Sunday while at the clan meeting spot my monarch was buffing a fellow for OHN. My mouth dropped when I inspected the buffed items. MMMmm... Mage Love....
02.27.01 - Dizz gets off his butt and does a new diary
Finally got around to put up my next installment of my diary. This covers levels 20-23. Check it out here.
02.26.01 - Item 7 Spells
Sunday while at the clan meeting spot my monarch was buffing a fellow for OHN. My mouth dropped when I inspected the buffed items. MMMmm... Mage Love....
02.26.01 - Tim the Enchanter
God I love the Holy Grail and this gives me the perfect chance to put in a move line :)
TIM THE ENCHANTER: Follow! But! follow only if ye be men of valor, for the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived! Bones of four fifty men lie strewn about its lair. So, brave knights, if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty big pointy teeth.
ARTHUR: What an eccentric performance.So by now we've all heard that Tim the Enchanter of Thistledown has done the impossible. He has reached that lofty goal of Level 126. Although I can't imagine the time it takes to do this I do congradulate him on the victory. "Congradulations you can't play your character any more!" My god what a crock, I can understand a level cap but the fact that he can't gain anymore xp to burn vitae is just silly.
Back when I played on TD I took a screen shot of Tim because I had never seen a character that high. LoL funny now it's pretty common.
02.26.01 - Javhis is not happy
My Monarch just posted this on MT Board, I knew he was having problems finding acid but I didn't know how bad the problem was.
275+ killed, countless hours roaming the plains, ZERO acid. Not even a Gypsum or Brimstone pea to cast acid type spells. No acid weapons, no acid prot shirts/pants. Nothing even resembling acid or beginning with the letter A. It's getting very very tiresome. And with the way my luck runs on this 'quest', expect installment #2 in this weekly madman report whereupon I should be over the 600 harrower mark.
Sad thing is, I'm losing it ... I find myself locked in a horrible, self-consuming stubborn battle with these things: I WILL find acid if I have to kill 1000 of em. The mage armor quest is now about one thing and one thing only: finding the elusive acid vial. Heck, when I find it I might not even go get the armor. I think I'll carry the vial as a token of my stubborness, stupidity and misplaced perserverance.
And now my poem:
Itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
Down rained Evisceration and washed the spider out
Out came the Jav to loot the spider corpse
No acid again, dammit!Jav
02.26.01 - Please Stand By
I've got a lot of things to post, but lots of crap is happening here a work so it could be a while. I also want to get a diary out today but don't know if that'll happen either. Hopefully by this afternoon I'll have some cool stuff to show you. Things to come are info on Item 7 spells, a little talk about Tim the Enchanter, and AC2.
02.23.01 - MDXP sheet update
updated the mdxp sheet with each creatures vulnerabilites. Hopefully this didn't clutter up the information. You can find this in the resource section.
02.23.01 - Speaking of the new mage armor
Maggie has pulled through for us and put up the details of the quest. http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Hobbies/Quests/Hieromancer.htm
of course you can find this information in my new resource section.
02.23.01 - Stormy pulls through for us
After much criticism stormy has posted a long explination of the new armor.
http://boards2.xrgaming.net/forums/read.php?f=183&i=2598&t=2598
He has a agreed to to try and change the following items.
Max Mana of all pieces lowered to 2000, Mana Burn of all pieces lowered to 1 point every 8 seconds. This gives you the same 4.44 hour endurance, and is much cheaper to refuel.
Value of all Pieces lowered 20%.
Girth 2400
Leggings 4800
Coat 8000
Current Vial of Organic Acid drop is 1% on Harrower Grievvers, 3% on Bane Grievvers. This is far too rare. I'm pretty sure there will be no hindrance to my changing this to 1% on Virulent Grievvers, 3% on Harrower Grievvers, and 3% on Bane Grievvers.
I'm still concerned about its usefullness but I think this will all play out over the next couple of months.
02.22.01 - Ask and you shall receive
As some have requested, I am trying to make this your 1 stop shopping for Battlemage resources. To further this cause I have added a Resource section to this webpage. This will contains links to files, quest, and information that you need.
I'm especially proud to introduce my Magic Defense and Experience chart. This char will be continually update with new values as I and you find them. The Experience data is lacking so if you can provide acurate information on the creatures I have missing then please send it in. Also all thanks to folks at the Cod forums for the MagicD information.
