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Not sure I should keep use my E-staff

Hello. I am lvl 159 Battle Mage.

Currently I have two weapons.
-E-Staff 1 with 140. M.ATK (+4% Total Damage)
-Reverse Staff with 166 M.ATK (+4% Total Damage) ( I failed scrolling this staff but this is best of what I have )

Well, thanks to revamp I can stay on Body Boost Mode 90%of time. (Mechanic Cards and Mercedes Cards)
So their speed cap difference is 3 (24% attack speed differences) but as BB mode it is only 1 cap difference (8% attack speed differences)
On BB mode my DPS is similar
-E-staff 1: Range ~31k (+8% = 33.48k)
-Reverse : Range 34k

Should I keep continue to use my E-staff 1 or sell it to make some money?
Sorry for a weird question...I feel terrible that E-staff's speed cap doesn't get befit from BB

November 16, 2012

14 Comments • Newest first

HelpHan

[quote=Cthulhusama]Hmmm when I tested it out it seemed to be slow 8 just like the other staves actually.[/quote]

I also believed Reverse was (9) Slower but I don't see difference when I tested out as well

Reply November 19, 2012
Cthulhusama

[quote=Mystelteinn]Actually, your Reverse staff is 2 steps lower :

- Ele staves are Fast (4) reaching speed cap of Fastest(2) with Booster.
- Reverse staff is Slower (9) (even if in game it says slow), meaning with AYA (1), Booster (2), and BB (2), it reaches a speed of Fast (4), thus being 2 steps lower than an Ele staff.

I tested Reverse out myself and it does end up slower than all the other slow staves. Hidden-street also lists it at slower (9).[/quote]

Hmmm when I tested it out it seemed to be slow 8 just like the other staves actually.

Reply November 19, 2012
Mystelteinn

Actually, your Reverse staff is 2 steps lower :

- Ele staves are Fast (4) reaching speed cap of Fastest(2) with Booster.
- Reverse staff is Slower (9) (even if in game it says slow), meaning with AYA (1), Booster (2), and BB (2), it reaches a speed of Fast (4), thus being 2 steps lower than an Ele staff.

I tested Reverse out myself and it does end up slower than all the other slow staves. Hidden-street also lists it at slower (9).

Reply November 19, 2012
Psydei

I would sell the e-staff while still worth something, with hypers we're going to get perma BB and e-staves would be just as good as the others. I know we're not getting hypers for resistance any time soon, but in your particular case, with those cards you're pretty good to go.

Reply November 19, 2012
plxceo

[quote=WndyArcherzx]I bought my e staff 1 for 40m >.<[/quote]

To be kind, I'll buy it off you for 45m

Reply November 19, 2012
WndyArcherzx

I bought my e staff 1 for 40m >.<

Reply November 19, 2012
HelpHan

@SageModeLeaf
Well, you know I am unfunded and I refuse to put real money in to MapleStory so it is OK, but thanks for the offer

Thanks for comments everybody. I decided to keep my E-staff 1 a bit longer

Reply November 17, 2012
warner1112

Sup HelpHan....and keep your ele staff. try and get yourself a lv 163 so that when u reach that level u can have a strong staff. If your funded in real life money or mesos, i can recommend u in a GM service by a friend. He is legit.

Reply November 16, 2012
Matie14

You should make some Witch's Stew while you can. You can make around 200mil for selling 100. It's time consuming but that's really good money.

Reply November 16, 2012
HelpHan

Thanks for great comments everybody.
I feel like wasted 1 mil buying E-Staff 1 about 6months ago haha.....curse you speed cap....

Well, my E-staff 1 is doing similar DPS to my crappy reverse and was thinking of selling E-staff 1 to make some money (I am poor) if my E-staff no longer useful for me.

Hope I find Empress Staff soon too

Reply November 16, 2012
Matie14

Sell E-Staff and use money to upgrade other things. Thats what I would do

Reply November 16, 2012
j1mm13valadez

Well it seems like your reverse is better even with the 8% decrease, I'd suggest using an e staff if possible but if not use whatever is going to give you the highest dps that you can afford. it's not a big difference anymore since we have body boost on almost all the time now. I'm going to be switching over to my empress soon and use it along with decent si to stay at speed cap :-P

Reply November 16, 2012
HelpHan

[quote=MyTiramisu]Isn't reverse a slow weapon? Wait....doesn't staff booster + BB only give + 4 speed? Or am I wrong here? Anyways I personally enjoy attacking faster, your choice.[/quote]

During BB mode we get +5 Speed bonus (Booster (2) + Yellow Aura (1) + BB (2) ) and in BB mode E-staff is only 1 speed faster than slow staff (8%)

Anyway I am still considering which staff to use haha but thanks for comment
And I am not even sure what I wrote on my thread lol.....

Reply November 16, 2012
MyTiramisu

Isn't reverse a slow weapon? Wait....doesn't staff booster + BB only give + 4 speed? Or am I wrong here? Anyways I personally enjoy attacking faster, your choice.

Reply November 16, 2012