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which would you use?

Fair ebony staff of destruction
Fine redwood staff of destruction

i'm thinking FE staff, but i'm going to miss those prof bonuses
how do the elemental damage bonuses work?
and how's this damage?
Wrath of Thor blasts Dalek for 6923 elec damage.

If you don't use soul attacks much I think the Fair ebony staff of destruction looks better.

thinking of fighting MBP... any advice and strategies?

currently thinking of either just training some AP to max poison and use it on MBP and then just fire aoe it until it dies...

or ignore poison and just bring some greater hp/mana draughts/potions and fire aoe it until it dies.

which would you use?

Fair ebony staff of destruction
Fine redwood staff of destruction

i'm thinking FE staff, but i'm going to miss those prof bonuses
how do the elemental damage bonuses work?

The Ebony staff will do more damage. Pity about the accuracy though.

Elemental damage bonuses are percentages. So that's +8.11% damage to Fire spells, etc. That's boosted by Staff proficiency, so the actual number is what it shows you on your equipment screen. I assume (without any evidence) that they're multiplied on top of the basic magic damage multiplier. Your elemental proficiency also multiplies up the damage done. (I should put that in the wiki some time...)

thinking of fighting MBP... any advice and strategies?

currently thinking of either just training some AP to max poison and use it on MBP and then just fire aoe it until it dies...

or ignore poison and just bring some greater hp/mana draughts/potions and fire aoe it until it dies.

Get Poison. And Weaken. Haste wouldn't hurt either. Take a Scroll of Life if you have one.

At your level, it'll be tough fighting bosses as a mage... but you haven't left yourself much choice with that character setup. Good luck. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

At your level, it'll be tough fighting bosses as a mage... but you haven't left yourself much choice with that character setup. Good luck. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Actually it's not that hard to win against the bosses as a mage at that level, it all depends on the equips of course... and DON'T FORGET TO BRING A SCROLL OF THE GODS!

edit: in case you don't have one hentai_fusion, PM me, I'll send you one.

This post has been edited by HybridGuardian: Aug 24 2010, 17:22

Guys when should i buy inate arcana ? at waht lvl should i start using it ? is there some othere thing that i should invest some hath in ?

Guys when should i buy inate arcana ? at waht lvl should i start using it ? is there some othere thing that i should invest some hath in ?

You can use it or not, it's a choice for you to make, imo it's not worthy spending 750 hath just for something that could help me rarely (and just for melee actually)
Anyway getting IA or not, get the hath auras first, they make you stronger, and give you xp bonus, and leveling faster is good.

oh so its not that important ? and the hath auras are lot beter than the normal 1's ? man thats 200 X(

The Ebony staff will do more damage. Pity about the accuracy though.

Elemental damage bonuses are percentages. So that's +8.11% damage to Fire spells, etc. That's boosted by Staff proficiency, so the actual number is what it shows you on your equipment screen. I assume (without any evidence) that they're multiplied on top of the basic magic damage multiplier. Your elemental proficiency also multiplies up the damage done. (I should put that in the wiki some time...)
Get Poison. And Weaken. Haste wouldn't hurt either. Take a Scroll of Life if you have one.

At your level, it'll be tough fighting bosses as a mage... but you haven't left yourself much choice with that character setup. Good luck. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Now a question to staff/equipment proficiency. From the wiki I know that your proficiencies are capped by your current level. Does that mean when I am lvl 30 and my elemental proficiency is 30 I will not get any proficiency bonus from my staff/equipment anymore? Or do they add to your max. proficiency?

Now a question to staff/equipment proficiency. From the wiki I know that your proficiencies are capped by your current level. Does that mean when I am lvl 30 and my elemental proficiency is 30 I will not get any proficiency bonus from my staff/equipment anymore? Or do they add to your max. proficiency?

No, you would still get the bonus. They add to your own proficiency.

Now I use three types of attack modes, I want advice on how to evolve this model.



