How do I improve my range?
Hey guys. Ive been training my BaM for a while now and have reached level 135. I want to focus on damage now since I plan on bossing more often. I have ~ 300m right now to spend so what is the best way for me to improve my range?
I have a 6% int belt, a 6% int earring, the BT Ring, an Empress Staff(clean), 4% int overalls and 6% int shoes. Thats about it. Is there any way to improve this by buying stuff or hunting for them? Thanks
July 22, 2014
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@PatuSan: Well, if you read what I wrote thats one easy way, but you could always take advantage of the character slots nexon gives from time to time, and make yourself some link skills, thats an easy and good way to increase your range by ALOT. Now a good way to increase your range ( if your not a mage) would be your character deck, have 3 warriors in one of your decks, that affect + kaisers lv2 link skill is amazing. you could also scroll your weapon with spell traces ( the 70% ones) ofc fafnir would be a different story. Anyways the reason I say scroll your weapon is because your weapon pretty much is a HUGE factor to not only your range, but to how much bonus damage you get from your other equips.
Why does every thread in this forum become a mark24 vs everyone thread? Its sad. Anyways, thanks to everyone that gave me constructive advice. Im going to play my
BaM because I have more link characters on it and it is more fun
[quote=rangelord]Ayush, If you can buy cracked or solid gollux pendant, and a solid belt, thats a decent damage boost regardless of how you see it. In my server they go for about 15m ea, nobody wants em so they sell pretty cheap. After that, you can and should get an empress set.
all that should boost your range to kill hilla twice a day, for a slow income. Once your 150, do the pres with gollux, and see if you can do easy gollux. in 15 days you can make either 1b, or save that superior ring for yourself. You can also buy the solid ring to go along with your belt/pend.
Do commerci as well, it will take awhile, but when you get the tattoo, you got your face accessory right there. by default you should get 7% of a stat. if your lucky 10%. if you want use spell traces 70% on your empress weapon, its good for people who are limited on funds, in this case you are, but try to use prots if you plan on using that weapon for a long time. These are just the little things that make a decent difference in your range.
If you can't seem to do gollux alone for some odd reason get a friend to come along with you, if your on the same map and they pick up a coin, its shared.[/quote]
where were you when I used to play maplestory..
having a friend that offered advice is something you don't see nowadays.
@mark24
nobody has time 4 dat.
@Proxyied: too much bs in this post. not even gonna post an actual response.
@Draception: I got my Evan 1-190 in a day. Evan have the best mage dps at less than 2mil range. Evan hit cap at 1.3mil range with a decent amount of boss.(mine will cap) Evan isn't even my top 3 favorite mage yet I'm biased? so many trolls on basil who cant deal with their class' flaws/ lack of balance. My fave mage is il just fyi...(2nd fave is luminous -__-)
[quote=mark24]Nah I was wrong on elemental reset. Also I feel luminous is a better class than I thought it was but you probably need way more range on luminous to solo bosses like chaos vellum than you do on fp or evan. I might play luminous now if I can find a good shining rod.
I probably know more about mages than you do and way more about the classes in general if your an average basiler. I know a lot about all the classes from playing just about all of them, researching them, looking at their skills, youtubing them, talking to others about them, etc. You are a fool saying I know little to nothing about the classes when ive made nearly all of them to 150+. I had a luminous lv 175, deleted it for my mark24 ign.[/quote]
Do NOT play Luminous. While you have said a ton of ignorant remarks about how bad other classes are, you were spot on about the terribleness of Lumis.
@mark24: Evans are the slowest at leveling compared to every other mage.
Their dps sucks.
Stop talking you're simply spit biased and false information that has to proof to justify it either.
This conversation was done long ago, yet your ignorant self still decides to continue it.
Get a life fool.
