2008-07-11, 02:39 PM
Some of the spacing in your guide made it a little hard for my eyes to consume, but the information contained within isn't bad at all.
You should probably point out that uhh. A zhelm does reduce your EXP loss on death dramatically (thus negating a need for base luk).
You could also mention that magicians are not heavily gear dependent, i.e. there's very little difference in 5 matk. The difference in 5 watk is much more apparent. This is both a blessing and a curse.
Magicians are quite possibly the cheapest class to play effectively (we're not talking ultimates here), but if you want top of the line gear, it's probably going to cost just as much, if not more than other classes.
However, there tends to be lots of good gear circulating for somewhat decent prices in well-established markets (I speak in reference to Scania, not sure about other worlds).
Also, on the whole lukless v. luk thing. Just go lukless. It's not for poor people, it's for anyone who is making a magician. Luk builds are, by and large, outdamaged by lukless at any point after the Maple weapons start. You will have to struggle with every meso you have to have a shot at outdamaging the majority of lukless builds. It's just not worth it when you can dump, say, 100mil into a nice Wisdom Staff or whatever and be set for 100 levels - while outdamaging most luk builds at your level.
If this was 3 years ago, lukless would've been laughed out of any forum. But times have changed and the tables have turned. Just don't do it.
You should probably point out that uhh. A zhelm does reduce your EXP loss on death dramatically (thus negating a need for base luk).
You could also mention that magicians are not heavily gear dependent, i.e. there's very little difference in 5 matk. The difference in 5 watk is much more apparent. This is both a blessing and a curse.
Magicians are quite possibly the cheapest class to play effectively (we're not talking ultimates here), but if you want top of the line gear, it's probably going to cost just as much, if not more than other classes.
However, there tends to be lots of good gear circulating for somewhat decent prices in well-established markets (I speak in reference to Scania, not sure about other worlds).
Also, on the whole lukless v. luk thing. Just go lukless. It's not for poor people, it's for anyone who is making a magician. Luk builds are, by and large, outdamaged by lukless at any point after the Maple weapons start. You will have to struggle with every meso you have to have a shot at outdamaging the majority of lukless builds. It's just not worth it when you can dump, say, 100mil into a nice Wisdom Staff or whatever and be set for 100 levels - while outdamaging most luk builds at your level.
If this was 3 years ago, lukless would've been laughed out of any forum. But times have changed and the tables have turned. Just don't do it.