02-17-2004, 11:12 PM
Quote:+278% to all my lightening damage and +115% to my cold damage (I know it lowers the enemies resists, not boosts the damage, but isnât that basically the same thing but opposite?).
No. If a monster has 95% cold resitance, and you take away 5%, you'd need to add 100% cold damage to equal that. The only time it is the same is if the monster has 0% cold resist.
Quote:Also, I'm having a difficult time choosing between missile and melee, despite the fact that melee does more damage (supposedly <_< )
It does, all things are equal. Fire mastery is applied first when casting enchant, and is then applied again to your enchant if you are doing melee. If you are doing ranged, it is only applied upon the casting. The reason Kuko does so much damage is that Fire Mastery and Enchant are being applied to the Exploding Arrow. At least, this is how I think it works. I may be wrong about some small things, but I believe that I am right on at least most of it. :) I would personally use Hexfire to cast Enchant (unless, of course, you could make a leaf staff with plus to Enchant and Fire Mastery), and Kuko to kill.