Phil's Guide on Mirage Missile

• Phil wrote on 2011-06-24 21:56
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  [SIZE="6"]Mirage Missile[/SIZE]

  
  
  

  Introduction

  
  
  Since no one in the forums have made a guide on Mirage Missile, I wanna be the 1st to do so.
  
  

  Real Introduction

  
  
  Mirage Missile is a overall good skill for draining hp off a boss, or just having fun with it. The quest to get it isn't really that hard if you have good luck or the patience to keep on finding the Giant Stone Statue which will spawn rather quickly. At rank 9, you will have some CP related training. So you might wanna cap it at A
  
  

  Description

  
  
  A skill that allows for loading up the energy of a mirage, which has been developed by using mana, on a bow and shooting. This skill can potentially incur great damages on a multitude of enemies. The enemy that is hit with the mirage missile falls into a kind of shock state, as if fallen into a mirage in the middle of a sandy desert. The enemy's HP will fall significantly, and infect any others nearby with the same symptoms. As low as the HP may get, however, it will not fall below 1.
  
  

  Information about the skill

  
  
  This skill can only be learned by elfs.
  Once you affect it, its like poison but it cannot be cured with a antidote.
  It won't kill the monster, but will drain the hp to 1.
  It will drain hp at a set rate.
  If the target is on a mount, it will get affected too.
  This CAN be used in PVP.
  BUT it is glitched, if you don't kill the person it will infect everyone else, neutral or not.
  In G8 there will be a damage bonus based on INT.
  The good thing about the training is that it overlaps
  EX: Infect 5-targets at once. It will count Infect 4,3,2 etc too.
  You have to walk with the skill with a bow, but you can run with a crossbow.
  Once the infected target is close to another target it will infect that and etc.
  
  How to get it
  
  1. Talk to Castanea about skills.
  
  2.Go to south-western most region of the Longa Desert and find it with a L-Rod
  
  Picture of the Statue.
  

  [Image: http://i42.tinypic.com/1256gc5.jpg]

  
  
  Picture of the Area To find it
  

  [Image: http://i42.tinypic.com/2mcdl44.jpg]

  
  
  3.Click on the statue without any thing in your hands and hope for a Yellow Heart of Giant Stone Statue
  
  Looks like this.
  

  [Image: http://i41.tinypic.com/ru8bgn.gif]

  
  
  4.Bring the Yellow Heart to Castanea. She will give you a Crystal of Elemental.
  
  5.Clear the Normal Longa Ruin Dungeon with the Crystal of Elemental in your inventory. You can bring a party with you, but you have to be leader.
  
  6.You will have learned mirage missile after you have killed the boss.
  
  
  

  Conclusion

  
  
  You have now learned Mirage Missile.
  Have fun with it!.
• Claudia wrote on 2011-06-24 22:08
  Telling people to cap the skill at rA because r9+ requires CP requirements?
  Those who are serious about the skill would rank it higher.
  
  But...from what i've heard, MM ain't that great. :v
  
  and afaik this is all in the wiki.
• Bankai231 wrote on 2011-06-24 22:19

  Quote from Claudia;488461:

  Telling people to cap the skill at rA because r9+ requires CP requirements?
  Those who are serious about the skill would rank it higher.
  
  But...from what i've heard, MM ain't that great. :v
  
  and afaik this is all in the wiki.

  
  
  ^this. When you make a guide telling to rank a skill dont tell them to cap it at a certain rank.
• Cathaoir wrote on 2011-06-24 22:29

  Quote from Claudia;488461:

  
  But...from what i've heard, MM ain't that great. :v
  
  

  
  
  It's not. Higher end mobs aren't effected by it because the high def renders it useless. Low end mobs you would kill faster with one shot of crash shot or even a few mags/ranged attacks. Maybe at low levels it's somewhat useful, but as you gain levels, it's really not useful at all.
• Bankai231 wrote on 2011-06-24 22:36

  Quote from Cathaoir;488506:

  It's not. Higher end mobs aren't effected by it because the high def renders it useless. Low end mobs you would kill faster with one shot of crash shot or even a few mags/ranged attacks. Maybe at low levels it's somewhat useful, but as you gain levels, it's really not useful at all.

  
  
  My elf friend said it can do some boss damage with a lot of int. Is that true?
• Chromatic wrote on 2011-06-24 22:43

  Quote from Bankai231;488527:

  My elf friend said it can do some boss damage with a lot of int. Is that true?

  
  
  yes MM dmg depends on user int. Mage elves take the most profit of this skill, not range ones
• Kaeporo wrote on 2011-06-24 22:52
  Kaeporo's Guide to Mirage Missile
  
  It's been a while since anyone actually posted a decent guide. No offense, tc.
• Cathaoir wrote on 2011-06-24 22:55

  Quote from Bankai231;488527:

  My elf friend said it can do some boss damage with a lot of int. Is that true?

  
  
  Yes, int effects the shock damage, but the shock damage is minimal compared to the amount of damage you could do with other skills.
• Royale wrote on 2011-06-24 23:13
  mirage missile is best used in low level or places with clustered mobs (Fortinbras's Expedition) for maximum effect, that or you can go use it to troll pvp......
• Cathaoir wrote on 2011-06-24 23:18

  Quote from Royale;488627:

  mirage missile is best used in low level or places with clustered mobs (Fortinbras's Expedition) for maximum effect, that or you can go use it to troll pvp......

  
  
  Most of the time, those low level places can be killed with crash shot or regular ranged attack a lot quicker(unless you are low leveled yourself and all you put into your ap was int giving skills and mirage).
• SUNFLARE wrote on 2011-06-24 23:31
  Mirage Missle has its Uses and Non Uses but its a Good Skill Ether Way
• Cathaoir wrote on 2011-06-24 23:36

  Quote from SUNFLARE;488655:

  Mirage Missle has its Uses and Non Uses but its a Good Skill Ether Way

  
  
  The AP cost isn't really worth the "usefulness" of the skill. I de-ranked mine cause the AP was worth it in other skills.
• SUNFLARE wrote on 2011-06-24 23:40
  That is True but in Places where large mobs are and Poison Splash from this Skill Increases it can easily hits good
• Cathaoir wrote on 2011-06-24 23:44

  Quote from SUNFLARE;488664:

  That is True but in Places where large mobs are and Poison Splash from this Skill Increases it can easily hits good

  
  
  Crash shot can be faster. Also, if you're doing it on low leveled mobs, that's the only way that damage could be dealt, but those mobs could easily be picked off by a high ranked crash shot and pick off the stragglers with ranged. High leveled mobs will barely take any damage, so crash shot would be best bet, then pick the rest off with a mag.
• SUNFLARE wrote on 2011-06-24 23:47
  I though Crash Shot has a Set Impact Raduis for How Many Enemys it can Hit ?