A defense? Or A damages?

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hifive5 wrote on 2010-11-14 23:40

Ok, so because of this [SIZE="5"]stupid double rainbow event[/SIZE] (which i hate because its so cheap, but if you cant beat it join it) i have around 250 AP, I have rank 1 thunder, icebolt, lightningbolt, around 250 int, rank 5 magic mastery and thats about it, the rest is trash besides rank 9 CM and rank 9 Critical. I also have a measly rank D defense :<. Lately i discovered that i can do alot with Thunder but I'm effectively limited for many reasons.
A. my intelligence is not enough, i should be hitting 400+ with thunder but instead i hit 300-750 which is below my expectations.
B. I have to little defense, basically, if i get caught in a combo, I'm dead no matter what.
C. My critical can be even greater, with thunder i have seen a single charge do 1400+ damage which i am ok with but i feel like i could be doing wayyyyy more if i rank critical up to 1.

What should I rank up, MM, defense, or critical?

All these skills are for Passive ranking and they arent really combat or life skills where you can automatically raise them. Especially critical. As for Magic mastery, the only problem is I only have 1 advanced magic and some bolts so I cant rank magic mastery anymore. Can adv magic crystals count for training? Or should i just get party healing to rank up MM.

The questions I have are highlighted in bold, skip the rest if you don't care for backround info.
Haydrian wrote on 2010-11-14 23:44

All 3. Plus music theory, composing, firebolt, and healing for more int.

Can't you just use thunder to rank MM? o_O
Bankai231 wrote on 2010-11-14 23:45

rank all of them. Defense and mm can be capped with your current ap. And youll get stuck on about rank 4 for crit which will slow you down but even than its not much ap.
hifive5 wrote on 2010-11-14 23:49

@Hay I mean which one should i focus on first? I have thunder and bolts but that wont allow me to get atleast 100 training points. I need an additional magic skill to get to 100 for each rank up to 1. I'm not really interested in the skills you've mentioned just for int. I think 300 int is enough for all magic skills disregarding blaze which im also not interested in.
@Bankai Thanks.
abc33kr wrote on 2010-11-14 23:55

*states the obvious*

You can train crit easily by going to provocation basic and punching the barrier spikes with auto attack on.
Bankai231 wrote on 2010-11-14 23:59

Quote from abc33kr;215375:
*states the obvious*

You can train crit easily by going to provocation basic and punching the barrier spikes with auto attack on.

Yeah but dont do it on this weekend. You can do that anytime. But prime way to train crit when you get grindy.
Haydrian wrote on 2010-11-15 00:14

Quote from hifive5;215366:
@Hay I mean which one should i focus on first? I have thunder and bolts but that wont allow me to get atleast 100 training points. I need an additional magic skill to get to 100 for each rank up to 1. I'm not really interested in the skills you've mentioned just for int. I think 300 int is enough for all magic skills disregarding blaze which im also not interested in.

My old main has over 300 base int and I still feel like he should've been doing more damage so no, I disagree. 400-500 is what you should aim for if your serious about maging. If your not serious then forgive me for giving easy to rank skills to help with int/damage for you to do. If your that against spending 33AP for 45 int (composing), 14 AP for 50 int (music theory), or 109 AP for 52 AP (firebolt) then fine. Healing I can level with to not want to rank that badly as it's 207Ap for 52 int, although it is a handy skill and the best place to cap it if not wanting to fulling rank it would be 6 for mp/heal point ratio. But your the one who stated they wanted more damage and these are your best options for more int to help your damage.

Party healing is a nuisance to train so I'd say IS or FB for a second ADV magic. But that's just me. If your that against FB and IS then you'll need DKs and to be stationed at a MT for party healing. Try and do this during this event as it will reduce how long you need to keep a party of DKs at a MT.

If you want a focus point do up your MM first for the MP and rank critical the moment it's rankable. You really shouldn't have to train critical, I personally see 0 point to literally training it as if you fight a lot it will get there on its own rather quickly up to about R4-R3 then it take a bit longer. Crit was the second skill that hit R1 on my previous main and i didn't train it. If you feel you really should train it ABC gave the most common method and it shouldn't be too difficult, just time consuming. Grab yourself a stiff tail cap as well for sometihng easy to have for more crit.

Defense is also stupid easy to train if you just run around smashing foxes in defense, it shouldn't take you long at all to rank. Like Bankai said you've got the AP sitting there and the skills you've chosen are pretty easy to train compared to many. If your lagging very badly then go for it, i'd say after MM though.