Equipment Question (MP over INT?)

[METDeath]

Well... since original post got messed up somehow, here goes... again...

Is it worth giving up my RSE body and an Electrum Hairpin for a Combat Caster's Cloak?

[Nodoka]

I take INT anyday. You really wont be running out of MP in a party, as more INT always helps to do more damage and get less resists. If you hit for more, and got less resists, you really wouldnt have to use as much mp. ^^

Although it still kinda depends on the amount of INT and MP. Some people like more MP, and thats fine. It all depends on your playing style.

[Stryyf]

yes int and MP you need both, my sugestion is test out how much man you need to keep a chain going and what not. so far i guess for me i can surive on about 450 mana, that is with 450 mana i could perform in my party the same as i do with 600+
So figure out what your number is and add 100 then what ever is left over can be traded out for int or elemental skill+ or other stat that you mayneed. This is my approach, allthough i don't have the gill to support it just yet, I will be losing a good amount of mana once i get the gil to upgrade a few items. but hopfuly my dmg will go way up.

[Taga]

Int does not effect resists.

1. Elemental Skill
2. Int
3. MP

[Arguile]

!00%

1)Elemental skill
2)Int
3)Mp

[METDeath]

Ah, well I've not seen any elemental skill up items that I can equip at 40, but I'll look into them when I can

[Taga]

Ice staff is at 51, start saving now :)

[AtraposBLM]

2 million gil. m(_ _)m

[METDeath]

goody... love HQ craft items SOOOOOOOOOO much

[Arguile]

I got my Ice Staff for 450 000gil on Kujata server. So it's not THAT hard to save up for.

A lot of high lvl blm's like to use the dark staff because of the +10 mp while resting bonus.

But i prefer the +10 elemental skill, to be honest.

[Lupin585]

That damn Ice staff is 600,000 Gil on my server x.o;; I figure by the time I wont need it anymore I'll have enough money for it. ;) The Aquilos Staff, which is Ice Staff +1 is 2,000,000 which I will never get in my lifetime as a Black Mage. Spells are already overpriced. -_-;

[OnimeNoKyo]

Ice Staff is like 1.2 - 1.5mill now in midgard -.-

OOT:
Is really midgardsormr the most overpriced server? :confused:

[xth]

Coming from Midgard to Leviathan...Yes Midgard is WAY overpriced on things compared to Levi

[shwiggy]

Probably because I'm hume the higher level I get the more I lean towards +MP and mp recovery gear and less about int, but I suppose that depends on your pt setup too. With all of the +enmity on my pld and -enmity on my gear it takes an insane amount of damage to even get the mob to look at my direction so firing off more damage spells is a priority of mine now. After one provoke and flash it takes over 1000 damage for a mob to come running at me even in the first 30 seconds after engage.

Rather than focus on my total damage I look at the speed at which we do xp chains, since it only ends when the whm is out of mp or we hit chain#5. I suppose a taru with 300 more mp than me doesn't have to worry about this though ;p

And God, stuff on Midgard is so expensive =(

[AtraposBLM]

yaaaay ice staff dropped 500-800k since I last played! Maybe by the time I get back to school and can play again it'll be under 1 million o.o

[riceburner4540]

A lot of high lvl blm's like to use the dark staff because of the +10 mp while resting bonus.

get both, switch off...ice staff for casting, dark staff for resting. it'll cost an arm and a leg but you'll be one uber blm ^_^;;. got the dark staff! working on ice...

[AtraposBLM]

yeah, that's what I tend to do. My plan is to get 2 astral rings (helps while leveling subs anyways) and wear them on the start of chains (only time I get the time to rest to full anyways), then switch to 2 zircons when I've used the extra MP they gave.

As far as switching between ice and dark staffs...I don't know if I have the time required to farm enough gil to make that feasible o.o

[Faluzure]

Originally posted by riceburner4540


get both, switch off...ice staff for casting, dark staff for resting. it'll cost an arm and a leg but you'll be one uber blm ^_^;;. got the dark staff! working on ice...

A good alternative to the Dark Staff (if you only care about the +10 MP resting) is the Master Caster's Pole. It's a Rank 7 CP item, but you can usually buy it for about 80K at the AH. However, level 71 required.

[riceburner4540]

yes, the master caster's pole is a great alternative to the dark staff for mp recovery because it is so much cheaper, but it is level 71 required...it would take quite a bit of time to get there. since dark staff is 51, i'll go with a dark staff :biggrin:

[Faluzure]

Originally posted by riceburner4540
yes, the master caster's pole is a great alternative to the dark staff for mp recovery because it is so much cheaper, but it is level 71 required...it would take quite a bit of time to get there. since dark staff is 51, i'll go with a dark staff :biggrin:

True.. but the price tag is $680,000 on my server. I can easily afford this, but can't justify +2 more MP regen for $600K over my staff.

[riceburner4540]

hey, if you're 71 or over, by all means go with the master caster's pole, as it will save you a great deal of money. but for lowbies like myself, i won't be able to use the master caster's pole for quite some time, so the dark staff is the ONLY option i have for faster mp regen.