Which caster?

[Danamyr]

I'm posting this here because no-one posts in the Hibernia Prydwen forum here.

I would like to make a caster, but am not sure which to go for. I have a 40 Nurt/36 Reg ML5 Druid there already so buffs, heals and power ought not to be a problem when leveling.

The idea is to have a great caster to play solo and grouped in RVR.

I was up until 4AM this morning trying different /lvl in Thid, but really can't make my mind which class and spec to go for.

I most liked a Mana specced Eld and Mana specced Enchanter. I think that I could PVE easily with a mana chanter and my Druid, but it doesn't seem to have the utility that a mana chanter has; no nearsight and no insta debuffs. But then the mana eld has no speed and no pet so PVE will be harder.

I didn't try a Mentalist.

Please advise as to which Class I ought to go for, with RVR in mind. Also, which spec within that Class? I suspect it might be better to perhaps stay Mana until Lvl 40 or even 50 and then respec to Light for the much better nukes...after all, PBAOE is purely situational and I could use DD nukes where ever.

TIA

 

[Naffets]

light eld imo

 

[necromania]

light eld imo

agree, light eld rocks. .

mana chanter is allso nice in rvr and can easy PVE it fast with focus pulling+pbaoe etc .

allso heard mentalists should be nice, tho havent tried one..

hope it helps

 

[Everz]

Light eld is best

 

[Danamyr]

I've just been playing my Mana Chanter in Thid some more. It's a really difficult decision to make because the Chanter is great fun, will make it easy to reach 50 solo, has speed for solo RVR but the best damage is the PB which is completely situational.

The Eld probably has the best damage in an anytime RVR sense, the most util, but no speed so no realistic solo RVR and slower leveling to 50.

Hard decision, as ideally I'd like to have both but just haven't got the time

 

[Miril]

Arborial animist <3

 

[Everz]

Solo rvr for chant aint that roxs, light tank with high det or a form of charge will eat you without moc, + one form cc ftw

 

[Argyle_Avendale]

Bainshee, if you have cata xD

 

[Alexandrinus]

all the Hib Prydwen people are here ---->http://www.prydwen.net/

 

[anioal]

- rvr wise go for light eld and no further discussion is necesary about its abilities.
- pve wise go for mana chanter.
still, chanter can be decent in solo rvr if u spec full light and have a ml9 pet, also 40mana/36light seems nice for both pve/pvp since it gives u yellow focus for farming, 30% heat debuff and from rr4+ no dmg variance in base light nukes. u also must keep in mind that chanters rarely get rvr groups these days, at least on excalibur

 

[Gear]

Utility wise I'd say light eld without any doubt, however that doesn't mean that a chanter cannot preform well.

An example (alas an extreme one but still):

 

[Donledirse]

Hmm light eld if you want to cc your opponents and nuke them down with bolt and DD. I prefer mana enchanter, because you get a good healing pet who can be set on another caster or healer to interrupt while you deal with others, I have a hell of a lot of fun in rvr with my enchanter solo or grouped, and they make good farmers aswell. Also there's something quite satisfying about pbing multiple enemies

Also mana enchanter can debuff his own nukes, which is tasty.

 

[Dracus]

Arg..Im so sick of this..light eld is ubah easy mode and knowing you've actually played a necro in rvr I DONT think you want a light eld (I have one and its almost not funny how easy-mode it is, say hello sorc anyone?)

Imo Light ment is a good choice(fun UV with pets ) They can MR, heal, HoT and have the usual spec DD (209delve) and AE DD.

Another choice is light ench, which I think is overlooked coz of PB. a light ench can 15% debuff his own spec DD . just get some MoF and ur hittin for loads.

But thats just me thinkin necro a la hib-style

Actually think im gonna respec ench to try light spec

/Dracus

 

[MaCaBr3]

I only have a mana chanter so I don't know much about the other casters on hib.

But what I know is that a mana chanter is equally effective in PVE and RVR and therefore equally fun.

Having an ML9 pet that heals u for 163 hp if ur under 25% can safe ur ass.

A mana chanter is very fun to play in keep and tower defending, the DD might not be the most hardest one, but spamming pb in a small group really takes it out of u

 

[Garbannoch]

In the current state of the game hib casters are worse than alb and mid counterparts for both soloing and grouping. Lifetap casters will outperform any hib caster and so will fancy classes like bonedancers and theurgists.
For soloing you really wanna have speed so I guess chanter is best although no form of aoe cc or even a long duration single target cc is kinda sucky. Light eld would be the perfect soloer if it had speed. Mentalists are ok for soloing (you can heal yourself, you can use a single target mez and they have access to ST plus the RR5 RA is very nice for soloing although completely useless in goups) - but again no speed.

I think that all of the hib casters (eld, ment, chanter, bainshee, animist) can be fun to solo with but there are no uber classes among them like sorcs, bonedancers and spiritmasters. So if you want an easy mode solo caster you have to roll either mid or alb (or make something else than a necro)

 

[Naffets]

Utility wise I'd say light eld without any doubt, however that doesn't mean that a chanter cannot preform well.

An example (alas an extreme one but still):

moc was up imo

 

[Mastade]

If you dont plan to solo in rvr.. Bainshee is without doubt the best hib caster you can make.

 

[Leel]

Having fun with my chanter atm, am speced 39 mana and 37 light so got focus bonus on base nuke at rr3. Actually with 50 composite light at rr3, I am having a tiny lil bit of variance on the nuke, like 2-4 points. It will prolly go away when I get 51 composite light. It's certainly most fun for soloing cuz of the speed, but I really miss my second form of cc and nearsight. I have both a light eld and a mana eld as well, so can tell the difference quite well. Charge tanks fuck you up no matter what though. Or actually, an eld can get away with rr5 ability and disease. I must say I feel more uber with light eld though, cuz you got so many tools vs enemy casters. But no speed of course. Bainshees are just plain op, have seen them from both sides of the fence. It's a hard choice, and that's why I have them all, I enjoy them all, cuz they are different.

 

[Vodkafairy]

Utility wise I'd say light eld without any doubt, however that doesn't mean that a chanter cannot preform well.

An example (alas an extreme one but still):

haha thats just brilliant, that fight is in my video with ventrecordings aswell. nice to see we got Guisboro aswell, bit of an insiders joke tho

 

[Eleasias]

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[Extion]

In my opnion, if u want a good caster in hibernia you should go for light Eldritch, u m8 don have speed but you always have nearsight wich is the best for soloing other casters. Im light eld and use to solo a lot, you'll probably find a good fight before hastener speed ends . Area mezz and Stun are enough to handle all kind of enemies and those 500-600dmg nukes without need of debuff rocks. Bainshees are also ok, the ammount of damage they can do is pretty good, tho nearsight is the best.