12-22-2003, 07:15 AM
At least one sorc player used to say that crimson/brilliance is actually the ideal arty mage shield. His reasoning is that lightning is a relatively small threat to a high level sorcerer, but advocate fireballs are still substantial. It becomes a choice between taking 100% more damage from lightning, or 20% more damage from fire, and he considered the 20% fire more deadly.
Of course, with the jade/brilliance shield and TC, a nice obs/sorc armor would give you max resist to all and higher magic/mana at the expense of a spell level.
Of course, with the jade/brilliance shield and TC, a nice obs/sorc armor would give you max resist to all and higher magic/mana at the expense of a spell level.