Harrisonized Wrote:Well, considering the current damage formula, for genesis, you need level 30 and 1250 magic attack (or so I heard) in order to 1hit skelegons. Do you think it will be possible to hit that magic number having channeled so much INT into HP?There's more to the game than Genesis and Skelegons. It's not channeling "so much int" into HP, it's 25 points if you do it as a Beginner. 5 levels worth of damage.
What's the difference then, of going HP build rather than a LUK build? Mages were already built to have the second highest survivability in the game. The only reason you would want more HP is to survive dispel. However, in the higher levels, dispel shouldn't become a problem anymore.
LUK has nothing to do with survivability, it only determines the regular class gear you can wear. LUK doesn't directly affect your ability to survive. You shouldn't be considering LUK as a viable option at all, much less a "LUK v. HP: The Great Battle" type thing. Coming from other games, I started playing Maple like I would those games. I didn't use potions unless I absolutely needed to. It took me a long time to get rid of that habit. And even now, I die sometimes because I misjudge the necessity for a potion. Having more HP makes it harder to fail.
Quote:However, I'm saying that it is impractical, because the gain is minimal yet the loss is by a huge margin. Even recalculating the equipments that you say are not practical to the point where they aren't even decent.Firstly, it's not a minimal gain with a huge loss, it's 5 levels of damage versus ~20 levels of HP. Secondly, that's a much fairer assessment of scrolled gear (assuming average scrolling). Now try putting costs to it to see how much it would actually cost across the worlds. Also, your own idea that that much HP shouldn't be necessary somewhat works against you - why put any money into HP you won't be using? Wouldn't it be better spent on matk?
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Thats still a substantial amount of 525 HP. Should be enough for any level. (On my Lv 4x Lukless cleric, I have just over 1000 HP with not even all the HP equips that I mentioned above.) That's enough to survive Alishar, the highest level boss I should be fighting at my level. Heck, in a few levels, when being able to OPQ, I'll be able to survive Papa Pixie and his dispel, which is the highest boss of that level.
With a semi-scrolled spiegel, I'll have enough to Himes when I hit the level (with HB of course), and when I reach 80, I'll be able to Pap MGless assuming the top bombs are maxed.
I don't see the need for going beyond the bonuses that your equips can provide.
Plus, to get ~20 levels of HP from gear, you'd need 200-280 HP on gear. Assuming a generous average of 70 HP per gear, that's 3-4 gear pieces - and I guarantee that you can get way, WAY more magic attack on that many pieces of gear than the 25 AP cost you in the first place. If you want to talk about being weak, why would you suggest HP gear?