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Should I switch my Bishop to F/p or I/l?

I have a job advancement coin that expires tomorrow, and the only character that I would use it on is my Bishop. Should I switch to I/L or F/P? And should I switch him at all?

March 30, 2015

7 Comments • Newest first

123abt

FP is just a pure damage spike. I'm originally a bishop and when I switched, my damage output SHOT up. The only problem with FP is learning the mechanics of it and how to be good on one. I did lots of bossing as a support bishop for a FP a while back so I understood how they worked somewhat. Eventually youll learn the class,but youre not going to fully see the benefits of FP until you learn the DoT stacks and just the natural tendencies for that class. I/L is pretty much another variation of bishop with a different skill set. I have one just for fun and its just something new. Theres a lot more fun in I/L just because of how the skills are (CL or FO). If you're looking for something that just destroys everything go FP. If you just want to spice things up then I would highly suggest the I/L path.

Reply March 31, 2015
LightZero

Whether you wanna choose is what your type of play style is. Bishop - support, f/p- bossing, i/l - mobbing. Of course once they are all funded they are bossers.

I remember reading somewhere if you have a coin purse and keep the job coin inside the purse, it stays there expired forever so you can use whenever. Otherwise storage is a good way for keeping expiring items.

Reply March 31, 2015
rixworkwix

both need some what good control. f/p can be a really amazing class if you get really good with DoT to its full capabilities. currently testing it as a secondary main and...wow. the dps with power on his is surprisingly good. I am still not used to him control wise and im pretty sure im not using all DoT skills and I still cant use hypers, can only get better. iv seen some I/L videos and they have amazing dps and they fully excel if you can get skills off without dying. both are really fun. both classes though are not sit and spam atk classes. need to get their skills going to have fun. if that souns annoying just stick with bishop

Reply March 31, 2015
carlyxox

If you're planning on training and grinding to a high level (200+) then I would stick to Bishop. Bishop's are superior to any other mage when it comes to training because they receive an extra 50% experience just from their holy symbol and can easily solo and train efficiently with the proper range.

If you plan on bossing more than grinding, I would switch to either a FP or IL. FP>IL bossing wise. You can still boss efficiently on a bishop, but the other mages are superior in this field.

Reply March 30, 2015 - edited
Lohd

@Lecard I, personally, find Bishop more fun to play since I like to be in pts and provide support and grind and boss, since my bishop can actually do damage and not just sit there. I've also played f/p, the bossing abilities are amazing but it's not very fun in grinding since it's mobbing really sucks.

Reply March 30, 2015 - edited
Lecarde

@hyhfct: Which mage class do you think is more fun to play?

Reply March 30, 2015 - edited
Lohd

Stay as bishop if you intend on using it for hs/actually training it to be an amazing battle bishop Or you can change to f/p for bossing and whatnot.

Reply March 30, 2015 - edited