2011-06-10, 12:46 PM
Some comments or suggestions of my own, I own a lvl 200 BaM myself.
Getting lvl 7 blood drain and lvl 16 staff booster isn't so bad. You're flipping the 81 and 78 sec buff durations for them both. Its either lvl 6 blood drain or lvl 17 staff booster but assuming, you're cheap and unfunded, going for more duration on drain would probably benefit you more than staff booster. Its something you'd probably dwell into between deciding when to recast this macro of drain and booster, "do I recast drain first when drain blinks or do i recast drain when its gone?" Since I tend to be a cheap bastard and pot less I should've done 7 drain and 16 booster. Recasting drain was more important to me than recasting booster. Waiting until drain wears off to recast can sometimes make me waste 2-4hits (4 because of teleport) where I could be potting less or none at all. Recasting early means what was the point of my staff booster? I cast booster first followed by drain but booster still outlasts drain even at the point when the icon is gone. The only time you'd care more about your speed vs drain is when you're bossing but being cheap means you want drain more than speed. Currently I only gain hp in the 800s at lvl 200 though, but the hp gained from drain is enough provided you have a elemental staff to handle most bosses and mobs (with exception of bosses that do high damage or have a super high bump damage like Zak, PB, HT, etc). CWK was literally a joke, I never potted once sitting in their bodies except to recover mp. I don't even use conversion ever (unless I'm lagging badly) while training at LHC because I get hp way faster than I take damage. Getting energize and stance actually saves some time and pots too but thats probably minimal (stance being way more important if you like castle golems like myself).
About reaper, at first I took it from someone else's suggestion to do 13 adv dark chain and max reaper but, I changed mines to 19 reaper and 14 adv dark chain myself. Its not too bad, but its not like its super useful either at least not for LHC. Lvl 19 reaper is for the max summon chance and adv dark chain's dmg you don't care for too much. In a map with regular mobs, I can get around 5-6 reapers to come out on my own while cycling the map (well this happened at Sage Cats anyways). I've only gotten around 3-4 reapers max to come out for me at Ani. In later patches though, reaper does greater damage and have a longer duration when summoned I believe as Takebacker put out.
Getting lvl 7 blood drain and lvl 16 staff booster isn't so bad. You're flipping the 81 and 78 sec buff durations for them both. Its either lvl 6 blood drain or lvl 17 staff booster but assuming, you're cheap and unfunded, going for more duration on drain would probably benefit you more than staff booster. Its something you'd probably dwell into between deciding when to recast this macro of drain and booster, "do I recast drain first when drain blinks or do i recast drain when its gone?" Since I tend to be a cheap bastard and pot less I should've done 7 drain and 16 booster. Recasting drain was more important to me than recasting booster. Waiting until drain wears off to recast can sometimes make me waste 2-4hits (4 because of teleport) where I could be potting less or none at all. Recasting early means what was the point of my staff booster? I cast booster first followed by drain but booster still outlasts drain even at the point when the icon is gone. The only time you'd care more about your speed vs drain is when you're bossing but being cheap means you want drain more than speed. Currently I only gain hp in the 800s at lvl 200 though, but the hp gained from drain is enough provided you have a elemental staff to handle most bosses and mobs (with exception of bosses that do high damage or have a super high bump damage like Zak, PB, HT, etc). CWK was literally a joke, I never potted once sitting in their bodies except to recover mp. I don't even use conversion ever (unless I'm lagging badly) while training at LHC because I get hp way faster than I take damage. Getting energize and stance actually saves some time and pots too but thats probably minimal (stance being way more important if you like castle golems like myself).
About reaper, at first I took it from someone else's suggestion to do 13 adv dark chain and max reaper but, I changed mines to 19 reaper and 14 adv dark chain myself. Its not too bad, but its not like its super useful either at least not for LHC. Lvl 19 reaper is for the max summon chance and adv dark chain's dmg you don't care for too much. In a map with regular mobs, I can get around 5-6 reapers to come out on my own while cycling the map (well this happened at Sage Cats anyways). I've only gotten around 3-4 reapers max to come out for me at Ani. In later patches though, reaper does greater damage and have a longer duration when summoned I believe as Takebacker put out.