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This is 600,000 years late, but I finally wrote up a quick guide on how to play the mobile game. (More specifically, this is about how to register and then get access to the game.)

I’m tired, so I’ve stopped the guide at the character creation part, plus it’s been a few years since I’ve begun playing so I don’t quite remember how the beginning goes. This should get interested players a start, though.

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Elder Tale: Shortcut Slots

Found one of Mamare’s note docs that he actually updates (and by that, I mean that he last updated it in August).

He has some interesting details about skill shortcuts:

An icon will display in your mind after registering a skill shortcut.

There are a total of 18 shortcut slots, filled by either skills or items.

If you assign a spell to a slot, it will shorten the casting time (incantation).

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Volume 1: Combat Details

In the beginning of Chapter 3, Section 5, there are some more details about combat that probably could be inferred, but I thought it would be good to have some written reference.

Skill Movements:

According to Naotsugu, in this other world, there were more than five ways to start [Cross Slash]. “You can start with a diagonal slash down from one shoulder, then immediately slash up again from below. That’s the basic version. But you can also start from the left shoulder and cut back up the other way. That version’s probably for lefties. Then there’s a version where you sort of charge in, start with a horizontal slash, then segue into a downward slash.”

Regular Attacks:

Sword techniques—or rather, the basic motions of combat—seemed to be stamped into their bodies. According to Naotsugu and Akatsuki, the two combat class players, if they wanted to fight and they spotted an enemy, their bodies would do the rest. However, controlling those fine motions apparently require quite a lot of practice.

Skill Targeting:

One private discovery Shiroe had made was that launched spells were more likely to hit home if he used his staff to specify the target, rather than simply chanting from the shortcut key.

(So that’s not an automatic action, you have to consciously point your staff at your target.)

Teamwork:

Naotsugu had to think about how to draw the enemy in to make it as easy as possible for Akatsuki and Shiroe to defeat or incapacitate them. Akatsuki had to notice which of Naotsugu’s attacks would create gaps in the enemy’s Defense. They had to intentionally accumulate this sort of knowledge and experience.

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Hey I noticed they have been officially translating the log horizon light novel, do you have any suggestions of if someone should start at the start or start where the anime left off? (Which I assume is around book 9ish)

Well, the official translations are up to volume 5 at the moment, which is the end of season 1. Volume 6, which will be released towards the end of this month (around November 20, IIRC), is Akatsuki’s arc in the beginning of Season 2. The anime also ended where the light novel left off (volume 10), so there’s no officially-published content beyond that.

I definitely recommend reading the light novels from the beginning, though. The anime is geared for little kids and thus doesn’t include some of the more “mature” sections (like Shiroe deciding to kill the PKs because there was no point in not killing them, Londark getting his head off, Nureha’s backstory).

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LHSNG Character Creation Screen: Males + Races

As I mentioned earlier, we don’t get a lot of choices. As far as I’m concerned, these default appearances are the only ones that can be selected in the initial character creation screen; everything else gets customized after the tutorial.

(I also didn’t try selecting the buttons at the bottom, nor did I realize I could scroll down to see if there was anything more. I doubt it, though.)

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Do we know how often Players in Elder Tale received a new skill? Did they pick a new one upon reaching each level? And if so, is it like D&D where older, out of use skills and replaced by newer skills due to a limit on the amount a character can have?

http://log-horizon.wikia.com/wiki/Skills

Automatic Acquisition Skills are unlocked upon reaching certain levels. There’s also the Additional Acquisition List that contains skills obtained by paying Mastery Points (attained by leveling up and as rewards in quests). You can also gain higher ranks of automatically-acquired skills through this system.

Not sure how accurate this is, but the anime’s Nyanta vs. Demiqas fight shows that there’s likely no limit on how many skills you have. A scrolling menu pops up from which players can choose the skill they want to use.

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Happy new year guys :D I hope you have a nice one. I have a question about Subclasses if you don't mind. do we know if, when you change subclasses, you get to keep any skills you've got from your others. like if you swapped from a Sailor to a Tailor would you still get to keep "A sailor does not die on land"? please and thank you

I don’t believe so, with the exception of two known scenarios: first, if you take on the Apprentice subclass (although once you switch to one subclass, you’ll likely lose any other subclasses’ skills but keep whatever experience you gained in your subclass of choice). The second is if you go from a “lower ranked” subclass to a “higher ranked” one, such as from Diva to Idol (which has some Diva skills). However, from Diva to Idol, you’ll probably lose the Diva’s higher-level skills.

Some subclasses actually require you to go through the Apprentice subclass (i.e. Secretary needs you to train under an Assistant as an Apprentice) so whatever skills you learn as an Apprentice Assistant will likely carry into Secretary.

Since I’m not familiar with how most real-life MMOs deal with such things (if they have them), I’m not 100% certain on this answer.

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Hey, long time! Hope all is well. I was just wondering what Subclass you think would be best for an Enchanter? I keep trying to read up on them on the Wikia, but it's freezing my laptop all the time.

I’ll infer that this is a more practical/battle-focused character that’s focusing on enhancing Enchanter strengths or make up for their weaknesses. The subclasses I get are taken from my Subclasses Doc since the Wiki isn’t close to being up-to-date.

The Believer/Occult Doubler subclass may have potential here. It can provide the user with basic (and only basic) skills from other subclasses and classes (like Healing skills). However, the number of skills that you can learn are limited, casting time can increase from 5-10x, and cooldown time can increase 2-4x. For most, it’s terribly impractical, but Enchanters have the benefit of having a large mana supply and rather small MP costs for their skills, so they could probably use their skill, which reduces casting time and cooldown time and is only limited by MP and casting time (so you could probably keep it active for a while before having to recast it). also amplifies one’s own magic, so it can buff an Enchanter’s attacks. Considering how Enchanter attack spells are pathetically weak, it may come in handy to use skills from another class/subclass and then buff that up.

Commander is known to be a good subclass for strengthening and supporting allies in large-scale battles, but it provides no self-buffs so it’s not good for solo players (not that Enchanters would really want to be stuck in that spot anyways). Enchanters, being support units to begin with, would probably benefit from this subclass by adding more support skills to their repertoire.

Idol, surprisingly, may come in handy, particularly at high levels. Along with skills from the Dancer, Diva, and Musician subclasses, you also get skills like , which increases the Crit, Evasion, and Accuracy of one target for 30 minutes (although it can only be used once per raid). It’s also good for negotiating with NPCs and the like.

The Hitman subclass adds to the list of debuffing skills, so for Enchanters like Nureha whose builds focus around debuffing/freezing enemies, it would be a good choice. Like the Idol, it also provides boosts to negotiations.

If you’re feeling really bold and are willing to walk around without any protective gear, Nudist might work. It grants some self-buffs ... and some debuffs that affect both enemies and allies. Most people don’t pick it for all its demerits (i.e. making a squishy Enchanter even squishier).

Rune Knight seems to be another buffing/self-buffing subclass, but we don’t really know anything about it. Same goes for Sigilmancer and Talismancer.

The Tactician subclass could be a good choice if your character’s in a large guild. It probably is the back-row version of the Commander subclass.

A person with the Sprinkler build (turn your attacks into a bullet hell game) could benefit from the Wand Fighter subclass, which buffs skills by cutting down casting times and hitting enemies twice. Top that with the Enchanter’s and and you’ll have a moderately decent glass cannon.

I didn’t add any of the Special Title subclasses because ~special snowflake~ (which is the same reason I dislike it when people feel the need to give their OCs Overskills, but I digress). But feel free to look at them on the doc if you wish.