General Suggestions

[Buckwheet]

Hello,

I have been messing around with a cleric a little bit lately and I was just looking for general advice from other people.

I have read through almost every thread on the forum on clerics, and for some reason it just seems either I am doing something wrong, or I am just not able to grasp the concept of being a casting cleric.

I am not opposed to being a swinging cleric if thats what it takes, but I more enjoy being the casting cleric. I already have plenty of fighter classes that I play with.

The cleric is level 68 a voln master and a follower of Ronan. I seem to be at a loss of undead things that are in my age range and I was wondering, is it going to be better to change deity so I can kill living things better?

I tried to hunt in the rift, however I am still a little young it would seem.

Here are my stats and my current training, I can adjust them if needed next month when the fix skills comes out.

Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 86 (18) ... 86 (18)
Constitution (CON): 74 (12) ... 72 (11)
Dexterity (DEX): 70 (20) ... 70 (20)
Agility (AGI): 76 (18) ... 76 (18)
Discipline (DIS): 82 (11) ... 82 (11)
Aura (AUR): 100 (30) ... 100 (30)
Logic (LOG): 87 (18) ... 87 (18)
Intuition (INT): 100 (25) ... 100 (25)
Wisdom (WIS): 100 (25) ... 100 (25)
Influence (INF): 79 (14) ... 79 (14)

Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 170 70
Shield Use.........................| 169 69
Brawling...........................| 169 69
Physical Fitness...................| 105 25
Arcane Symbols.....................| 128 34
Magic Item Use.....................| 128 34
Harness Power......................| 203 103
Spirit Mana Control................| 169 69
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 35 7
Spiritual Lore - Religion..........| 140 40
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 90 20
Perception.........................| 128 34
Climbing...........................| 120 30
Swimming...........................| 120 30

Spell Lists
Major Spirit.......................| 41

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 41

Spell Lists
Cleric.............................| 89


Last night I went to the Temple in Illistim and while things there were fairly easy for me to cast on successfully, it seemed the mana cost was fairly high in actually killing them.

I would open with a 317 and finish them off with 302. On average it would take 5 302 casts to finish them off. I tried doing double 317 casts, however several times they would need 1 final 302 making doing the first route more mana efficent. I tried 312 in there as well, but again, I found my self getting to becoming numb and then being out of power. Everytime I cast I was with one hand open and in offensive stance.

[Snapp]

I don't have a cleric that old (or any character for that matter), but would it be possible to mix Voln-fu in with your casting? As a Voln master with all that brawling, I feel like it might be viable?

[Buckwheet]

I think that would be viable, if I could find some undead creatures in my age range to kill.

I wasn't able to do much to the undead in the rift.

[Buckwheet]

Anyone else? Anyone at all....

[Mistomeer]

Lores:
Your lores are weird if you're training for hunting. The only lore you need is religion and at your age you should probably be 1x in it. Drop the other two lores.

Spells:
Not sure what you're going for here. I don't play all that much these days, but what's the advantage to having 41 ranks of each of the Spirit circles? I'm guessing you're around 68 so to max your CS you would want 60 ranks above your level in cleric. So unless there's some reason I don't know of, then I would drop MjS to 25 ranks, MnS to 30 and use the extra points to get to 1x religion lore and put the rest in Cleric spells.

AS/MIU/Climb/Swim:
Not sure why you need that many ranks of each. I usually stop at 24 unless there's a specific reason for getting more. Drop them all to 24 and put the extra ranks in Cleric spells.

Spiritual Mana Control:
Drop down to 24 ranks. It's all you need to raise successfully. If you want more mana, get more HP ranks, not SMC.

Also, I never had that much luck with Voln Fu at those ages as a cleric. I would also hunt with an initial cast of 317 then finish them with 302, unless I was running low on mana in which case I would use 302 exclusively. Raise your CS, up your religion lore, and you should notice easier hunting.

Stats:
Your STR and CON seem high. Not sure what race you are, but if you can change those then you should optimize your stats for max MTP's.

[GuildRat]

EN, Magharra Tower....Shrickhen...

[Buckwheet]

Unfortunately I was not able to ward them or fu them.

They appear to be about 10 levels above me.

[Anebriated]

I cant really help you here but I was just wondering what realm you played on Percival....

[Buckwheet]

That character is retired, but I had played Albion.

I moved a couple years ago to Igraine, Phoo was my enchanter there.

I currently play mid/gareth or Alb/Lamorak. (Healer/Sorc)

[Anebriated]

ah, I play mid/galahad with Someone Stole my Bike and hib/lancelot with Taste the Rainbow

[Sean of the Thread]

Speaking of someone stole my bike... someone stole my bike easter morning. Either that or it rose to heaven from my back porch.