LA Mystic D:!

AA is better. Trust me I made a few LA char's once that should have been AA. Mystics already have their shell which puts them ahead of others (besides wizzies of course) in the arcane armor. On top of that if you go LA you will notice the decrease in your heals/ attacks.

In my opinion LA is one of the worst armors in game. You will even hear archers complain about how bad LA is. Not that I mean it to any offense to anyone out there who is, but AA can get you a lot further as a mystic because of your shell.

I know most only care about their phy def but you must also consider your magic defense as well. If you go LA your water + wood buff will be less effective which is never a good thing. The best way to optimize your char would really be to just stick to AA.

But hey if you have the money it wouldn't hurt to try out both sides I guess and just get a reset note after you are done. b:chuckle

why do ppl want to **** there damage so much as a arcane class just for slightly better defense? LA sucks even for dex based classes like sins and archers......

I went LA and I don't regret it. My mystic is lvl 83 and I've had no problems soloing my quests and stuff. I did my own 20x3 in FB69 and been soloing TT 1-1,1-2 since the mid 60's. I just use my Chihyu to attack everything so I don't really have to worry about magic defense loss that much. Besides I put on a some elemental gear pieces so that helps. I do more DDing than playing as a wannabe cleric. Even with lower magic and MP I can still sometimes play as a good healer in some squads and instances. Hell sometimes I can be a better cleric with my LA mystic lol! It's just how play your character and the gear you have. So yeah LA mystics can kick ***. b:pleased

Arcane Mystics are better...
LA:
1.) No good healing - Bai from squads.
2.) Low damage - You cant deal high damage. (you gonna stay squishy anyway, look at your Phys Def its only +1000...)
I would never support anything but AA for casters really. (Maybe for a veno)

Daedallus - Sanctuary wrote: »

I geus you meant LA Mystics, not Arcane

Yea i didnt say it right.
I prefer Arcane Mystics...
Then i said bad things about LA:...
*Fixed*

First mystic I made was arcane/pure. I leveled it to level 25. I noticed I spam healed my Chihyu alot. I just felt really squishy. So I re-rolled as light armor and I noticed that I didn't have to spam heal my Chihyu as much. So early on I was able to take on alot more mobs at a time. Now for those of you who play mystic as a wannabe cleric of course light armor would suck but mystics aren't clerics. We're suppose to be able to heal, DD, debuff. A little bit of everything. I can still do all those things with LA and mana isn't a issue for me. I'm not gonna slam arcane builds. If I wanted to play as a healer only on my mystic I would go arcane. This class is pretty cool that you can go either way, healer or DD or even both. Also I got no problems getting into random squads for whatever.

Barunaa - Heavens Tear wrote: »

you dont have regret because u are in denial. you trying to bring up all these BS reasons to keep urself sane from realizing the fact that u ****ed up.

if you use ur pet to tank everything then the P def u get from LA is virtually useless and all those stats went to waste. you can go pure magic and still tank with your pet and not take damage, you do realize that dont u? and if u ever did get in a situation where u need to tank then try using salvation or energy leeching salvation or chiyu? seriously, ppl that go LA on a arcane class come up with the most facepalm reasons to go LA.

I was waiting for someone like you to get all butt hurt about my build. Hey bro listen this build works for me. I can still play wannabe cleric just like you. Don't hate. You can still play the cleric if another LA mystic joins your squad. I'm not the only LA mystic on HT btw. There's even a HA mystic somewhere on another server. b:chuckle

Auryalis - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Well said! I have an 86 Mystic/Pure but i agree with mecat. Each to their own! Depends on how u wanna use ur char. Its not up to everyone else to say whether ur build is wrong or not. There is no rules saying what build a char should or shouldn't have..it all depends on the person playing it and what they want to use their char for. If u wanna color outside the lines..GO FOR IT! b:pleased

Ty maam! Btw congrats on level 86 you sexy arcane mystic you. b:pleased

I wanna see those silly LA Mystics come and fight me...
WTF is a wanna be cleric? If i can heal my squad and keep them alive you cant call me a wanna be.
Now GTFO.

