Top resets or top Master Level ?
In this topic I will present you some strategies used by the top ranked players. There are several tops and I will talk only about the most important ones, related to character strength and strategies. I guess that not all the players know all the things that I am about to tell you.
For the beginning, I will tell you that the top 10 characters from reset rankings are not the strongest characters on the server, not at this moment, anyway, let's begin:
1. Reset rankings (the most popular top) :
Here you can see the top characters as normal exp characters, those players have a strategy based on long term , they do first resets because each reset gives some bonuses like 60 points/reset , character strength improved, like hp/dmg/strength/defense with @ a few percent for each reset, but the most important bonus is that each reset increases Master Level XP by 20% , so when they start to do master level, they will level up way faster than the players who preferred to do master levels from first resets. Let's not forget that each reset will push your ML limit higher (you can do more ML level with each reset).
When they reset their character, they "lose" a lot of action , top events and bosses like Chaos Castle7, Devil Square 7. Blood Castle 8, Medusa, Bloody Queen, Nightmare, etc
On long term they hope to dominate server because all the rest wasted time to take the short term power. Are they on the right way for long term ? Who can tell? Excepting time....
2. Master level rankings; people seems to have low interest on this rankings, I am telling you this because top reset rankings characters have more views than the top Master Level characters:
In this top, you can see the most powerful characters in game at this moment (Today's Masters, as I like to call them) , while they are concentrating on doing master levels, they can fight for top events and top bosses like Chaos Castle7, Devil Square 7. Blood Castle 8, Medusa, Bloody Queen, Nightmare, etc. Also, they play a key role at the Castle Siege, because they" kick asses really hard", for example: at this moment no one from top 5 rankings can win a player versus player or a player versus monster duel with Catarina.
Those players strategy is to get all what they can and reset only when they get near maximum master level for their reset, this provides top ITEMS and a lot of rewards, they hope that they will stay stronger than top exp players even on long term, thinking that the advantage they already got will compensate the resets from the top ranked exp players, and after they will start to reset, they will level up faster than the other top players who went for top exp rankings.
On long term will they reduce the experience gap? Will they dominate? Those questions will remain unanswered until we'll see the end game.
3. PVM Ranking is the third ranking that is very important :
In this top you can find players that you don`t want to mess around with, in any circumstances, because they are the most active players, The Top Hunters, so they got the best items and top characters in server at this moment. If you go and start a war against them, be sure that you can keep up with them ! or give up before you will be their target for player kill, player versus player, etc.
My advice is to not mess with any of the top ranked players, no matter where they belong, if you are an occasional player vs player.