What skills should I rank as an Evie? Suggestions

• Tablo wrote on 2010-11-02 18:39
  disappointed.
• Tablo wrote on 2010-11-02 18:41
  place holda. may or may not need it but just to stay safe
• heretic304 wrote on 2010-11-02 20:17

  Quote from Tablo;201416:

  
  Rank A - Intelligence Mastery (790 AP)
  Boosts permanent intelligence. This means a few things:
  1) Damage increase for your spells
  2) Faster Mana Recovery
  3) Helps meditation (wut?)
  4) Increased weight capability
  

  
  
  2 is incorrect. There is no mana in this game, first of all. Secondly, if you meant stamina recovery, that is covered by Agility.
  3 means that every 7 int you have reduces the amount of time you have to wait for the 1 AP from meditation by 1 second.
  4 means it increases her ability to carry heavier objects in battle, not to be confused with the amount of stones she can carry for her equipment.
• Tablo wrote on 2010-11-02 20:20

  Quote from heretic304;201550:

  2 is incorrect. There is no mana in this game, first of all. Secondly, if you meant stamina recovery, that is covered by Agility.
  3 means that every 7 int you have reduces the amount of time you have to wait for the 1 AP from meditation by 1 second.
  4 means it increases her ability to carry heavier objects in battle, not to be confused with the amount of stones she can carry for her equipment.

  
  
  i was thinking mana shield, not stamina
  well i do know what meditation does...it's just really pointless lol
  
  yes, I will edit to clear those things up
• TA wrote on 2010-11-02 20:35
  Scythe:
  Intelligence Mastery: A
  Magic Mastery: A
  Strength Mastery: A
  Smash Mastery: A
  Combat Mastery
  Critical Hit
  Magic Crit
  
  And Scythe skills, but we don't have those yet.
• PandaSong wrote on 2010-11-02 20:38
  Staff Evies should only prioritize Healing if they want to go the Support path. If you don't like healing, don't get it past E. It still covers the basics of healing yourself easily enough (not to mention it costs money if you don't have the rune generator). Magic Arrow, Magic Mastery, Firebolt, Eagle Talons, Magic Crit, Stamina Recovery and Intelligence Mastery should be the mains if you want to be pure damage type.
  
  So in other words.. There's two ways you can go at first if you concentrate on the Staff. Eventually it'll be all upped, but until then..
• heretic304 wrote on 2010-11-03 04:53
  Well in regard to the mana shields, I'm pretty sure mine haven't regenerated any faster now with over 700 INT, than it did when I first started out, but I may have to go test that out sometime and see >_>
• sakraycore wrote on 2010-11-03 17:07
  this guide should not be made by someone who thinks Evie sucks >_>
• Shirayuki wrote on 2010-11-03 17:10

  Quote from sakraycore;202972:

  this guide should not be made by someone who thinks Evie sucks >_>

  
  
  He doesn't necessarily think Evy sucks, but rather that she sucks at certain things. :p And if you think Evy is so OMIGODSOSEXYANDPRO, make a guide.
• Ruquion wrote on 2010-11-03 17:18
  If you think that staff Evies are useless for offense then why are you telling people to get offensive skills?
  Magic Arrow, Firebolt, Magic Critical and Magic Mastery are all pointless if you're going support.
  And as support, wearing Heavy Armor and maximizing defense will be a better idea as Heals aren't affected by MATT.
• PandaSong wrote on 2010-11-03 17:45
  Technically a support Evy would have to raise at least one damage skill, unless you don't mind partying all the time (and you'd have to leave the solo BP out). But yeah, Ruquion is right, Heavy Armor (when we can) for a Support is better.
• Tablo wrote on 2010-11-03 17:57

  Quote from Ruquion;202991:

  If you think that staff Evies are useless for offense then why are you telling people to get offensive skills?
  Magic Arrow, Firebolt, Magic Critical and Magic Mastery are all pointless if you're going support.
  And as support, wearing Heavy Armor and maximizing defense will be a better idea as Heals aren't affected by MATT.