Weapons:

DW: Fine prism rapier/Average ruby dagger of the nimble
TH: Superior diamond longsword of slaughter
ST: Average redwood staff of focus

Now I use three types of attack modes, I want advice on how to evolve this model.

Ok first of all mages don't have interference since each point of interference removes 1% magic damage.
Stick only with cloth, elementalist gear for boosting the power, and evade to avoid damage.
2nd get the ratings of fire and elec before you fill holy/2nd fire tier. (they're worth)

2W/2H-> leather is crap, unless some very good kevlar.
high evade silk, either full, or with 1 piece of high physical absorption plate (usually body)
For cake use full plate with the physical absorption.

(IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) NINJA'D
I would concentrate on one style rather then diversing your abilities so much.
But I am probably not the right person to anwser your question. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

LIFETIME MAGEHOOD, FRY THEM MOBS
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This post has been edited by HybridGuardian: Aug 25 2010, 23:57

LIFETIME MAGEHOOD, FRY THEM MOBS

Actually there's 1 thing that melee characters still have the advantage over mage characters, Battletoads Gods. IMO if someone one day beat IPU or FSM on battletoads, will be without a staff.

Actually there's 1 thing that melee characters still have the advantage over mage characters, Battletoads Gods. IMO if someone one day beat IPU or FSM on battletoads, will be without a staff.

Maybe I'll prove you wrong one day... maybe... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Btw: Has Boggyb beaten "Blue Skies Lie Beyond The Clouds" yet?
I am curious who the enemies in the last round are...

Currently the rating element does not help, I will only point put on them after level 100.
My set of armor plus the skills of support has been quite resistant to damage, I make up for the reduction of magic damage stealing MP from monsters all the time. My current staff aims to affect the maximum possible monsters to take down the cost of skills stronger.

But what about the attributes? I kept AGI and END equivalent to my level for increased defense and evade greater in the future. I keep the other at the same pace?

Maybe I'll prove you wrong one day... maybe... (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

I didn't say it's impossible with staff, but an axe can give more dmg than a staff on a long term, whatever the staff is (unless you only cast banish/ragnarok, but you'll die faster (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif))

Btw: Has Boggyb beaten "Blue Skies Lie Beyond The Clouds" yet?
I am curious who the enemies in the last round are...

No, "Blue Skies Lie Beyond The Clouds" it's only available at level 260, which only Tens reached.

Currently the rating element does not help, I will only point put on them after level 100.
My set of armor plus the skills of support has been quite resistant to damage, I make up for the reduction of magic damage stealing MP from monsters all the time. My current staff aims to affect the maximum possible monsters to take down the cost of skills stronger.

But what about the attributes? I kept AGI and END equivalent to my level for increased defense and evade greater in the future. I keep the other at the same pace?

Your magic power is eaten by 26%, plus not having INT/WIS bonus from gear also means low magic rating, and without elementalist gear, well you can guess why ratings aren't helping...

Sure you aren't supposed to 1-shot all mobs with thunderstorm at your level even if you can get the right gear and ratings, but it would be a lot better, and that's the way you in the future can clear +100, +200, +400, +600, +1000 rounds of GrindFest on normal, and clearing +200 level exquisite pieces fast and without spending a single item. ET is worthless for this type of task, just to see how mana effective this tactic is.

IMO the attributes should be all equal if you like to switch between fighting styles.

This post has been edited by cmdct: Aug 26 2010, 00:57

I recently received a set of sword chunks in a drop and was wondering if anyone could tell me if they are any good or not. (In particular if this seems like an item that is worth leveling.) Here are the sword chunks in question Average Steel Sword Chucks of the Ox.

Normally I like to compare items I receive to items that are available in the wts forums to try and guage an items stats but since sword chunks are a rare item there aren't a lot for sale. In fact the only person that I happened to see with any sword chunks for sale is cmal. My sword chunks seem comparable to these but I have no sense of scale (i.e. I have no idea if these other sword chunks are any good or not).

