Greetings folks.

My main has reached the point of learning quaternary skills.

I would appreciate you number crunchers, mnemonic wiki readers, and anyone with just an opinion to make suggestions.

The mage is done with weapon skills for now, the THW and Ranged should hold him. The four armor ranks is all he will ever need.

Questions:

1.) Is there value in any mental mana control or more spirit mana control, or any of their lores?
(the 40 ranks SMC is for activation of my 220 item).

I know that Blessings lore will help Self Control and sometimes I use the spell, but that seems a stretch.

2.) If I eliminate Pickpocket, picking and disarming, and probably also Ambush and Stalking, the remaining skills should be in what sequence?
After finishing Trading I will probably get the rest of MOC for FoF. After that I am ambivalent but there is not much left to choose from,
i.e. Dodging 20/20, heh.


Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 20 4
Combat Maneuvers...................| 201 101
Two-Handed Weapons.................| 201 101
Ranged Weapons.....................| 201 101
Brawling...........................| 5 1
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 50 10
Physical Fitness...................| 201 101
Arcane Symbols.....................| 302 202
Magic Item Use.....................| 302 202
Spell Aiming.......................| 302 202
Harness Power......................| 403 303
Elemental Mana Control.............| 302 202
Spirit Mana Control................| 140 40
Elemental Lore - Air...............| 160 60
Elemental Lore - Earth.............| 140 40
Elemental Lore - Fire..............| 150 50
Elemental Lore - Water.............| 150 50
Survival...........................| 201 101
Perception.........................| 302 202
Climbing...........................| 201 101
Swimming...........................| 201 101
First Aid..........................| 302 202
Trading............................| 140 40

Spell Lists
Major Elemental....................| 127

Spell Lists
Minor Elemental....................| 75

Spell Lists
Wizard.............................| 101

Thanks for your input.
:D

Thanks Doug, I put ambush back on the to-do list.

As for disarm/pick, I thought that only having 1x would not let me pick like level since rogues can 3x the skill.

:D

>I use a philosophy here, rather than logic.

Appreciated and good point.

That still leaves the question of spiritual and mental - anything there?

:D

>> Spell Lists
>> Major Elemental....................| 127

>> Spell Lists
>> Minor Elemental....................| 75

>> Spell Lists
>>Wizard.............................| 101

Not a suggestion on what to train next but just a suggestion that you might consider swapping your spells around a bit to the following:

>> Spell Lists
>> Major Elemental....................| 113

>> Spell Lists
>> Minor Elemental....................| 77

>> Spell Lists
>>Wizard.............................| 113

With this change you might find that Call Wind is very effective and Earthen Fury is quite a lot of fun as well. My experience with Call Wind at 101 ranks vs. Call Wind at 113 ranks was that it went from 'not reliable enough' to 'a good go to disabler' depending on what and where you hunt.

-- Robert aka Faulkil

Due to the volatile atmosphere, random bolts of lightning can intermittently be seen streaking through the skyline.

>you might find that Call Wind is very effective

I have not hunted anything I felt needed to be disabled prior to attacking it, 908 or 910 are usually my first shot.

>and Earthen Fury is quite a lot of fun

Roger that, the new boil earth is radically improved. I have that one on a hot key for Seers so I do not waste a bolt and find they have WoF up.

:D

> Naos, Estild, Haliste, Kaikala, Valyrka, Viduus and Wyrom are all going to band together

What could possibly go wrong (tm)?

:D