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If you have nothing useful to add, please just don't post--that was entirely unnecessary and spammy. And use a freaking o. Your trolling is completely obvious. For this, I suggest investing in a decent regen genie with expel, badge of courage, or faith/belief. That's one of the reasons pvp is difficult on my mystic…
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No, I hadn't tried that. I suppose I'm honestly a little too addicted to my veno's ability to just purge off a stack of heals. But even when I get to 100 and have my better long, the Eruption Fist is only 10% chance of purge. It's one solution, but you're probably right in cases where that doesn't work... Honestly, my…
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In 90% of cases, I find Salvation to be the preferable summon in PvP. In a world where sins are everywhere, that extra 3k damage shield is huge in surviving long enough to do serious damage. Storm is best in the other 10% I find, for the extra damage and the Moonshade skill, allowing her a free seal which bypasses…
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Those skills are not new--I've had them listed from day one. =P But as to the Lv 11 books, since that is an easy matter to handle, I've appended which book each skill comes from to the skill description. Tell me if I messed anything up.
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It's not like you need R9 to enjoy the game. People were playing a long time before it was available--a few weeks isn't going to kill you. Besides, if I were you, I'd be more concerned about getting banned for fairly obviously glitching frost than being all righteously indignant about something that's far from essential...
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Namari's reason is the reason I've been so adamant in stressing the differences between clerics and mystics here. To be blunt, even if we can solo heal some things, that is not the impression I want to give. If you feel comfortable doing so, then nothing is stopping you, but in the end mystics are not limited to the…
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Thank you. ^_^ Glad to hear that you found it so. And I'll fix that now. Good luck with your mystic; I hope she turns out well. Rakshasis: What gives you that impression, exactly? I haven't happened onto the Lv 11 book yet, but I find Lv 10 nigh useless. <.<; In other news, I've been twing on my mystic a bit, and after a…
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It certainly can't hurt things immune to magic damage if you recall the staunch worms from the tide quest. I just was killing them for a friend today. I've yet to take my mystic into SoT or Aba though... Soon, perhaps. If so, I'll get you a screenshot to prove or disprove it.
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5 + 1 str per odd level, unless you use a pataka. Lv 99/100 gear requires 54 str, and 101 (only R9) requires 55. The 99 Pataka (divine aegis) takes 57 str, but other 99 gold weapons take 54. Nv mag gear takes 54, as do weapons except patakas, which take 56. R8 wand takes 50.
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Ah, yes, my bad. The cooldown was never significant so I never noticed that before, but it would seem you're correct. Fixed. Thank you for pointing this out.
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I can't say I read the other guides when they first came out, but they do have a rather decent lead on me in actual time spent up. I cannot imagine they had a huge number of views when being stickied. As far as I'm aware, there's no reason for anyone to act in my favor, and honestly I don't see any reason to assume that.…
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I suppose I'll have to admit my defeat here, heh. It's always hard to give up convictions, even when they're wrong, but even so thank you for your insight. Of course, if you have barb buff and a charm, there's still a lot to be said for more hp, but in light of this I might give my own mystic sharding plans a second…
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No, first example was future mystic build for 10x--she's only 9x right now in actuality so I prefer using veno avatar on here. Veno was where I actually sharded pdef and was very disatisfied. And I suppose I see what you mean there--I was only considering the total damage. I've never been good with %s, so that would be my…
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Eh, I beg to differ. Having buffers actually makes pdef shards less worthwhile. With all G9 citrines and +7-8 orns on a build in calc, I get 10k pdef/72% phys resist with self + bm + cleric. Making those G9 garnets loses over 1k hp and only ends up with 14k pdef/78% resist. 6% less physical damage is not much, and 1k hp is…
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Thank you, though I would maintain I am correct on most of those: 1. If you look at the numbers I listed for other classes, 20% pdef is about the weakest available as a Lv 10 skill 2. I have not extensively played psy, so I cannot comment from personal experience, but given their greater array of damage skills, and aoes…
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It's 99 or higher that causes significantly less exp, as 99 is 11 lvs above the 88 mobs. As far as the exp in your log from bosses goes, most of the time you can just take the spirit listed and multiply by 5 to get a rough guess of the exp, as the spirit value is displayed correctly in most cases. Note that mobs general do…
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I can't confirm def lv at this point. However, like all plants, summons, and pets, it does mot take level reduction, and so will do full damage on a Lv [?] (150) boss while normal skills do 1/4 of their usual damage, yes.
