Staff Mastery (SM)

[MrFreaky]

Originally Posted by Almighty1

Well getting items for SM is really easy. Nobody wants such stuff, most of the items i have are given to me for free, bcoz no other locks need them. In fact, finding good gear for spell setup is much harder and costlier than SM gear.

lol this is true. theres pretty much only 1 guy in Ignis who buys that unwanted mage SM gear that they can't get rid of .. ME

obtaining decent SM gear is manageable. The issue with playing SM is the play style itself. i don't know about yourself, but i find SM to be a bit of a headache, and i think this is why we find so few SM mages. constant buffing and crippled CS are two of the main factors which contribute to low SM population.

i wonder if SM is active in RA? hmm

[Hollow-Ichigo]

Originally Posted by MrFreaky

i wonder if SM is active in RA? hmm

Nope, some warlocks on Ra just get the usual area setup. Apart from warlocks that hunt all day ofcourse, they just max out mentals.

[C4RB0N4]

Originally Posted by Almighty1

And for defense. Its all the same for both SM and as a spellcaster, but like i told there are a lot of items for SM (bcoz no one wants them), you can just choose the ones with good resists and enhance them (from enhancements from x-mas trees like i did).

about defense i meant hiding behind trees whenever you don't cast. as sm mage you can't do that as far as i know :P

about gears. i did not mean they are hard to get or something. my point was sm is good with good gear, and if you dont have it you still can easily adopt spellcaster playstyle.

about ccs. i honestly believe warlock should contain areas even with sm, as it's only reason why it's different from archer, however it's possible with sm setup too

[Sentan]

SM is something that I always respect big PLUS from me

[Almighty1]

Originally Posted by MrFreaky

lol this is true. theres pretty much only 1 guy in Ignis who buys that unwanted mage SM gear that they can't get rid of .. ME

Same here in Syrtis

Originally Posted by MrFreaky

The issue with playing SM is the play style itself. i don't know about yourself, but i find SM to be a bit of a headache, and i think this is why we find so few SM mages. constant buffing and crippled CS are two of the main factors which contribute to low SM population.

Well the buffing takes time i agree, but cs is okay. I have passive 15% from wm passive and a 13.7% staff, which is decent amount of cs in rvr. Anything more than that is required in pvp I guess. I switch between 4 staves, kind of testing another one (med 25 with as), so in total 5 right now. A bit hard with all the buffs and weapon switches but its worth it.

2 plus points about SM :-
You don't have to worry about DIZZY, the all time most feared cc for warlocks :P
And you can pew pew back the archers and they start running from you, you get more than 25 range for it

[Almighty1]

Originally Posted by C4RB0N4

about defense i meant hiding behind trees whenever you don't cast. as sm mage you can't do that as far as i know :P

It is hard to beat a spellcaster warlock in PvP (I did try it out), but in rvr they die pretty fast.(SM has more than 30+ range ).
I haven't tried SM in pvp much, I think its pretty hard if you are not able to kill him within the duration of the first buffing. Will test it out with friends.

Originally Posted by C4RB0N4

about gears. i did not mean they are hard to get or something. my point was sm is good with good gear

The old SM tree, didnt need for ppl to have jewels and all, which is why maybe reverting back to it will help more ppl to play SM.

Originally Posted by C4RB0N4

about ccs. i honestly believe warlock should contain areas even with sm, as it's only reason why it's different from archer, however it's possible with sm setup too

It is possible, you will have to sacrifice on the level of the ccs though, you cannot get metoer 5 and silence 5 (etc)

[Almighty1]

Originally Posted by Sentan

SM is something that I always respect big PLUS from me

You should play SM man, you have op gear afaik

Haven't seen a single Alsius lock who is on perma SM mode.

[Sentan]

Originally Posted by Almighty1

You should play SM man, you have op gear afaik

Yeah need to gather WMC for amu first

[Almighty1]

Originally Posted by Sentan

Yeah need to gather WMC for amu first

Thought you had dragon amu, I remember so.

[Sentan]

Originally Posted by Almighty1

Thought you had dragon amu, I remember so.

Hunter and Knight both full jewelled but still too lazy to swap between chars anyway gonna buy 10%cs 40 fire amu