Ask a Magician Thread.

So I have this I/L at 13X in the newer servers. CL books are very hard to come by, and farming for them takes a lot of time and effort. I have 16 points saved up, but I'd like to spend them now as I boss often, so I'm thinking about putting them into infinity or getting Elquines. Which would boost up my damage more? Should I even spend the points at all?

Elquines for training probably, although you'd be moving around and it's not really a stable source of damage to all monsters.

Infinity will give a nice damage boost, but I hate the cooldown part. Especially at lower levels.

But since you boss, I'd have to say Infinity for bosses. Although you should focus on training at such a low level, especially if you don't even have max CL.

Infinity is great when maxed. The cooldown is not extreme and for me, about 20 seconds into it I am 1hkoing everything. It also completely refills your HP/MP and it cuts my already low pot costs of like 40 Barbs/hr to 30.

I had Ifrit for a little while before I got my SP reset and it really didn't help much, so Elquines is even less helpful.

Is Fire Arrow useless after ele reset and max paralyze?
I want to max poison brace....for fun..

Is Fire Arrow useless after ele reset and max paralyze?
I want to max poison brace....for fun..

Fire Arrow is useless with level 1 Paralyze.

Fire Arrow is useless with level 1 Paralyze.

Unless there is glitch or something, paralyze won't do 1 damage/ miss or certain type of mob/ boss after elemental reset, right? (worst case: able to do damage after FD)

(I hate Gegis Rog. although it immune to fire as well, anyway)

thanks.

My friend is a lvl 163 Bishop with 132 4th job SP to allocate. What Bishop skills should she put her 4th job SP into, and what should she shoot for after that? Thanks!

My friend is a lvl 163 Bishop with 132 4th job SP to allocate. What Bishop skills should she put her 4th job SP into, and what should she shoot for after that? Thanks!

Buff Mastery (10)
Ressurection (5)
Maple warrior (10~30 depending on what skill books she can buy)
Angel Ray (30)
Genesis (1)

After that, it doesn't matter a whole lot (more of personal preference), but theres a good starting point

Max Infinity, Max Big Bang, and Max Gen aren't a bad idea. Maybe Hero's Will if she HT/PBs. Bahamut and Holy Shield aren't as useful as the other skills.

Definitely Big Bang if she plans to attack and train for exp, after Fuzz's recommendation.

So, I've been thinking, Should I make a mage or a brawler?

I was an I/L before bb and before the balance patch,
and I was lukless. But I hit 77 and stopped. lol.

I'd be anything. Evan, and BaM's work too. I just dunno what to pick.

And should I be lukless?

Having played alot of melee classes, and a few mage classes, I'd have to say BaM is the best of both worlds. The early levels feel like brawler (i got a transparent wand and some nice looking gloves) up until 4th job when your attack clearly becomes a swing. However, BaMs have more range than any melee ive played, faster attack speed, and more HP (17k at lvl 165 rivals DrK). If you plan on training in LHC I wouldnt recommend making any mage besides BaM or Evan (although evans annoy the hell out of me at LHC). If you dont plan on reaching 4th job then I'd say make a brawler, as they really are loads of fun. I quickly got bored with my bucc at 14x though :/

bams are interesting. They are one of the more "involved" classes and stay that way until late game. There is actually a difference between someone playing a bam and knows how than someone who doesnt.

I was thinking of making a I/L ulti, just cause it sounds cool to use flame gear as a ice mage, but i can't seem to find enough info on the skill. I read it was a 3 second DoT at 50% damage, and well, that sucks. Does the skill get revamped to a point where it would be useful, or is it just too sucky?

I just made an ultimate fire/poison.
This is either the greatest idea I've ever had, or the worst.
I've always wanted to play a fire/poison mage, and so far i'm having fun.
Should I get a poison staff, or a fire staff.

I just made an ultimate fire/poison.
This is either the greatest idea I've ever had, or the worst.
I've always wanted to play a fire/poison mage, and so far i'm having fun.
Should I get a poison staff, or a fire staff.

Fire until 130, Poison from 130+

So for 4th job, for a fire poison, how's this sound skill wise.
120 - +1 paralyze, +1 Big Bang +1 Meteor Shower
120-max buff mastery, then paralyze, then I'm not sure.

Is maxing buff mastery early worth it, is what I'm wondering.

So I want to make a UA F/p Mage, do you guys think Poison Mist and Flame Gear will stack, or do you know if it will stack at all if I used them together in macro?

So I want to make a UA F/p Mage, do you guys think Poison Mist and Flame Gear will stack, or do you know if it will stack at all if I used them together in macro?

I know that if you cast Flame Gear and then try to use Poison Mist on top of it, it won't let you, but you can use Poison Mist first and then use Flame Gear and it will let you.
However, I do not know if the DoTs stack, I would assume they do though.

I've been upgrading my equips latley and now i'm stumped as to what to upgrade next, I make 1-3b a month at most and I don't spend any real money on MS. here are my equips as of right now , all self made .

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, the intless earings I was trying to cube to int 6% ( bought them epic 3 line ) and ended up getting that. no idea if it's better to sell them or to keep cubing, maybe I could find someone who wants to trade for 21% int. I dunno what to upgrade next within my budget... would a CZH be the cheapest way to improve my character the most or is there something else .

Uh, I need some help over here.

Since BB is coming to MSEA, I want to start a BaM, but I don't like Magicians and the highest level Magician I have is 25. I simply suck at Magicians and I need tips on pots and equipments I should have or must have.

There's also one problem, I have a friend who've recently returned me one of my older accounts since he's quitting, and he have inside a lvl 50 I/L and a 124 Bishop, although I don't play mages, but I can see the equipments looks impressive, I dunno whether should I play this account or just start a BaM from scratch... and further more, as I said, I don't like mages, therefore it bores me easily, but BaM looks like a semi-close range class and I would surely make one, but I don't think I have the motivation to train it...

So, to simplify it, should I start AND train a BaM from scratch OR should I just play the lvl 124 Bishop and the lvl 50 I/L and stick with it till I gets bored. And if I choose a BaM, what type of equipment should I get?

Just help me by telling me which basic must have equipments I should get and what you recommend I would get later on, currently I own 3 +3 int +3 luk Circle of Thought, a Maple Widam Staff and a +12 int Yellow Cape, and also a 16 int BR.

Help appreciated, thanks in advanced.

Edit: Please try not to use short term for Mage items or skills, I DON'T PLAY MAGES.(allcapsended)