  
  
  why not? if one wants to make an aggressive evie, they are free to do so (that's what I'm going). Besides, ap isn't limited. I have clearly stated that you're free to do whatever you want, this is only a suggestion, a simple "build order." You will be maxing the skills towards end game anyway. This guide is for those who are completely lost as they start the game. If you really want to enjoy the evie class (which is the reason im playing the damn game), going full support is definitely not the way to go. You're not getting any piece of the action, and the game is really about the action. In fact, going full support is just dumb as hell.
  If you want to focus on support, you rush to rA heal, but that doesn't mean that you HAVE to go support.
  Who said this "skill-tree" is for support staff-evies? This is an early game "skill tree." Towards mid-late game, yes, these skills may prove to be absolutely useless once you start seeing the damage of other classes. You'll even feel bad that you're cluttering up the party and lagging everyone with your firebolt. "Oh, I didn't bring enough heals for the party." "Oops, I died again." THEN you make the transition. Early in the game, if you're in a good party, no one needs your damn heal, and no one is dumb enough to not bring potions to battles. No one will out damage your firebolt. Evie is a very strong class early in the game. I'm trying to maximize this potential. Maybe I haven't explained myself fully in the op. I was rushing the guide, and as I have wrote down, it is incomplete. Thanks for pointing that out.
  
  Oh, to Sakraycore, just because the character sucks doesn't mean that people shouldn't play it :D. Evie sucks, but I play evie for fun. Now let me explain my word choice of "sucks." In terms of DPS, evie sucks compared to other classes. In terms of efficiency, evie is really stuck going either way (support+damage). But hey, I love the class. It sure takes damn long to kill the bosses, but I really don't mind. I'm just worried about the late-game-evie. Especially staff-evies ):
  
  going to update the guide with some scythe skills, thanks to tasha for the suggestions :D. Mind if I put that up on the op?
• Sora wrote on 2010-11-03 18:08

  Oh, to Sakraycore, just because the character sucks doesn't mean that people shouldn't play it :D

  
  
  Reading this thread, I understand that you agree that Evie sawks, so I sir, obviously seeing that you made this thread to pretty much make arguments, and to demean Evie players, will make completely valid statements like yourself.
  
  Lann sucks cause all he can do is DPS and can't stun down Bosses.
  
  That is what I see from you, so why don't you just stop and start making actually useful posts on Mabination, because I really would love to see this NOT turn into the Nexon Official Forums. I've seen alot of bawling around lately, it's quite annoying and about the most useless things. People are so obsessed about DPS and what not and forgot how fun it is to play.
  
  Edit: Sorry about the not so very constructive post.
• PandaSong wrote on 2010-11-03 18:15

  Quote from Tablo;203046:

  In fact, going full support is just dumb as hell.

  >_> Excuse me, I went full support but I still had enough AP to put into Magic Arrow.
  
  I believe what we're trying to say is -- Some of those you have posted up there are not needed for certain types. This is a suggestions guide, so put up two "types" of Staff Evy parts. One for those that wouldn't mind healing and one for those that go healing. Those who like to heal can get the rA Heal and those that don't, should only get rE for themselves. Also, we have a general guide already anyways, Sora basically points out what he thinks is useful for Staff and Scythe.
  
  And yes, there are people who are dumb enough not to bring pots (not to mention the no potion oaths).
  
  Edit* You fixed the Healing part, so that part is fine. Thanks :)
• Sora wrote on 2010-11-03 18:23
  Wow, I didn't even read it, don't worry Rynn, I saw the same thing with counter for Fiona, saying it was completely useless or something, then people started to find out how to use it and etc, and suddenly became amazing and must use skill.
  
  The Healing class is absolutely great for party play, people are all level 38 so healing while doing Blood Prince is a rarity, but when we first reached level 31 and did Blood Prince for the first time, having a Healer would have been a gift as we would not worry to stop and heal ourselves with the chance of being hit while using a potion. People don't see a usefulness of a healer because for them, they don't need one, because there aren't any difficult dungeons to do for them because they reached cap level and there is no new content.
  
  But you know what Rynn, start taking names, make sure you don't heal them when they need it. :]
  
  Edit: In addition, I would like point out when I duo Hard Macha Blood Prince with my character Cliona [Evie-32] with my Gf's character Kairos [Fiona-38]. It is much harder then doing it with 4 people, because there is more aggro because of less amount of people, often then times I find myself Healing her because she is constantly harassed by the Mini Bosses and Bosses. And if she ends up dieing, it's going to be hard to revive her with one of the princess on my tail.