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Re: Newb to Shiradi: Sorc or Wiz
Reply #25 - Aug 26th, 2013 at 8:15pm
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I'm going to try the 16 wiz/2 mnk/2 fvs when I LR. Losing level 9 spells is not a big deal to me - the only one I'll miss is PWK. You gain a lot of better stuff to spend AP on than what's in the wiz trees.
  
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Reply #26 - Aug 26th, 2013 at 9:39pm
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Carpone wrote on Aug 26th, 2013 at 6:37pm:
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Reply #27 - Aug 27th, 2013 at 8:26am
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Can you share the spell choices?  Yes, I am that stupid to sorc.
  
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Reply #28 - Aug 27th, 2013 at 8:33am
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arjiwan wrote on Aug 27th, 2013 at 8:26am:
Can you share the spell choices?  Yes, I am that stupid to sorc.

Magic Missile and Chain Missile are your bread and butter.  You want at least 9 arcane levels to get the maximum number of missiles (or 7 arcane levels + Arcane Augmentation IX).  Scorching Ray/Chain Lightning are used situationally.  If your arcane has 9th level spells, then Meteor Swarm is a great mana dump. 

Hellball works well with Shiradi (4 proc chances per target), but it's a mana hog and has a longish cool down.

If you ever played an old skool arcane, Shiradi is sorta like fishing for crit firewalls.



  
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Re: Newb to Shiradi: Sorc or Wiz
Reply #29 - Aug 27th, 2013 at 9:20am
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Carpone wrote on Aug 27th, 2013 at 8:33am:
If you ever played an old skool arcane, Shiradi is sorta like fishing for crit firewalls.


I still play the old skool arcane, Shiradi's randomness and fishing for procs just feels too fucking gimp. At least with this new gear powercreep DC casting is somewhat viable again.
  

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Reply #30 - Aug 27th, 2013 at 9:24am
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Carpone wrote on Aug 27th, 2013 at 8:33am:
Magic Missile and Chain Missile...


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Reply #31 - Aug 27th, 2013 at 10:37am
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Ok new annoyance.. xp ransack mechanic. I'm kicking myself for not knocking out more EDs b4 the update. I "farmed" (5ish runs) ID, RB, and 2 runs of Von3 for 1 level and 1.8 ranks in Fatesinger on my way from Draconic to Shiradi... This is going to take forever. I coulda have knocked it out in a 1-2 days doing the ID farming that was going on prior to the update.


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Re: Newb to Shiradi: Sorc or Wiz
Reply #32 - Aug 27th, 2013 at 12:00pm
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Not sure how many xp Last Stand in Red Fens is worth once you're over level 25, but IIRC it takes about 8-10 minutes to run. I'd consider adding it to the rotation.

Hard ADQ1 is pretty fast xp in a group that can split up and cover three or four halls at once, plus you get about a token and a half per run.
  

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Reply #33 - Aug 27th, 2013 at 12:23pm
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claw is 4 minutes and super fucking easy. xp is kinda low though.
  
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Reply #34 - Aug 29th, 2013 at 12:07pm
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cdr wrote on Aug 26th, 2013 at 8:15pm:
I'm going to try the 16 wiz/2 mnk/2 fvs when I LR. Losing level 9 spells is not a big deal to me - the only one I'll miss is PWK. You gain a lot of better stuff to spend AP on than what's in the wiz trees.



Also going to do this.


Just wondering - LRing my melee who has worked in every primal\martial destiny into the above split, but he hasn't touched arcane\divine. Shiradi is capped though, so does it matter at all really that I haven't trained the other ED's?


And what gear are you rolling with? Even if it's just basic epics\eveningstar stuff that's cool. He doesn't have any caster related gear so it would be nice to know
  
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Re: Newb to Shiradi: Sorc or Wiz
Reply #35 - Aug 29th, 2013 at 12:34pm
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My gearout is secret until I've acquired the lootgen I want Smiley

Blue Docent, Int +3 Blue Helm, Guardin's Ring, EE Ring of Shadows, GS 45 HP, GS 150 SP are in there though.

Maxing other destinies doesn't matter unless you want a certain ED feat - I use all level 1 twists, which is only 6 fate points. You should at least dip into arcane/divine to get the twistable stuff itself though.

I do Unearthly Reactions (Magister T1, +6 reflex/3% dodge), Endless Faith (Exalted Angel T1, +10% SP), Dragonhide (Draconic T1, +6 fortitude/can't fail fortitude on 1). I swap out Dragonhide for Energy Sheathe for Tor/FOT.
  
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Reply #36 - Aug 29th, 2013 at 12:38pm
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Glad to know it's simple like that.



