New Training Path after ESN?

[Rhangath]

So with ESN now done and us getting a free fixskill next week what is everyone planning to do with the current training path? Trying to decide if this is the direction I want to go with my plans.

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Edit: wow that image came out tiny...
Rhangath (at level 100), your base skill bonuses, ranks and goals are:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Armor Use..........................| 40 8 8
Physical Fitness...................| 350 250 250
Arcane Symbols.....................| 201 101 101
Magic Item Use.....................| 201 101 101
Harness Power......................| 217 117.283 116 1 day, 18 hours, 45 minutes
Mental Mana Control................| 200 100 100
Spirit Mana Control................| 200 100 100
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 70 15 15
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 203 103.523 98 13 days, 17 hours, 32 minutes
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 86 19.523 6 17 days, 12 hours, 19 minutes
Mental Lore - Transference.........| 108 26 50 ASAP (will rise when points are available)
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 157 57 57
Survival...........................| 190 90 90
Perception.........................| 198 98 101 ASAP (will rise when points are available)
Climbing...........................| 160 60 60
Swimming...........................| 160 60 60
First Aid..........................| 226 126 130 ASAP (will rise when points are available)

Spell Lists
Major Spiritual....................| 40 40

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 40 40

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 147 147

[audioserf]

I'm not changing shit because ESN was the definition of weaksauce.

[mgoddess]

ESN fixskills is gonna give me a chance to try out UAC, versus the pretty successful ranged path that my empath currently has. Thankfully, if UAC sucks balls, it won't comply nerf her, and I'll be able to go back to archery in May.

[khorpulent]

I decided to try giving up spell aiming to max out my summoning lore and get 100 telepathy ranks. Mostly I wanted to be able to use 1120 in the Sanctum, Rift, and Reim. I thought about getting some transference lore, but I'd have had to give up some spell ranks or something. I already had to drop 9 spell ranks and a little HP as it was. One day I'll get those transference ranks.

Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Combat Maneuvers...................| 82 18
Physical Fitness...................| 403 303
Arcane Symbols.....................| 200 100
Magic Item Use.....................| 201 101
Harness Power......................| 286 186
Mental Mana Control................| 200 100
Spirit Mana Control................| 200 100
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 165 65
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 237 137
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 200 100
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 151 51
Survival...........................| 200 100
Perception.........................| 200 100
Climbing...........................| 155 55
Swimming...........................| 175 75
First Aid..........................| 302 202
Trading............................| 148 48

Spell Lists
Major Spiritual....................| 67

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 67

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 160

[audioserf]

Looks a lot like I'd want my training to look in another however million EXP. Let's see some Sympathy on some liches, sir!

[khorpulent]

That's at 16m exp. I'm still not totally sure I'm going to keep it this way, though. While bolts are nearly always mechanically inferior to 1115 (especially with all that summoning lore), I kind of miss the variety. I still keep accidentally hitting my 111 macro in troll camps

I guess it's only another 1.25m exp to get my SA ranks back....

As far as liches go, I can't hit them 100% of the time with only 100 ranks, though I imagine the probability is pretty decent. I don't really know how the formula works, but I do know that with the 55 telepathy ranks I used to have, I couldn't even hit undead with Sympathy 5% of the time. I doubt I'll go over 100 ranks, as I'd rather have the 50 transference ranks, I think.

Really, I think it's kind of excessive that you need 100 goddamn telepathy ranks to hit undead with Sympathy. But without it, you're pretty limited in half the capped hunting areas in the game. I just wish there were other more substantial benefits to all that lore, other than the minor benefits to 1117. In fact, I wish they would have made telepathy a requirement for 1140 instead of transference!

I will say, it's badass to be able to use 1120 in Reim. My minor spirit CS sucks, so I was always annoyed with having to use 135.

[Rhangath]

I would love to add some SA in for some variety to spells aside from really being forced into wither only... I have some other things in my plan but I just capped recently so be awhile to map them out.

This is what I ended up going with for now... I plan to work on getting some more summoning lore at least to 105 again, then want to get my blessing lore up. After that my goal will be 500 base CS... then i'll decide where to branch out next and SA might be a good one.

Rhangath (at level 100), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 40 8
Physical Fitness...................| 350 250
Arcane Symbols.....................| 203 103
Magic Item Use.....................| 201 101
Harness Power......................| 218 118
Mental Mana Control................| 202 102
Spirit Mana Control................| 201 101
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 74 16
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 198 98
Mental Lore - Telepathy............| 30 6
Mental Lore - Transference.........| 150 50
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 161 61
Survival...........................| 201 101
Stalking and Hiding................| 5 1
Perception.........................| 201 101
Climbing...........................| 160 60
Swimming...........................| 160 60
First Aid..........................| 302 202

Spell Lists
Major Spiritual....................| 40

Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 40

Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 147