12-29-2004, 03:36 AM
Treesh,Dec 27 2004, 02:22 PM Wrote:A level 60 mage, yes, you are correct. Lower level mages, I have to disagree with you. It's more expensive now to start new characters that it was even at release, unless you know the game pretty well already. His guide isn't just for high-levels though and you do have to take into account that not everyone is 50+ yet. And skandranon already posted on the other point I was going to make - tailors.
Setting tailors aside, which is really it's own subject ("How to get all that cloth!"), first aide makes complete sense for a mage to focus on. Back when you could drink in combat, the standard practice in the middle of a battle for mages was to frost nova and/or sheep a mob or mobs, eat and drink, stand up, and blast away. Well, they can't do that anymore, but it makes sense to have first aid bandages ready for similar cases. Let's say a mage is fighting two mobs. The mage sheeps one mob, fights the second, and takes lots of damage. It just makes sense for a mage to have a supply of bandages ready to heal him or herself before taking on the second mob. You can't eat or drink in combat like you used to, but mages are still the class most capable of taking breaks in the middle of a fight, and it makes sense for mages to be able to take advantage of those breaks.
Incidentally, I'm actually going to go with tailoring myself, but have chosen to start with skinning just to make a little money at the auction house first. Later on, I'll get all the cloth I want and go from 0 tailoring to high 200's in a day type of thing. I figure linen and wool will be easily buyable when I'm level 60. Then, in addition to the supply of silk I already have in the bank, I can farm all the silk I want from those apprentices of Herod in the Scarlet Monastery. The only tricky part is getting enough mageweave, which I have been storing away as I can. I might have to farm or buy mageweave for a bit to bridge the gap between silk and runecloth. Once I get to runecloth, though, I'll be able to sale quickly to the high levels of tailoring. The amount of runecloth you can get in high level instances is insane.