Around that level I used snow goblins on Asery. The drop lute, boxes and are skinable.

Can't really help you with anything in Forfedhdhar though.


Rigek

>>That should have read "they drop loot" not "The drop lute"

::grins:: Fortunately I am fluent in typobabble!

Though now I am having visions of Silvy lecturing some poor hapless snow goblin!

That aside, that is a pretty large gap between your magics and your defenses. Snow goblins will give you a chance to close it somewhat without neglecting your magic altogether.

Ryeka


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Thanks everyone, I guess I'm a bit too liberal with SUF and SW and quick TM kills. Multiple leucros still whoop me but can only get me muddled in TM. I guess I should have seen it coming. I'll just stick with swamp trolls for defenses for a while. They pay well enough and work evasion, armor & MO quite well. I <3 backtraining!

>>>I guess I'm a bit too liberal with SUF and SW

>>There is no such thing.

Opinions differ, in part based on whether you can cast lots of spells for little mana drain.

~Kyn (Kynevon)

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I'd say head to snow goblins. Back train your defenses (and weapons other than ME). You'll get tons of loot and some much needed defense skill.

While you bactraining might want to pick up two additional things. Real armor. Unles you plan on being a very stealthy Warmage leather is painful for WM hunting up close and personal.

LC is good or just plain out HP. And Shield. Can wear a small shield on your arm now days
once you get 50 ranks in it. I sugeest a small Crock shield they are made by players. Set shield at 1 100 evasion and whats left in parry.

>>You can use a small shield on your arm at zero ranks. 50 ranks is something to do with crossbows and bows. Loading, I believe.

Bleh ya what he said. 50 Ranks to fire a crossbow while wearing a small shield.

Also, capped leathers are considerably more expensive than capped chain or plate.


Axillus - Halfling Warrior Mage
>You charge your steel-toed footwrap at a musk hog.

What do you guys think about armor when only considering store bought armor?

I'm in plat, so forged armor is very rare (essentially none that I can buy).

When "training" I tend to use LC/HC/HP combo which I am able to lock 95% of the time. I tend to use a "parry" stance in which I parry ~90% attacks of the time, and evade 9.9% of the rest. My armor set leaves me "fairly" hindered (note, even with this hinderance, if I switch to stance evasion I can dodge the vast majority of attacks, which is helpful when using my bow against charging critters).

However, during invasions/quests I switch to leather. In this setup I evade probably 99% of attacks. I can be either unhindered or insignificantly hindered depending on what I wear, which is the goal because I will use my bow as much as my mace or offensive magic.

As far as I can tell I have all the above armors down to minimum hinderance (haven't seen a change in overall hinderance for like...20 circles...?).

I can't really think of a better system. I don't want to switch to HP because I lose out on TDPs plus I have to start relying on more buff spells (YS) that I don't currently need. I don't want to switch to leather because it the extra protection from chain is helpful for long-term training.

I've considered switching to chain shirt and LP greaves instead of my shard medium chain, but I am worried it may add too much to my overall hinderance (I have 157 ranks in LP if I ever do switch, I'm just not sure its worth it).

Am I missing something? I can't really see a better possible combination.

The top ranger left (took a break?) not too long ago. I know he tanned pretty well, but now that he is gone I don't know of anyone else that does.

Thanks again for the tips everyone. I have LC helm and gloves at this point but my LC ranks are horrible. I am so out of the loop it's not even funny hehe. I'll pick up the shield. Habit keeps me from using the empty hand when we can now cast with both hands full. What would you sugguest I buy?

>>Personally, I prefer a shield that I can wear on my arm. I believe for war mages it would be one of the small ones- but I could be mistaken. That way I won't drop it or forget to grab it after I skin something.

That is correct, a WM can only arm-wear a small shield.

Despite its ugliness, I would tend to recommend the Jester shield from the Trader shop, since it is one of the readily available small shields with the best construction.

Also, a player-tanned small croc-hide shield is supposed to be pretty good, although its construction is less than the Jester.

~Kyn (Kynevon)

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<<My guess is that the spell is balance such that the increased protection value from casting AeG on a spell is roughly equivalent to the shield bonus from creating your own shield.

Not from my testing. With 60 mana I can create a shield that is the same as a 60 mana cast on a tower shield from Theren. I did not have them weighed, but the difference between the two was indistinguishable. This also compares with the creation of an arm worn shield that is equivalent with a capped croc buckler. If you intend on using this spell I would suggest creating a shield so you get the boost.

- Maje

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Ahh when I wrote my earlier reply I didn't see this post. So essentially I have a useless shield here. Awesome! I saw the buckler but it apped shoulder worn. I'm assuming you can adjust the straps on the buckler just as this shield I have now can. I love hind-sight. can I trade it for some fore? sigh

Woot woot Suru/Mekage swapped it out for me. Thank god lol Thanks again for the advice. I need to hit the loot-train a bit more so I can afford a nice hauberk. Should I mix armor? LC haub for body, leather gloves and a plate helm? Thanks in advance for the suggestions :D

Unless you can stay in super swarmy areas, 4 armors gets tedious. At least it did for me. My plates weren't locking, they were never getting above muddled. I remedied this by going HP head/hands, LC shirt, HC greaves. I keep them all locked now. My thinking was - they'll move faster if they hit higher mind states, so I probably won't be missing out on too many TDPs because I'll be ranking quicker.

Axillus - Halfling Warrior Mage
>You charge your steel-toed footwrap at a musk hog.

>It seems to work out that armor will lock up in pretty much any situation I learn MO.

I have no problem keeping all 7 armors + shield locked following that rule. If I can lock MO, I can lock all armors and pretty much keep them all that way the whole time Im in combat thereafter.

-Master Ndin