12-17-2008, 10:16 PM
Quote:Maybe. My setup allows for both life and mana steal. However, it allows for a high ac mage with +4 to all spell levels. The best you can possibly do is +5 to all spell levels and that comes at the cost of using Naj which means, effectively, no armor at all. I don´t think there is any competition there at all.
Yea on the warrior if you want to be high ac and still keep life/mana steal, then a Godly Ages might be necessary, though a holy/tiger could probably do the trick just about as well and you get more hp.
I really dont see the point of such a set up though. I was never a big fan of HOS, but thats just me. A warrior doesnt really need high ac anyway long as he got perfect block. I play the same exact way as a LAW that I would a standard warrior, minus blind teleporting.
as for the mage set up, a mage even more so doesnt need armor, lol. Any class that can be played naked is overpowered to begin with. But a good Artillery Mage using Naj and lvl 19 spells will rarely get hit anyway, and he has probably 300+ more mana then a tank mage does. If I want to go high ac on mage, id probably just use Lunan's build, as lvl 15 spells on a sorc are still more then plenty to kill fast enough. Perhaps only on 16 you might see a real difference when a lvl 19 fb can kill a BK in 2 hits, where a lvl 15 fb would probably take 3. I can see why someone would love to have the benefits of an Arty and a Tank all in one but such hybrid mages are weaker then both in their respective areas.
with my Arty i use the following:
Naj, TC, DF, Emerald Ages, 3 x drag wiz (or 2 x drag wiz/drag harmony if need be). Pretty standard, but the lack of ac doesnt mean much unless you are totally reckless.
on my tank/battle mage I use Awes Stars, Storm, RC, obs heavvens/zodi, drag zodi, and kings haste basty.....its like 285 ac with PB, lvl 15 spells, max resist, 830 mana, and 75-100 melee damage.....basically, a legit version of godmode.
Typing this post reminded me of why I pretty much only play rogue and warrior now, heh.
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"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)