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LA v Pure - I stayed a pure mage because pure levels faster than LA (and I level slow enough as is). In general for pvp LA is considered better until you start refining the heck out of your gear (HH90). At that point there isn't that big of a difference in defense between the two. The further on you go the defense…
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You are really proposing that you switch armors in the middle of a pvp war? Not feasible. Against archers and clerics there is no way to know what they will hit you with next (and don't try to tell me you'll be able to see their channel and switch in time) besides I don't really know how you think you'll re-equip different…
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My take is that it would be a novelty build, as in it is interesting until people learn your secret. You would survive *slightly* better against WR, WF (Phoenix), and WB (I stress slightly here as I have a hard time believing the difference would be greater than 10% phys reduction over LA which itself is less than 10%…
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L83 Pure Int 2.8k hp unbuffed, 60% pdef fully buffed, 7% crit I stack lots of pdef gear though.
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My summary of this thread: Mysti - Look at my super leet wizard combo (do note I'm a cleric on a PvE server). Every other wizard - Not Viable Mysti - Not my fault you're all too fail to see my genius!
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Wow. Topic done to death but I don't know that anyone mentioned this one little fact. DP has the highest channel:cast ratio (3:1) which makes it pair better with -channel than any other skill. Ultimately this ends up being a minor difference but if you scale it to high -channels (30%+) it might be something to think about.…
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My 0.02: PvE- Level BT and use it only for Increased Mag Resist Mobs. Otherwise use Adv Spark Erupt (+10% mana and increased damage) for mana efficiency or Sutra if you're in a bind (+10% mana and decreased casting). PvP- All the ultimates have their uses. In general I'ld level Earth ult over Water because you should have…
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Absolutely get distance shrink. To teleport backwards press s once (turns you around) then blink and you've gone backwards. Make sure you know what is behind you though, not fun to blink into another mob. Useful in PvE and essential in PvP. As for 2 element concentration, don't. Long story short, you're better off picking…
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Ah so I suppose this could be split into two catagories: 1) Highest peak 2) Mountain with largest vertical I would guess volcanic purg would win #2 as it basically starts out around 0-10. I'm not really sure where #1 would be though.
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I've been pure the whole way, only time I died in an HH was the 3rd to last AOE shot from the 1-3 mirror boss. This was with a WR buff though, so Mirror boss in 1-3 is pretty off limits unless you have good gear.
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From a pure DPS perspective -3% channel > 1% crit. Figure about half your skill is channel half cast time so you get a -1.5% total cast time (for some skills 75% is channel, divine pyrogram). This translates to a +1.5-2.2% dps which is better than the +1% dps that crit would give you. Now myself I'ld prefer the crit…
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Did you not read any posts in the thread? No you're not screwed. You will want to restat the vit out at some later point but by then is quite affordable. Until Level 48 put in 5 int per level. From then on 4.5 Int 0.5 Str per level.
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You're fine. You wont be able to do a LA build without a reset note but if you were planning on LA you'ld probably have gone robe -> 60 reset note to LA build anyway. Tossing in vit the way you have means you'll do better on your own and isn't necessarily a bad thing. Just do 5 int/lvl to lvl 48. Then do a 9 int 1 str…
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IMO learning to kite now isn't such a bad idea. As you go on you will need to kite less and less but that doesn't make the lessons you learn from kiting useless. If nothing else its something you can fall back on. Another tip for ranged mobs, grab a few levels of earth barrier. Getting hit is never the plan but it happens…
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I'm fairly certain no MGs have either earth barrier scroll yet. But check the stats again. Heaven earth barrier - +120% phys def +150% earth def Hell earth barrier - +150% phys def + 120% earth def +30% phys def hell over heaven is good and all, but at those levels (100+ when you can farm it) it will make hardly any…
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Might be wrong but I think the only rank 8 gear a wizard can get is arcane.
