Tip From a Mage – New Society and You!

By Chadj on Aug. 31, 2011 in Community — Comments (24)

We believe the Shadow Cities community is the best place to go for hints and tips! In an effort to better connect the great minds of all our Shadow Cities mages, and honor the greatest, we bring you ‘Tip from a Mage’!

When you see us post on Facebook that we’re collecting game tips, you will have two hours to post your best Shadow Cities gameplay tip. If your tip is chosen, it will be published in the in-game Staff Channel for the all Shadow Cities mages to read, credited to your name and team.

In order to be eligible, your tip must be posted within two-hours of each 'Tip from a Mage' Facebook announcement. Keep your tips to one or two sentences. If your tip isn’t chosen you may resubmit it another day, or post a new one. Don’t worry, we will be requesting tips often, and there is no limit to how often you can contribute.

To celebrate this new development, we have just posted to Facebook requesting the first ever contribution for 'Tip from a Mage', a community sharing experiment. Share your tips with us there!

Comments

  1. Fejj
    Fejj (Awakened) on 09/03/2011 12:16 a.m.
    Save your finger strength! Draw smaller "Z"s when casting War Chant to save yourself over the long haul. A smaller, accurate "Z" will be just as effective.
  2. SNETPhoenix
    SNETPhoenix (Arcanist) on 09/07/2011 8:11 p.m.
    Completing quests helps your team reach it's campaign goal as well. Complete as many as possible.
  3. Shadewraith
    Shadewraith (Awakened) on 09/27/2011 1:35 a.m.
    For the giant spider spirits, if you are low on health, get out of there, heal yourself and then come back because if you are banished when the spirit is destroyed, I don't think you get energy
  4. M1K
    M1K (Awakened) on 10/05/2011 12:57 a.m.
    Quicker attacks. Don't wait until your first attack has landed before casting another. wait untilyou hear a change in the sound during your first cast and immediately cast again. Repeat until you've captured your spirit!
  5. FeRaLcHiLdE
    FeRaLcHiLdE (Awakened) on 10/06/2011 12:33 a.m.
    Use the Two Finger Fast Cast: when going to cloud view or casting a spell, use your middle finger first to draw down from the top of your screen and then follow up with your index finger in a walking motion to proceed to the next action. Using this method is always faster that one finger alone can move.
  6. FeRaLcHiLdE
    FeRaLcHiLdE (Awakened) on 10/06/2011 12:39 a.m.
    Weaver Waypoint: Before engaging a Weaver, summon a dominator near the edge of the battle area so you have a convenient place to target a warp spell when you need to escape. This makes it easier to warp away for dodging deadly weaver attacks, especially since dominators are easier to see than local gates through the spirit glow of battle.
  7. Lafar
    Lafar (Awakened) on 10/11/2011 1:28 a.m.
    Delete the game and instal again if your cloudview is freeze! Its help for another few hours...
  8. Shadewraith
    Shadewraith (Awakened) on 10/11/2011 1:33 a.m.
    If you plan to make repeated raids on someone create a beacon relatively far away in a "middle of nowhere" area so as to insure that no one will destroy it. This way, you can constanly get a good group to make good raids.
  9. Metamorn
    Metamorn (Journeyman) on 10/20/2011 2:54 a.m.
    when attacking, right after drawing the "Z" pull down the i guess spell bar and already have the next attack ready to release. Helps a bunch.
  10. Nightshark
    Nightshark (Mage) on 10/20/2011 2:59 a.m.
    friends can always help...if they are nice enough to help
  11. Kintaro506
    Kintaro506 (Awakened) on 10/21/2011 2:24 a.m.
    The Emergency Bacon Feast You first want to have a bacon (Beacon) placed on the plate. Press on your bacon and you'll find an icon with a bottle of syrup (Mana Potion). Pour the syrup on the bacon, and friends will come over to eat those fruits and vegetables (and spiders). Enjoy the feast!
  12. Codie
    Codie (Awakened) on 10/25/2011 12:38 a.m.
    When chatting in hostile territory, turn up your volume so you can hear enemy casts. Helps prevent being banished withought knowing Codie of the Animators
  13. HellBoy2701
    HellBoy2701 (Awakened) on 10/25/2011 2:13 a.m.
    Winning big battles is not just continously casting to blow up your enemy mages, one mage cannot do that much damage. Use your manas wisely, be sure to get enough help by dropping a beacon so friends can keep coming while you battle. The more friends you can call the better chance of winning. Also keep in mind that you need Doms to generate energies for your beacons, if you can, establish your Doms away from the area of battle.HellBoy2701
  14. Taitea
    Taitea (Awakened) on 10/25/2011 5:43 p.m.
    Scatter your dominators at different ranges and locations from your conquered gateway (GW). If your GW gets attacked, make it so that the attackers have to keep leapfrogging around in search of them. By that time you can either notice they are attacking and take the rest down or go to your GW and start a WAR!
  15. TheBaron
    TheBaron (Awakened) on 10/28/2011 3:06 a.m.
    Control Beacons do not have to be your worst enemy. Before doing a large dominator harvest call in some fellow mages. Set up a fort of wards, dominators, catchers, and beacons. You just might make more energy off of enemy banishes than your original harvest. -TheBaron
  16. Elijah123456
    Elijah123456 (Awakened) on 10/29/2011 12:44 a.m.
    No matter how low of a level you are, you have great power. You just have to find a way to harvest the power. When done so, you will become one of the best mages of all. - Elijah123456
  17. HopeSlayer
    HopeSlayer (Awakened) on 11/01/2011 1:04 a.m.
    Announcing an update with 15 hr battle group wait. Just don't get yer hopes up
  18. GiantDong
    GiantDong (Awakened) on 11/01/2011 1:48 a.m.
    For those with large friend lists, the beacon list is the source of all lag. Learn to navigate without ever opening the list (using the beacon "wall" on the horizon is one possibility if you know where the beacon is geographically) and your lag will be no more.
  19. chester
    chester (Awakened) on 11/04/2011 1:30 a.m.
    When you pull down your shroud and your waiting to cast a spell instead of holding your finger on the screen you can go ahead and draw the spell hold it ,touch anywhere else on the screen and it will hold your spell until your ready to cast just touch anywhere else on the screen again and it casts- Chester of the architects
  20. Dangerdoom
    Dangerdoom (Awakened) on 11/07/2011 9:21 p.m.
    Keep an emergency beacon handy at all times. When you encounter enemies at your spawn location, rather than using cloudview's beacon list, use the structures list which will give you a very fast escape before getting banished
  21. Bialdo
    Bialdo (Evoker) on 11/09/2011 3:23 a.m.
    Mana potions can be used as a form of currency as well as being used as mana restorations. This can be used on your realms, new sigils, and new avatars. Use them wisely.
  22. Dark-Amethyst
    Dark-Amethyst (Evoker) on 11/16/2011 2:17 a.m.
    When a spirit appears that is too tough for you, round up a few friends and take it down together, you'll still get experience, and so will your friends!
  23. Dark-Amethyst
    Dark-Amethyst (Evoker) on 11/18/2011 2:37 a.m.
    A good technique in fighting a spirit or enemy mage is to warp around and attack. By warping, you will "dodge" the attacks cast by the enemy. Dark-Amethyst, Animators
  24. Manarimou
    Manarimou (Awakened) on 12/01/2011 1:27 a.m.
    Get to know your battle group. Help them out and they will help you!! This game works so much better when you help out and talk with others! Listen to the advice they give you.

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