From Demo to Necro, fixskill time...

[nocturnix]

So I want to be able to ensorscell decently well (ie. not completely inefficiently), to 5x. Currently I am full Demo but use it almost exclusively for 740. I have a fixskill available so wanted to put my current versus planned training here to see if there are suggestions/feedback. Ideally I'd like to be able to effectively 740 cross-realm and be able to ensorscell decently.

Also I figure since I am using my fixskill I can fix any problems or weaknesses in my current training. IE. since I am not a full 2x in spell aiming and I am not currently using focused implosion for hunting, maybe I should just drop it all together?

CURRENT TRAINING:

XXXX (at level 46), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Physical Fitness...................| 102 24
Arcane Symbols.....................| 124 32
Magic Item Use.....................| 145 45
Spell Aiming.......................| 163 63
Harness Power......................| 146 46
Elemental Mana Control.............| 146 46
Spirit Mana Control................| 120 30
Sorcerous Lore - Demonology........| 143 43
Sorcerous Lore - Necromancy........| 5 1
Survival...........................| 5 1
Perception.........................| 143 43
Climbing...........................| 90 20
Swimming...........................| 70 15


Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 35


Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 24


Spell Lists
Sorcerer...........................| 66
Training Points: 114 Phy 0 Mnt (1288 Phy converted to Mnt)
(Use SKILLS BASE to display unmodified ranks and goals)

PLANNED TRAINING:


Reduce Spell Aiming to 0 (I'm not focus imploding, do I really need it?)
Invest Extra TPs in Spells (Yay, I will have 130 again!)
Move Demo points to Necro (90% cross-realm success isnt that bad really anyways, is it?)

so:

0 spell aim
100's raised to 130
2 demo ranks
46 necro ranks

The rest stays the same. Unless you think something looks amiss?

[MrMortimur]

Primary factors involved in this check are level, Sorcerer Spell Ranks, Wisdom, and Intuition. Secondary factors are Elemental Mana Control Ranks, Spiritual Mana Control Ranks, Arcane Symbols Ranks, and Magic Item Use Ranks

I wouldn't burn your fixskill at this time. I would suggest you hunt and make sure to accumulate your weekly cap of necrotic energy. The only confirmed use for Necro lore at this time is that you get more energy per kill. The questions that raises are then does everyone have the same weekly cap regardless of skills/stats/race? If so..someone with necro lore would simply have to play less in a week to hit their max.

For the sake of testing you'd probably want to try casting your first T1 on something a like level wizard could successfully enchant. If you fail, perhaps bump up your emc, smc, as, miu to level and try again.

[caelric]

The only confirmed use for Necro lore at this time is that you get more energy per kill.

Also, since it is seed 1 for necro lore ranks to accumalate more necrotic energy, you could put a small amount in necro lore (say, 10 ranks, which is equal to 4 bonus at seed 1) and still have plenty of demon lore ranks left.

[nocturnix]

OK thanks, I will hold off for now. Has anyone info about how long it takes to cap your energy per week? Normally I just burn my XXX on my sorc, and not more than that. But maybe I would need to hunt a bit more to hit the energy cap.

[Whirlin]

The spell has been out for about 3 days, and there are quite a few factors that go into how much necrotic energy you gain. Given I've seen absolutely 0 data points from the sorcerer playerbase to begin to compare, I wouldn't expect any concrete equations on Ensorcell anytime soon.

Have you been documenting your procs, taking into account level difference and type of proc, and casting 735 on yourself after each proc to determine if you've ranked up on stored energy?

[nocturnix]

No, I thought energy is filled every kill without any messaging. But you only get energy when you see some kind of proc, so not every kill?

[Whirlin]

No idea. I'm not a sorcerer. But sounds like you have some testing ahead of you to conduct every week until you discover the correlation.

[nocturnix]

As I understand your energy fills up with every kill. Probably varying based on several factors including critter level and necro ranks.

[Goat]

Extra spells are overrated. Going on 62, I'm 763/441/122. Mind you, I have symbol of return replacing 130 and a bunch of CS enhancives. But that lets me do 2x AS, 1.5x MIU, 1x FA and surv, 2xSA, 1xPF... and 1.33x lore. With a boatload of necro enhancives, I'm animating +4 levels. And spelling up +100 DS off unlocked scrolls. And then they released ensorcell and I've got that, too.

Mind you, most sorc players probably think I'm nuts. Whatever, bigger piece of the ensorcellment market for me!

[Goat]

But yeah, don't do 1x SA