Spell Research Goals - Interpreting the guide? Pitfalls?
Working on a pure wizard. Before I deviate from the guide too much, I want to be sure I know what choices I'm making.
Minor question:
"Major Elemental and Minor Elemental until Major Elemental 18" - I have to be honest, this doesn't make any sense to me and that worries me. 516(or 520) seems like a more obvious stopping points. What am I missing about 518? Similarly 414/420 seem to make sense as stopping points, but I don't see 418 as vital day to day at all.
I know the guide isn't supposed to be a cut and paste follow, but I can't even figure out why these would be the suggestions and that makes me worry I'm missing something obvious before I deviate! Note: I've never used most of these spells in practice.
Bigger question (I.E. If I get the order wrong who cares long term):
Keep Major = Level, Try to get Minor Elemental = Level
Any additional spell ranks go into wizard circle
I'm really quite enamored with 917. My understanding is that to use it often and well, I'd need to aim for 1X Wizard. And that if I do that it's better to drop MnE than MjE due to the Mana Leech CS. But I'm not sure that I know what else I'll be missing out on if I swap MnE for Wiz.
Thoughts?
P.S. Final random question: My plan for lores is to hit 20 fire for steam, then 20 air for tonis and then back off of them entirely for awhile. I'm pretty confident that's viable, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyways.
Thanks in advance!