MissAsh Wrote:I dunno who it was that said Bishops are more expensive than AMs, cause that's just not true at all -.- (somewhere on previous page). You just have to look at amp to see that.
Also I don't think it's really fair for everyone to play the elemental wand card just yet, since they are still ridiculously expensive and out of 90% of the mage population's price range. Besides that though, isn't the whole reason for the elemental wands because Bishops aren't supposed to be out damaging AMs by so much in 4th?
Okay, an AM and Bishop with equal gear, level and maxed ultimates on neutral monster. The AM will only do more damage by a little, and that's only because of amp. It's still costing them twice as much MP, and from an ecconomical point of view it's wasteful. I still think bishops have the advantage, cause elemental wand or no, the bishop can do more damage when you view it in terms of MP usage.
As for funding godly chars. No, it really isn't cheap, I know from experience.. But it's cheaper if you buy them rather than scroll yourself -_-. I used to be a stat whore, but I just can't care less anymore. You shouldn't define yourself by other people's definitions of "godly" cause it will just drive you insane and bankrupt. If you want to make good equips or do bigdamij, do it for yourself, not to compete, becasue you will never win against merchanters.
Bishops are indeed more expensive. In Khaini Meteor Shower 30 goes for 7-10 million. Genesis 30 goes for about 600mil. Yesterday my guild had a good laugh because one of my friends sold Gen 30 for 500 mil because "he did not care about mesos," (it sold within a couple hours of being up in his ch 1 fm 1 store.) 600 mil is a bit steep for something that fails 50% of the time. So, let's say you fail 3 and succeed on your 4th try; at that point being a F/P Archmage might not have been such a bad idea. I play Bishop because the party skills make it more fun because I can help people. But I know full well that the Archmages will have lvl 30 Ultimates way before I will. And an Archmage with equal funding to a Bishop will use his billions to buy an Elemental Wand lvl 130, whereas the Bishop will probably have to pay for his Gen 30, or spend like 3 months for a chance to use one by going to HT.
Edit: Ash, it's you. You can't possibly be as poor as me, lol.