2010-11-05, 10:41 AM
Im currently parked at 138, which gives me 57 SP. This is what Im looking at right now:
30 Paralyze (still need to find and pass Paralyze 30, guess Ill be at Werewolves for a long time post-BB)
1 Big Bang (strong enough at level 1 for a long time to come)
1 Meteo (ditto)
10 Magic Mastery (a +30 matk bonus for 10 SP is a great bonus, and the added buff timer makes Ifrit bearable at low levels)
This leaves me 15 SP. Fire Demon seems to be a complete and utter waste of time with Mob-a-lyze around (and I honestly wish they had actually taken FD and Comp Arrow apart and changed the way they work so they remained useful somehow, as opposed to slightly upping their damage now and again and completely ignoring them otherwise), but having trained with Fire Demon and Elquines for a long time now I know how even a relatively weak Elquines makes things die noticeably faster, so Im inclined towards using those SP to get 5 demon and 10 Ifrit just to get a functional Ifrit right away, as it would be otherwise several annoying levels of prerequisites and ineffectually-low-timer Ifrit. Afterwards Id move on to do 19 MW (by lvl 145), then Meteo (lvl 155), finish Ifrit (lvl 162) before the low timer drives me insane (I've had Elquines at 65 seconds for two years now), then finally max Infinity (lvl 172) and Big Bang (lvl 182). Ive no illusions about my ability to survive being dispelled at bosses to seriously consider going on most boss runs, so Infinity can wait.
As for DoT, I really, really doubt that anything more than Mist + Mobalyze is worth it, but Im getting max Comp simply because I love the skill to death, plus max PR, at the expense of Seal. Comps damage being relatively close to Paralyzes probably makes it worth it to use it for DoT, but I doubt that I would be able to remember to recast Comp every so often to renew its DoT in the middle of a heated boss battle where I can barely make out my character.
30 Paralyze (still need to find and pass Paralyze 30, guess Ill be at Werewolves for a long time post-BB)
1 Big Bang (strong enough at level 1 for a long time to come)
1 Meteo (ditto)
10 Magic Mastery (a +30 matk bonus for 10 SP is a great bonus, and the added buff timer makes Ifrit bearable at low levels)
This leaves me 15 SP. Fire Demon seems to be a complete and utter waste of time with Mob-a-lyze around (and I honestly wish they had actually taken FD and Comp Arrow apart and changed the way they work so they remained useful somehow, as opposed to slightly upping their damage now and again and completely ignoring them otherwise), but having trained with Fire Demon and Elquines for a long time now I know how even a relatively weak Elquines makes things die noticeably faster, so Im inclined towards using those SP to get 5 demon and 10 Ifrit just to get a functional Ifrit right away, as it would be otherwise several annoying levels of prerequisites and ineffectually-low-timer Ifrit. Afterwards Id move on to do 19 MW (by lvl 145), then Meteo (lvl 155), finish Ifrit (lvl 162) before the low timer drives me insane (I've had Elquines at 65 seconds for two years now), then finally max Infinity (lvl 172) and Big Bang (lvl 182). Ive no illusions about my ability to survive being dispelled at bosses to seriously consider going on most boss runs, so Infinity can wait.
As for DoT, I really, really doubt that anything more than Mist + Mobalyze is worth it, but Im getting max Comp simply because I love the skill to death, plus max PR, at the expense of Seal. Comps damage being relatively close to Paralyzes probably makes it worth it to use it for DoT, but I doubt that I would be able to remember to recast Comp every so often to renew its DoT in the middle of a heated boss battle where I can barely make out my character.