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Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 10:40pm

New mage need advice on (easiest) path to take.

Hi. I rolled a new Mage character and after reading some of the PMB guides here, I'm in a quandary about which path to take.
To provide some context, I am starting from scratch (No runes/gear/gold whatsoever) and I would like to ask for the advice of the more experienced Mage players on here.

Drawing from my previous albeit outdated experience of the game, I'm aware that most of the quests in the earlier to mid - phase of the game requires killing "x" number of monsters or collecting "x" number of items from "y" monster. Needless to say, this can be a tedious process to do over and over again. I would like to have a build that can take care of several monsters at once (if possible) to ameliorate that fact.

Looking at the talent tree, I see that the first AoE I can access is Meteor. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I think getting it would benefit me especially when dealing with regular mobs of monsters. However, according to the guides that I read, the fire branch is mostly suitable for PVP purposes so it makes more sense to go with the Ice & Lightning build for PVE.

Bottom line is that I would like to follow a build that will make my leveling process the "easiest".

1) Should I refrain from taking fire skills altogether and wait for the Ice/lightning AoE skills?

2) Which talents should I max out first?

3) Which rubies should I go for first or would benefit me the most in the early phase of the game?

Constructive insight(s) will be much appreciated.

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Friday, May 23rd 2014, 10:59pm

reeah19

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Starting fresh imo will be a bit hard if you wanna wait untill you can get lightning, for leveling i consider fire/ice being easier to use because it has more control effects and lower cast times. In terms of aoe you wont be able to pull alot untill you'll have like lvl 5 runes, 3 mobs your own lvl are already too much when you have low lvl runes.(my mage is an alt with lvl 4 runes and dies if i pull more than 3 :P)

For start take Luck rubies,Sage intelligence,Master of intuition rubies, those are a must have in any build.
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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "reeah19" (May 24th 2014, 11:56pm)


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Saturday, May 24th 2014, 3:54pm

Hmm. Thanks for the advice. I already leveled up quite a bit and went for the burning ice rubies first. I prefer more force points to work with. I concur that Ice/Fire is more suitable for my needs at the moment. I'm aware that one meteor blast will not OHKO most mobs but my idea is to Meteor -> Chains of Ice -> Meteor.

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