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  • Neodaystar - Sanctuary
    Neodaystar - Sanctuary Posts: 1,020 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    truekossy wrote: »
    The first flaw with this assumption is that it goes under the assumption that all mobs will be normal. This is a good stance to have for making a theory, but a very bad stance if you're trying to prove something doesn't work in practice. With the existance of weak mobs, sac assults, increased defense, and increased life, the amount of chi you'll actually lose will vary a great deal. No sane archer would need to use frost + knockbacks on a weak/sac assault mob that's on-level. On the other hand, if the mob has increased Life or Defense, they may choose to open with aim low or even stun, both of which would cause a dent in their MP/chi that's larger than the norm. Plus there will also be time spent picking up drops (during which you'll most likely be out of combat mode and thus, getting a chance to recover a small portion of MP which will help in the long run especially if you have gear with +regen) and, at times, moving towards new mobs.

    And, in context with your previous statement, an archer should take an average of 5 attacks for a regular mob, correct? Let's assume you start at full chi but with just enough MP for winged shell. On the first mob, instead of using frost (no MP), you'd use normal attacks, then knockback, followed by more normals to finish it. On average, during the mid-levels where refines don't really come into play (since if your weapon is refined enough, you don't need frost or knockback to kill mobs before they get to you) that would be 4 to 5 normals and knockback for a chi gain of 30-35 per combo, assuming you don't miss. If you feel that it would be more efficient to use frost, the accepted combo is normally frost, 3 normals, knockback, and another normal or two to finish. That's a chi gain of 5 to 10 (or a loss of 0) depending on how many attacks are needed after knockback.

    Well, now that you elaborated on method - like not using that same combo "frost + knock back... " on every mob normal mob you encounter as I thought what you had meant in the previous post, sure - possible to be conservative on mp and chi. Thanks for the details :3

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