Hi! I'm about to reach the 40 lvl i managed to get a Sword of Whispering death and mean to put on SA : magic power ( m atk +99, mp comsumption +15%) now having in mind this weapon and SA AND the fact that im going to become Light Elf SpellSinger what set should i get Karmian for extra CST SPEED or Demon Set for extra M atk but lower HP? Thank You in Advance!
if I were u I'd go demon set but not sword of whispering death, +15% mp consumption sounds like alot although I've never made a nuker before... everyone seems to use homonkulus with acumen maybe u should get one of those if u can afford it. Definately demon set for xping though btw.
Question is, how much money u have and what do u want to do ^^ A dangerous but good PvE setup is Homu+Conversion and Demon, PvP is Homu+Acumen and Karmian. As mix, doing mostly PvE but sometimes quick needed in PvP or not the money for 2 weapons i would say Homu+acumen and Demon. I played my Sorc with conversion and Demon, but i had a Karmian in my wh from the prophets old days and muled his acumen weapon to the nuker in case.
Ok take this from a lvl 64 Sps. First thing is you definatley have the wrong wep. SOWD will eat up your mana so fast you will hate it. We do not have BTM so you will be setting alot. Never using anything as an sps that will increase mp usage. You need to get a homu/acumen. OE it to +3 and get demon set.
As soon as you can offord it either get your tats
1st +4Int -4Men
2nd +4Wit -4Men
3rd +4Con -4Str
this third dye is up too you but I like the extra hp and weight limit. Some people go with extra int or wit but its up too you. If you cant afford the dyes get +4Int -5Men from rune tell you can afford the +4 -4 dye. With this setup you will do just fine.
If you 2box an SE you have alot more latatude when it comes to mp usage. If not you will set alot. But its not so bad. The biggest thing to remember is to always look for mobs you can 2 hit using your over-hit spell for the second shot. Doing this most of the time you will get the most xp from green mobs. I went from 1-60 in about 3 months most of it solo just self buffing and using greater magic haste pots and spamming bsps.
Magic power is a wasted SA. (Atleast my math says it is and I think I'm wrong, but I've seen other math saying that it is wasted....)
But anyway... once you have obtained a certain matk magicpower is a bad sa
Example:
You have without magicpower:
Matk 700: Dmg 900: ManaCost 100: Dmg per mana point 8
W/ SA
Matk 800: DMG 928: Mana Cost 115: Dmg per mana point 8
Now the thing is that the sa only increases matk by 12% and since you need 4x matk to do 12x dmg sa increases dmg by 3% but increases mana cost by 15%
Your best bet is to either go with the emp SA. It doesn't help much but it helps some... or trade for homu w/ acumen to offset the cast speed of demon.
Either way be sure to go demon... +4 int helps quite a bit.
If you have an SE on tap, then wear karmian and use an acumen weapon. Faster spell recharge = faster levelling when you don't have to worry about mana.
If you are solo... Demon and Acumen weapon. Bring magic haste pots. The only reason I say acumen weapon in this case is because there is nothing better. Additional mana (mana up/conversion) only increases time until downtime and then increases downtime... Magic Power and Empower SHOULD be the best for PvE, but aren't because Magic power nerfs itself by increasing damage per shot by 15% and then costing 15% more... Empower is just plain terrible because it is so very very small an upgrade.
Why do you need an SE for this?
-Spellsinger mana regen is horrible. Even if you don't nerf your MEN and have mana regen spell on at all times...
-Spellsinger efficiency is horrible. 37 INT FTW. 41 if you nerf MEN.
-Spellsinger element weakness is extremely rare. Fire and wind weakness are everywhere. Spellsingers must wait for Lightning Bolt to recharge to take advantage of holy weakness.
Spellsinger solo is about fast kills but then massive downtimes.
Bring an SE or bring a good book. By the time you finish "War and Peace" you might have enough mana to kill some more.
mana consumption per dmg is EXTREMLY wrong math approach unless the target has close to infinite HP to start w/.
All that matter is numbert of nukes per kill (or per xp).
If you need 2 nukes w/ m. power SAa nd cant afford better weapon - by all means take it. That's all. If you need just a solar flare w/ m.power do take it.
[this assumes demon and +4 or +5 INT setup and max buffs one can afford]
As another spellsinger, I would suggest take the demon set. At level 64, its still the armor I use for pve, so know you will get ALOT of use out of it. However as far as weapons go, I would dump the sowd, and grab the highest C grade staff. This is especially imperative once you have purchased either a +4 int or +wit dye, as the extra casting speed from the SA will help less than the extra damage from the higher magic attack of a better weapon.
demon + ghoul mana up+acumen potion; ignore the acumen SA; you dont need it at all.
That works but as a sps I would never go without the shield it has saved my life many times.
Actually all these suggestions are good. As you can see there are alot of ways to play a sps. So figure out what you can afford and what works best for you and have fun.