Don't just sit there check it out : Battlemage Resources
02.21.01 - Stormy explains his actions, then changes his mind
Concerning the new Mage armor.
http://boards2.xrgaming.net/forums/read.php?f=114&i=19525&t=19511#19525
Well although I can appriciate his reasoning of the amount of mana it holds, it just goes to further my argument that's it just way to expensive. This means that for a 4 hour playing period it would take 142,560p to supply it for that hunting period. That's on top of the 40k it takes to get to the island. On top of the 100k it may take for comps at this level. So now our grand total for Stormy's idea of what it should cost for a high level mage to hunt 4 hours is over 280,000p! Give me a break.
Later he posted this http://boards2.xrgaming.net/forums/read.php?f=116&i=3011&t=3001#3011 in this he says that he is thinking of changing the mana consumption but doesn't give a number. He says that he'll be changing the amount of mana it holds down to 2000 or so so using that number we can safely say that he could change the cunsumption rate down to like 1 per 8 seconds that would help a ton. But it's usefullness would still be a debate.
02.20.01 - OMG I think I just wet myself
If this is true, I may learn portal tie after all.
02.20.01 - Dizz Gets Item
Wootey woot woot! Can you tell this made me happy :) As promised here's a new diary to celebrate my 20th level Dizz gets item
02.19.01 - Attention all Artist
I'm not one, and I really need a banner or something at the top of this page to jazz it up a little. Tell you what if you're on MT or TD I'll even give you a couple of motes for doing it ;)
02.19.01 - Battlemage Guide Completed
As promised I finally got around to writing up a guide on how to build your own BM. Hope this helps someone out there. I don't know that I'm real happy with it so if you see anywhere that I can improve it please let me know. Also if there's any glaring mistakes definitly tell me.
02.18.01 - Mage armor info coming in, can this be good?
Well it looks as though my biggest fear about the armor didn't happen. The diff on this stuff looks to be 50 so it's well with in a Battlemages reach. So I started to get excited till I see this : Mana Cost 1 per 2 seconds. Holy Crap!!! that's 1800 per hour * 3 pieces = 5400 units per hour. Yeah like I need that big of a crack habit. If you get your mana at Eastham that means it'll cost you 35,640 pyreal per hour just to keep this stuff going. Maybe for special quest and stuff this could be good but for day to day leveling, I'll pass. Of course I couldn't even think of using this stuff at this level but later on I'll probably get it just to say I did, It is a pretty cool quest after all.
02.18.01 - Dizz hits 18
I'm not going to be doing a new diary till I hit 20 so here's a screenshot of my current stats to hold you over till then. Hopefully I'll get 20 by Monday or Tuesday but then again I never reach my goals on time :) Man I just can't wait till I get item.
02.17.01 - Question and Answers
Man I'm getting lots of hits on this page and lots of questions. I'll be answering your questions here on the main page and then Archiving them in their own section. First off a little disclaimer :
I don't claim to be any kind of expert on what it's take to be a mage. The highest level mage I've ever had is level 30. So what I'm chronicling here is just my experience on how I'm playing a BM now. It seems to work but it's definitly not the end all be all to how to do it. Also this web page is not here to condone playing a BM or to trash another type of mage. I believe all mages are viable, it's just that some are more "Uber" than others.
Now that thats out of the way on with your questions.
what skills do you pick up and at what lvls ie: item@9 etc etc?
This seems to be a common question when people are starting a BM. I'll be putting up a little guide on how to start your own BM soon but for now here's a short answer. Since you'll be specing war and life you won't have any points left for anything else (2 left over for loyalty) So an absolute imperative is to take ManaC @ 7. No one disputes this, as ManaC is cruical to survival.
You'll be able to pick up another shool of magic at level 20. You could take creature but I think this would make this template much harder than it already is. By taking item at 20 it will allow you to buff your armor or robe and to get to those hard to reach places in dereth. But what this does is push creature off till 50. This is going to make levels 30-50 hard but I just do it and don't complain about it because it's the road I've decided to take.
I was wondering if you wouldn't mind giving me some strategies for killing stuff out in the Dires. I am level 18 right now and pretty good xp but if you are out in the dires and you are able to kill stuff at 16, I just want to know how you do it.
