Originally Posted by
Tonic
With training in spells do you train for life or stop once you get to the spells you want?
It depends. Personally, I stopped without even being 2x in spells so that I could use my TPs more effectively for combat skills. You mentioned looking up THW empath guides, I'm assuming you mean Tsalim's. I mostly agree with his guide, it's how I set my THW empath up to start though I've made some changes along the way to accomodate how I like to play.
You definitely want all of your AS/DS improving spells like 1109, 1119, 1130, 211/215 etc as mentioned. Continuing spells beyond a certain point to me just depends on how much you want to be casting in the fight vs swinging your weapon. I try to save all of my mana for healing/sigils, maybe a 1120 if the room gets hairy, and do my work with my maul.
Having said all of this, I always have a wizard partner to hunt with so that definitely has changed my skill layout as I can rely on e-waves and stuff in tricky situations. If you're only gonna be solo, you probably want to be stronger with your casting options. This is my 11.1m xp warpath, for reference:
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Velfi (at level 100), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 130 35
Combat Maneuvers...................| 201 101
Two-Handed Weapons.................| 201 101
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 70 15
Physical Fitness...................| 403 303
Arcane Symbols.....................| 201 101
Magic Item Use.....................| 201 101
Harness Power......................| 201 101
Elemental Mana Control.............| 102 24
Mental Mana Control................| 105 25
Spirit Mana Control................| 201 101
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 200 100
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 130 35
Mental Lore - Transformation.......| 157 57
Perception.........................| 201 101
Climbing...........................| 160 60
Swimming...........................| 160 60
First Aid..........................| 302 202
Spell Lists
Major Spiritual....................| 43
Spell Lists
Minor Spiritual....................| 43
Spell Lists
Empath.............................| 105
edit: I'm currently saving for 2x SA, then more MoC, then I'm gonna work on my spells/lore some more.