Light spec eldritches...

[Ensceptifica]

I'm leveling a light specced eldritch atm, and find it a lot of fun. As I just reached lvl 21, I'm turning my attention to RvR too.

Question:
What RA's are wise to spec in? I can think of a few, but dunno how valuable they turn out to be in practise.

Also: Is the aoe mez as useful in RvR as I hope it is? (and as useful as it is in pve)

 

[Armolas]

Can't help with light spec eld RA's, but I can say from playing with Machi that the eld mez is pretty damn useful in RvR - not as good as a bard Mez of course, but still handy - at least until mez falloff is implemented soon, when a 30 sec aoe mez just won't cut it (being 15 secs at the edges, less determination / heat resist etc.).

Still ~We won't know how that works in practice for a while, but it may still be good, as it is as good as the bard's upcoming insta-mez, which causes all sorts of whines

 

[old.Charonel]

SERENITY CRACK!!!!!!

just get serenity, you need aug qui 2 to get it , but GET SERENITY!

on top of that MCL is also very very very very !!! good.

 

[idril_daoc]

Originally posted by old.Charonel
SERENITY CRACK!!!!!!

just get serenity, you need aug qui 2 to get it , but GET SERENITY!

on top of that MCL is also very very very very !!! good.

isnt that aug aqui ?

 

[old.Thalion]

I think u need following RAs:

Serenity (requires Aug Acuity 2) = Mana Regen, no more to say
MCL (no prerequisite) = regain some mana every 5 min, very usefull

As Light Eld's primary weapon is a nuke u should also have:

Wild Power = more chance for a critical hit
Mastery of Magery = raises ur dmg cap

I'm happy with these RA's (Light Chanter). If u have leftover points, u can put them Aug Con and/or tireless (more hitpoints, not that expensive for first level), Avoidance of Magic (increases magic resists)

 

[old.Charonel]

yes, it's agumented aquity 2, i should really have made sure i got that bit right, it was just a typo (my eld has serenity, and this was what i needed as a pre requisit).

by the way, serenity rocks!

 

[anno_dk]

u should get AA II, Serenity II, MCL, Wild Power is very good, but MoM (mastery of magery) isn't that useful as u don't do max dmg on most L50 enemies and 3% isn't that much... without MoM my dmg cap is 629, and atm i got MoM II now my dmg cap is 666 which isn't very much, and lots of people have good resists to heat so its not very likely u do max dmg in rvr (ofc u do on greens low blues)
My current RA specc is:
AA II, MoM II, Serenity II, Purge, MCL II, Wild Power II.
My next points will be in Wild Power as u actually crit very often

 

[Lessurl]

Yes, wild power is a must. I seem to crit a stupid amount of times for stupid amounts of damage. Might be worth waitin till 50 to spec it tho. The mad crits it can cause got me killed from aggro on numerous occasions in grps.

 

[Kobold]

Originally posted by Ensceptifica
I'm leveling a light specced eldritch atm, and find it a lot of fun. As I just reached lvl 21, I'm turning my attention to RvR too.

Question:
What RA's are wise to spec in? I can think of a few, but dunno how valuable they turn out to be in practise.

Also: Is the aoe mez as useful in RvR as I hope it is? (and as useful as it is in pve)

lol, I got a lvl 21 light eld too
Tried it in BG a few times, the nearsight surely kick ass...poor archers only get (you're target is to far away ). Allso the ae mez is very handy, with better radius than the fist bard ae mez. And ofcourse good dd

Haven't played this char much though, cause I find light ( and a few in mana) muuuuuuuuch better and more fun. Then I got mana regen, uber DD ( exactly the same as light eld i think) and allso get a VERY good range aoe DD, witch is good in both RvR and PvE.

Ment power!!

 

[Ensceptifica]

Ya I played in Thidranki once.... nearsight was about the only spell I used ( : Kind of hard coz I was downhill so had to get into archer range, but when I got nearsight off, they could just go and sit somewhere for 2 mins ( ;

Once the albs charged, I nearsighted just about all of them (not counting resists - only lvl 21 :/ ).... worked wonders ( :

 

[Lisco_Cataluz]

Erm.... Why make an eld if you are going to spec on light?
Make a mentalist and spec it to light and rest points to mana.
What you will get is hardest nuker in whole game and that lovely mana regen . With light allmost to 50, you are still able to get mana regen value 3. Addition to that, when you add Serenity & MCL with RA's, you will get very good char for RvR usage.

These are just my thougts, but i think worth of pointing out.

<Lisco>

Elf Grove Protector

 

[Kobold]

Originally posted by Lisco_Cataluz
Erm.... Why make an eld if you are going to spec on light?
Make a mentalist and spec it to light and rest points to mana.
What you will get is hardest nuker in whole game and that lovely mana regen . With light allmost to 50, you are still able to get mana regen value 3. Addition to that, when you add Serenity & MCL with RA's, you will get very good char for RvR usage.

These are just my thougts, but i think worth of pointing out.

<Lisco>

Elf Grove Protector

Exactly my thoughts.

Evil badass ment nuker growing fast on my account

 

[<Harle>]

Noo, please let her make a light-eld. I can count the occasions where i've seen nearsight casted by hibs in emain on one hand. We neeeed light-elds in the frontier The biggest downside might be that you might have a hard time lvling, since everyone is pretty fixed on pbaoe :/

 

[Ensceptifica]

Originally posted by &lt;Harle&gt;
The biggest downside might be that you might have a hard time lvling, since everyone is pretty fixed on pbaoe :/

I've got enough in mana at the side to do some nice pbaoe damage too. As long as your level is sufficient, the damage on a lower type pbaoe is still ok.

