Since I've suspended my BH for time being I have some questions regarding Necro's.
Why is Homu with acumen preferred over SoWD with Empower? :confused:
Whis is Demon set preferred over Karmian? :confused:
What tattoos should I get? (C5 in mind too) :confused:
What I had in mind was:
SoWD with Empower
Karmian set
And maybe the following tats:
+4 Int -4 Wit (idea from Demon set :D)
+4 Con -4 Str
And yeah, I haven't played that much with mages before :D
Why is Homu with acumen preferred over SoWD with Empower?
For pvp your DPS with acumen is much better. With casting speed increase by 15% you get according increase of DPS. And for Empower you get way lower increase in power.
For pve mana/mp ratio is the limiter. With empower SA you'll spend 15% more mana getting increase in damage lower than 15% (even unbuffed, with buffs it's nearly unnoticable).
So in general Empower doesn't add that much.
Whis is Demon set preferred over Karmian?
For PvP Karmian is preffered.
For PvE Demon is preffered. As before, your damage/mp ratio is better with Demon (you hit like 10% harder with it).
Casting speed reduction from Demon is not that significant for PvE. You lose like 5% in casting speed and still can 2-shot mobs before they reach you.
What tattoos should I get? (C5 in mind too)
You play in C4, so forget about C5 for a while. The faster you grind now, the more money you'll have later to aquire any suitable tattoo for C5.
It's not yet know how bad MEN decrease will be in C5, so just stick with what we have now ;)
+4 Int -4 Wit (idea from Demon set :D)
It's horrible idea :( With such decrease in casting speed mobs will be able to hit you once before you land second nuke upon them. It's dangerous and leads to unneeded mana consumption (for healing) or money consumption (for healing potions).
the extra cast speed also makes mana management alot better
generally if the best xp you can get from a mob requires you to 2.2 hit you should be wearing demon set
From lvl 40 to 52 its all about pve. So get pve gear.
I sugest demon and sowd w magic power. Magic power add 99 to matck, empower only 24. 15% more mana used is not an issue for u as a necro (death spike has a low mana consumption).
From lvl 40 to 52 its all about pve. So get pve gear.
I sugest demon and sowd w magic power. Magic power add 99 to matck, empower only 24. 15% more mana used is not an issue for u as a necro (death spike has a low mana consumption).
Yeah, I plan to pve mostly. Even at the higher levels... (Or so I think now :D)
Ah I did not even notice there was magic power as a viable alternative. So it increases mana consuption by 15%. This makes it a viable option. I'll have a look at this too.
I thought this sounded weird to me, since there's no mention that empower consumes 15% more mana anywhere:
With empower SA you'll spend 15% more mana getting increase in damage lower than 15% (even unbuffed, with buffs it's nearly unnoticable).
If you use Death Spike at low levels you'll go broke real quick unless you have other means of income. I used Blaze until 52, and then acted as a sleeper/debuffer/nuker in catacombs until about 58. From there, Cemetary. Then Forsaken Plains. Then Forbidden Gateway. Then Blazing Swamp.
Death Spike is costly to use for grinding. Even now I mostly use Vamp Claw + BtM.
Also, cast speed > everything unless by changing to Demon Set or another weapon style you can two-shot a certain mob you'll be grinding for weeks.
Tats, just standard cookie cutter stuff. +4INT +4WIT +4CON. The last tat is really optional. As Human we already have a decent CON, so maybe go INT for PvE.
If you use Death Spike at low levels you'll go broke real quick unless you have other means of income. I used Blaze until 52, and then acted as a sleeper/debuffer/nuker in catacombs until about 58. From there, Cemetary. Then Forsaken Plains. Then Forbidden Gateway. Then Blazing Swamp.
alternate between blaze and death spike when you can afford it
at 52 cdl for some good cash
at about 56ish you should be able to spam death spike and still break even