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Breaking the Cycle

Made an Evan because I will have my Shad at 200 very soon, wanted to try something completely new to me. Im the kind of mapler that punches and stabs monsters and bosses, decided to break that cycle with a mage, and why not pick the one with the dragon right? Can you give me any advice, I've already read build guides, and i know where and how to train, just you know, things that evans have to pay attention to and what would be the reccomended staff/wand of choice, stuff like that. thank you for your help

: as far as funding goes, i already have rising sun equips for the evan cause of the chill thrill/ virtue event that passed, along with how easy it is to get gallants in PvP, i dont have any mage gear, staffs/wands, should i go empress or is there better alternatives?

October 10, 2012

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WingDrow

[quote=Jasonbird1]thanks for the help, and yeah youve answered most of the things i needed to know. to WingDrow - the champion gear, can it be potentialed? i did see the set bonuses on it, but thats like 30 coins each equip and 10 coins each scroll right? and could i use reg armor for luk/int scrolls i got from renegade or azwan.[/quote]

I was answering from the point of view of an evan who started from scratch in other world and has no fundings. Since you do have funds, You could get the set just for utility/until you have enough level. Still, they come with no potential, and for 12 coins, you can buy one single 25% scroll that adds 1 all stats and 2 m.att to any of the parts. I currently have a beloved 7 all stats / 8 m.att homecoming gloves which I don't really plan on replacing until i have like... 1b? I don't think that'll ever happen

To my understanding, even if they come with no potential, it doesn't say anywhere they can't be potentialed; Beware, though, of the failure rate

You'd better keep those scrolls you got on azwan, since homecoming set does have it's own set of scrolls. It would be a waste, since the coins aren't that hard to get

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Jasonbird1

i want to play for fun too, and the evan class looks like they are fun compared to other mages, but the whole mage path might be something i might really enjoy <3

Reply October 10, 2012
Jasonbird1

yeah, if i were to go empress, imma have to get real serious in bossing, so far a day of bossing can make me anywhere from 20-200mil (depending on what sells) ive seen empress wands but always perfected with 9% int or more i might have to self scroll, even if it wont be super godly like that. i dont mind buying karma coins, its just if i do that means i have to do at least 2-4 hours of overtime which equals me not mapling as much lol

the way i did my equips for my other chars, is from 130-140 i would only fight the Von leo jail boss, where in the box its frequently 1h/2h von leo scrolls 70%, commonly cheese/milk/power elixers, rarely potential scrolls and enhancement scrolls, and very rarely adv pot and aee. with that i was able to make a couple nice canes i ended up putting out there during the phantom craze and made a butt ton of mesos, i might do that again to afford staff and empress gear i need.

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Jasonbird1

i know, lol i have been doing my quests

Reply October 10, 2012
Jasonbird1

thanks for the help, and yeah youve answered most of the things i needed to know. to WingDrow - the champion gear, can it be potentialed? i did see the set bonuses on it, but thats like 30 coins each equip and 10 coins each scroll right? and could i use reg armor for luk/int scrolls i got from renegade or azwan. and to FearDaForce, thanks on the ele staff/wand. im not sure if i could go the empress route, maybe if i sold my rising sun equips i could but that means i wont have the luk for them, cause im going very low luk (maybe 35 cap). Im hoping in my CMYK alliance i can find one relatively cheap with nice stats (nothing really over 400-500m) im not really funded, but i do boss a lot, mostly zak, hilla, and von leo, so their drops make my funds.
what about bossing with my evan? for zak, what range and what lvl skills should i have b4 i start goin at it, and from that i could guess maybe 2k more range and +5 more skill points in those skills for von leo and hilla

Reply October 10, 2012
WingDrow

Staff/Wand does not matter, for that Evan is never affected for the attack speed on their weapons; it has a fixed attack speed.

Build guides... You can't possibly mess up anything, at least, till +100, just do the sp quests

With the event that is running right now, you can get a level 80 set that gives a nice buff on stats and attack/mattack. I'd suggest you to get it, and if you can, scroll the parts with the 25%s that Inkwell sells.

There's only one trouble with Evan; it requires NX for some skills, 3 in total, for 6k. 2 of them are just helpful in terms of damage output, but as a mage, you're looking for survival; That's where Magic Guard 20 enters. By default, Evan haves a cap of 5 in magic Guard, which means, you'll be squishy as hell. MG5 and 20 sure makes a difference; the possibility or not to boss early on, and the usage of potions.

I suggest you to do surveys to get at least 2k for Magic Guard, and to get a Jr Boogie familiar early on. Also, take advantage of any mana stealing buffs you could get, like the Evan Deck Card.

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