Maerit
07-22-2017, 01:30 PM
So, I've been trying out UAC warmage for the past... 40 levels? It's been pretty great. The primary restriction is that I don't really hunt undead. However, I have 2x SA for the situation where I would want to hunt undead, but honestly have not tried bolting anything much at all.
This has raised some questions:
1. I am master in GoS, but feel like I'm getting little value from the society since I don't warcamp and get lots of padding from 520. I wear HCP double leathers + GoS sigil + 520 w/ +7 padding. This means I my warmage is "expertly" crit padded, which doesn't really add a lot of value because of crit randomization? I still get wrecked immediately by a higher level casting earthen fury despite all this padding. Also, I don't really use CMAN feint at all because my stamina is reserved for sigil maintenance. So, should I switch to Voln and make undead more "accessible"? Should I drop feint entirely and focus on passive CMANs?
2. Considering my limited use of bolts, I'm considering dropping spell aiming entirely and bolstering my Major Elemental CS, so I can make better use of 501 as a setup spell. Right now I can't ward things terribly well with MjE, even though I tried to keep 1x in MjE and have decent ranks in MnE as well (for 425). Does it make sense to keep spell aiming at this point? I could count the number of times I've bolted in the past week of hunting on a single hand... Of course, I just avoid undead in general, but if I had Voln I would have a mechanism of fighting them without needing bolts.
Here's my current skills @ 61 trains:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Armor Use..........................| 70 15 15
Combat Maneuvers...................| 163 63 63
Brawling...........................| 163 63 63
Physical Fitness...................| 163 63 63
Arcane Symbols.....................| 163 63 63
Magic Item Use.....................| 163 63 63
Spell Aiming.......................| 224 124 124
Harness Power......................| 161 61 61
Elemental Mana Control.............| 163 63 63
Elemental Lore - Air...............| 105 25 25
Elemental Lore - Earth.............| 105 25 25
Elemental Lore - Water.............| 25 5 5
Perception.........................| 50 10 10
Climbing...........................| 90 20 20
Swimming...........................| 50 10 10
Spell Lists
Major Elemental....................| 58 58
Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 38 38
Spell Lists
Wizard.............................| 22 22
If I drop spell aiming, I can gain 15 ranks of spells.
This has raised some questions:
1. I am master in GoS, but feel like I'm getting little value from the society since I don't warcamp and get lots of padding from 520. I wear HCP double leathers + GoS sigil + 520 w/ +7 padding. This means I my warmage is "expertly" crit padded, which doesn't really add a lot of value because of crit randomization? I still get wrecked immediately by a higher level casting earthen fury despite all this padding. Also, I don't really use CMAN feint at all because my stamina is reserved for sigil maintenance. So, should I switch to Voln and make undead more "accessible"? Should I drop feint entirely and focus on passive CMANs?
2. Considering my limited use of bolts, I'm considering dropping spell aiming entirely and bolstering my Major Elemental CS, so I can make better use of 501 as a setup spell. Right now I can't ward things terribly well with MjE, even though I tried to keep 1x in MjE and have decent ranks in MnE as well (for 425). Does it make sense to keep spell aiming at this point? I could count the number of times I've bolted in the past week of hunting on a single hand... Of course, I just avoid undead in general, but if I had Voln I would have a mechanism of fighting them without needing bolts.
Here's my current skills @ 61 trains:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Armor Use..........................| 70 15 15
Combat Maneuvers...................| 163 63 63
Brawling...........................| 163 63 63
Physical Fitness...................| 163 63 63
Arcane Symbols.....................| 163 63 63
Magic Item Use.....................| 163 63 63
Spell Aiming.......................| 224 124 124
Harness Power......................| 161 61 61
Elemental Mana Control.............| 163 63 63
Elemental Lore - Air...............| 105 25 25
Elemental Lore - Earth.............| 105 25 25
Elemental Lore - Water.............| 25 5 5
Perception.........................| 50 10 10
Climbing...........................| 90 20 20
Swimming...........................| 50 10 10
Spell Lists
Major Elemental....................| 58 58
Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 38 38
Spell Lists
Wizard.............................| 22 22
If I drop spell aiming, I can gain 15 ranks of spells.