out.

• Dungeons - if you are new to a higher level dungeon - GAZ+ you will usually need a tank/healer otherwise you are fucked, unless you are rolling with some big hitters. Do no AOE mobs unless the tank tells you to. And do not pull / attack mobs until the tank has body pulled them - meaning they aggro by moving toward the mob without attacking. If you attack a mob too soon you may pull a huge group and wipe your party, and immediately get called out.

• Gourmand - at first it doesn't sound that interesting, but trust me you need to start working on this skill asap - this is how you scale your combat. You need to always have food and/or snack active, they stack together. You will find you are much stronger when you have food buffs active.

• Work on getting alternate recall location and mushroom recalls as soon as you can - these will save you an incredible amount of time.

• Unlocks - some skill unlocks are really tough solo, esp at lower levels. Don't be afraid to ask for help in global chat, usually people will be helpful because they know how hard some things are to do alone.

• Curses - same as above. You will get cursed, it just happens. Having a permanent debuff fucking sucks. Ask for help, again, many people will be willing to help you out. If all else fails, you can sometimes by Panacea from other players - it will cure all curses, but is expensive.

• Tools. There are amazing people who play this game who have made some sick tools you can use to make your life a LOT easier. Gorgon Survey Tracker for surveys (open source, on github), and Glogger (open source, on github). These two tools are easy to install and configure and will make your life insanely easier. Using tools is not against TOS, and you should use them to your full advantage.

• Poetry jam - if your server does it, try to join it. It's a great community event, and will get you some really nice long buffs, and often there are nice free raffles as well. It's also a good way to meet people.

• PUGS - pick up groups. Do not shy away from running things with people in pick up groups - this is one of the best ways to make friends in the game, find a good guild, and also get xp and gear much faster than you can ever solo. Get on global ask to LFG for a dungeon, daily quest, or xp/gear run = profit.

• Player stalls - everyone has a different strategy here, but you absolutely can and should set up a stall minimum one day a week. Vendors get capped for councils, but you can make a lot selling items to other players. Try to set up a stall for at least 24 hours during busy periods - i.e. weekends.

I probably still missed a bunch of good shit, but this is it for today off the top of my head. Have fun, make friends, profit.

I've been playing PG for about two months now. Gotta say, I keep discovering things that I enjoy. For me, what makes a game like this great is:

• Ability to play solo with group play as an /enhancement/ not as a requirement

• Little to no FOMO (if I make this one decision I can never take it back and have to start all over again to see the rest of the content)

• Immersive world-building (some games the towns feel like "quest hubs" and that's all I see them as. I really love it when the design "brings me in" beyond that)

• Plausible writing (Reading poor quality quest text just makes me not want to read quest text. Draw me in, please! Else I am playing "checklist simulator" with quests and the like...)

Project Gorgon does all of these things. But what I recently discovered is EVEN COOLER (for me anyway).

In this game, your main character can easily be your "alt" as well! This is due to heavy "layering" of each zone (lots of things to do). Let me give an example...

I chose 2 combat skills that seemed fun (psychic fire mage) and played for a while. I leveled up some skills for food appreciation and cooking too. Eventually I discovered some skills that I thought would be more fun.

So instead of making a new character to be my ice magic, while having a "main character" as a fire mage... I just turn on my new ice magic skill which of course is low level. So now I get to go back through the early zones, do things I missed, and level that up... without losing progress!

So while I'm leveling up my "alt" which is just my main character... I get to pick up flower seeds that I ignored before and level up gardening. While I do that, I'm leveling up musical performance too. While I explore around, I get to level up geology.

Then when I come back to my "main" skill, I'll be able to do all the foraging and geology in the high level areas.

I really like this, because I can consolidate my progress in one place but still enjoy making "alts" !

(p.s. also love how this game is not pay to win, and you can play a really long time on the demo)

So now I have two questions,

#1 Weather Witch/Warden OR Psychology/Mentalism?

#2 How do I change my wings?

Ty in advance!

Started playing on launch on Dreva. Server was aways full. I've been a month long without logging in and came back this week. No one on sebule playin music, little to no players passing by. Should I change server?

I feel in LOVE with this game and sadly life just got so busy.

I want to return and start fresh. I’d really appreciate some help with two things.

The first being a server choice? Ideally fairly active/welcoming. I play mainly solo but I always seek help/advice and like to do some group things.

Secondly is build ideas/suggestions.

I was a werewolf before. I’ll be rolling a new character though!

I really joyed animal handling, necromancy and mage type things.

Open to animal builds too. I was prior suggestion spirit fox? Even go Lycro again.

Bear in mind I will be mainly solo but I’d like something to hold up decently if I get to endgame/group stuff!

Any help and guidance be much appreciated!!

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Dreva server, I’ve been stuck at level 80/85 fire magic for nearly 2 months now due to lack of phoenix materials (beaks, feathers, eggs).

The only time people are in fae is for the daily quest which usually takes 10-15 minutes, then they bounce. Lucky to get 1 or 2 pieces during the daily and phoenix is maybe twice per week.

I’ve seen a handful of feathers for sale on the marketplace after checking every day for weeks.

I can finally solo them but it takes time as I’m a FIRE magic user. Recently I’ve farmed 100+ and the drop rate seems to be less than 5% for feathers.

I’m all about the grind but this is driving me kind of nuts. Not being able to barter and not being able to trade/buy them has made it a major wall. I can’t see many people pushing past it tbh.

I heard you can gamble for them? I’d like at least a consistent barter method.

Just title. I want to know if I craft the boots to be Animal Handling + Unknown skills will it be generic or randomly chosen? I don't want to burn my tokens to find out lol

Returning to the game after a small hiatus and I was curious

What are major loots that are secretly very valuable. Stuff that when you need them 50 hours later you are going to regret having dropped or used as gifts. Like for example stomachs with cheesemaking. Just want to make a list of high priority list loots to hoard