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Re: Newb to Shiradi: Sorc or Wiz
Reply #37 - Sep 2nd, 2013 at 1:26am
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im leaning towards 14wiz/4fvs/2monk at the moment. i am 16/2/2 currently and was 18/2. Besides some weird deep splash builds that i havent considered or looked into i think 14/4/2 is my best bet. what is the logic with the 13/7?
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Reply #38 - Sep 2nd, 2013 at 11:52am
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Sergod wrote on Sep 2nd, 2013 at 1:26am:
im leaning towards 14wiz/4fvs/2monk at the moment. i am 16/2/2 currently and was 18/2. Besides some weird deep splash builds that i havent considered or looked into i think 14/4/2 is my best bet. what is the logic with the 13/7?

What's the logic behind the 14/4/2 split?

Fleshie 13 FvS/7 Sorc:

13 FvS = Blade Barrier and Heal.  Blade Barrier kiting + Shiradi = crazy amounts of procs.

7 Sorc + Twilight = max number of magic missile and chain missile.  Also provides wings (tier5 electric).

13/7 is basically the way to make previous Evocation focused Favored Souls useful with the +20 LR heart.
  
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Reply #39 - Sep 2nd, 2013 at 1:15pm
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Isn't CM max missiles at CL 19?
  
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Reply #40 - Sep 2nd, 2013 at 1:55pm
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Carpone wrote on Sep 2nd, 2013 at 11:52am:
What's the logic behind the 14/4/2 split?

Fleshie 13 FvS/7 Sorc:

13 FvS = Blade Barrier and Heal.  Blade Barrier kiting + Shiradi = crazy amounts of procs.

7 Sorc + Twilight = max number of magic missile and chain missile.  Also provides wings (tier5 electric).

13/7 is basically the way to make previous Evocation focused Favored Souls useful with the +20 LR heart.


13/7 with Wiz instead of Sorc is just as sexy, if not more. The SLAs provide more procs at the lowest possible cost, thereby substantially increasing damage and staying power.
  
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Reply #41 - Sep 4th, 2013 at 8:59pm
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LafoMamone wrote on Sep 2nd, 2013 at 1:55pm:
13/7 with Wiz instead of Sorc is just as sexy, if not more. The SLAs provide more procs at the lowest possible cost, thereby substantially increasing damage and staying power.

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Reply #42 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 8:14am
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LafoMamone wrote on Sep 2nd, 2013 at 1:55pm:
13/7 with Wiz instead of Sorc is just as sexy, if not more. The SLAs provide more procs at the lowest possible cost, thereby substantially increasing damage and staying power.


So the SLA's don't go on wizard level, but character level overal?
  
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Re: Newb to Shiradi: Sorc or Wiz
Reply #43 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 9:12am
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Saecru wrote on Sep 5th, 2013 at 8:14am:
So the SLA's don't go on wizard level, but character level overal?


they're based on your wizard caster level.
  

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Reply #44 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 9:57am
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I have a 18wiz/2rog which can't be LR'd into a monk or paladin split due to alignment changes. He's a first lifer and I don't want to bother with spell pen - just having fun with MM and CM.

Even with the change to beguile, I'm seriously considering 17Wiz/2Rog/1 Druid, as this offers a nice measure of croud control which happens alongside the Shiradi Procs. I don't want to bother with other CC measures as I'd like to ignore Spell Pen. Thoughts on this?
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Reply #45 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 10:18am
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If you're not splashing fvs you're doing it wrong. Not a fan of rogue personally, but I suppose it could maybe let you get enough Search to matter in EE sometimes.

Alignment changes are 500TP, cheap.
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Reply #46 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 10:39am
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Carpone wrote on Sep 4th, 2013 at 8:59pm:
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What are wings?
  

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Reply #47 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 10:55am
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cdr wrote on Sep 5th, 2013 at 10:18am:
If you're not splashing fvs you're doing it wrong. Not a fan of rogue personally, but I suppose it could maybe let you get enough Search to matter in EE sometimes.


I also like the full ranks in UMD for some scrolling assistance. I'd rather TR than buy an alignment change.
  

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Reply #48 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 11:02am
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aDifferentHandle wrote on Sep 5th, 2013 at 10:55am:
I also like the full ranks in UMD for some scrolling assistance. I'd rather TR than buy an alignment change.


Wait, fleshy? Yeah, better TR.
  
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Re: Newb to Shiradi: Sorc or Wiz
Reply #49 - Sep 5th, 2013 at 11:06am
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cdr wrote on Sep 5th, 2013 at 11:02am:
Wait, fleshy? Yeah, better TR.

Nah, no fleshy. Assistance as in "Help the healer with heal and raise scrolls."
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