Battledome for the New People on the Block

by alfalba

Now many people know how to play in the Battledome, and giving out tips is really all that is needed to give the OK people to fight. Very good people don't even have to read tips at all. But it has come as a surprise to me that a very good amount of people don't even know what to do in the Battledome. Not that they have poor weapons or no magic abilities, just that they don't even know how to fight!

Before I find myself telling them to wait for ten minutes so that I could withdraw, it doesn't seem fair to me to win against a person who has no idea what they are doing. Now that is canceled, I found the need of writing this article. True, NeoPets had a great idea to allow users not to accept battles, but what good would it do to the Newbies (until NeoPets creates the one-player challenges, but even then people have no idea what to do). The new people will still have no knowledge of the battle ground.

I would hope that everyone has a good idea on how to equip their stuff. If you don't have anything, try going in the battle magic shop and buy a few things. Don't forget to get some defensive items as well. For those who are so need of instructions, click on the item then in the drop down box then on "equip (pet name)".

I saw this comment in every article, and I can't find a better way to say it, Do some research on your enemy pet! If they have stats beyond horizons, don't fight them!

If you're willing to fight, you should inform the enemy that you're new to the entire picture. Luckily, the withdraw before the battle is still operational. Maybe you'll learn that your opponent is also new and both of you could learn as slowly as you want. As for the higher class fighters, you could help them learn like I like to do, or just reject because having such an easy win is not a good thing for both of you. If you want a win, at least make it with someone that knows how to fight.

When you're in the Battledome, don't forget you could choose up to TWO items to be used at the same time. I notice that many people don't know this fact, and always attack without defending. You could choose TWO attacks, TWO defends or a mixture of both. As stated in a previous article, Fierce Attack is a nice attack since it adds some counters to your weapons, but don't underestimate the defensive powers that are added with the other attacks.

This might not be very useful to Newbies, due to the fact they have no idea the different types of attack available. But there are different attacks, and some could be blocked or absorbed by certain items the opponent has. All I could say is that try to have as many different types of attacks as you could have.

Other than that, everything is pure testing. Try and learn. I just learned that people are allowed to accept or reject withdraws. If the person is bad and has no idea what to do, please find honour to accept those who have no idea what to do.