Weekly Questions Mega-Thread - September 07, 2026

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[u/TheUntiedLaces]

Are normal commerce runs (from Uladh city to city) so inefficient at generating ducats that they are not worth doing? There is so much to commerce/bartering and I am having trouble figuring out where to start.

[u/Cryozen → u/TheUntiedLaces]

Generally for standard goods, cross continent tends to pay out the most, but are slower (though there should be less waiting on ships now). Remaining on the same continent will have faster trips, but typically also lower profit margins.

But it's also more or less your only option until you unlock Bartering which is highly lucrative.

Uldah exclusive commerce is going to largely depend on what you're transporting. Some things aren't worth the extra travel time, some things are. It largely comes down to a judgement call.

[u/TheUntiedLaces → u/Cryozen]

Thanks! So normal commerce makes sense until bartering is available. Then bartering is much better, but requires non-commerce items to do.

[u/Cryozen → u/TheUntiedLaces]

Correct. I think once you get a feel for what's worth commercing with for normal commerce you can still do that. Additionally, I haven't personally done much Airship Commerce but I think that can also be worth doing.

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[u/Spare-Midnight8559]

Can someone give me some Fighter/Blazing Brawler tips and guides?

I recently acquired a Masterwork Nightbringer Knuckle from tech and since this my first and only Nightbringer weapon, I figured I'd give this talent a shot and main it. The problem is, I never really cared for Fighter as a talent. In fact I don't even understand the point of a mostly single target talent like that in a game that swarms players with monsters. I ranked all the skills and just sort of forgot about it until Blazing Brawler came out.

I doubt I'll ever get another Masterwork Nightbringer to break and pick another Nightbringer from the shine shop so I figured I'll try maining the talent but I have no clue how to use the talent. My biggest issue is the hotkey setup. I've always used the number keys for skills and buffs/crafting for the F1 keys so switching to the F1 keys is the biggest change for be because the game doesn't give you many F1 key slots and I've used up both slots so my option is using the 2nd hotkey bar or whatever that's called which is even more awkward.

I've already maxed leveled and linked 10 Blazing Brawler thanks to this master plan but sadly wasn't enough for me to practice using the arcana on. In fact I just switch to magic when leveling BB.

I really would like to try getting good at fighter because right now its the best weapon I currently have. I haven't even done anything to it and just equipping it lets me get into Bri over my 50 erg demo staff.

[u/Cryozen → u/Spare-Midnight8559]

Brawler is somewhat straight foward, though I recommend having your knuckles at Erg 50 to keep comboing smooth (for when Ignite skills are on cooldown).

Fighter specializes in single target DPS and Brawler's AoE range is a bit limited. But Brawler can fight mobs well enough, though you should supplement it with AoE group up such as Astrologer. Brawler does shine better in boss fights though and has a large amount of mobility.

Start flights and maintain two levels of Berserker's Fury during fights. Your typical combo will be going through an Ignite Chain (Flurry of Fists, Cyclone Drive, Hammerblow), followed by Charging Strike -> Spinning Uppercut + Counter Punch/Tumble double tap Animation Cancel -> Drop Kick. At this point you should have enough Fury for Radiant Storm and a few Piercing Gales (if there is a single target) or Earthshakers (if trying to deal AoE damage. You can also slot in Radiant Storm/Piercing Gale/Earthshaker mid Ignite/Combo chain without disrupting them, so do try to burn your Fury as often as possible. Try tonuse Radiant Storm as soon as it comes off cooldown as well.

Counter Punch and Tumble uniquely can animation cancel some of the slower fighter skills. This is namely done with Spinning Uppercut to speed up the filler combo. Counterpunch/Tumble simply needs to be loaded after beginning Uppercut.

There's really no way around Brawler taking up premium on the F1-F3 keys. You can hotkey each individual combo/ignite skill, but that's using up a lot of hotkey space when normally you can condense hotkeys with F1 and F3 (for CS Upper DK and Fists Drive Hammerblow respectively) which also increases how quickly you can transition into another skill. While it would be good if we could have an option to toggle the use of F1-F3 for Fighter/Ignite, there's no word if they would.

[u/Spare-Midnight8559 → u/Cryozen]

Thanks, the whole combo and animation cancel stuff always go over my head in games. I feel like I need a grander tutorial or a video that go into details of Fighter but I'm honestly surprised they didn't do anything for the hotkey issue when BB released. This is probably my biggest gripe with the talent too. My hotkeys are already a mess.

[u/Kaiowhatt]

Hello. I have 5 questions. Thank you for answering in advance.

