-10% channeling or 4% crit?

Burnout - Harshlands
Burnout - Harshlands Posts: 2,585 Arc User
edited August 2010 in Wizard
Which one would you choose? Consistency over luck? or luck over consistency? I would think if someone DID get the -10% channel nirvana, they would go for at least one more -3% add, and maybe 2% crit. Would probably end up with around 30% -channel.

It seems like -channel is valued a bit too highly by PWI...I think I'd rather take a build with say, 18% channel and 15% crit rather than 31% channel and 11% crit.
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  • Amour - Lost City
    Amour - Lost City Posts: 1,825 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I'd take channeling if I was demon, but since I'm sage I chose sword.

    + swords look better.
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  • Mizuoni - Dreamweaver
    Mizuoni - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,533 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Amour - Lost City wrote: »
    I'd take channeling if I was demon, but since I'm sage I chose sword.

    + swords look better.

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  • HexOmega - Dreamweaver
    HexOmega - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,342 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    look at it, do you need more info D:?


    stats are equal so take the awesome sword when u can get it :D
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  • PrettySammy - Sanctuary
    PrettySammy - Sanctuary Posts: 171 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    i'd say sword for crit, plus according to pwdatabase the doom of flowers can get +3/4 crit and -3%chan so you may get lucky. Most usually end up with HP +x or Atk level though.

    and yeah the glaive looks stupid swords are cool
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  • Burnout - Harshlands
    Burnout - Harshlands Posts: 2,585 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Theoretically, it should be possible for Doom of Flowers to get these adds:

    4% crit
    3% channel
    3% channel

    Ends up with 4% crit and 6% channel total.

    The Glaive can end up like this:

    10% channel
    2% crit
    2% crit

    Ends up with 4% crit and 10% channel.

    So "theoretically", if you had an unlimited amount of money to quench/reforge, you could end up with higher stats going for the glaive. Of course this is more the fault of PWI not giving us a -6% channel add..(I'm not sure, is it possible to get -6% channel as a random add?), and it doesn't take into account other adds like 350 hp or +100 m. attack. Even if I got the glaive with -10% channel, I would actually be dissapointed getting another 3% channel add, because it's nowhere near as useful as 350 hp or 2% crit. 6% channel, however....would be worth it imo.

    The nirvana wand also has the exact same stats as the glaive; none of them look as cool as the sword but they still have pretty animations in-game.
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  • BlastingWave - Harshlands
    BlastingWave - Harshlands Posts: 75 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    well i know i have damm wrong luck plus i prefer to deal my oppenents damage myself instead of leting fate do it for me sooo ill go with channel bonuses since a 30% channel binus for an ultimate eill mean
    BT and BIDS channel time 4 sec
    4* 30/100=1.2 secs reduced sooo the channel will become 2.8 secs thats enogh time for me to
    UNDINE than SLEEP and than BT my robed enemy or BIDS them or simply FOW them and then use UNDINE and then BIDS
    or for mountain siege
    channeltime 5secs
    5* 30/100=1.5 sec reduction
    so mountain siege in 3.5 secs combo it with un dine and sleep and ur opponent is stunned for 6 secs and 6 seconds enought ime for wiz to finish off a stunned enemy
  • zedowski
    zedowski Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    I choose "-31% channel, 11% crit (Glaive of destiny or wand)"
  • Minimus - Sanctuary
    Minimus - Sanctuary Posts: 208 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Would the Beamhoof Slicer possibly be an alternative to those two in the poll? I guess not enough magic atk?!
  • Aquagirl - Raging Tide
    Aquagirl - Raging Tide Posts: 103 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    103?
    when was the last time you seen the sun?b:chuckle

    Beamhoof is a nice weapon for venos.
    it basically has the stats of a g13 glaive with that +mag attk bonus, but that 3% dmg reduction is as **** as it could be. A 10 mag or 2 crit on it would have made it actually an awesome weapon. But hey, you can always rely on PWI to do a half-**** job with something that has a good potential.
  • Minimus - Sanctuary
    Minimus - Sanctuary Posts: 208 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Aquagirl - Raging Tide wrote: »
    103?
    when was the last time you seen the sun?b:chuckle

    I need a bit color indeed b:surrender b:chuckle
  • Born_Again_ - Sanctuary
    Born_Again_ - Sanctuary Posts: 391 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    You have to consider that -channeling helps you heal better (if important), crits wont do anything for healing spells.

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  • CrashmanOl - Dreamweaver
    CrashmanOl - Dreamweaver Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    not being an ultra high level wizzy atm. but being a pure arcane wiz. the extra crit looks good... but at the same time adding extra crit to a very very crappy crit % anyways seems kinda silly if your other option is faster channeling. faster channeling = faster spells = more dps which in my opinion is greater then more random chance of getting a magical crit. besides. the faster you channel the higher change you'll have of critting anyways cause you'll be flinging out more spells.
  • PrettySammy - Sanctuary
    PrettySammy - Sanctuary Posts: 171 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Born_Again_ - Sanctuary wrote: »
    You have to consider that -channeling helps you heal better (if important), crits wont do anything for healing spells.

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    err, wait, ... what?

    Your right that heal spells aint affected by crit, but if a WIZARD is healing a person instead of say the CLERIC, then at some point in the grand scheme of things someone or something has BIBICALLY FAILED !

    CLERICS = Saint

    WIZARD = Mass Murdered

    must go im hungry for human and untamed flesh
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  • Borsuc - Raging Tide
    Borsuc - Raging Tide Posts: 1,526 Arc User
    edited August 2010
    Err that's the assassins. Even the short term says about it. b:chuckle

    I love my healing spell that is all. b:bye
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