Usefulness of MP Eater in 4th job?

basilmarket.com forums : I/L Wizard to Arch Mage | 15 posts archived

thread starter walridge3 Jul 16 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

As a slowly-approaching-4th-job I/L mage, I'm running down to my last levels in 3rd job. So far I have maxed IS, Amp, 11 booster, 11 seal and max comp. I'll max seal by level 110, so I will have 11 booster, 0 p. resist and 0 thunder spear. Maxing booster leaves me at level 113 with maxed everything but partial resist and t spear. From 113 to 120, where should my remaining points go? 1 will probably go into partial resist, but in any case, I have 18 slow and 3 mp eater from 2nd job; 1 part resist and maxing slow leaves me at level 114, and then should I max MP eater or put points into t spear or partial resist from 114 onward? This is to say; is mp eater worth maxing out for 4th job? This is because I wonder if you'll get enough mp from mp eater to make it worth maxing.

sineater31 07/16/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Since you'll probably be using Blizzard a lot, I would think so, since the MP saved would add up over time. (But don't trust my word, I'm not an experienced ArchMage)

Todesser 07/16/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

max pr. hands down. Mpe is useless and 70% less dmg from e.g. pap is nice

frei468 07/16/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

MPE is useless while blizzing. I would suggest pr because you will take less damage. Though doing this also directly affects the amount of damage returned when you use mana reflection. PR will only be useful at bosses like pap and zak while mpe will be useless almost everywhere.

walridge3 07/16/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'm assuming then that from 114-120 (18 points) I'll put them all into partial resist, and 0 into TS since I'll get CL next level (I'm gonna get 1 blizzard, 1 CL and 1 MW).

icemage11 07/16/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hands down, TS is the most useless out of the 3. PR would only help you at Pap and Zakum, and MPE is pretty much unnoticeable while training. So I guess doesn't really matter which one.

twist 07/17/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I have MP eater, slow, and PR maxxed out. However, I don't have more then 8 points in my 3rd job skills... It's up to you, though, I've never found that I've needed them.

ccsballazdre 07/17/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Why have PR? Why would you be training at monsters that are Ice Lightning, when your Ice/Lightning?

walridge3 07/17/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ccsballazdre said: "Why have PR? Why would you be training at monsters that are Ice Lightning, when your Ice/Lightning?" I'll have at least 1 PR for Pap and Zakum, since they have lightning based attacks.

twist 07/17/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ccsballazdre said: "Why have PR? Why would you be training at monsters that are Ice Lightning, when your Ice/Lightning?" Because, it helps in situations like bossing.. and I didn't want either 3rd job attack.

SourDonut 07/18/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You guys have weird builds o_o 1 in PR since it already gives like 23% resistance, 1 in TS for the looks, and max slow+MP eater.

walridge3 07/18/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well the thing is that in 2nd job I had read about the builds from MSea and noticed that because of %-based pot usage in high levels, the MP eater skill becomes less and less useful. That's why I originally focused on a 3 MP Eater 18 slow build for 2nd job. However now that TS (and often Comp) are now recommended to have 0 points in, I don't know where my spare points will go to; Max PR, or try MP eater.

Athey 07/18/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Why would someone who freezes mobs get slow?

twist 07/18/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Athey said: "Why would someone who freezes mobs get slow?" bossing, love.

Chaos291 07/21/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

By 4th job you should have the following maxed: Ice Strike Amp Booster Composition or Thunder Spear Seal Slow from 2nd job Then you would also have 1 in PR and 1 in either composition or thunder spear (depending on which u didn't max) just for looks.