[quote=SaucyMoose]@mark24: Clearly cannot handle being told you'e wrong, as other posters have said, I'm just going to ignore your ignorant remarks about classes you know little to nothing about.[/quote]
Nah I was wrong on elemental reset. Also I feel luminous is a better class than I thought it was but you probably need way more range on luminous to solo bosses like chaos vellum than you do on fp or evan. I might play luminous now if I can find a good shining rod.
I probably know more about mages than you do and way more about the classes in general if your an average basiler. I know a lot about all the classes from playing just about all of them, researching them, looking at their skills, youtubing them, talking to others about them, etc. You are a fool saying I know little to nothing about the classes when ive made nearly all of them to 150+. I had a luminous lv 175, deleted it for my mark24 ign.
@mark24: Clearly cannot handle being told you'e wrong, as other posters have said, I'm just going to ignore your ignorant remarks about classes you know little to nothing about.
[quote=SaucyMoose]Luminous damage is not halved at bosses, we have a form of ele reset called Arcane pitch which lowers monster resistances by 100%. (this is not pdr, pdr is seperate) just another example of you knowing nothing about the classes you rag on.
the magician classes which lack a form of elemental reset are as follows: Bishop, Kanna, Beast Tamer, and BattleMage.[/quote]
I know what that skill is. I was told it gave def ignore. ima go play luminous now. I admit its the best class. it has apocalypse wtf the other mage got? gg.
[quote=mark24]ender sucks in gms because of the equilibrium cooldown. that is why gms luminous isn't good at bossing. in kms you cant control when you change to light or dark but the cd is much shorter on equailibrium so you can spam ender much more often. in gms you can control your light or dark so you can train much faster by staying in light but there is a much much longer cd on equilibrium. That's the reason why I am not playing luminous atm. that and no elemental reset on luminous.[/quote]
Luminous damage is not halved at bosses, we have a form of ele reset called Arcane pitch which lowers monster resistances by 100%. (this is not pdr, pdr is seperate) just another example of you knowing nothing about the classes you rag on.
the magician classes which lack a form of elemental reset are as follows: Bishop, Kanna, Beast Tamer, and BattleMage.
[quote=Proxyied]@unfundedGod he is just biased and immature. Let him think what he wants.
@mark24 yeah Evans are the best whatever.. Just get out of the battle mage thread man lol. No one asked for you and your superb Evan...-.-
Evans have good attack but don't compare with mages such as fire poison or luminous. And
As @draception said there is a skill the luminous has called equalize..
Mark, you don't know everything about mages...[/quote]
I am not biased at all Lol you are a troll. I have 0 invested in any mage besides il. I/l and luminous are my favorite mages... (ive got like every explorer...)
get outa here with your luminous references. Luminous is not a top tier bossing class. I know about equalize fool. wow, that's hilarious... Guess what the cooldown is so long on equilibrium that it doesn't even matter than luminous have equalize they are still bad. LOL! Luminous was the best training mage but now with hoh gone it can be argued that evan is better because of the range of flamewheel at stronghold.
fp is just as average as the other mages until you are 2mil+ range spamming near cap paralyze with your dots. ME is overrated at dojo, at bosses it may be more powerful id need to look into it. Evans do alot damage tho with the same gears are much easier to play and have more reliable damage than a ME fp.
fp and evan are the only great bossing mages. I recommend evan for all under 2mil range tho because its easier to get damage, more stable damage, easier to play/boss with and does better in dojo at less than that range. Also levels way faster.(you cannot do open job advancement on a mage or you will permantly lose 25%+ of your total mp pool)
I don't know everything about anything but I know a lot more than a lot of you about the jobs in maplestory.
@Toxicpanda did you forget about elemental reset and range vs melee. also your comparing 2 of bams attacks to 1 of evans?...
What I think is funny is that this dude seems to change classes every couple days.
Btw, you can say that Evans are better but I can out damage an evan on my bam who has a larger clean range than me. The auras we have put us at a major advantage.