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I think people think exactly the opposite Sylvae. For pvp: 0-60: Robes are superior (you're awful at pvp anyway, might as well level fast) 60-90: LA is superior (you're not too awful at pvp in this level range and LA makes you much more hearty for a relatively small sacrifice in pvp dmg) 90-100: LA and Robes are approx.…
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Crits do double damage. Total DPS = %Hit*(DPS + 2*DPS*CritChance) Total DPS = %Hit*(DPS (1 + 2*CritChance)) For instance, 16% crit 98% accuracy Total DPS = 0.98(DPS(1+2*0.16)) = DPS(1.32*0.98) = (1.294)DPS Vs. 20% crit 94% accuracy Total DPS = 0.94(DPS(1+2*0.2)) = DPS(1.4*0.94) = (1.316)DPS I have no idea how accurate your…
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I feel like your model was too simplistic to accurately draw any conclusions. You've ignored +s, shards, reductions, charms, HH armors, etc. It's definitely a good first step but before you can draw conclusions you must refine things a bit more. In anticipation of someone arguing that these things should be the same…
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Minions of alucard near altar of dispair. They're flyers so lots of exp as well as lots of drops. I do believe I was nearly made them extinct from 66-71.
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It really depends what you want to play, what you think sounds most fun. DD - Direct Damage Dealer, you kill stuff while tank takes the hits. These are your archers and wizards. In general Wizards are kinda lackluster for a long time but eventually become rather essential. So pick archer if you dont forsee yourself playing…
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I dunno why people insist HH/FB parties are hard to find, I find them just as easily as any other DD. In general DD are wanted more infrequently than EP/WB. As for most people I know they believe that a Wiz is just as good for DD as Archer and would take either. Personally I think the ideal DD combo has one of each. You…
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Why do this now? Well considering people were getting stuck near etherblade lake and couldn't get out and on the PvE servers people were exploiting bugs to make huge amounts of coins I think its rather prudent that they shut down the servers immediately to correct the problems.
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PvE: In general Adv Spark > Sutra. I would only use sutra if you're in the middle of a kill and another mob spawns on you, you need to do as much dmg as possible then and Sutra is best for that. Otherwise Adv Spark is more mana efficient than sutra so it wins in PvE. PvP: In all cases Sutra. To hell with mana efficiency,…
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Yeah L1 FoW is semi-useful, I wouldn't worry about leveling it further until you get into the high 6X then level it as much as you can and it becomes very worth it, same advice for Glacial Snare.
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As a sidenote if a pure Mage (6x+) has the cleric mp regen buff and GE L10 you would be thoroughly surprised at how long you can go on max mana. I know that I sure was, I started MP charming back around 55 and recently I've started to play without MP charm a bit (I put them on for TW or FB/HH). Using Volraith's method of…
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I understand your idea that mana consumption rates are unrelated to mana charm tick % Mosabi, but you're forgetting something important, you have to consider mana regen, both your flat rate and what is recovered from Adv Fury. Your mana regen in battle if pure and 7x will be quite substantial (10 from GE, 17 from magic…
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Well the developers may be unreachable but I think things get better the further you go. 1) This one stays bad the whole time, you'll have to learn to live with it. 2) Force of Will you pickup at L49, once you get to the mid/high 60s it becomes quite reasonable. It's not a WR or EA's stuns but its quite serviceable. Also…
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Well if you're into PvE a lot here's my suggestions. Through your 50s I would concentrate solely on Sandstorm (always keep sandstorm maxed, always), getting wellspring to L5, and leveling Divine Pyrogram (for use in sutra @ 59). Any extra SP/Coin you can dump into shields or something else of your choice. At L59 SKIP the…
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L59 (Nearly 60) Pure Int Wiz here. I must say things are kind of coming together for my Wizard now. Up to this point I have been rather cheap (and rather weak!), not really buying many nice armors/weapons for my character. As a result I have stockpiled several M coins and am now going to start to gear up properly. Up to…
