Which 2nd tier should I do?

lostboy · #1 (**permalink**) 09-26-2005, 12:30 PM

Hello, I'm a Mage class, and I wanted to do something that did a lot of damage. I play with my friend and he is a warrior but he does a lot more damage and is about 200K experience ahead of me. The reason is because I sometimes can't even get to the monster before he kills it. I really thought I would be much more powerful as far as damage output. It seems like my puny spells only do 16 damage at most, where I have 6 in Arcanist magic. He hits for about 15-30 all the time. Which route should I take so I could be very powerful as far as damage dealing. I was thinking Wizard, but now I'm thinking Battle Mage, which is better? What about using Ninjitsu?

ferncliff · #2 (**permalink**) 09-26-2005, 01:05 PM

If you go wizard and pump up 'spellfire' with a bunch of blast nova you'll be killing everything in site before your friend draws the first drop of blood. D

lostboy · #3 (**permalink**) 09-26-2005, 02:32 PM

Oh any other opinions? I just feel weak, I don't have many charges of magic and I don't know when it gets more powerful. I basically just fight with a weapon at this point, I rarely use magic because it never last long enough for me to always use it. That's what I am worried about.

lostboy · #4 (**permalink**) 09-26-2005, 08:32 PM

Still looking for opinions!

marty · #5 (**permalink**) 09-26-2005, 09:25 PM

I have a 12 level mage going the battle mage route, now working on warlock. I have 12 blast novas, 15 fireballs, and 20 magic missiles that I use in that order. That combination is quite effective. As a last resort I go with the Elven sword of speed which also works. Work on increasing your arcane magic skill, the higher it is the more damage you will do. Work on your scribe skill to get the spells recharged faster.

lostboy · #6 (**permalink**) 09-27-2005, 07:58 AM

Well, I don't have scribe yet. Someone said to do Wizard for pure damage. Who do you think would win? A Sorcerer with max everything or a Warlock with max everything?

arcane1 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-28-2005, 06:45 PM

I had this class progression: Mage-Battlemage-Fighter-Knight-Warlock I thought it did a pretty good job of giving me a good defensive base and good offensive potential. With the right weapons I was hitting for 30-40 and my nova AE spells were pretty effective. Once you get the scepter of shadows from Nasolum (sp?) with a mage's prowess with magic weapon skill you should be able to start blastin stuff at range while your fighter friend is still closing to contact..

lostboy · #8 (**permalink**) 09-29-2005, 08:17 AM

I was going to do Mage - Battlemage - Warlock - Valk - ?? (is a 5th possible in this situation since valk is 2nd tier).