What to do?

[Benedict]

Hey all Happy New Year! Hope you guys had more fun than me working in a bar that night :P

I have a question: spend plat on gear for my Mage or should I just save every plat to twink out a Warrior or Monk to go with my wife's shaman or cleric, which is my ultimate goal. Will buying gear for my Mage even help at all?

[Snagglepuss]

I leveled my mage to 50 in his newbie robe then got Apothic robe / gear. Other than a few random pieces I was given or found, he was naked. In my opinion gear on a mage is sort of a waste other than if you were buying resists for raiding.

All good mages also have a "epic" nest egg fund where they dream of retiring to...

Have some fun and twink a gear dependent character or help your wife's mana pool on her healers.

[webrunner5]

Yeah I agree. A Mage or a Necro doesn't really need any gear.

[Benedict]

Ty much guys!

[Silo69]

dunno i dont feel comfortable grinding unless my int caster has around 2,5000 hp at MIN! and 2800+ mana

[Benedict]

Hijacking my own thread here, maybe someone can clear this up for me. What determines chances to hit for melee? Is it STR/ATK or is it DEX? I have never gotten a straight answer on this and have dug on the wiki for the past hour while i farm the orc highway.

[gotrocks]

Attack for the most part. If I'm not mistaken, dex plays absolutely zero role in determining whether you hit or not.

Dex does help with crits and procs, however

[Galaa]

Casters need zero gears for levelling up, maybe except for jboots.

If u r wife is playing shaman, u won't need jboots even, so u might wanna save up ur plat to get her a ceremonial iksar chestplate instead, it will benefit her more than any other gears.

[whippetofspades]

you don't need gear, but do try to get your summoning focus items. They'll help more than anything prior to epic

[Messianic]

EDIT: If you want to play a Monk or Warrior ultimately, just do it now. Don't level up another character so you can level up a character. (insert Yo dawg meme here) After doing this myself multiple times, I regret the time /played I wasted on live and here playing a caster instead of doing what I really wanted.


If you really want to go that route, buy your mage 55hp 5 ac rings and save up to buy black sapphire earrings and a necklace. Those give a lot of bang for your buck, don't depreciate in value, and are great for future twinks.

You'd be surprised how much that additional hp helps a caster.

But yeah - quest your focus items quickly. Those are a tremendous help.