Cool, it's just that Redlear is snoozing right now :D

no, we werent ready yesterday :) but later today we can start

hey, i'm up for it :) tell me when and i try to be in time

I'd suggest you check out the group chat :) Easiest way to find your ingame friends, as I see it anyway. That's how I've done it since game release pretty much, now I got 4 characters around level 50. All I ask for when getting together with someone is the game name, then join it (obviously) after that I add the person to the ingame friend list :D

Hey

Aaah it's neverending, those random events are so much fun :> You got to admit the last battle was pretty epic. There's no point of trying say good things of this game, the list would be too long. Instead I'll write what I don't like =)
I dislike the mutliplayer functions it feels like it's in a raw state if you know what I mean. The chat isn't cooperating with me at all and hard to find the right games... people. Everyone disconnects from the game, did you loose internet or they? I can never whisper... the friend achievements doesnt work. Even if it's not pvp, I'd still like if there was something more to it, just some tiny thing, like an ear vanity item as in Diablo. But that's it! :) Nothing else right now that I can think of!! Loving it.

Yes and no, this is in the topic: "...looking for people to play with to focus on progressing in the game. "
And this is in your comment: "...looking for a group for elite hardcore mode..."
My question was which one is true, or if both applies, but considering your answer, you only look for hc characters =)

So these people you are looking for are supposed to play Hardcore or not? You don't say in the topic but you do write it in the comment :(

There were some similar questions to Runic Matt/Jamus yesterday in the group chat. Just like they said, it is hard to answer, because themselves and few overall have played and can answer it.
But what they said and what I say is that all builds got weaknesses and strengths. It's a question about what difficulty you play, every single build may not work on Elite but alot does. I can imagine, having 2 weapon sets may give you advantages in some battles, and disadvantages in other battles. But that applies to all builds right?... Myself, I try to not be so strict with how I distribute my attribute stat points, always trying to adapt to how it turns out. Sometimes you might need to save 20 points before you know what you need.

In other words, do not worry if you play Normal, it will work out no matter what attributes you focus on. What I can suggest though is that you have one main weapon set, which you got passive skills for and stuff like that. The engineer has a passive skill in the 2h weapon skill tree that increases your attack speed, but this will not have any effect when you switch to 1h/shield... vice versa. That is just one example.
Another point is that you are probably capable of doing a more effective tank and DPS (at the same time) with either 2h or 1h/shield rather than mixing. Because you will be able to focus attributes more but mainly focusing your skills. This way you may pick skills that gives you regeneration of some sort and at the same time increasing your damage.

My own build will be an engineer with 2 weapon sets which one is the 1h/shield, building a tanky character. However, as my 2nd weapon set I got a cannon using long ranged attacks. My thoughts are that I now have the abillity to kite enemies and participate in battles even tho my health is very low. When the role as a tank can't be fulfilled anymore I will still be able to assist the team until I've recovered. Perhaps I'll put my best socketables for health/mana steal in my cannon, and try to make sure my cannon got regeneration stats rather than damage. Helping me to get back up in shape to dive into the fight again asap.

Finally my last suggestion is that you must not forget any attribute since none is useless to anyone now, you will need more mana and mana regeneration as an engineer, that's what I believe. Who would be better off with 10 more damage every normal attack instead of a bigger mana pool worth of 2 skill usages? =D

How else will we be able to play TL1 in the future and remember the good times? :) Isn't it great.

In my head I imagine the bird to have the best mobility, so I'm picking that as first pet!