3rd job for I/L help (skills)

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thread starter heidik3 Jul 09 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'm a level 96 I/L Mage. My skills are as follow: Partial Resist.: 0 (I was told that this is useless because i/l mages wouldn't be fighting against ice monsters in the long run, so it'd be useless. I'd like more opinions on this please) Amplification: Maxed Ice strike: Maxed Booster: 11 ( I was told to leave this at 11 because after lv11, it's only good for endurance which isn't much help. But I was also told to maxed this out, so I'm not sure) Seal: 3 (Do I max this out?) Thunder spear: 1 (I was told to leave this at 1, and max out everything else. But I was also told to max this out and leave resist. at 0 and booster at 11. ) Composition: 1 (I was told NOT to max this out) Please help me if you can. Thank you.

crazydip 07/09/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

PreludeMage 07/09/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

tyrant2900 said: "ive been wondering for a while what bonus comp has from an ele wand/staff, you would think that both elements would gain their boost but w/e." No bonus.

crazydip Jul 09 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Chaos291 said: " Cold Beam 100 Basic Attack. 50% of 100 is 50, so therefore, on ice weak monsters, cold beam is 150 basic attack. Composition 140 Basic Attack but made up of 70 Lightning and 70 Ice. 50% of 70 is 35, so therefore, on ice weak monsters, composition's basic attack is 175 (140+35=175) However, if you have an elemental wand, cold beam would be the best on ice-weak monsters since composition is not affected by ele wand. I suggest maxing either comp or ts, but dont' max both and leave the other at 1. Put 1 point into partial resistance, max booster and seal and max slow. Or, if you don't want slow, max resistance." You forgot about her e-wand 3 So its around 190 and faster..

PreludeMage 07/09/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Chilly said: " I notice you already have an E-Wand (Ice), therefore I will state with that assumption that for you Cold Beam is stronger than Comp on Ice-weak monsters." Ah, should've put in that bit too xD I know that Beam would be stronger with the wand ^^

crazydip 07/09/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

PreludeMage said: " Ah, should've put in that bit too xD I know that Beam would be stronger with the wand ^^" even neutral because of cold beams superior speed ^^

tyrant2900 07/09/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ive edited my post on page 1.

TheLeg4cy Jul 09 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

heidik3 said: "Ah, I see. Response to TheLeg4cy: As you stated, mobbing is one of the reason why Seal should be maxed. So why shouldn't ice strike be maxed? Or is it one of the obvious ones? lol. Response to SourDonut/KyleMatthew: What are the benefits of maxing out slow? Response to crazydip: Aren't there left over skill points if Ts/comp isn't maxed? If so, where will the rest of the points go?" I'm sorry I didn't clarify. Ice Strike is obviously maxed out. It's our only new mobbing move and it should be maxed ASAP. Oh and one thing you should know. Comp is made up of 2 elements, Obviously. It cannot have its full potentials as Ice or Thunder alone. On monsters that are weak to either Ice or Lightning, Comp will do at a Multiplication rate of 1.25 (Yes it's weaker than a single element alone.) If the monster is resistant to the desired Element, Either Ice or lightning, It'll be reduced to .75 so instead of the Ice portion from a comp hitting a Blue Wyvern, It won't be reduced to half . Instead It gets reduced to .75 of its power. Example : (I'll use small numbers though it is quite impossible to hit these numbers so that you'll get the picture.) Hit 100 on a neutral Enemy, Meaning it's not weak to neither Ice nor Lightning, so it hits its full potential. But hit a Blue Wyvern, and It'll hit 75. Hopefully that made sense. With Cold Beam alone, It would hit 50. There are Cons and Pros to Composition but they're not that bad or good.

heidik3 07/09/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Ah, I understand. Thank you for the help.