@UnfundedGod: evan do the same damage as bam and get the same dojo time with half the range and has elemental reset so kills endgame bosses faster. If your gear is worth like 10,000$ then maybe your bam will be better when you can hit 50mils on chaos ra bosses with like 5mil+ range but you still wont dojo much faster than an 1.5mil range evan.
Evans do high dmg, but is limited by the number of lines. You can hit cap, but you'll be outscaled by other mages with similar range as they hit more lines. Example: Evan with 2m range vs BaM with 2m range (my situation), Evan can hit 5 lines on blaze 50m per line, 250m total. BaM 20m on fb (6lines), 30m on BkB (7lines) at 2m range= 330m per combo. The BaM dmg is based off of my BaM who does have 2m-2m (just reached it recently so it wont be over 2m by that much). Evan will out damage all of the mages at a low range but at around 900-1.1m range Evan starts to become outscaled by other mages. I've played both BaM and Evan, each with more than 1m range on each, I can testify to how strong these mages are.
[quote=mark24]wonder why nexon is buffing il mage and bam in kmst? guess they are doing it for the lols. yep you guys are all right. all mages are god tier and can get 4min dojo just fine. no problems soloing chaos vellum for the mage class. int just cheap cus people feeling trolly.[/quote]
Well whether they buff them or not, they are better than evan but what do I care. Kinda hard explaining to someone that's just trying to prove that the class he chose was a good one.
[quote=UnfundedGod]I'm surprised this dude hasn't gotten muted yet, kinda funny lol
Anyways I'd recommend getting full gollux solid/reinforced, then go for RA set. From there do basic stuff like get some cubes and and try to get %int on all your gear. On top of that use events to do just about everything else.
Wish you luck! [/quote]
wonder why nexon is buffing il mage and bam in kmst? guess they are doing it for the lols. yep you guys are all right. all mages are god tier and can get 4min dojo just fine. no problems soloing chaos vellum for the mage class. int just cheap cus people feeling trolly.
I'm surprised this dude hasn't gotten muted yet, kinda funny lol
Anyways I'd recommend getting full gollux solid/reinforced, then go for RA set. From there do basic stuff like get some cubes and and try to get %int on all your gear. On top of that use events to do just about everything else.
Wish you luck!
@cilverx4: I will do what I want, not what you tell me to do. Who do you think you are? you seriously think I am going listen to you? lmfao. I don't care who gets mad at me for stating the obvious, most the mage classes have pretty weak single target damage and damage overall using gear with similar stats compared to the top tier thief/archer/warrior and that's not a secret. Evan isn't like the rest of the mage though and does good damage when compared to the other strong classes, its only weakness is damage cap but that doesn't matter unless you can fund past 2mil range.(if you can you can obviously afford psoks) Also unlike all the other mage fp actually has high single target damage potential if it is funded hard enough(past 2.5mil range) but even the best fp ive seen cannot get a 4min dojo time like many thief, warrior, and archer can. Fp doesn't dojo much better than an il mage without max funding, they are both slow with less than 2mil range and il is slow even with.(no frost orb glitch) That's why I xfered to evan until I get close to 2mil range.
[quote=mark24]@Draception: sure. whatever makes you feel better.
@rabbitman897
post some examples.[/quote]
You're a clown dude. Stop running your mouth.
i would suggest buying reinforced gollux pendant [ the price has gone down a lot from when it first came out ]
and a full mage empress set for beginners, nothing complicated.
it should boost it up with the added set bonus
@Draception: sure. whatever makes you feel better.
@rabbitman897
post some examples.
@Proxyied: @Draception: Both of you should just stop arguing with him. There is no winning with this guy. He posts contradictory and hypocritical things in every single thread about BaMs to start fights and it's best to just ignore him.
@mark24: There is a hyper skill called equalize, which allows you to force yourself into equilibrium mode so your argument is invalid.
With % Buff duration, lumi's are based god.
