GA PvE Guide

**GA TEAM, GA TEAM!!**


Group Arena, or GA, is an instanced activity that allows you to earn experience, energy, and soul experience. If you are a member of a high ranking team, you may also receive Energy Stones as system rewards.

To participate in GA, you will need to create or join an existing Competition Group.

You may attend GA 3 times per day.



**HOW TO CREATE A COMPETITION GROUP**


Step 1: Around your mini map is a small red circle with overlapping swords which reads "Group Arena", use your mouse to click on it.

Step 2: Choose "Set Up Group"

Step 3: Type desired group name in the pop-up window

Step 4: Invite a friend you trust and make him/her Vice-Captain by selecting his/her name on the list and choosing “Vice Captain”




**INVITING MEMBERS TO YOUR COMPETITION GROUP**


Step 1: Open “Group Arena” window

Step 2: Choose “Invite”

Step 3: Type name of desired player into the pop-up window

It is best to choose team members within a five level range- 20-25 for example. The level of the mobs will be based on an average of the members in the team. You don't want to end up with mobs too high level for many of your team members to be able to hit.




**HOW TO TAKE YOUR TEAM TO GA**


Step 1: Make a team with 5 members or less from members of your Competition Group

Step 2: Open the “Group Arena” window

Step 3: Select each team member you are taking individually, and choose “Attend Set” for each one

Step 4: Choose “Competition”

Step 5: Choose “Protect Master Ku PvE 1-5” and click “OK”




**INSIDE THE GROUP ARENA PVE**


Inside of the Group Arena you will find yourself placed in front of a large NPC, whom it is your duty to protect.

A small box on the right side of your screen will indicate which round you are on, and how many seconds before the next round begins once completing the current round.

The difficulty increases the higher the round.

Rounds with a 3 (13,23,33) or 8 (18,28,38) in them will have multiple mobs entering from the front and sides, apes on 3 and monks on 8.

Rounds with a 4 or 9 in them will have a Boss:
04- Red Snake Captain General
09- Tiger King
14- Gunwitch Leader
19- Buddhist Monk Purple Moon
24- WoodsEye Beast
29- Virulent Spider
34- Fire Boar

Someone who knows the rest, please feel free to let me know.




**STRATEGY**


Your mission is to keep Master Ku alive, and therefore it is optimal that he does not get hit at all if possible.

Distraction of the mobs away from the Ascetic is key to success, and you are given some very nice tools to do so as drops.

Nearly all characters have one or more skill that greatly aids in a Group Arena's success, and in my experience as a fairy with many different types of classes and players; there hasn't been a perfect formula. Of course, you almost always need a fairy in a party to do anything unless you are high level or over-powered.


CLASS:

Monk-
Shovel’s AoE stun is very handy for multi mob rounds.
Staff’s hate assisting skill is very handy for bosses and keeping mobs off of higher damage dealers.
Monk = less mana usage for fairy.

Tamer-
Traps, traps, and more traps. Pet also is handy during multiple mob rounds for catching and tanking late coming extras.

Assassin-
AoE is handy for multi mob rounds.
Dragon Rock stuns also very handy for multi mob rounds.
High damage in general, and can substitute for tank.

Wizard-
Stuns and AoE extremely handy for multi mob rounds. Since it’s so effective at getting all mobs on them, this makes it easy for them to run with all the monsters as far as possible, providing the fairy time to heal up the other members.

Fairy-
Heals and Cures, maintain buffs, purple shield on tank for boss mobs, and on the person who takes most damage on multi-mob rounds.
With good equips, can use leech to tank.
Stuns on extra mobs the group might not be able to handle.



ITEMS:

Items that drop in GA can only be used in GA, and will disappear when you leave the arena. Use them wisely.

Healing Potion: Heals 2000 HP
Wind Pill: Increases movement speed temporarily
Dizzy Hooch: will temporarily stun enemies, stops working when enemies are hit
Refresh Pill: Negates stun (use for tiger)
Mushroom: Attacks enemies, and lasts until it runs out of hit points
Buddha Lotus: Slows and distracts enemies, and lasts until it runs out of hit points
Fire Bomb: high damage splash attack
Antidote: cures group ailments
Fire Resist Potion: Increases fire defense

If anyone knows more, please feel free to let me know.




**PVE POINTS AND RANK**


PvE points are earned by making it past a certain number of rounds. I am not 100% certain but it appears that 1 point is awarded after making it past either rounds 3,13,23... or 4, 14, 24... etc.

Points accrue during the week, and directly contribute to your placement on the ranking list. You can see your team’s rank by opening the “Group Arena” window, choosing “Rank”, and selecting the “PvE” tab.

Ranks 1 to 3 by the end of the week will receive two Level 50 Energy Stones (100k energy).
Ranks 4-10 receive two Level 40 Energy Stones (50k energy).

I’m unsure if ranks below this receive any prize.




**SOUL EXPERIENCE**


Soul experience can be viewed by hitting C on your keyboard, and clicking on the Soul tab.

A character starts gaining soul exp after successfully completing round 10 of GA. The further you get in GA, the more soul experience gained.

Increasing the level of your soul allows you to access new skills called soul skills. At this time there is only one called “Base”- a passive increase to HP upper limit, which increases with the level of your soul (my soul is level 29 and I have an increase of 540 to my HP upper limit).

Inclusion (mature) is currently the highest level of soul obtainable.

There is a Soul Ranking list. I am uncertain as to whether there is a reward for being highly ranked.

Soul experience also allows you to earn regular experience and energy while you are logged off. In order to use this, you will have to open the C window again. In the C window there is a button called “Secret Exp”. Click on this, and turn it on.

For each hour you are logged out it will expend 20 points of soul power, and give you regular exp and energy in return. When you log back in, open the Soul window and click obtain. These can be obtained at any time.

The Occult Berry will increase the amount of Exp earned while you are offline.

The Pith of Energy stone will increase the amount of Energy earned while you are offline.

This guide will be modified as necessary.



Good Luck!