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Thank for your advice. Right now I'm clearing normal arenas on iwbth to gain some proficiencies lol. Even for this, higher arenas seem to require an elixir because I'm so weak (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Maybe I should forge my max forge the staffs...Could you do some forging for me in that case? I don't have a max forge (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Your problem is mostly proficiency.
With 2+3 you are lacking EDB while with 4+1 you are lacking proficiency.
How many base proficiency/Assimilator you have, and do you have proficiency perk?
I can forge for you if you want.

This post has been edited by qr12345: Mar 8 2019, 17:00

Yea you are right. My base proficiency is 386 on elemental and 324 on staff. Just started with maging today lol. My assimilator level is only 1, because the past few days I was busy levelling up my ability boost from 40 to 100, to get all the abilities. And yes, I bought the proficiency perk.

I'll send you my equips for forging once I get my hands on the binding of destruction lolol. thank you!

Yea you are right. My base proficiency is 386 on elemental and 324 on staff. Just started with maging today lol. My assimilator level is only 1, because the past few days I was busy levelling up my ability boost from 40 to 100, to get all the abilities. And yes, I bought the proficiency perk.

I'll send you my equips for forging once I get my hands on the binding of destruction lolol. thank you!

Having Assimilator at least 5~10.
With that you can easily grinding your proficiency to ~1.05times of your level.
Soulfuse your proficiency stuffs.
After these you can have ~0.623 prof factor.
Not very enough, but great improvement.

This post has been edited by qr12345: Mar 8 2019, 17:11

Thx! I think I'll soulfuse my prof stuff after I send it to you for max forging on prof. As for the staff, maybe it's a better idea to just get a better one - not an endgame gear but still something more decent, idk. Since my heaver armor, 1h prof are around 430, I'm hoping to get my elemental/staff prof to at least around that. Anyways, thanks a lot!

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In my experience, starting mage is quite hard. You can't expect to get it going in a week. Keep up the good work, keep building up proficiency, collect better gear, forge, level up. When you are lv 400, you'll see that you are blasting them monsters to oblivion. Just don't expect a quick fix.

Thank you for your kind words senpai (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cry.gif)
Yea, even thought it's on iwbth, I already love how I can two shot almost every enemy, and I think this'll get better as I full forge and soulfuse that prof gear. By the way, is it normal that infusion and scrolls equipped not show up on battle? I equipped infusion of lightning to see if it's worth it or not (prolly not worth the price tho (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) but it's not showing up hmm.

Thank you for your kind words senpai (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cry.gif)
Yea, even thought it's on iwbth, I already love how I can two shot almost every enemy, and I think this'll get better as I full forge and soulfuse that prof gear. By the way, is it normal that infusion and scrolls equipped not show up on battle? I equipped infusion of lightning to see if it's worth it or not (prolly not worth the price tho (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) but it's not showing up hmm.

Yeah... Maging is hard when swapping from 1h (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I started out with full phase and like ~0.15 prof factor (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
I have one cotton prof piece now but still, prof factor at 0.590

I can do DwD, but I do use suffused aether and infusions.

If I go into a high pxp IW it's fucking TOUGH.
My staff is Redwood and I had no luck when forging the staff (got economizer 5 archmage 3 ~_~)
I wanna send my staff to an IW service, but I also wanna grind my prof...

Anyway, I would **not** recommend a high pxp IW. That shit destroys you.
Might be better for you cause you have willow and CR, but god damn. I end up using infusions, suffused aether, draughts on cooldown, potions on cooldown, elixirs, last elixirs. Shit, some rounds I just leave one mob alive and spam defend to get the cooldowns back for the elixirs (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) and then still fuckin die. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

At least arenas work great.
Haven't tried DwD without aether, but I think it shouldn't be a problem.

lolol right now I can't even handle pf arena well so I probably won't clear IW with mage gears. I actually might swap out my current staff with a redwood staff because willow is meaningless as I'd never do iw/pffest with this crap staff.
I think I'll just stick to arenas for a while, and try pffest only after I get very decent gears that can get me clear it under 10k turns. Not gonna grind it for 3 hrs lol.

