(Yes, one of these...)

I find that a channeling build on a mystic is sort of.. pointless? We aren't really meant to be dealing damage and even still, we do channel fast without channeling gear. It sort of comes down to what you plan to be doing endgame. I'll tell you now that you won't be doing much with less than 4k hp, and similar pdef. If you don't plan on doing anything that doesn't require you being hit at all, then go for what you have but you'd be better off going for a p. def neck and belt for the defense, and you really should see to get that HP higher. Everything end game requires AT LEAST 5k hp. If you don't at least have that, then you pretty much make your character useless.

I'd also rethink the beamhoof slicer. Yes, the channeling is nice, but for the price you're paying, you'd be better off spending that money on the refines on your gear. Honestly, you really do need higher HP than what your pwcalc is showing. b:shutup

Really, if you're pressed for money and you still want the channeling, you would be best off going the rank 8 route. You can't beat the price plus the gear level is higher and you would be getting a better refine bonus. If you don't like the way it looks, wear fashion. Don't like the weapon? Use something else.

This would be my suggestion. +5s aren't unreasonable, and lunar rings are only ~30m anymore, so it's not hugely expensive. Frankly, R7 isn't worth the extra coin at current rep prices, so if you really like that weapon, I'd say stick to R6. That mold top is pretty cheap at this point.
http://pwcalc.com/9867a2fed9f9a8b6

If you're really convinced you want R7, then
http://pwcalc.com/36319271946753a0

Better HP and more chan, but the pdef takes a hit. You could also do that version with a second lunar ring, but that starts to get more expensive... But I'd never ever use that terribad mold ring. Ever. I'd sooner use a 1* with a -6% chan or something, but really there's not much reason not to get a lunar...

IKnuke - Harshlands wrote: »

Im a channeling Mystic, I have instant Absorb Soul.
I find that really not pointless when i use my Spark and Instantly killing a R 9 Arcane.
But of course everything has its Pros and Cons.

Channeling is fine and dandy if you can live long enough to put it to use.

Typhyse - Sanctuary wrote: »

http://pwcalc.com/6c5fcaefdfd9503b

This is what I'm looking at for my mystic.
-chan is 34% for those of you who don't feel like counting it lol
Sage/Demon Shell isn't in the calc yet. He'll be a Sage so his phys def will be closer to 3.9k

Any comments, changes I should make, and perhaps an over all PC?
Please please PLEASE do not tell me to get r8 instead. I absolutely hate male Mystic r8 and would restat him to LA before I made him r8 :P

The cape and the ring are because I already have them from BH. If they go down as low as 40mil, I think I'll get a WoCC.

Just for the lulz, this is what I'd do with r9 and money
http://pwcalc.com/aef0958b37031433

1. Get TT99 boots if you really want that channeling bonus without gimping your pdef
2. Get a pdef belt ornament
3. Get R8
4. Get FASHION if you don't like the look of R8, Although the R7 pants are still better then R8 pants (imo)
5. Refine gear to +5 using event gold if you collect any


for giggles, here's how much better you'd be if you thought rationally. I'll even keep the refines the same. http://pwcalc.com/88b0108444197cde

~compare calcs, why would u gimp your atk/def bcuz u dont like the look of a piece of armor? lol.

ur cute b:cute

Crescendia - Harshlands wrote: »

I stopped reading there, otherwise I might lose braincells. The caster with the fastest dps in the game til now and you say it's not meant for dealing damage?

-facepalm-

You go ahead and match your damage to a wizard or a psychic. What I mean to say is that in comparison to other classes, damage dealing is a possibility to us, but maybe not our priority? As Omni said, the channeling is beneficial in being able to switch between DD and support. I'm not belittling our damage dealing capabilities at all, but if you're spam DDing then you're doing it wrong. If you're spam DDing then perhaps you rolled the wrong class.

As a mystic, I usually find myself constantly switching to both self-support/squad-support and throwing in my debuffs/attacks where I have space for them.

Then again your choice in play style also changes how you see your character. I personally spend a lot of time farming things like TT, Nirvana and Rebirth where I usually find that I need to switch between both healing or DDing depending on the current situation. I also TW, and my place in TW is in a nuke squad and therefore I spend a fair amount of time DDing and switching over to support my squadmates. I very rarely spend my time spamming attacks in fact, I think the only time I do is during the tiger event on Monday's in which case I have a channeling set to maximize my attacks/damage.


@ Shiffy: Jas is ridiculous. I came in behind him in the tiger event this week. Think he still had like, 6k points on me. Haha. Is he going r9?

I just want all those attack levels.. and the +12'd weapon.. channeling difference won't be as noticeable as the much larger numbers that pop-up and the doubling of my hp. b:chuckle

if you are so fix on channeling and doesnt want r8 this is an alternative. for the rings sign of antiquity: chaos, if you do not have the coins for that then u can replace them with any -6 channeling rings in ah(oht ones or w/e) or the ff ring auspicous ring: order(but if ur going to get this might as well get the lunar ring. its better with added p.def)

the guard of thunder shock is a free belt u get from ur culti. completing it takes time but it is worth it.

tt90/99 u can farm or farm 2-3 sell mats and get tt99 mats.(while farming u get fairy boxes from tt so u can refine as well, +4 is easily reach with mirage only, well for me..., or sell the mirage to get d.orb)

and that weap i asume u have already.

-34 channel with more hp and p def.

http://pwcalc.com/473f26a606d2e9a0

fixed x.x' they both looks the same on the symbols.

