2008-11-19, 06:00 PM
To add to what I said before, on a more serious note:
I/L's big draw is freezing. You incapacitate enemies, making them unable to hit you. In Khaini at least I/L is more popular because at the Archmage level your Blizzard freezes pretty much everything. BUT you are using Amplifier, so your pot drain will still be severe. While the price of Blizzard 30 has decreased considerably, it is still not that cheap. Getting into Horntail as an Archmage may pose a problem
F/P is NOT lolf/p. The lolf/p bit got started when a couple of the Khaini F/Ps started acting like asses, and because the class is rare. Other F/Ps are very nice, and it's not a bad class at all to play. Specifically, because of the low "status" associated with F/P you'll be a somewhat "unique" player among the hordes of clerics and sins. On a more tangible note, books for F/P are CHEAP. When I quit, Meteo 30 in Khaini was a whopping 3 mil mesos. So, while the I/L shoots himself for having failed 2 Bliz30s, you can get like 10 Meteo 30s for less than one of his Bliz30 would cost. Meteo 20 is the only book that actually costs something. The books for F/P are not all easy to find, (Para 30 and Elq 30 drop from GPQ,) but they're still not expensive. Your real concern will be Amp and pot money. At higher lvl, just like all mage classes, you can sell leech and compensate for that.
Bishop: The most commonly picked mage class is the unbalanced cleric, which combines Ultimate power proportionate to the other classes with most of the game's good party skills. Your Genesis has no Amp bonus, but you still do good damage. Also, you have Heal, Bless, Holy Symbol, Resurrect and Dispel. The common argument against Bishop is it's "too common." That is FALSE. A lvl 30 Cleric is common. If you play your Cleric and become a lvl 150 Bishop, you're no longer "common" at all. If you reach lvl 180, it doesn't matter anymore what class you are. Even a BW Paladin is strong and respected at that point, though of course a lvl 180 mage kills a lot faster. On the drawback is that Gen 30 is not cheap. It's MUCH cheaper now than before, but it's still not cheap
I/L's big draw is freezing. You incapacitate enemies, making them unable to hit you. In Khaini at least I/L is more popular because at the Archmage level your Blizzard freezes pretty much everything. BUT you are using Amplifier, so your pot drain will still be severe. While the price of Blizzard 30 has decreased considerably, it is still not that cheap. Getting into Horntail as an Archmage may pose a problem
F/P is NOT lolf/p. The lolf/p bit got started when a couple of the Khaini F/Ps started acting like asses, and because the class is rare. Other F/Ps are very nice, and it's not a bad class at all to play. Specifically, because of the low "status" associated with F/P you'll be a somewhat "unique" player among the hordes of clerics and sins. On a more tangible note, books for F/P are CHEAP. When I quit, Meteo 30 in Khaini was a whopping 3 mil mesos. So, while the I/L shoots himself for having failed 2 Bliz30s, you can get like 10 Meteo 30s for less than one of his Bliz30 would cost. Meteo 20 is the only book that actually costs something. The books for F/P are not all easy to find, (Para 30 and Elq 30 drop from GPQ,) but they're still not expensive. Your real concern will be Amp and pot money. At higher lvl, just like all mage classes, you can sell leech and compensate for that.
Bishop: The most commonly picked mage class is the unbalanced cleric, which combines Ultimate power proportionate to the other classes with most of the game's good party skills. Your Genesis has no Amp bonus, but you still do good damage. Also, you have Heal, Bless, Holy Symbol, Resurrect and Dispel. The common argument against Bishop is it's "too common." That is FALSE. A lvl 30 Cleric is common. If you play your Cleric and become a lvl 150 Bishop, you're no longer "common" at all. If you reach lvl 180, it doesn't matter anymore what class you are. Even a BW Paladin is strong and respected at that point, though of course a lvl 180 mage kills a lot faster. On the drawback is that Gen 30 is not cheap. It's MUCH cheaper now than before, but it's still not cheap