[quote=Proxyied]@mark24 ok.. You're still not in a position to talk because you can't get passed a 700k range lool. You're talking about other people having 1.5m ranges and other crap while you are struggling yourself to get to 200 and to even get to a 1 mill range. Please don't post on a thread when you dont know what you are talking about. As for your fire poison mage, maybe you just are not that good lol. And for your server, don't whine about the server you are in. You chose your server. And that's no excuse lol. You can get a high range in any world you choose to be in. Such sad excuses man. As for your Evan and other crap you're saying, post a video or a screenshot. Because you're lying. Evans do not beat fire poisons in bossing in anyyyy aspect lol. Also, another reason why you may suck, is because you don't know how to play a fire poison mage lol.[/quote]
who says im struggling to get 200? I just made a 200 il in 3weeks. I just did 1-190 in 24 hours on evan. I cant get past 700k range? did you not read about my gear being clean and me waiting for cs scrolls so I could double my range? Did I mention I started from scratch less than 2months ago? I don't know what im talking about? I think your the one who doesn't know crap. I am not whining about my server, I am saying don't talk about my range when u are playing in the "everything 50% off server" known as scania, I am still going to hit cap on this evan regardless. You can think I just spent 60k psoking from fp to evan for no reason if you want to. Some people don't listen and don't change their opinions no matter what you tell them, you are one of those guys so im'a stop arguing with you.
[quote=rangelord]Ayush, If you can buy cracked or solid gollux pendant, and a solid belt, thats a decent damage boost regardless of how you see it. In my server they go for about 15m ea, nobody wants em so they sell pretty cheap. After that, you can and should get an empress set.
all that should boost your range to kill hilla twice a day, for a slow income. Once your 150, do the pres with gollux, and see if you can do easy gollux. in 15 days you can make either 1b, or save that superior ring for yourself. You can also buy the solid ring to go along with your belt/pend.
Do commerci as well, it will take awhile, but when you get the tattoo, you got your face accessory right there. by default you should get 7% of a stat. if your lucky 10%. if you want use spell traces 70% on your empress weapon, its good for people who are limited on funds, in this case you are, but try to use prots if you plan on using that weapon for a long time. These are just the little things that make a decent difference in your range.
If you can't seem to do gollux alone for some odd reason get a friend to come along with you, if your on the same map and they pick up a coin, its shared.[/quote]
I do have some empress equips lined up so I guess I will use them. Also, do you recommend using a Gollux belt or a 4% int belt? What range is required to kill Gollux? Thanks alot
[quote=Proxyied]@mark24 yeah.. You don't know what you're talking about man.. You apparently don't know the mage class either..Fp is amazing in dojo. Luminous, not so much but they are a lot better now. Evan definitely is not more powerful than a fire poison mage at the same funding lool. A fp mage can hit cap with a 700k range. You're at a 400k range so you're in No position to be saying rude things like that to other people lol.[/quote]
my fp was 700k range with 200% boss. im pretty sure it wasn't hitting cap... my fp with those stats got around an 11 minute dojo. I am expecting around a 7minute dojo with the same on evan.(both self buffed without mpe pot) mist eruption hits similar numbers as blaze and illusion but it is much slower to cast especially in dojo.
I am at 400k range after xfering gears and making my evan 185 in less than 24 hours. I don't see how that's bad. One reason my range is so low on evan is because evan has % magic att and not arcane aim's total damage.(im at 75% magic att) I have very low magic attack because I have not had a chance to use cash shop scrolls to perfect scroll my gear. All of my gear is clean besides 1 of my pendants...
also don't talk about my range coming from scania. 700k on my server is like the same as getting 1.5mil in your server. Our stuff is a little more rare and expensive...
Also 400k range evan outdamages 700k range of any explorer mage at stronghold and in dojo.(without frost orb glitch)
I did a 15min dojo with less than 300k range on my evan on lv 150.(my fp is level 200 with hypers and maxed skills)
[quote=Draception]Ender dear, ender.[/quote]
ender sucks in gms because of the equilibrium cooldown. that is why gms luminous isn't good at bossing. in kms you cant control when you change to light or dark but the cd is much shorter on equailibrium so you can spam ender much more often. in gms you can control your light or dark so you can train much faster by staying in light but there is a much much longer cd on equilibrium. That's the reason why I am not playing luminous atm. that and no elemental reset on luminous.