What's your stats like on cold mage btw?

This post has been edited by Saioux: Mar 8 2019, 19:33

In my experience, starting mage is quite hard.

Yeah... Maging is hard when swapping from 1h (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

This wasn't my case, probably because I already had all the pieces ready when I decided to try the style. You guys are going too fast (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

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Cotton pants have fully forged prof (and magically got jug5 (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) somehow)
Shoes forge 4 on everything.
I also have a peerless cap with 5 forge, but I sent that off to Kadokura for jug5.
It was a bit easier to clear with that cap, but not by much.

I'm still 51pts of proficiency away from finishing the grind.
Assimilator 5, still so slooow (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cry.gif)

This wasn't my case, probably because I already had all the pieces ready when I decided to try the style. You guys are going too fast (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

I mean... Unless you had grinded out the proficiency before you started, I don't see how it was easy for you?
I had a fully forged staff and 2 peerless phase pieces starting out.
And it was still hard as fuck for a little while. IWBTH was not that bad, but PFUDOR was just spam healing non-stop.
Granted, that was like a couple of days worth of half of arenas and all of RE's, but still.

Going to 1H from being a mage tough...
I was a holy mage back in the day when there was no power armor, or force shields...
I came back with like almost no proficiency in 1H/heavy.
And I went straight into PFUDOR with like loaned gears and some freeshop shit. A couple magnificent, most Exquisite pieces. None slaughter. Even rapier was illithid lol.

No problems clearing at all.

I mean... Unless you had grinded out the proficiency before you started, I don't see how it was easy for you?
I had a fully forged staff and 2 peerless phase pieces starting out.
And it was still hard as fuck for a little while. IWBTH was not that bad, but PFUDOR was just spam healing non-stop.
Granted, that was like a couple of days worth of half of arenas and all of RE's, but still.

Your equipment is very good but seems you are lacking Pen5 on your staff.
PFU is totally not playable without it.
And if you soulfuse all your equipment I think your can have at least 1000 more magic score.

This post has been edited by qr12345: Mar 8 2019, 20:32

Your equipment is very good but seems you are lacking Pen5 on your staff.
PFU is totally not playable without it.
And if you soulfuse all your equipment I think your can have at least 1000 more magic score.

Yeah (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) waiting for the Super/Kedama auctions to end.
Then I think I might call up noni to get my staff IW'd fast (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Depends how much money I have left (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I mean... Unless you had grinded out the proficiency before you started, I don't see how it was easy for you?

not really, maybe elemental prof was 5 levels ahead of the rest because spamming spells on REs, but it was still 35 behind my level

I had a fully forged staff and 2 peerless phase pieces starting out.

My staff is heavily forged too, but it has pen5 and my clothes are charged (elementalist cap)

Yeah (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) waiting for the Super/Kedama auctions to end.
Then I think I might call up noni to get my staff IW'd fast (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Depends how much money I have left (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Your build is better than my used plain wind mage, really.
It's 100% capable for PFU arenas if you have done what should do.

This post has been edited by qr12345: Mar 8 2019, 21:01

By the way, is it normal that infusion and scrolls equipped not show up on battle?

if by show up you mean on the quickbar, you may need to edit your quickbarExtend to include 'ikey_sX' and 'ikey_nX' for the scrolls and infusions you want

Thank you boss! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

Really? When i testet Absorb Scrolls i didnt had to do anything for them to show up. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

that's because the default setting includes some, but not all, scrolls

Okay, but why absorb? (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) After my testing i cant but see them as the most useless scrolls of all. I mean you need multiple of them to save even a single draught, so in the end one get more from selling them to the itemshop as use them to save mana draughts.