What tome?

Sinsongs - Dreamweaver
Sinsongs - Dreamweaver Posts: 10 Arc User
edited January 2012 in Venomancer
I am looking at getting a level 1 tome for my main. (extra stats, no pet maintance just feed to 999 and good to go same for mounts)

The ones that look nice to me are :

of Grace : +5 magic
of Retribution's Flame: +4 vitality, +4 magic
of Eternity's Moon: magic recovery +3, +1% exp

Mainly leaning towards the vit/magic one. The loss of 1 pt of magic for some hp is not a bad trade with me doing a AA build (9 mag/1 str every 2).

If I can find the level 2 or better versions for a reasonable price I'll snag one of them.

I did the math, it's cheaper for me to buy the tome vs the parts... so sold the gold I got from doing zen offers and got a nice starting stash to work with
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  • Desdi - Sanctuary
    Desdi - Sanctuary Posts: 8,680 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Well, I went for the Vitality/Magic tome (lvl 3 tome in my case, till I get something better) just because I like having more HP on Venomancer.

    Venomancers can be pretty good DDs but I refuse to sacrifice HP/Defence for that. Dead DD is no DD at all.

    Anyway, at level one it doesn't make much of a difference but Retribution's Flame has more to give you than the rest. I'd go for that.
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  • DeadlyHeart - Harshlands
    DeadlyHeart - Harshlands Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    as an arcane veno myself i went with Eternity's Moon. although i upgraded to a lvl 3 version of it. reason being i tank alot for low lvls (fbs and bh and so on) so i find the mp recovery useful for all the healing i do. it's not alot but it does help and a little extra exp is always nice.
    but that's just my opinion based on how i play.
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Let me suggest that A Flowerless Plant (HP recovery +3, Exp +1%) is more useful to a pure arcane veno than Eternity's Moon thanks to Soul Transfusion (unless what you're spam healing on is an AOE boss, in which case you don't want to soul transfuse with low MP.) Reason is, 3 MP/sec is a drop in the bucket (it helps, but not much), whereas 3 HP/sec with low HP is a big deal, and may (with enough other +HP recovery gear) get your HP up to full before the next soul transfusion is needed
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  • Vitenka - Dreamweaver
    Vitenka - Dreamweaver Posts: 4,125 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Personally I also went with the XP/Magic regen tome - it worked great at low levels; stopped being noticable later on; but is a wonderful thing to pass on to my mini-barb. (Who is always desperate for more mana)

    Second the advice on preferring vit+magic to pure magic; it's just plain more stat points in total.

    The suggestion of using hp regen instead is an interesting one - you'll be effectively getting at least 3 times the mana regen, maybe up to as much as 7 times if your hp is really low. But only as long as you remember to use transfusion (or consume spirit) and at risk of being on low health.

    Not my choice, but I can see how it will work. But if you're going the pure arcane route, you would probably prefer 4 points more magic over having mana regeneration - after all, you can always drink more pots. (And, frankly, after the low levels you have to try really rather hard to not have more potions than you can carry)

    Last note: Tomes should be cheap now. Check out how few tokens it takes to create one.
  • Sinsongs - Dreamweaver
    Sinsongs - Dreamweaver Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    I can get the level 1 tomes for less than the cost of the parts to make them.. sold 2 gold to get a couple mil which is far less than buying the pages and fragments.

    Plus I tend to be one that buys only what I need really in game, focusing more on items to expand inventory right now (looking at account stash, doing the quests on bank/pet slots. wish there were ones for inventory)
  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Tip: the pages are cheaper to make from tokens than buying direct from the boutique. 20 tokens for 1 page if I remember right.
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