[quote=mark24]@Draception: fp and lumi suck at dojo.(fp sucks with less than max range) luminous sucks at bossing and is only good at training.(kewra is like max funded yet still cant solo chaos vellum, he solos the same bosses a 1.5mil evan solos)
evan is the best mage for bossing and dojo unless you are over 2mil range. then that would be paralyze spam fp mage. I have them all and tested it myself as well as researched it and talked to other mage mains about their classes.
luminous is the best training mage but is a weak bosser.(gms version) evan is the 2nd best training mage tho, I am 1shotting stronghold mobs with barely 400k range. My il couldn't even do that with chain lightning at 650k+ range, same with fp paralyze.[/quote]
Ender dear, ender.
@Draception: fp and lumi suck at dojo.(fp sucks with less than max range) luminous sucks at bossing and is only good at training.(kewra is like max funded yet still cant solo chaos vellum, he solos the same bosses a 1.5mil evan solos)
evan is the best mage for bossing and dojo unless you are over 2mil range. then that would be paralyze spam fp mage. I have them all and tested it myself as well as researched it and talked to other mage mains about their classes.
luminous is the best training mage but is a weak bosser.(gms version) evan is the 2nd best training mage tho, I am 1shotting stronghold mobs with barely 400k range. My il couldn't even do that with chain lightning at 650k+ range, same with fp paralyze.
[quote=mark24]@Draception: evans hit cap with 1.5mil range and like 250% boss. unless you are going to fund a different mage to 2mil+ evan is by far the best mage to fund. its not like its hard to psok gears... just cost like 5bil which isn't much to someone with max range.[/quote]
F/p's and Lumis are the best lol Evans dps can't compare.
@Draception: evans hit cap with 1.5mil range and like 250% boss. unless you are going to fund a different mage to 2mil+ evan is by far the best mage to fund. its not like its hard to psok gears... just cost like 5bil which isn't much to someone with max range.
Ayush, If you can buy cracked or solid gollux pendant, and a solid belt, thats a decent damage boost regardless of how you see it. In my server they go for about 15m ea, nobody wants em so they sell pretty cheap. After that, you can and should get an empress set.
all that should boost your range to kill hilla twice a day, for a slow income. Once your 150, do the pres with gollux, and see if you can do easy gollux. in 15 days you can make either 1b, or save that superior ring for yourself. You can also buy the solid ring to go along with your belt/pend.
Do commerci as well, it will take awhile, but when you get the tattoo, you got your face accessory right there. by default you should get 7% of a stat. if your lucky 10%. if you want use spell traces 70% on your empress weapon, its good for people who are limited on funds, in this case you are, but try to use prots if you plan on using that weapon for a long time. These are just the little things that make a decent difference in your range.
If you can't seem to do gollux alone for some odd reason get a friend to come along with you, if your on the same map and they pick up a coin, its shared.
[quote=mark24]evan
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Evans suck, they're useless to fund rn.
There are only about 3 actual funded evans in Scania.
I just checked, they are going for 100m a pop minimum. Will the Scarlet Crusader Rings and Shoulder suffice till then? I can use a Deputy Star as well instead of the tempest pendant.
if the its 6% INT then probably around 50m in windia
I don't want an evan but thanks.
Also, how much would those tempest items cost?
evan
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If you do MPE you can easily get a 4% hat and gloves. Also a 6% tempest pendant and shoulder should be cheap to get.
I am leveling but I need to know what gear I should be focusing on in the future, thats why I want to get the items right now
honestly at ur level there's no point in worrying about bossing. Heck you don't even have all ur attack skills yet...BKB is awesome. Focus on leveling atm