Improving My Character

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Selwyn wrote on 2013-10-24 03:21

Hi all! I've been playing Mabinogi on and off for a while now. I have two characters, one a human (lvl2200) and one an elf (2100) who is now my main.

My concern is that I feel like I can't pull my weight in dungeons on my elf. I dumped all of my skillpoints into range and life skills, and barely have any other combat sets skilled. I feel like I am constantly at the mercy of lag and aim misses, even at 99% or 100%. I don't handle multiaggro very well, and hard mode things shred me like tissue paper. I was wondering what the community thinks I should focus on next skillwise, as I am at a loss on what to do. Help!

My stats are as follows:

~475 HP
~380 MP
~450 Stam

~200 Str
~400 Int
~750-800 Dex
~200 Will
~40 Def, 5 Prot

Tl;dr: I am an elf with most of my ranged skills maxed and decent damage with a bow. I was wondering what skillset I should focus on next to help increase my survivability/help deal with multiaggro.
Masked wrote on 2013-10-24 04:05

If you're looking to 'pull your weight', then I suggest going for better equips. I'm an elf w/ 900-1000 dex and I don't find some hardmode dungeons too hard.

In terms of being able to solo, I find lullaby and battlefield overture really helpful. Lullaby will reduce the multi aggro.

Another skillset you can dive into is puppeteer, you can get your strength up which will also raise your defence, and they also have good AoE.
Cyrene wrote on 2013-10-24 04:55

Quote from Selwyn;1162616:
Hi all! I've been playing Mabinogi on and off for a while now. I have two characters, one a human (lvl2200) and one an elf (2100) who is now my main.

My concern is that I feel like I can't pull my weight in dungeons on my elf. I dumped all of my skillpoints into range and life skills, and barely have any other combat sets skilled. I feel like I am constantly at the mercy of lag and aim misses, even at 99% or 100%. I don't handle multiaggro very well, and hard mode things shred me like tissue paper. I was wondering what the community thinks I should focus on next skillwise, as I am at a loss on what to do. Help!

My stats are as follows:

~475 HP
~380 MP
~450 Stam

~200 Str
~400 Int
~750-800 Dex
~200 Will
~40 Def, 5 Prot

Tl;dr: I am an elf with most of my ranged skills maxed and decent damage with a bow. I was wondering what skillset I should focus on next to help increase my survivability/help deal with multiaggro.

800 dex should be enough to net you about 400 max with an upgraded hlb without any reforges or enchants. You should be more than able to be effiecent to your party in hard sms.
It sounds like your problem is that you do not resonate with archery well and have trouble with lag and stuff. I wouldn't suggest puppeteer because that is also dependent. Try maybe fighter or mage? Both are easy to get into currently and will soon be recieving a new mastery in coming months.

mage gives you access to semi safe gameplay and huge potential burst aoe.

fighter gives you crit and quick way to get high damage and also resonates well with range if you actually enjoy the skillset and want to continue with it.

Though I wouldn't stick with range just because its your highest stat or one of the best skillsets. Pick something that feels fun for you.
Xeno wrote on 2013-10-24 15:26

Dealing with misses can be a tricky part to overcome for range, especially in the beginning. As others have said, try using Battlefield Overture, Dischord for slow movement on tough enemies, and Lullaby to guarantee more kills and control over the field. AoE pets are also extremely useful for rangers when you miss. As a ranger I would highly recommend picking up a good set of AoE pets when they are released next. If you don't have counterattack or windmill ranked to 1, both of those are extremely helpful for dealing with misses as well. Usually juggling between these things will allow you to recover from a miss.
ironwoman wrote on 2013-10-24 17:42

Quote from Xeno;1162831:
Dealing with misses can be a tricky part to overcome for range, especially in the beginning. As others have said, try using Battlefield Overture, Dischord for slow movement on tough enemies, and Lullaby to guarantee more kills and control over the field. AoE pets are also extremely useful for rangers when you miss. As a ranger I would highly recommend picking up a good set of AoE pets when they are released next. If you don't have counterattack or windmill ranked to 1, both of those are extremely helpful for dealing with misses as well. Usually juggling between these things will allow you to recover from a miss.

Adding onto this, try to rank some str skills. Then here's what I would do: either branch into fighter or puppetry. Both work very well with range, fighter giving more quick kills one by one, and puppet giving you more AoE capability (plus it works amazing with crash shot).
Meiji wrote on 2013-10-25 13:45

If you wanna enhance ranger with a skillset that doesn't require you ranking another stats all over, I'd recommend bard. Overture is great, and Lullaby for those missed crash shots are life savers. Back when I played on my elf (5k) I had no problems clearing through elite rooms with a single CS crit. Also, if soloing, AoE pets are often a MUST have to combine with any play style. I guess Mana Shield could still help you out even more with a decent reforge too.

I wouldn't go secondary mage, but fighter works pretty well (also giving you tons of crit). Puppet is a solo on itself, if you gonna rank that you could do great damage if you're dedicated and not depending on archery as much.