Mystic equipment

up through level 6x you can wear quest rewards or particularly good mob drops. that's what i'm doing, it's working well for me, and this arcane armor veno should be fairly similar equipment-wise to a mystic i should think.

at level 30 you might want to think about rank 1 equipment --- it's not all that great for a veno, but look up the mystic's rank gear on the wiki website once you reach that point and see if it'd be better than whatever you're wearing then or not. if so get it, if not skip it.

starting at around level 70, i plan on looking through pwdatabase.com to see what's available and making up my mind based on what i can afford.

weapons are another matter; use the best one you can get at any given time, really. at level 19, your FB19 reward should last you until level 35-40 or so. sometime around then i went looking through the database and the auction house to see what i could get --- try to aim for the Wheel of Fate at level 43 or shortly after; if you can get that, it'll last until your TT60 magicsword.

It's always good to have a lot of channeling, regardless of how much mana everything costs. Mystic can be expensive on mana charm/potions so keep that in mind though.

For weapons, from lvl 1 to 59 the best thing you can do is go by quest reward or npc weapons either from blacksmith or from auction. They are cheap and sufficient for your level. Once you hit 60, you'd want the TT60 magic sword. It's cheap and easy to make. And then at lvl 70, 80 and 90 you can make a new TT weapon that goes by your level. You can also get a mold weapon at level 79 and 89. Those are cheaper, and easier to get.

As for arcane gear. My advise is to stick with npc armor, rank armor, and cheap molds from level 1 till level 90. At 90 you can get decent TT90 arcane armor.

With accessory you'd want to keep an eye on your rings. Try to get cheap (below 100k) rings from auction with a lot of magic atk. And stick with pdef belt and necklace.

Keep in mind, everyone has their own preferences and if you level fast, spending something on certain armor/weapon might not be worth it.

Hthor - Raging Tide wrote: »

I don't understand why mystics need more -chan.

Right now, I'd say Absorb Soul would be the main reason. It's a pretty long channel. And given it's effects, I can understand a mystic wanting to perform as many as possible during a spark.

Laranda - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Right now, I'd say Absorb Soul would be the main reason. It's a pretty long channel. And given it's effects, I can understand a mystic wanting to perform as many as possible during a spark.

I guess, but getting huge -chan for the sole purpose of spamming one skill is kind of a waste imo. Is it really worth paying that much money for one skill? Considering mystics have the -chan buff already (and demon Mystics probably get the standard -chan spark, too - I'm not sure) it doesn't seem worth it to me... Just my opinion though!

I'm going to do some math for the sake of awesomeness and furthering mystic knowledge (probably way beyond anybody cares, read if you dare!):

Let's assume you're spamming nothing but Absorb Soul through the entire duration of an 89 spark (13 seconds of useful time after the 2 seconds wasted casting the spark) and that your weapon has 1500 weapon damage (just for the sake of calculations), and that your average m.atk is 8000:

Case 1) 89 sparked Absorb Soul (people that forget about Rapid Growth)
Case 2) 89 sparked Absorb Soul + Rapid Growth (non -chan geared people)
Case 3) 89 sparked Absorb Soul + Rapid Growth + 25% chan (most -chan geared people)
Case 4) 89 sparked Absorb Soul + Rapid Growth + 50% chan (cash shoppers & hardcore farmers, not the majority)

Attack rates and stuffs...
1) 5 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 5.8 sec attack rate = 2x hits during 89 spark at normal spark damage.
2) 4 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 4.8 sec attack rate = 2x hits during 89 spark at +100% weapon damage.
3) 3 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 3.8 sec attack rate = 3x hits during an 89 spark at +100% weapon damage.
4) 2 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 2.8 sec attack rate = 3x hits during an 89 spark at +100% weapon damage, and one extra hit at normal spark damage (RG time runs out after 3rd spell)

That means in terms of weapon damage bonuses...
1) 14x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700% x2 hits = 14x)
2) 16x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700%+100% x2 hits = 16x)
3) 24x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700%+100% x3 hits = 24x)
4) 31x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700%+100% x3 hits +700% x1 hit = 31x)

So over the course of an 89 spark, absorbed soul @ level 10 with 1500 weapon damage and 8000 m.atk would hit for a total of...(rounding 4484.5 damage from AS to 4500 to make things cleaner)
1) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 2 + (1500 x 14) = 62,000
2) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 2 + (1500 x 16) = 81,000
3) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 3 + (1500 x 24) = 97,500
4) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 4 + (1500 x 24) + (1500 x 7) = 128,500

Almost done boring you, promise! So let's say case one is our base damage (our 'control' if you want to call it that). Over the 13 sec usefulness of an 89 spark, the different cases will increase your total damage output from the base damage by...
2) [1.46k dps total] 19k or 31%
3) [2.58k dps total] 33.5k or 57% (16.5k or 20% up from case 2)
4) [5.11k dps total] 66.5k or 107% (31k or 32% up from case 3; 47.5k or 59% up from case 2)

The important numbers here are the % more than the damage values since I'm using semi-random m.atk and weapon damage numbers here. The % should be roughly the same no matter what your attack powers are as long as you 89 spark and spam AS through it's duration. The huge conclusion that I'm trying to draw is highlighted above: If you get tons (total of 50%) of -chan gear, you're going to do roughly 59% more damage than if you have exactly no -chan gear. So it's up to you, do 59% more damage over 13 seconds when you 89 spark and focus your entire build on one skill, or save the insane amounts of cash it'll cost and gear for something else like mp recovery, pdef, hp, crit, etc. and use all of your skills! I do realize the -chan gear will help you out a bit with your other skills, but since most Mystic skills channel fast anyway, AS is really the only skill that it will help out to this degree with.