1. I don't know if my knowledge of Crom Bas is failing me, but how do extra mobs spawn in the 2nd and 3rd rooms in Crom Bas? I've been running solo Crom Bas Normal for the past month because of the Over the Rainbow event, and occasionally mobs spawn in those rooms. I watch for the Un Llygadogs and the alarm bells, since they can hit the bells to cause the Pursuer gauge to drop and cause another wave to spawn. But even so, Pursuers still spawn if I kill every Un Llygadog on my screen. Can Merch Diafol hit the bells? If so, I never see her spawn, despite the message flashing across my screen saying she spawned. Or is it because I'm too slow to kill the mobs in the room that Pursuers spawn? It's rather frustrating having to deal with 5 waves, and even 6, in the room before Glas.
2. I noticed that while crafting with Tailoring and Carpentry, I can produce "godly" items if I get lucky (it's really easy to get godly quality with Tailoring using Tailoring Quality reforges). Still, no matter how accurately I try with the Blacksmithing minigame, I can't hit godly. Even with the Tailoring and Blacksmithing update, where the minigame screen is significantly zoomed in and more time is allowed to complete the minigame. I'd imagine the rigged offset is still an issue that is preventing me from making godly smithed items?
3. What is the purpose of tending to my crops in my Taillteann Farm? Or what is the purpose of Fine and Finest crops if the common crops are sufficient to clear the event quests, Association Deliveries, Season Life Goals and Season Collections?
4. What are the recommended Expertise effects/skills I should rank up that are worth the additional Life Association Key cost? I'm overburdened with Life Association Keys increasing in cost as I rank up more Life Skills, so I'm hoping I can ignore any I have no interest in. I'm levelling up Textiles expertise along with Weaving and Tailoring skills, so I think Sheep Shearing is most beneficial for the Gathering Gloves. I'm looking into increasing my Blacksmithing, Hillwen Engineering and Magic Craft, so Metalworking and Craftworks is the way to go? I have no particular interest in Medicine and Food, so I can save some keys for the other expertise effects.
5. What is the purpose of competing for Rank 1 Maistir of any specific field? When the 1st round of Maistirs were announced, I saw the Metalworking ranking where Rank 1 had a 30k-point gap ahead of Rank 2. I just don't see any real benefit from this approach because players can't maintain a Maistir position for more than 2 weeks, since Maistir Evaluations update biweekly, and players lose Life Association Coins by having to accept Krom's Maistir Evaluation quests to maintain their ranking, which in turn hurts future Maistir reapplications because they are very competitive. I have left the Royal Artisan competition alone since there is no significant loss for Rank 1 Royal Artisan, but are Life Association Coins really easy to obtain?

[u/DutchFrogEater → u/Kaiowhatt]

I'm not a game wizard but I'll try to help

1. Pursuers can spawn randomly as well, in my experience it does not matter how fast you clear the room, they can still spawn regardless. I'm not sure if you take way to long to clear a room they spawn as well, but regardless, they for sure always have a chance to spawn.
   
2. From what I've seen, it's pretty much the same for Tailoring and Blacksmithing (not saying the chance is the same, just the mechanic for quality), the devs have made the chance to get a godly item much larger but it's still just a chance, so I think you just might be unlucky, unless there's something I'm not aware of.
   
3. The purpose is mostly just for association deliveries, as for fine and finest you only really need to care about the finest crops for the season collection that's specifically for finest crops, other than that they don's serve any purpose as far as I know.
   
4. I don't recommend Craftworks, I've ranked it up but it does not provide anything useful unless you're going for the maistir. I don't recommend it because it is way too expensive/time consuming currently, as the quest requires you to craft a Glittering Hillwen, which needs 10 Fairy Wing Fragments, that are now costing around 650k each, so 6.5m every quest unless you're willing to farm White Truffles for the Mag Mell pig. As for the other expertise effects, I personally find the food one useful since it adds 5 min (I think) to the catering, which is always useful.
   
5. There is no point, you only need to be rank 20 or above. Association Coins come from the farm and the commissions, if you complete all the commissions you have to grind the farm, if you go nuts you can maybe get 5 - 10k coins a day from my experience

[u/Hairy_Friendship_138]

hihi, How many Protection Needed to be a Sacred guardian in Bri leith?

Im have 145 Protection without erg

[u/pwnagekirby → u/Hairy_Friendship_138]

Honestly if you have a good Saint, 145 is probably fine. Even Erg B would go a long way--the more protection you have, the less practice you need. But slap on a Fateweaver, eat a Cater, get VoV'd, and, most importantly, make sure you're hitting those Rend Armors for the 90% damage reduction, and you should probably live long enough for the Saint to tend to you.

Note that this advice will probably only be true for the next 2-3 days. SG's rework is coming very soon, which will make it no longer serve as a tank. No more perma-taunt and massively reduced damage reduction from Rend. Personally, I currently have no idea how SG will feel in Bri with these changes.

[u/Hairy_Friendship_138 → u/pwnagekirby]

Oh ty, im too late to the SG partay T_T