Barunaa - Heavens Tear wrote: »

you dont have regret because u are in denial. you trying to bring up all these BS reasons to keep urself sane from realizing the fact that u ****ed up.

if you use ur pet to tank everything then the P def u get from LA is virtually useless and all those stats went to waste. you can go pure magic and still tank with your pet and not take damage, you do realize that dont u? and if u ever did get in a situation where u need to tank then try using salvation or energy leeching salvation or chiyu? seriously, ppl that go LA on a arcane class come up with the most facepalm reasons to go LA.

Yup I'm an LA in an arcane class...there's a reason why I have LA though.

I gots Melee (Foxform skill tree is almost all melee damage except for the debuffs)

I'm more confident amping pole and nob knowing that I can survive at least the initial AOE

But on the side of the mysts though, I myself don't get it. They have some of the best defense spells in the game. You don't get close to opponents to knock or debuff em out, you got pets and plants to do that. You got really nice heals though the mana cost is a bit heavy.

I don't get it...save your effort to go LA and go for AA pure or mag/vit

It will save you the headache in the long run...and show some ragequitting clerics who's the wannabe healer when you can solo heal BH 69 BH brim when you go sage

SAGE AA MYST FTW

Nahla - Harshlands wrote: »

I can't decide at all between LA and AA for my mystic.

I can get r8 but high refines are out of the question (past +5).

Here's the builds i'm stuck between:

AA at 90: http://pwcalc.com/9f8bf28ed6226159
LA at 90: http://pwcalc.com/3237fb6d4874d6cd

AA gives a lot more attack and mdef, but LA has a huge boost in pdef and HP from LA.

:C I CANT DECIDE.

Well Nahla after reading everyone's replies I hope it helped make your decision. For me LA mystic works. Most people who replied really just cared about the fact of being able to heal. If they want to heal so badly they should re-roll as a cleric. Good luck on your build. b:victory

Auryalis - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Well said! I have an 86 Mystic/Pure but i agree with mecat. Each to their own! Depends on how u wanna use ur char. Its not up to everyone else to say whether ur build is wrong or not. There is no rules saying what build a char should or shouldn't have..it all depends on the person playing it and what they want to use their char for. If u wanna color outside the lines..GO FOR IT! b:pleased

with that kind of silly logic i can make a full arcane full magic barb and ill be ok because its the build i want to do!. please ppl, stop coming up with BS logic. a bad build is a bad build regardless on rather or not u like it. no one is gonna stop u from going LA of course, but that doesnt change the fact that its idiotic to do so especially when u only gain 1k in pdef more which ammounts to almost nothing and u get less magic defense on top of that.

Yup I'm an LA in an arcane class...there's a reason why I have LA though.

I gots Melee (Foxform skill tree is almost all melee damage except for the debuffs)

I'm more confident amping pole and nob knowing that I can survive at least the initial AOE

But on the side of the mysts though, I myself don't get it. They have some of the best defense spells in the game. You don't get close to opponents to knock or debuff em out, you got pets and plants to do that. You got really nice heals though the mana cost is a bit heavy.

I don't get it...save your effort to go LA and go for AA pure or mag/vit

It will save you the headache in the long run...and show some ragequitting clerics who's the wannabe healer when you can solo heal BH 69 BH brim when you go sage

SAGE AA MYST FTW

LA venos are an exception because of there melee skills. the class is built to go either way. but that is where the idea of arcane using LA came from. ppl thought "if a veno can do it why cant other arcanes?" so now we see LA wizzards, LA psys, and now LA mystics....

mystics even have a PUSH BACK skill that WORKS IN PVP and u say u want to be less squishy? despite mystics having the most defensive skills to keep them alive out of all the arcane classes? its time for you to uninstall the game and go play my little pony online.

your still gonna die in LA. do u know why? because ****ing LA classes themselves like sins and archers complain about how squishy they are to the point of them trying HA builds. try going to the sin forum or archer forum and search up how many complaints there are of them being squishy and dying alot. all of u are bunch of vaginas (excuse my french).

Someone needs to close this thread before Barunaa starts foaming at the mouth. b:chuckleb:bye

You're a caster. LA or not, when you get hit you go squish.

Might as well hurt what squished you though, amirite? b:cute

I saw a heavy armor mystic once. Probably lvl 70-80. I guess that's worse than LA