So yes, as has been said - it does help AS to have more -chan, and definitely other skills too... somewhat. Based on above though the more -chan you get, the less each extra point of -chan is noticeable, and getting the extra -chan becomes increasingly (drastically) more expensive. All in all the decision is up to each individual, nothing's right or wrong - I just like math and being informed. I know I'm sticking with my mp recovery gear after seeing above.

gl and hf! b:victory

p.s. in terms of PvP - don't listen to any of this, I don't care for PvP in PWI as it has a very static feeling. I know that saving 0.25 seconds in PvP can mean life-or-death, but this post isn't about PvP! :P

I'm hoping they fix (doesn't need nerfing per-se, just fixing to obey standard game 'rules', lol) it at some point. It's awesome how it is, but it is a tad unfair. Sad to say I really doubt it'll get fixed. Have they even fixed cleric's magic shell not refreshing itself or sage cleric's spirit's gift not applying mp recovery properly?

LenieClarke - Heavens Tear wrote: »

personally, based on the --- to say the least --- odd behavior of absorb soul, i suspect we'll see it nerfed in the intermediate future

Depends upon if it's intentional or not. I have seen the behavior before (just not in pwi). It was 100% intentional and the whole point of those skills. It may be the same for Absorb Soul.

Hthor - Raging Tide wrote: »

I guess, but getting huge -chan for the sole purpose of spamming one skill is kind of a waste imo. Is it really worth paying that much money for one skill? Considering mystics have the -chan buff already (and demon Mystics probably get the standard -chan spark, too - I'm not sure) it doesn't seem worth it to me... Just my opinion though!

I'm going to do some math for the sake of awesomeness and furthering mystic knowledge (probably way beyond anybody cares, read if you dare!):

Let's assume you're spamming nothing but Absorb Soul through the entire duration of an 89 spark (13 seconds of useful time after the 2 seconds wasted casting the spark) and that your weapon has 1500 weapon damage (just for the sake of calculations), and that your average m.atk is 8000:

Case 1) 89 sparked Absorb Soul (people that forget about Rapid Growth)
Case 2) 89 sparked Absorb Soul + Rapid Growth (non -chan geared people)
Case 3) 89 sparked Absorb Soul + Rapid Growth + 25% chan (most -chan geared people)
Case 4) 89 sparked Absorb Soul + Rapid Growth + 50% chan (cash shoppers & hardcore farmers, not the majority)

Attack rates and stuffs...
1) 5 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 5.8 sec attack rate = 2x hits during 89 spark at normal spark damage.
2) 4 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 4.8 sec attack rate = 2x hits during 89 spark at +100% weapon damage.
3) 3 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 3.8 sec attack rate = 3x hits during an 89 spark at +100% weapon damage.
4) 2 sec chan, 0.8 sec cast = 2.8 sec attack rate = 3x hits during an 89 spark at +100% weapon damage, and one extra hit at normal spark damage (RG time runs out after 3rd spell)

That means in terms of weapon damage bonuses...
1) 14x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700% x2 hits = 14x)
2) 16x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700%+100% x2 hits = 16x)
3) 24x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700%+100% x3 hits = 24x)
4) 31x weapon damage total over 13 seconds. (700%+100% x3 hits +700% x1 hit = 31x)

So over the course of an 89 spark, absorbed soul @ level 10 with 1500 weapon damage and 8000 m.atk would hit for a total of...(rounding 4484.5 damage from AS to 4500 to make things cleaner)
1) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 2 + (1500 x 14) = 62,000
2) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 2 + (1500 x 16) = 81,000
3) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 3 + (1500 x 24) = 97,500
4) (200% m.atk + 4500) x 4 + (1500 x 24) + (1500 x 7) = 128,500

Almost done boring you, promise! So let's say case one is our base damage (our 'control' if you want to call it that). Over the 13 sec usefulness of an 89 spark, the different cases will increase your total damage output from the base damage by...
2) [1.46k dps total] 19k or 31%
3) [2.58k dps total] 33.5k or 57% (16.5k or 20% up from case 2)
4) [5.11k dps total] 66.5k or 107% (31k or 32% up from case 3; 47.5k or 59% up from case 2)

The important numbers here are the % more than the damage values since I'm using semi-random m.atk and weapon damage numbers here. The % should be roughly the same no matter what your attack powers are as long as you 89 spark and spam AS through it's duration. The huge conclusion that I'm trying to draw is highlighted above: If you get tons (total of 50%) of -chan gear, you're going to do roughly 59% more damage than if you have exactly no -chan gear. So it's up to you, do 59% more damage over 13 seconds when you 89 spark and focus your entire build on one skill, or save the insane amounts of cash it'll cost and gear for something else like mp recovery, pdef, hp, crit, etc. and use all of your skills! I do realize the -chan gear will help you out a bit with your other skills, but since most Mystic skills channel fast anyway, AS is really the only skill that it will help out to this degree with.

So yes, as has been said - it does help AS to have more -chan, and definitely other skills too... somewhat. Based on above though the more -chan you get, the less each extra point of -chan is noticeable, and getting the extra -chan becomes increasingly (drastically) more expensive. All in all the decision is up to each individual, nothing's right or wrong - I just like math and being informed. I know I'm sticking with my mp recovery gear after seeing above.

gl and hf! b:victory

p.s. in terms of PvP - don't listen to any of this, I don't care for PvP in PWI as it has a very static feeling. I know that saving 0.25 seconds in PvP can mean life-or-death, but this post isn't about PvP! :P

Thanks for the awesome info ....heheh i wud add energy leech too before doing the whole circus

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