Hi

[Khonsu]

Hmm I have a n00bish question for all ye oldbies out there, when it comes to skills, is it possible to max them all but the trade skills? Im curious cause I don't think the wiki says anything about this and i've been using it for a lot of info.

[tristantio]

Basic skills you can bring up to your cap, some classes have a higher cap (war/rog can get Bind Wound higher than others, theres a list on wiki).

For your casting skills (abjuration/alteration etc.) you can cap those out, however as a caster at 20 (or was it 30?) you can get Specialize Abjuration/Alteration etc., which gives you a discount on how much mana those types of spells take. Unfortunately only one can go to cap, while the rest you don't specialize in will cap out early.

[Slave]

Originally Posted by Shizzam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the good thing about mages is you can easily take 2 mobs on just focus fire down the first one with nukes and let pet solo the other to split camps well thats my 2 cents.

This works ok until about 20th level. Then mobs hit much too hard to stand and nuke them down. You can let your pet take two mobs, and that works well till about 24th level.

There's not really a whole lot a Mage can do to be effective against more than 1 exp-earning mob at a time later on in mid to high levels. Mage is excellent at fighting 1 mob at a time. When 2 mobs come, that usually earns you a swift death unless you absolutely know what you're doing and are prepared for it. The above strategy will not work.