How can I ever possibly Focus enough?

[Nekojin 197]

I'm working my way through the Journal quests, and... some of them seem improbably difficult to manage. One in particular, on the Gathering Stride Journal, is Get to Focus Level 3. 

 

I can't even imagine doing this. Fighting against creatures that I'm capable of beating myself, I can sometimes make it to Focus 1. I've never been able to get to Focus 2. I honestly can't see even a fight against a Troll lasting long enough to be able to get to Focus 3. And then the Paved With Stone Journal wants me to get to Focus 5? How? Am I expected to have to solo multiple monsters at once? 

 

My FS is around 8, if that matters - the Wiki page for Focus is extremely uninformative on when you're able to do higher Focus tiers. I'm not a Hunter, and the sparse distribution of monsters means I hadn't even seen one for weeks before the Friday update. I've had more fights over the weekend than I had over the entire previous month. 

[Oblivionnreaver 5,174]

fight a cow or something with no weapon and spam focus. chance to focus is based on fighting so ideally you'd want higher fighting

[Radircs 76]

Yeah with 70 fighting 3 is no problem, 4 often possible to, 5 I have realy to try and spam the button.  You could say you can relayable reach 1level/20 skill and kind of esay 1/15. At least that is my expiriance with it.

[Nekojin 197]

21 minutes ago, Radircs said:

Yeah with 70 fighting 3 is no problem, 4 often possible to, 5 I have realy to try and spam the button.  You could say you can relayable reach 1level/20 skill and kind of esay 1/15. At least that is my expiriance with it.

That is a useful guide, thanks. Do you think you could add it to the Wiki? 

[Oakmaiden 23]

Take part in a rift.  That'll do it.

 

Though if your fight skill is actually 8, then I think you need to work on that first...

[Muzukurin 15]

On 10/26/2020 at 10:28 PM, Nekojin said:

That is a useful guide, thanks. Do you think you could add it to the Wiki? 

 

Noone can add to the wiki. It's controlled by information-gaters. Applications to get an editor account are just ignored.

[TheTrickster 2,284]

I just want to say that my FS is higher than yours.  There are so few characters to whom I could say that 😆.  I can honestly congratulate you on keeping yours low.  I aim to avoid fighting where possible, so having a low FS would be a point of pride for me.  FYI, my weapon of choice is "Freedom Isles Tower Guard".

 

I think my FS is in the tweens to twenties.  I have noticed sometimes I get to Focus 2 (and sometimes I go backwards from 1 back to zero).  I figured my focus ability would progress as my FS improved and my ability to stay longer in a fight. 

 

EDIT:  Last time I logged in I discovered my FS has tipped over 50!  (52, from memory).  I killed a champion wolf, on my own, without having to run away.  I was a bit stunned.  Although, to be honest for such a big guy he was a bit of a pushover.  I had "regular" wolves that seemed to be harder to kill.  I honestly don't know when this happened.  Due to my early experiences, I have only recently been confident in taking on brown bears, let alone the bigger bities.

Edited November 2, 2020 by TheTrickster
50!

[Retrograde 12,013]

On 10/29/2020 at 1:14 AM, Muzukurin said:

 

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