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Selty - Lothranis wrote: »

Well I was doing a quest where against werewolf archers my plume shot did 500+ i died like 3 times it went down to 420 what happend? did i loose some thing?

1) Did you check to see if your equipment needed repaired?

2) Did you check the status of the mob you were attacking?

StormHydra - Sanctuary wrote: »

3) Magic attack buff wore off (cause you died?)

Oh yeah... that, too. Make sure you fully rebuff.b:victory

Bladed_Tony - Raging Tide wrote: »

u dont get mag atk buff til lvl 23.. unless someone else buffed u

Which would be the cause of much consternation, hm? Didn't do anything differently, and yet damage dropped... the above would probably explain it perfectly.

Selty - Lothranis wrote: »

buffing?

Certain skills give benefits for a time period when casted on some one, these are usually called "buffs"

Spirit's Gift is the name of the magic attack buff skill (the buff icon is labeled "Intuition".)

KaiakaNikolo - Sanctuary wrote: »

The buff makes no difference to a physical attack; I think it was the status of your mob.

Plume shot is based off m.atk. Spirit's Gift increases m.atk. OP was doing the higher damage until she died. Death removes buffs.


I'd think it's fairly obvious by now that it's just that she lost the buff someone used on her when she died.

Selty - Lothranis wrote: »

Well I was doing a quest where against werewolf archers my plume shot did 500+ i died like 3 times it went down to 420 what happend? did i loose some thing?

I have made this mistake before on my alt cleric (1st one i played)... It is not the quest, it is plume shot itself. You get hit again on physical hits after it hits you once, such as bow shots or even melee hits. Finish of the mob with great cyclone or some other skill instead. Do not risk killing yourself with plume shot on archer/melee mobs.

Another tip, ranged mobs are far too easy. Just go up close to them, they do 50% damage if you are 4 meters from them or even closer. That's a really huge mistake for a mage to fight an archer from far, they will do full damage. They might kite you but always make sure you tag them. Trust me, it works.

truekossy wrote: »

Plume shot is based off m.atk. Spirit's Gift increases m.atk. OP was doing the higher damage until she died. Death removes buffs.

Correction, Death removes MOST buffs. While I am sure in this instance all buffs that are cast on a cleric would be removed... there are in fact some buffs that remain in place after a person dies. Most notably some of the Seeker's self buffs remain in effect after a death because they are applied to the seeker's weapon, not the seeker's personage.

EDIT: apologies for the slightly off topic rant, but I wanted to clarify the issues of Buffs vs. Death.

Besides buffs, remember that your attack damage is a range. And some weapons (namely patakas) have a relatively huge range whereas others (namely wands) have a relatively small range at the expense of a lower maximum attack.

So if you're using a pataka or even a magic sword, you'll notice that you'll have a variance in the damage you deal. This is normal, by design, and fully expected.

If you don't like seeing that number vary, use a wand. Just be aware that your hits won't be as high as the high end of the wider-damage-range weapons.

Note that this is the case for all 3 of the original magic-weapon-using classes. I don't really play the newer magic classes, so I don't know the details of those very well. (And the "physical" classes are a whole 'nother ballgame...)

Also, as a tip to a lower-level cleric fighting ranged magic mobs: use your Great Cyclone to pull the mob at the maximum casting range to make it take longer to get within range of being able to attack you, due to the skill's chance of inducing a Slow effect. Also, take note of how much your different skills deal on different kinds of mobs, as some types are more susceptible to magic damage and some to physical damage. At your level, only Plume Shot will do physical damage, so that's often a good choice against magic monsters with low physical defenses.

And, finally, don't be afraid of using Plume Shell to survive against those physical mobs. We have it for a reason. It's not a guarantee that you'll live through the tougher ones, but it is certainly better than not doing much to avoid death. b:victory