As a related question, what type of main hand weapon do you think works best when combined with sword chunks? (This kind of assumes that my sword chunks seem decent enough to actually use but even if they aren't I am still curious about what weapon works best with sword chunks)

Thank you

I recently received a set of sword chunks in a drop and was wondering if anyone could tell me if they are any good or not. (In particular if this seems like an item that is worth leveling.) Here are the sword chunks in question Average Steel Sword Chucks of the Ox.

Normally I like to compare items I receive to items that are available in the wts forums to try and guage an items stats but since sword chunks are a rare item there aren't a lot for sale. In fact the only person that I happened to see with any sword chunks for sale is cmal. My sword chunks seem comparable to these but I have no sense of scale (i.e. I have no idea if these other sword chunks are any good or not).

As a related question, what type of main hand weapon do you think works best when combined with sword chunks? (This kind of assumes that my sword chunks seem decent enough to actually use but even if they aren't I am still curious about what weapon works best with sword chunks)

Thank you

This is a regular Sword Chucks

Sword Chucks is only useful for killing Gods in RoB faster (only at +200 levels), don't worry about it since isn't really needed.
And no they aren't worth to level up since the important stat, crit chance, almost don't raise even with hundreds of levels up.

This post has been edited by cmdct: Aug 26 2010, 10:58

Your magic power is eaten by 26%, plus not having INT/WIS bonus from gear also means low magic rating, and without elementalist gear, well you can guess why ratings aren't helping...

Sure you aren't supposed to 1-shot all mobs with thunderstorm at your level even if you can get the right gear and ratings, but it would be a lot better, and that's the way you in the future can clear +100, +200, +400, +600, +1000 rounds of GrindFest on normal, and clearing +200 level exquisite pieces fast and without spending a single item. ET is worthless for this type of task, just to see how mana effective this tactic is.

IMO the attributes should be all equal if you like to switch between fighting styles.

I'd like some more info about how to get the one shot magic ability. First I have 3 staffs below. Which one should I be using to focus on electric magic one shot kills?
http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=c7266b4f77

http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=7e3325a425

http://hentaiverse.org/pages/showequip.php...;key=463e5da7f5

I have been trying to bring up my Int and Wis but at my level theres not enough XP to share which means my Str, Agi, and Dex are 2-3 levels below my current level and the rest of my stats are 5-7 levels below. Is this a good thing to do or should I really just focus on bring up my Str/Agi/Dex/End to the current level and use any spare XP on Int and Wis?? I am planning on doing a level 70 Arena and preparing for the 4 big boss battles in RoB at Level 75. I am planning on fighting them using a Rapier/Dagger dual wield and all silk armor so I'm not sure if its a good idea to go behind on my Str/Agi/Dex/End levels for Int and Wis.

Finally around which level will I be able to get the one shot magic kill for thunder magic (level 90s, 100s, etc)? What is the minimum Electric rating and elemental proficiency needed to get that kind of power? Which magic is best suited for this one shot kill strategy anyway? Is it Electric or the Holy or Forbidden magic? I'm using Meteor right now but I'm planning on changing to Electric at Level 70. The damage I'm doing is pathetic, its less than the katana 2H bleed I can inflict and some mobs resist it a lot which means I run out of mana before I can even get to 15 levels of IW.

At your level staff 1 may be the most helpful, since your accuracy is probably pretty bad. Staff 2 for damage. Staff 3 is useless for you right now.

I wasn't a mage yet at that level, but I really don't think you can one shot full mobs at that point. You should be relying on thunderstorm and trying to finish the mobs in 2 turns with that. Your accuracy also isn't going to be good enough for awhile yet.

Electric is the way to go. Only Blue Slimes resist it and they can easily be one-shot finished with magic missle.

I don't know what the exact numbers needed would be to one shot mobs at any given level. For comparison I can kill anything but the above mentioned Blue Slimes in one shot usually. Manthras and such excluded of course.
I have +41% magic damage, +62.3 hit chance, and +150 elemental proficiency. My own prof is capped to my level.