The Usefulness of Wand Egos

• Juno wrote on 2010-05-21 18:45
  It's rather pointless to switch your ego up if you're not going to go crazy feeding it. It's especially pointless to make an ego that doesn't suit your main style of play. If you stick it out with your current one you're looking at a cc+4 ice wand that adds 50+ damage a bolt and eventually passes a crown wand on ice spear damage bonus.
  
  A melee ego will always be more versatile, but it's not so much more powerful that it's worth getting as a non-melee character.
  
  If you are in fact, melee, disregard this :x
• Justified wrote on 2010-05-21 23:51

  Quote from Juno;40874:

  If you stick it out with your current one you're looking at a cc+4 ice wand that adds 50+ damage a bolt and eventually passes a crown wand on ice spear damage bonus.

  
  
  I'm Hybrid, Final Hit is my last offensive melee skill. *points at sig*
  
  Crown Ice Wands add around 70-90 damage depending on the upgrade path. According to the wiki, a 40 Str Ego will only add 63/(100-40) = 1.05 damage to Ice Spear.
• Trigger wrote on 2010-05-22 00:00

  Quote from Fumy;40852:

  25 Year old Giant and Wisp Profing on thursdays^^ so it hits 12 targets doesn't it make Bow Awakening better 'cause it can hit 15 targets at r1

  
  
  No, it does not hit twelve targets. Spirit Wand Awakening strikes up to 6 targets, and for every target that it hits it strikes up to 6 more, for a grand total of 42 possible hits -- at all ranks, even F. It's the best awakening by far.
  
  I highly recommend keeping a wand ego for its awakening, and only for its awakening -- using an ego in regular combat when they cost so much to repair is just foolhardy. But I do recommend ditching the Ice Wand and getting a Fire Wand instead, for its chain casting should you wish to use it normally. Icebolt is just fail.
• Justified wrote on 2010-05-22 00:51

  Quote from Trigger;41039:

  No, it does not hit twelve targets. Spirit Wand Awakening strikes up to 6 targets, and for every target that it hits it strikes up to 6 more, for a grand total of 42 possible hits -- at all ranks, even F. It's the best awakening by far.
  
  I highly recommend keeping a wand ego for its awakening, and only for its awakening -- using an ego in regular combat when they cost so much to repair is just foolhardy. But I do recommend ditching the Ice Wand and getting a Fire Wand instead, for its chain casting should you wish to use it normally. Icebolt is just fail.

  
  
  Chaincast fire has such limited uses. The only place I ever use it is on balloons, in which a normal wand is enough.
  Chaincast ice however can be useful in many situations with low-HP mobs (Fiodh) or multi-aggro (everywheeeere). Also it rocks in PvP.
  Bulky stuff should be dealt with using advanced magic, in which case Ice Spear has the same knock-back locking principle as firebolt.
  Out of all the ego wands, I think ice is the best. However "best" isn't saying much.
  
  Also, my awakening never splashes more than 1 mob, even in tightly formed packs. Leads me to believe it can hit only 12, not 42.
• Juno wrote on 2010-05-22 06:38
  Did not realize it added so little to ice spear, though I'm not sure how it manages that .-.
  
  Ditching the wand seems like a much better idea now~
  
  As for the melee egos, I'd go with the two hander. The enchants that let normal 2H weapons approach ego strength usually have nasty side effects like -30hp and -4 prot. One hand enchants are considerably less harsh.
• Chihaya wrote on 2010-05-22 16:51
  Dustin Sword Ego, if possible, is the best choice for all players, mage or not.
  The second best ego would be the two-handed sword.
  I find my ego quite useful in spamming windmill on Bug Bears XD (rA Firebolt ftl)
  
  ah, this is for melee-players o.o
  People who like PvP, go for LLB, but it sucks for other cases XP
• Zatrox wrote on 2010-05-22 21:09
  Keep in mind you are the one paying for the ego growth, not us. Therefore in many of our eyes, DSKS is the best option, but so much time + money must be invested to maximize its potential.
  
  If it were up to me, I'd say a nicely colored Gladius would work the best.. enough Crit to do critsmashing, and if monsters have extra high Prot. you can just break out the Ice Spear.
• Justified wrote on 2010-05-22 21:43

  Quote from Zatrox;41615:

  Keep in mind you are the one paying for the ego growth, not us. Therefore in many of our eyes, DSKS is the best option, but so much time + money must be invested to maximize its potential.
  
  If it were up to me, I'd say a nicely colored Gladius would work the best.. enough Crit to do critsmashing, and if monsters have extra high Prot. you can just break out the Ice Spear.

  
  
  

  Quote from Zatrox:

  OMG, DUSTINISHERE LOL
  k i retract my previous statement, do it
  best ego name ever

  
  
  Tiebreaker.
  B>White DSKS?
• Aubog007 wrote on 2010-05-23 04:28

  Quote from Joyjason;41470:

  Dustin Sword Ego, if possible, is the best choice for all players, mage or not.
  The second best ego would be the two-handed sword.
  I find my ego quite useful in spamming windmill on Bug Bears XD (rA Firebolt ftl)
  
  ah, this is for melee-players o.o
  People who like PvP, go for LLB, but it sucks for other cases XP

  
  
  Matter of opinion on the 2H sword bit.
  I cannot stand 2H egos. Less practical in my eyes and i am pure melee.