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Fire or Ice?
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:28 pm
by Core Collapse
Hey there, so my goal is to level a class to end game, and I've been trying out all the different classes just to see how they've changed since I last played.
I finally got it narrowed down to mage. Rogue was a very close second, but I'm not fond of waiting 5 months to get full DL, much less EDL.
I've got a list of questions, and am trying to figure out what the best leveling build is. I have good gear, and 200 xp lixes ready to go. My goal is to not have to spam resto pots all the time (maybe 5 per lix tops) and to be able to do good damage.
I will be grouping when I can, although when I can't I'll be soloing.
Here's my list of questions:
Fire or Ice?
Attunement or lure?
Eshield or Eboost, or split?
That's about all I wanted to know, actually. Thanks!
Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:04 pm
by SubZ3ro
You should try fire and ice for a few lvls to see what you like more, you will also want to use attune and lure, not just one, and definitely eshield. Mages have paper armour so it is needed. I will try giving you some more info later but I gtg for now because I'm in a rush

Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:53 pm
by Perky
"Hee" clannie! :p
Just lets group up when we are both online and I'll help you around. I'm very glad to see you like the mage

Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:14 pm
by Core Collapse
"Hee" clannie! :p
Just lets group up when we are both online and I'll help you around. I'm very glad to see you like the mage

Hee! Thank you

Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:23 am
by paggasquid
Fire definitely for leveling. Switch to ice when you have proper cd reduction gear and tons of ice magic, Ice mayb be better for a bossing build at end-game, but in general fire is the way to go when you want to level.
Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:36 am
by Armo
Fire is much better at bosses... Not sure how you determined that ice is better.
Just like you determining that you don't want to play a rogue due to difficulty of gearing, same applies to ice mages. There are less of them (that I've seen at least), therefore finding ice gear would be easier.
Also, use both attune and lure. If you don't have points for both you're doing something wrong.
Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:23 pm
by LoneHawk
I agree with SubZ3ro, try both Fire and Ice for a few weeks. I am an ice mage and have been from day one and love it
But to answer you questions:
Fire or Ice? Just a preference, I prefer ice because there are few ice mages. Working together, a good fire and ice mage produce very good dmg to the enemy.
Attunement or lure? Both!! I keep attune maxed with lure just above half.
Eshield or Eboost, or split? I prefer e-shield just for the reason stated by SubZ3ro, we have horrible armour.
As far as leveling, I have never really had an issue with it being an ice mage and I have leveled solo often.
Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:03 pm
by Core Collapse
I agree with SubZ3ro, try both Fire and Ice for a few weeks. I am an ice mage and have been from day one and love it
But to answer you questions:
Fire or Ice? Just a preference, I prefer ice because there are few ice mages. Working together, a good fire and ice mage produce very good dmg to the enemy.
Attunement or lure? Both!! I keep attune maxed with lure just above half.
Eshield or Eboost, or split? I prefer e-shield just for the reason stated by SubZ3ro, we have horrible armour.
As far as leveling, I have never really had an issue with it being an ice mage and I have leveled solo often.
Yes, I tested fire and ice and liked both. I prefer fire, because with my gear I can 1 shot 1* things my level (80) without the long cool down. Ice was cool, but evades were too common and much more devastating that with fire, and I have both fire and ice maxed. I also already have a fire aggy book so I'm sticking to fire for now.
Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:04 pm
by Core Collapse
Fire is much better at bosses... Not sure how you determined that ice is better.
Just like you determining that you don't want to play a rogue due to difficulty of gearing, same applies to ice mages. There are less of them (that I've seen at least), therefore finding ice gear would be easier.
Also, use both attune and lure. If you don't have points for both you're doing something wrong.
I'm using both lure and attune, but I chose fire. Yes, slightly harder to gear than ice, but at the same time, easier than rogue or warrior, due to a smaller population.
Re: Fire or Ice?
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:28 am
by jacthelegit
Fire is good but if you really want to save on restos, partner lvling might not be bad idea.