OP should just go r8. Although maybe still go with r7 pants since they are better, but r8 pants will probably be better when recast arrives... All the more reason to go r8. Shouldn't really matter how it looks since there is fashion. Oh, and pdef ornaments only >.>

Hah, glad to have been of help. Yeah, I know how annoying it can be to have people ignore what you say you expressly want and continue pushing the standard on you. I myself am using a sinrabansho on my veno despite having R8, and will be acct stashing it to mystic once she his 100. Many people on the forums just seem unable to grasp the idea that we might want to use something other than the technical best, heh... Never mind the completely off topic discussions of whether or not we can dd. Good luck with him, though, and have fun. ^^

Lunaryl - Heavens Tear wrote: »

You go ahead and match your damage to a wizard or a psychic. What I mean to say is that in comparison to other classes, damage dealing is a possibility to us, but maybe not our priority? As Omni said, the channeling is beneficial in being able to switch between DD and support. I'm not belittling our damage dealing capabilities at all, but if you're spam DDing then you're doing it wrong. If you're spam DDing then perhaps you rolled the wrong class.

As a mystic, I usually find myself constantly switching to both self-support/squad-support and throwing in my debuffs/attacks where I have space for them.

Then again your choice in play style also changes how you see your character. I personally spend a lot of time farming things like TT, Nirvana and Rebirth where I usually find that I need to switch between both healing or DDing depending on the current situation. I also TW, and my place in TW is in a nuke squad and therefore I spend a fair amount of time DDing and switching over to support my squadmates. I very rarely spend my time spamming attacks in fact, I think the only time I do is during the tiger event on Monday's in which case I have a channeling set to maximize my attacks/damage.


@ Shiffy: Jas is ridiculous. I came in behind him in the tiger event this week. Think he still had like, 6k points on me. Haha. Is he going r9?

the way u and omnix describe mystic is as a back up support class which makes mystics so boring. as long as u have a cleric in the squad u dont need to support. from my experience all u need is to throw up vital herb and u can go to just pure DDing. if the cleric rage quits or DCs then THAT is when the "support" side of mystic comes in, and its still only a "back up".


a mystic is perfectly fine to spam DD rather than support. and as for a mystics priority? lets be hones here, mystics have no one priority. we arent the best at DDing and we arnt the best pets and we arent the best at healing/support. mystics are basically just a underpowered back up class. we arnt the best at a single thing we do, only mediocre.

rainbowyoshii wrote: »

the way u and omnix describe mystic is as a back up support class which makes mystics so boring. as long as u have a cleric in the squad u dont need to support. from my experience all u need is to throw up vital herb and u can go to just pure DDing. if the cleric rage quits or DCs then THAT is when the "support" side of mystic comes in, and its still only a "back up".

That's just it.. I don't use a cleric in my squads. And if I do, it's an alt cleric just there for buffs or the occasional res if there is a double death without res buff.

To get back on topic for the OP: You really should worry about the refines on your gear/your hp/p. def before going full-force chan and attack.

Typhyse - Sanctuary wrote: »

http://pwcalc.com/6c5fcaefdfd9503b

This is what I'm looking at for my mystic.
-chan is 34% for those of you who don't feel like counting it lol
Sage/Demon Shell isn't in the calc yet. He'll be a Sage so his phys def will be closer to 3.9k

Any comments, changes I should make, and perhaps an over all PC?
Please please PLEASE do not tell me to get r8 instead. I absolutely hate male Mystic r8 and would restat him to LA before I made him r8 :P

The cape and the ring are because I already have them from BH. If they go down as low as 40mil, I think I'll get a WoCC.

Just for the lulz, this is what I'd do with r9 and money
http://pwcalc.com/aef0958b37031433

Other than making me wonder if there is a channeling cap for the game (besides a 100% bonus xD) - I like them both. They are in the same direction I am already going. If money was an unlimited thing for me to waste on a game, I would definately try them both - although I already have more Vit than you are showing with a mere 5.

The Pure Mage basics of the build seem like they go against what you want to achieve, & I would keep my Vit intensive build until the gear proved to take up the slack.

Nice job. Im a newb and cant say its perfect - but Im definately liking what I see. b:pleased

Typhyse - Sanctuary wrote: »

Alrightie thank you. This is my first caster I've played seriously...first serious alt period for that matter. b:avoid



My gear will always take up the slack of pure mag's lack of survivability. 65 and he has 3.7-6.8k mag def and 2k phys def with his own buff (metal sucks because his bracers and -chan belt lack metal res...fml
-,.,-) and 2.1k HP. His weapon is outdated (WoF) but I have a Sakyamuni's Light ready for him at 70.

Currently, this is his gearing: http://pwcalc.com/d531c828a8cc5bde
Weapon and cape are **** I know. The cape dropped like that with 3 sockets around 20 and I've had it ever since. I have a +2/+3 4-flawless cit Cape of TC waiting for him.

At 80, this will be his gearing: http://pwcalc.com/68de916d652d6cde
Refines are negligible and he may not have the Warsoul. Because he has a pure mag build, I only distribute points every odd level, thus the 5 undistributed points.

I sort of have the opposite going on right now - putting points in Vit, and using gear to boost the 1/2 magic points lost & channeling. And, unlike you, I dont hold back points yet. Granted this helped me get my Str too high early on, but luckily that will work out for me later. Easly enough to strip down before placing my points, especially once any char gets into their 80's (not like ur leveling that fast anymore unless the player is an FC/Heads product).

Those points are like icecream to me. If I have it in the house, Im eating it. xD

EDIT: On the Warsoul - mines 2+4 right now. The original orb sales made the refine cheaper than sockets and decent gems. Something to consider there.