Forgive me for the idiotic post but are mages always bad for solo play? ive only taken one to 20 or so so far but when i play i like to take mob after mob after mob, which is easy with vamp noob buff on a tank, however there seems to be a lot of downtime with mages and their mp regens a lot slower than my hp does on tank. Are their any obvious ways i am missing for keeping mana up or is a recharge bot the only way to solo on a mage?
Forgive me for the idiotic post but are mages always bad for solo play? ive only taken one to 20 or so so far but when i play i like to take mob after mob after mob, which is easy with vamp noob buff on a tank, however there seems to be a lot of downtime with mages and their mp regens a lot slower than my hp does on tank. Are their any obvious ways i am missing for keeping mana up or is a recharge bot the only way to solo on a mage?
at higher levels it will depend on what race/class you are.
Spellhowler (dark elf) and necromancers (pansy humans who can wipe the floor with me) get a skill called "body to mind" that takes some of your life and gives you (less) mana.
Without the herbs I have no down time. With the herbs I have no downtime AND get more xp because I don't need to stop and use body to mind all that much.
I do have emp 1 on me though which helps with the 2 shotting.
If you are a light elf then get used to resting. Read a book, catch up on correspondence, I'm sure there is laundary you are neglecting.
Also, there are two classes: Shillien Elder and Elven Elder that can recharge your mana. If you party with one of those you are equally as golden. You could go nonstop.
Body to mind + clear mind = thousands of extra mana per mp bar. Just make sure you b2m + b2m + corpse drain as soon as possible to get the most mana within any given time period. Some may argue that it's time wasted performing 3 spells just to gain 1 nukes worth of mana... but any smart player would see otherwise. With mob respawn rates and the drop/ distance ratio... you would know that if nothing else picking up your drops effects the exp/ time ratio way more than b2m+b2m+corpse drain.
Here are the regenerations kills not shared between all classes.
Clear Mind: Spellhowlers, Sorcerers, Spellsingers
Body to Mind: Spellhowlers, Necromancers
Mana Regernation Buff: Spellsingers
As far as soloing goes... the b2m classes are number one. Hell... even non b2m classes have it made... because they kill so much faster than any other class.
Spellsingers, and althought I subbed one, are absolute mana hogs and seriously require some form of recharger if they don't want to go insane. Even at low levels I cringe in raid parties with an elven wizard shows up because they nuke for like a minute then have to sit the rest of the raid.