BTW: I love the aoe mez and nearsight. I'm not switching to a mentalist.

 

[Kobold]

Then I would rather go like this:
void 48 (or wathever the last bolt is)
rest in light - you will get 50% nearsight and a pretty deacent aoe mez.

I wouldn't max light just to get nearsight maybe to 75% and a few sec longer mez. Since you obiously going light cause of mez/nearsight. With that spec you can still do uber dam with bolts, do good aoe void in xp groups, aoe mez and nearsight in rvr pretty good.

Just some thoughts

 

[Ensceptifica]

I used to play this char as a void eld up until lvl 21, which was when I decided I found it utterly boring. No void for me, k? ( ;

I'm a LIGHT ELDRITCH looking for advice on RA, not looking for advice on respeccing!!

 

[Kobold]

ROFLMAO, my first char on this server: lvl 21 void eld <----deleted long time ago And yeh they are boring

About RAs I guess serenty and MCl should be first prioreties, specially when solo

 

[Lisco_Cataluz]

mkay summa summarum...

1st Mystic Crystal Lore (3 realm points)

then

2nd Augmented Acuity II ( 4 realm points)

then

3rd Serenity I (1 realm point)

and so ooooooon......

*quickly turns around and sneaks away*

 

[Spudgie]

Im respeccing from 46Void, 26Mana, 10Light to 46Void, 28Light, 4Mana ASAP. My pbaoe is practically useless in RvR in 1.52 cos i'll be using GTAOE all the time.

 

[Kobold]

I'm a LIGHT ELDRITCH looking for advice on RA, not looking for advice on respeccing!!

*looks away from this sentence a sec*

Agree with spudgie. If I had a lvl 50 eld and should spec it for RvR I would spec 46 void, 28light, 4 mana. Thats a uber spec imo. If you wanna go full mana, I'll say mana enchanters are way better cause of speed and pet

Or just make a lvl 1 guardian

 

[Lydracia]

Question about RA is: Do u want then for faster lvl'ing or only for RvR.
If lvl'ing I would do MCL and try to get Sent. as farst as u can.
If only RvR get MCL then aug 2 then MoM and WP.
Always go for MoM first because:http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=36605188
I don't have Sent up to now ... and I don't run out of mana in RvR many time most time i die befor
But for lvl'ing I would have loved it.

 

[old.Leel]

I have a 21 light eld too Going for MCL first as it will help me leveling, can get to R1L3 easily in thidranki, but can't get the R1L5 which is needed for serenity 1.
I chose light eld because of nearsight, ae mez, and verstatility in the choice of dd spell. The baseline nuke is heat and the spec dd is cold, and since I'll be full light, they'll both do maximum damage and I can use the one that monsters/enemies have less resistance against.

A light ment's baseline and spec nukes are both heat based. In any case they are far better than void eld. The light ment ae is the same, only heat based which is much better.

Oh, and my hib chars are on prydwen of course.

 

[Blue Ix]

I've got a darkness runie on prydwen, which is basically the same. Take my advice, get MCL first, it's the bomb and the first RA any mage need to get.

Currently I'm on a exp setup for RA's with my caster, at:

MCL, AA2, Serenity2, WP1, MoM1, Aug Con, Toughness - that's about the order you'll want to get them. If you're not going to waste a respec you might want to skip serenity 2 (which you might regret gettting later on, as you hit 50 for example) and aug con, toughness - they added about 35 hps total when I got them at around level 30, not all too good but still..

Anyways, get MCL first then take it from there. ;p~

 

[Lessurl]

Originally posted by &lt;Harle&gt;
Noo, please let her make a light-eld. I can count the occasions where i've seen nearsight casted by hibs in emain on one hand. We neeeed light-elds in the frontier The biggest downside might be that you might have a hard time lvling, since everyone is pretty fixed on pbaoe :/

I nearsight (void/light spec) one of my favourite spells. May not kill people but it does piss em off.

On the ra's, mcl at only 3 pts with no prerequisites is a very good ra to go for first. After that you should aim for aug acc 2 as that is the prerequisite for most of the other handy ra's. (and the int bonus can't hurt ) Then it's up to you, probably best to ge tlvl 1 in serenity, wild power and MoM as that will only cost u 3 points and it would cost u 4 to get only one to level 2. 3 at lvl 1 is handier than one at lvl 2 imo, but then it's up to your own preference.

Also as this thread has been hijaked by spec theories i'm gonna have to comment too (sorry alya ). You say low lvl pb is gonna give good damage at higher lvl, u need to be aiming for 26 in it by somewhere in your 40's tho or you'll be getting outdamaged by the void aoe /
And the people who say light ment is better, ments don't get ae mez or range debuff. Very handy spells. Each is good in it's own way.
And void elds boring, grrrr. Come over here and say that.

 

[foolou]

As a void 38/light38 specced eld maybe i can give some ideas what's usefull and what maybe not.

In group versus group rvr it's still the bard that will mezz .. and your job to take out the ppl asap.
Mastery of Magery and Wild Power will help a lot for that.
Maybe Wild Arcana would be a good choice to longer your Stun.

MCL and Serenity are basic skills for mages, all should have it at decent lvls.

I got me the maelstrom for gt-attacks, but major prob is that most albs and mids have really high cold resistance.
So the damage is ridiculous.

As light-eld you will find out that your baseline DD does more damage in RVR than the specline DD because of the alltimemaxed cold-res albs/mids use to have.
Maybe that's why some ppl think ments are hardest nukers in game. But same would apply for a lightspecced enchanter.

 

[Ensceptifica]

Thnx all, some useful advice there ( :