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Evan, I/l, or Battlemage

I just made a fighter and I still plan on playing phantom (when I'm rich enough to afford any of their stuff o.o), but I've been playing a pally since BB (finally hit 200) and I love him and all, but I kinda want a change of pace. I heard % int equip isn't too expensive, and I've always wanted a mage, so why not now? I just don't know which one I want to make. I'm considering Evans, I/L, and battlemages, and I'd like to know a couple of things. First of all, do they all just use empress equips, or do I need to get them ewands/staves? How are they with training and bossing? And are any of them more expensive than the others (not including any NX I'll have to buy for a battlemage or evan)?

Thanks in advance!

October 14, 2012

15 Comments • Newest first

IcicleArrows

@Sukoshiryu Who the hell is ICICLEBERRY? >__________________>

Yeah but DPM > DPS
You hit a lot more in total with ele than with empress, even if the numbers are smaller
Think of it like this: Empress --> 100k, Ele --> 80k
Empress 1 hit per sec = 100k
Ele 2 hit per sec = 160k
You get more overall, and those numbers are completely fake but it's an example.

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
Mystelteinn

[quote=marilanna]2 months is soon, but that's 2 months of sucking at bossing. Mreh.[/quote]

Once again, big words.

I can clean most bosses solo. Even if it's because of my funding, that just serves to show that with funding, it doesn't really matter which class you choose.

Even if some reach cap with less funding than other.

And ''sucking at boss'' doesn't factor our survivability, which is better than the 2 other mage classes mentionned here.

Anyways, it's up to OT. I already made my case in my last post.

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
punx

Get your stuff fast.. %int is gonna go up when luminous comes out

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
andygonzalez

evan !i have a evan not even funded he does already 180k and higher !

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
brent98

Battle Mage, There so fuun

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
marilanna

[quote=ClassOf12]How is this relevant when the revamp is almost definitely coming soon?[/quote]

2 months is soon, but that's 2 months of sucking at bossing. Mreh.

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
Mystelteinn

[quote=Zeratul02]@IcicleArrows: empress boss% > ele staff boss%[/quote]

Barely, and that's not even that you'd be draining slower and cornering mobs slower as well.

@OT : Up to you and your preferred playing style.

- Good unfunded char with insane mobility, decent party skills and good survivability? Evan
- Poor unfunded char with average mobility, good party skills, awesome survivability? Battle Mage
- Good-average char with average mobility, no ''useful'' party skills, good-average survivability? I/L mage.

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
ClassOf12

[quote=marilanna]Battle mages = speed is everything

Honestly, go with I/L or Evan, Battle mages suck monkey balls at dealing good 1v1 damage without funding right now.

[b]Pre-revamp, even hitting cap on FB+Tele just barely catches up to the speed of CL.[/b][/quote]

How is this relevant when the revamp is almost definitely coming soon?

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
marilanna

[quote=Zeratul02]@IcicleArrows: empress boss% > ele staff boss%[/quote]

Battle mages = speed is everything

Honestly, go with I/L or Evan, Battle mages suck monkey balls at dealing good 1v1 damage without funding right now.
Pre-revamp, even hitting cap on FB+Tele just barely catches up to the speed of CL.

The "%INT is cheap" thing is only partially true; for more generic items 6~9%INT is cheaper yes, but once you start getting into the funded area mage items become increasingly rare. For example, on a black market site, I've seen dozens of %LUK and %DEX items and quitting sales, a handful of %STR, and maybe 3 or 4 %INT threads, one of which is mine.
Weapons aren't too bad though, I see quite a few Ele staffs and Empress wands/staffs.

Reply October 17, 2012 - edited
IcicleArrows

@Zeratul02
>is holding an empress staff
>not holding an ele staff

I wonder why.

Reply October 15, 2012 - edited
Zeratul02

ive funded my bam a lot and still sucks

Reply October 15, 2012 - edited
fyeflowlight

Evan! BaM are weak unless u r VERY WELL FUNDED - by that i mean heaps of %int and an awesome (perfect scrolled) ele staff. Yeah, there's revamp - but i still think evans are stronger when not-well funded.

Evan: empress is fine; BaM/IL: ele would be better if u can afford it.

Evans: Wands; BaMs: staves; I/l: either.

U need nx for evans, not for BaMs or I/L though. All other expenses should be quite the same (just %int and ma. equips etc.)

Reply October 15, 2012 - edited
rareboy112

Evan always wins

Reply October 14, 2012 - edited
snitchers

Battlemage since we get revamped soon

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