Boy now this is a loaded question ehh? hopefully you'll get some ideas in the following questions and in my diaries. But the general idea is to pick your kills, Lead with your highest level of war spells then vuln it before you first war spell gets there then finish with reliable war spells. And always have an escape route this is very important becuase you never know what's going to come at you. Also don't be ashamed to run, Shoot and Scoot should be your motto at this level.
I need a faster place to level. I have been playing for 2d 16h and I am only level 18 and fighting at the Lin Citadel. I just don't understand how you did it.
I love this question. I'm not a big proponant of hunting in the same dungeons everyone else is. My secret to leveling fast (not that I'm the fastest by any means) is to hunt where no one else is especially melee and archer guys. For example if your in the cits your never going to get a luggie alone that you can fight by yourself so you'll have to share kills with about 4 other people per luggie. So if it's a Lithos you'll get about 500xp per kill. In the same amount time that you can kill 2 in there I can kill 1 out in the open and get 2000xp so I have got double the xp you have. Also you learn better skills and startegies when your out side not the normal drain routine. So give your eyes a break and get outside. If you can find an og mage to team up with that's even better the 2 off you will be able to take things way outside your levels.
Do you wand monkey and switch the life and war wands when you need too to keep the skills high?
I think wand monkey means to use the war spells on you wand, if this is the case then no I don't do that. But I do switch wands occasionally when I'm fighting higher level creatures. For example, If I see a pack of high level drudges. I do the following routine, Buff with Piercing and Blade protections. Equip my life wand and vuln a Drudge Revener and then run like hell till he breaks his attack. Then I Equip my war wand and go back and Throw a fire bolt 4 then continue with 3's till he's dead. If he's very resist then I'll drain once and run and start over.
When you fight in the dires do you buff your armor with your main so that you don't die when you get hit?
No, It'd be nice but that would cut into my leveling time and be a real pain. The only thing I use my main for is to occasionally bring Dizz some money but I don't even really like to do that unless it's imperitive.
How did you learned your level 4 spells with only 136 skill in life and war.
Learning is different than using. You can learn level 4 life buff spells at this level and use them about a 50% fizzle rate. Level 4 war spells are harder and still don't use them for anything except as leaders i.e shoot war 4 vuln 3 war 3 war 3 war 3 dead. I haven't tried learning vuln 4's at this level yet because you really don't want to fail on these. I would say except for buffing I use war 3 and vuln 3 almost 90% of the time. I don't want to fizzle in battle. But try to use you level 4 buffs all the time as it 's well worth the fizzle and comp burn.
Welp that's if for now, if you have your own question send them in and I'll try my best to answer them. Now it's time to get in the game and kill :)
02.16.01 - New Diary online
Just posted a new diary go check it out. Dizz hit's the Dires
02.16.01 - Turbine luvs me!
Finally after over a year of playing, turbine puts in some mage love. Last month was the war 7 spells, which for a virgining battlemage, is something to look forward to. This month they added item 7 spells and man do these things sound sweet. Last night I got this message in game about my monarch.
"Javis just learned the item 7 spell for impen. He just cast it on his robe and it has like Al 266 and last for 35 minutes!!!"
OMG now that's love. And it looks like you don't have to have it spec'd to take advantage of it. Still haven't heard much about the new armor yet, so the virdict is still out on it. I just hope it doesn't have some outrageous arcane lore on it. As I find out things I'll post 'em here. If you find out anything (Besides the book traslation) send it in and I'll post it.
02.15.01 - Pack Animals
Just got in the game a bit ago and got to look at all my new animals. Most of the animals on the ground are Sigma's. Ok I'll admit these things are pretty cool. Now if only we could fight em :)
02.15.01 - Opening, and purpose
Welcome to my new home on the internet. The main purpose of this site will be to chronicle my adventures and advancement as a BattleMage in Dereth. Over the last week or so I have been posting my diaries on ACVault.com's message boards and people seem to like them so this will be the place that I archive them at. Also the current vault boards are very limiting and do not allow for html posting, so this will allow for a nicer post of these diaries. Also in the next couple of days I'll put up all the information you need to start your own BattleMage (BM)
The diaries will be chronicled on the left hand side while this section will give me an area to let off my rants and comments about everyday events in AC. Hope you like this page and visit it often. If I get lots of people visting this page I'll move it to a more "permenant" location. Feel free to email me with any comments and question at dizzarian@yahoo.com