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Remember that pdef has diminishing returns as you get more. It's about % reduction, not number for pdef, while getting more HP does not decrease effectiveness as you do so. I made the mistake of originally doing full pdef shards on this character and strongly regretted doing so. I would say if you have nice ornaments--90…
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Aveidha - Thank you very much. I'm flattered that you find it to be so, and I hope future additions can continue to live up to that. Caydon - Thank you as well. I'm glad to be of help with that... As to the formatting, I can look into it. I know my text is rather dense, but being an avid reader myself, I'm not the best at…
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I'd suggest taking a look at my guide for an in-depth response, since there are many possible roles. It really depends on what you like to do--mystics have something of a limited ability to fill any role. Passable heals allow you to be a secondary healer--or primary in very limited situations, like bhs where the boss…
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I would beg to differ. BM Diamond Sutra, Barb Penetrate Armor, Cleric Razor Feathers and Celestial Guardian Seal all come only from old book pages. While we may have the most important skill from them (though demon sutra is like the only 11 skill I lack for my bm, and it's rather good -_-), we are not the only class with…
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Thank you, Mrao. Glad that you enjoyed it, and that I could give you even that tidbit. And I'm honored by the suggestion--it would appear someone listened. Avianse - Thank you, I try to keep things balanced since I know that not everyone shares my priorities. I'm glad it came across as such. RosangeIa - Yes, I can see your…
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I've added some colored headers and bolded them. Are there any paragraphs in specific that you feel should be broken up more? And thank you. ^^
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VI. PvP Tips Given that much of this document has focused on pve aspects and I am an avid pvper, I could not help but include this section. I find mystic a very fun class in pvp, though this will naturally be updated somewhat as I continue to gain experience in the area. And, of course what I have already mentioned about…
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V. Demon or Sage? As with every other class, there is no single answer to this question. Both demon and sage cultivation paths offer advantages and disadvantages. Having listed the demon and sage effects above, I will not relist them here. They may also be viewed at ecatomb above, or by using the in-game encyclopedia's…
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IV. Summons and Plants Due to their nature and the fact that there is much more to say about these than about individual skills, this section will provide a more in-depth discussion of each summon and plant, as well as my thoughts on their utility and importance. Note that the sage versions of all summons except cragglord…
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III. Skills I will not waste your time and mine by including the in-game skill descriptions or statistics in this section. Those may be found via the easy to use database found here. Instead, this section is intended to give an accurate description of what the skill does, as well as its utility and my opinion on how…
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II. Stats and Builds Like wizards and clerics, mystics can be considered a "full magic class" in that a point of vitality only gives 10 HP. This is the lowest tier, making vitality a stat of limited usefulness, but one which some may wish to invest points in. Strength is entirely useless beyond the amount required to wear…
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I. Overview and Terms Before embarking on this endeavor, I feel it is wise to codify certain terms which I may use; if you are familiar with game jargon, please feel free to skip to the next paragraph. "BHxx" refers to the Bounty Hunter quest for the instance obtained at level xx. "TT" or "X-X" refers to Twilight Temple,…
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I never saw why anyone would really want male venos, honestly. Maybe I'm just used to the idea, but it strikes me as bizarre at best. XD; Ah well, despite my personal feelings you're probably right about that. =P I just wish people were better at making interesting looking males...
