Post by forarm on Aug 28, 2013 7:49:25 GMT -5
Extended sub-guild have really made all classes potentially more powerful. Mages are no exception.
Now it used to be that whirans were the shit for exploration, and they still are with the ability to be invisible and probably more importantly fly. Of course drovians have send shadow. With slipknife/rogue/outdoorsman subguilds mages get sneak/hide. Rukkian sleep doesn't seem so bad with everyone having barrier but when you can sneak/hide in, contact hooded.scrub, break barrier, cast sleep. It suddenly feels a bit more potent.
In terms of exploration fly is still the shit especially alongside invisibility. Still though rukkian/outdoorsman with full gear and burrow/godspeed is probably even less detectable. However assuming we aren't talking about the farthest reaches of the known where death rooms might exist we often still have annoying hole and falls to deal with. Again i think rukkian with full sets of climb gear+god speed might not be so bad off, however water mage has invulnerability which you can cast mid fall and keep you from getting hurt or knocked out. Water mage also has food/water which means you can be out there forever, and oasis is great however not as good a burrow for keeping safe and regening movement.
We always come back to climb though. Do mages have other alternatives? Perhaps summon ridable mount that can fly? Rukkian with godspeed+climb gear effective at all?
Now it used to be that whirans were the shit for exploration, and they still are with the ability to be invisible and probably more importantly fly. Of course drovians have send shadow. With slipknife/rogue/outdoorsman subguilds mages get sneak/hide. Rukkian sleep doesn't seem so bad with everyone having barrier but when you can sneak/hide in, contact hooded.scrub, break barrier, cast sleep. It suddenly feels a bit more potent.
In terms of exploration fly is still the shit especially alongside invisibility. Still though rukkian/outdoorsman with full gear and burrow/godspeed is probably even less detectable. However assuming we aren't talking about the farthest reaches of the known where death rooms might exist we often still have annoying hole and falls to deal with. Again i think rukkian with full sets of climb gear+god speed might not be so bad off, however water mage has invulnerability which you can cast mid fall and keep you from getting hurt or knocked out. Water mage also has food/water which means you can be out there forever, and oasis is great however not as good a burrow for keeping safe and regening movement.
We always come back to climb though. Do mages have other alternatives? Perhaps summon ridable mount that can fly? Rukkian with godspeed+climb gear effective at all?
