RanmaruStyle #Battlemage Talk

General Battlemage

Slow Staves are good. Not only are Battle Mages still pretty fast, but I think its completely pointless to keep a staff from level 65 with its crap M.Att when you're level 90. I use a slow staff and I hit just fine. Elemental Staves are good, but only if you can afford them. If you can't, you're better off using a scrolled slow staff. It doesn't make your dps any lower since its stronger. And Yellow Aura + Booster make a huge difference. [url=http://channel.pandora.tv/channel/video.ptv?ch_userid=cige16&prgid=39640200&categid=2955770&page=2]S/he's using a slower staff and soloed Zakum in 10 mins.[/url] I'm just getting tired of people saying you HAVE to use a faster staff in order to be a good Battle Mage. Its all preference and

General Battlemage

Slow Staves are good. Not only are Battle Mages still pretty fast, but I think its completely pointless to keep a staff from level 65 with its crap M.Att when you're level 90. I use a slow staff and I hit just fine. Elemental Staves are good, but only if you can afford them. If you can't, you're better off using a scrolled slow staff. It doesn't make your dps any lower since its stronger. And Yellow Aura + Booster make a huge difference. [url=http://channel.pandora.tv/channel/video.ptv?ch_userid=cige16&prgid=39640200&categid=2955770&page=2]S/he's using a slower staff and soloed Zakum in 10 mins.[/url] I'm just getting tired of people saying you HAVE to use a faster staff in order to be a good Battle Mage. Its all preference and

General Battlemage

Booster > Drain. Drain is capped. Seriously, its not a good skill and people should quit encouraging newbie BMs to put 9 Drain 14 Booster or whatever. Other reasons courtesy of these 2 guys: [quote=TikeyMasta]Hitting high is actually quite easy for BaMs once you max Battle Mastery. The problem is the the cap on Blood Drain ignores all HP bonuses, so buffs and equips don't matter. Here's what happens with level 3 Blood Drain, since I'm already hitting the healing cap: [url=http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/Mega_Tikey/Maple%20Story%20Screenshots/Maple0035-2.jpg]367 HP healed with no HP equips.[/url] (3678 HP, this is my base) [url=http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/Mega_Tikey/Maple%20Story%20Screenshots/Maple0036-3.jpg]367 HP healed