09-25-2003, 02:37 AM
Quote:Just wanted to offer a slightly different opinion here: with high level battle orders, that one point of mana turns into 2. If you go with frosties, 2 soj's, silkweaves and gloom's trap, that one point of mana can easily be 2 or 3. If you happen to have 2 wizardspikes... you get the idea. Still doesn't sound like much? It adds up. 3 or 4 mana times 200 energy can make a big difference, particularly early in NM, where you hurt for mana the worst.
Ah, but you see, without any uber items, 1 stat point turns into 8 life points with maxed BO. You could never get to 8 mana points for a stat point even if you had every item to choose from in the game. Having that life frees a person up to fill their inventory with +mana charms. Also, the last time I got a legit SOJ was when I gambled one back in pre-LoD days. But, hey, I've found four Bahamut's magic rings and several Great Wyrm's rings with other useful stats on them. And the nice thing is that the mana on charms and rings gets further multiplied by BO, so you get even more mana. So, wearing two Bahamut's rings beats putting 200 points into Energy. And if you really want to, you can still wear your Frosties and Wizardspikes.