New mage
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:32 am
Hey guys, I just started a playing mage a couple days ago. This is my first time playing since the destiny update. At least I think that's what it was called. Anyway, I remember Dal Rita being significantly different. The castle got revamped, npcs that used to be across the road are now on the other side of the road. Over all though, I quite like the changes. So my mage is now level 35 in Shalemont at the "other side" quest were you have to cross the bridge kill the trappers/archers. I paused at this point because it's the biggest level gap in the beginning quest line. Killing lvl 37* enemies for one quest and killing lvl 45** for the next and I feel like I need actual build at this point.
I've been doing mostly 3 focus, 2 vit till now but I have only spent 6 skill points. Two in firebolt, two in lure of fire, and two in cloak of fire and I've been using level 1 shards, e-shield and e-boost along with them and been able to kill every enemy I've had to up until this point, but now with the quest jump I need a little more, probably a lot more, fire (or ice) power to get the job done and I don't want to screw myself over at the start by using a bad skill combo.
The reason I don't just go fire is because one, I assume since there are less Ice mages it would be easier to gear that way. Two I'm not buying plat to start, so I really need to be careful with my gold and I have no idea when I'll get fire/ice attunement or storm/blast so I won't really get many benefits from going either or for now and thirdly I just noticed something that makes me doubt if bolt is really better than shards.
My shards (at level 1) take 4 energy and do 96 cold damage and bolt (at 3) also takes 4 energy but only does 64 fire damage. My ice magic is at most 3/4 of my fire and min 2/3rds. I'm not sure if this is just because skills scale badly or if shards actually does cost less energy per dmg than bolt.
Finally, I'd also like to try a hth or auto build as I read it can increase your dps at lower levels and it would complement potentially complement shards better.
Any ideas you guys have are welcome, I'm on Epona so if you guys have any recommended items maybe you can also include an accurate cost.
On the last note of gear, I was originally hoping to get the woven sorcerous armour to make leveling easier, but now I've started the duskshadow quests so I didn't think it would be worth it, however I've only been able to get a single relic so far and at this rate it will take me days, if not weeks to get it all so I haven't given up on the woven armour yet. So what do you guys suggest for armour?
I've been doing mostly 3 focus, 2 vit till now but I have only spent 6 skill points. Two in firebolt, two in lure of fire, and two in cloak of fire and I've been using level 1 shards, e-shield and e-boost along with them and been able to kill every enemy I've had to up until this point, but now with the quest jump I need a little more, probably a lot more, fire (or ice) power to get the job done and I don't want to screw myself over at the start by using a bad skill combo.
The reason I don't just go fire is because one, I assume since there are less Ice mages it would be easier to gear that way. Two I'm not buying plat to start, so I really need to be careful with my gold and I have no idea when I'll get fire/ice attunement or storm/blast so I won't really get many benefits from going either or for now and thirdly I just noticed something that makes me doubt if bolt is really better than shards.
My shards (at level 1) take 4 energy and do 96 cold damage and bolt (at 3) also takes 4 energy but only does 64 fire damage. My ice magic is at most 3/4 of my fire and min 2/3rds. I'm not sure if this is just because skills scale badly or if shards actually does cost less energy per dmg than bolt.
Finally, I'd also like to try a hth or auto build as I read it can increase your dps at lower levels and it would complement potentially complement shards better.
Any ideas you guys have are welcome, I'm on Epona so if you guys have any recommended items maybe you can also include an accurate cost.
On the last note of gear, I was originally hoping to get the woven sorcerous armour to make leveling easier, but now I've started the duskshadow quests so I didn't think it would be worth it, however I've only been able to get a single relic so far and at this rate it will take me days, if not weeks to get it all so I haven't given up on the woven armour yet. So what do you guys suggest for armour?