Where should I do next?

[Darcthundar]

I have just returned to GSIV after a year or two hiatus. Any thoughts on what I should set my training priorities?

XXXXXX (at level 100), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 10 2
Shield Use.........................| 201 101
Brawling...........................| 184 84
Physical Fitness...................| 201 101
Arcane Symbols.....................| 175 75
Magic Item Use.....................| 201 101
Spell Aiming.......................| 302 202
Harness Power......................| 201 101
Elemental Mana Control.............| 300 200
Elemental Lore - Fire..............| 105 25
Perception.........................| 176 76
Climbing...........................| 150 50
Swimming...........................| 201 101

Spell Lists
Major Elemental....................| 69

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 75

Spell Lists
Wizard.............................| 101

Thanks in advance

[Tgo01]

Finish up 1xing perception because it helps with SMR and SMRv2 defense and it's really cheap to train in.

Probably then finish up 3xing in spells.

Personally I would then 1x in CMAN, it also helps with SMR and SMRv2 defense plus pures get access to some useful ones now. Combat Movement is free 10 DS at 5 ranks, why not? Cunning Defense gives some more defense against all CMANs. You also have Side by Side if you hunt in a group then it's some free DS too. You can also train in Disarm Weapon or Feint, if for nothing else than to get more defense against those two CMANs.

[kutter]

So this is my capped UAC mage as an example to compare to:

Sabik (at level 100), your base skill bonuses, ranks and goals are:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Two Weapon Combat..................| 5 1 1
Armor Use..........................| 30 6 6
Combat Maneuvers...................| 201 101 101
Brawling...........................| 201 101 101
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 5 1 1
Physical Fitness...................| 201 101 101
Arcane Symbols.....................| 134 37 37
Magic Item Use.....................| 191 91 91
Harness Power......................| 203 103 103
Elemental Mana Control.............| 207 107 107
Elemental Lore - Air...............| 120 30 30
Elemental Lore - Earth.............| 179 79 79
Perception.........................| 210 110 110
Climbing...........................| 151 51 51
Swimming...........................| 150 50 50

Spell Lists
Major Elemental....................| 77 77

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 76 76

Spell Lists
Wizard.............................| 88 88

Right now my goal is to finish his wizard spells and continue with earth lore, not sure where I will stop with that. After that, who knows....

[Sherlock]

I would get rid of shield/brawl unless there's some RP reason for it. You can reinvest those points in other skills.

I'd do 2x perception first since its weighed the same as CM when it comes to SMRv2. It's also significantly cheaper. After that I'd wrap up 3x spells before moving onto CM. I'd also tweak the lores a bit but a lot of that is more preference (outside of ranks needed for steam).

[Realk]

I'm surprised slightly, i guess at cap brawling is just a side note, but why not finish out the brawling skill, just cause.

[kutter]

My UAC mage has been a brawler since day one. I admit, it was never what you would term an easy path, but he hunts with my pure mage so it works out pretty well. That is the other thing, like Sherlock suggested I will be finishing up perception since it is so cheap. If you are going to be a melee mage you will need a lot of earth lore, since it helps in both offense and defense and don't forget to 902 your gear with evoke.