As an Sps you'll need all the +Int and damage you can get before you hit 52. IMHO its more important to shoot for a PvE set before 52, even before 61. Divine is better set for buffers and healers,
Divine will let you stay up longer, but then also rest for more. Demon lets you do more damage, therfore hunting tougher mobs and getting more ex per amout of time.
I know sps's who wear demon for PVE even at A grade.
duo duo duo with an other nuker, or archer, and provide over hits.
get with a necro or SH and do over hits, one that has a SE second acc.
I know your thinking devine for + mp regen, but devine is for healers, thats why it has - int. INT is for your dmg. SpS has the lowest dmg out put of all the nukers. so I say go with demon to up your dmg out put.
Except when demon lets you 1 or 2 shot stuff and speed suits don't. Or if you are already a fast casting class (sps)
Ellie hit it on the head. If you're 2 shotting in karmian and 2 shotting in demon, go karmian. You have more hp and faster casting.. so safer. If you're 3 shotting in karmian and 2 shotting in demon, use demon. MP consumption > all. If you're 3 shotting in karmian and in demon, find easier mobs.
I've been wondering about SPS's solo ability when you do -8MEN, does it hurt real bad? I mean, if you can just go with no-MEN tatoos, and find mobs you can 2-shot, you should able to go for a little bit longer before rest, even 10-15% more time to kill..no?
Nope.. You lose like 100-200 of your total MP and the regen gets like 5-10% slower.. I'm even thinking about losing my +4 con to get 1 more wit and -1 more men..
Something that wasn't mentioned...
Demon is more expensive, but a MUCH better investment in the long run.
You will use demon for the rest of your career as your PvE suit as nothing is better for mana efficiency period. Not even Nightmare produces the Matk of Demon.
At level 52, you will look for Avadon and at 61 Dark Crystal... but you will still wear Demon for PvE grinding.
Tats... MEN is way too weak. Until they fix MEN to be useful, do not worry about nerfing it.
Endgame -10 MEN (-8 tats, -2 DC) is less than 2 mana/tick regen (40mana per minute)
Spellsinger mana regen is terrible.
You will nuke for 3-5 minutes (killing 20ish mobs) and rest for 10...
Nothing you can do will change that. If you keep all your MEN, you will get totally unnoticeable returns for now and you will kill less efficiently and spend more time waiting for Solar flare to refresh.
I've been wondering about SPS's solo ability when you do -8MEN, does it hurt real bad? I mean, if you can just go with no-MEN tatoos, and find mobs you can 2-shot, you should able to go for a little bit longer before rest, even 10-15% more time to kill..no?
From a lvl 65 sps. No matter what you do you will have down time when you solo. As a Sps you have the lowest Matk for nukers. +4WIT -8Men is essential you will need it. The higher the lvl you go the more you need Matk at 65 I have +4Wit, demon set and a +10 homu with this I can 2 shot all white 1x hp mobs I have come across. Just changing from demon set to DC I loose enough Matk to have to 3 shot some of those mobs. So IMO +4Int -4Men tat demon and +++++ wep is a must for Sps. In pvp +4Wit -4Men tat is a must it makes a huge difference in pvp. As far as the 3rd tat its really up too you. But as a nuker with limited HP and using a homu that uses 3x Bsps every shot +4Con works great for 200 more HP and more carrying capacity. So all in all most everyone has the best sps setup.
+4Int -8Men
+4Wit -8Men
+4Con -4Str
Demon set for PVE
DC set for PVP
+9 or better homu/acu tell you can a SOM/acu.
I solo alot any other setup will not make that much difference in your down time. The biggest thing to learn is to hunt mobs you can 2 shot. Not just any mobs since most white/green you can 2 shot in this setup. But hunt the ones that give the most xp. Right nnow where I solo I get a little over 10k xp per mob, I average about 5% per hour. We dont have a clan hall either so most of the time I am grinding self buffed. So unless you have a buff slave SE get use to regening mp.