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Forgive my ignorance, but gtgt

As a Bishop, I do my best to keep the members of my party buffed by cycling through the map rather than being a rope/ladder hugger. Well, lots of times it seems that people I recently buffed are coming to me asking for re-buffs, yet, I can see that from my last cast, there's still another ~20 or so seconds for the duration. My question: are these people being impatient or does that skill that lengthens buff duration only effect ourselves and not those were are buffing (eg. my HS lasts longer on me than it does on them)?

edit: Not sure what the funny letters in the title are. >_<

April 10, 2013

9 Comments • Newest first

nc4228

The buff mastery only affects u. Ur party member's buffs could have run out long ago especially if U only have 20 sec left on ur buffs.

Reply April 12, 2013
jolteon7

buff mastery makes infinity more useful.
there are these weird things called clocks and timers that you can use to keep track of the last time you buffed if you are that concerned.
or just buff people when they asked for it...

Reply April 10, 2013
sevenofnine

[quote=hyhfct]What is gtgt? XD it made me laugh so hard for some reason.[/quote]

I dunno why that happened. I had put an ellipsis there... >_> Glad you got a chuckle out of it.

Back on topic, if the M.Att is passive, then I think I'll keep Buff Mastery off during party training and simply just bug others to recast HB, Haste, etc. and let them see how crappy if feels to be treated like a buff mule hehehe

Reply April 10, 2013
Lohd

What is gtgt? XD it made me laugh so hard for some reason.

Reply April 10, 2013
Jachy

@Hosanna: WTF, dude? o.o

[url=http://www.basilmarket.com/MapleStory-Bishop-Skills.html#Buff-Mastery]Magic Mastery[/url] increases Magic Attack [b][i]permanently![/i][/b] The only active skill you get when using it is the buff duration increase. That's all. So, unless you don't mind being asked to HS everytime your party members' is about to expire; or you're really good at timing, don't use it.

@sevenofnine: However, it does have its benefits, which are just a few, but there they are. For instance, as some other people have said, it increases the duration of certain buffs which are kind of helpful. That'll all depend on your playstyle.

Reply April 10, 2013 - edited
GoXDS

because it would make our Buffs even better than they already are. Infinity benefits greatly from Buff Mastery. T&C lasts 15 min (YAY) and Knight's Watch (very useful)
*cough* it affect Epic Adventure (even though Hypers aren't supposed to be affected). so 90 secs as opposed to 60 seconds of fun fun.

Reply April 10, 2013 - edited
JustAnotherUser

@Hosanna
Buff mastery's magic attack is passive. But I agree with you, I get annoyed to have my buffs with such a short duration and I dont mind recasting at around 60% of the buff's duration to keep party members buffed as well.

Reply April 10, 2013 - edited
sevenofnine

That's what I was suspecting. Seems like a pointless skill in a party. WTF Nexon. -_-" Let's hope they change it so it affects your "outgoing" buffs.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Reply April 10, 2013 - edited
Jachy

Buff Mastery only works for you so I'd advice you not to use it when you're in a party. That way, your skills will have the same duration as your party's.

Reply April 10, 2013 - edited