Devilian Starter Guide

The Intro:

Alright boys this Devilian guide is intended to be pretty basic and should help most get a decent start in the game. If there is interest I will do something along the lines of an advanced guide but keep in mind I am going semi-casual/semi-hardcore at the moment in this game depending on how much fun I'm having as usual.

Limited Accounts

Before I get everything started I'll discuss the whole Limited Account issue. Basically to counter all of the gold spammers and whatnot Trion Worlds has decided to implement some sort of verification system. In order to be verified you must buy something from any Trion Worlds game or just buy one of their games which is what I did forever ago with Rift. 

Yes Devilian is Free to play but having a limited account is quite the handicap. You can't send mail or trades, post auctions, or send whispers to anyone not on your friends list. It may not sound too bad now but it gets mildly annoying as you level I hear. There might be some other limitations I did not list but those are the main ones and you can check out the Trion Support article here.

Classes

The first important decision is picking a class and the choices you have are Berserker, Cannoneer, Evoker, and Shadowhunter. I suggest you to pick what you would like since they all perform decently but here is an overview.

Berserker - Pretty typical warrior dps type, deals decent damage and has self healing in some specs. Generally used as a tank/dps in current endgame at level 52. Playstyle is a nice hybrid between a Monk and a Barbarian.

Cannoneer - Ranged physical damage dealer with a sizable cannon, and in some situations can be a glass cannon. (heh) This is akin to a hunter in most games and a Demon Hunter in Diablo 3.

Evoker -  Ranged magical damage dealer with flashy spells and large AoE potential. Also has a good amount of Crowd Control skills and so far the only talented area of effect heal making them desirable in harder content. 

Shadowhunter - Not much experience with this class but it feels like a hybrid melee/ranged damage dealer. It is similar to a rogue with a chain whip, tons of mobility and moderate AoE.

At the moment Evokers and Cannoneers are doing the most damage with shadowhunter being a pretty close third and Berserker coming last/tying for third. I personally chose an Evoker as a main because I like to AoE a ton of things and being able to lock mobs in crowd control and slows til they die is pretty fun but I suppose that's the old World of Warcraft Hunter in me kiting things into oblivion back in the day.

The Leveling

Now for the fun part. Once you have your character created and complete the tutorial you will arrive in the first town Windbrook Village. I know you are itching to just go on a killing spree and level to 52 by grinding it out and worrying about the details later but you should definitely quest first in this game.

To level the fastest follow the main quest for each zone and doing the dungeon quest when it occurs. This is the base strategy until you hit the first Infinite Hunting Ground at level 26.

Each zone, starting with Kafkas Canyon, has a Infinite Hunting Grounds area which has elites that drop zone specific coins. These coins are used mostly for a set of gear unique to that zone that is of rare quality. Because of this I do recommend going to each area when it unlocks and completing the quests there which can be done a total of 5 times each and reward bonuses on the 5th completion. Finishing the quest should be enough for your weapon and maybe one or two items but grinding here past that hasn't been worth it in my opinion.

That's generally what you should do to level at a good pace and if you feel like grinding as an alternative I suggest grinding dungeons that do give pretty good exp and gear.

Small Tips

• Instant potions and HoT potions have different cool downs so you have 2 big heals if you can manage to have a stock of both
• If you have chaos elixirs and health elixirs you should definitely use them! they offer quite a boost while leveling and essentially its like having an extra piece of gear or 2
• You will get a ton of friend invites and if you don't mind having random people on your friend's list you should add them. Every day you can give out 10 friendship crates and having a large friend list increases the crates you get.
• Read all of the "learn" quests its a tutorial and you get free items for later.

And The End

 

Thanks for reading the guide, hope I helped out a few people for the general stuff and if you have any questions comment below and I will answer as soon as possible. I did not go over everything but there are better guides out there for the more complicated aspects of the end game. Biggest tip of all is to just have fun playing and take your time to learn the game. Like I said previously there is a lack of updated guides so there is a lot of improvisation.