I'm level 8. I'm not going to sit around crafting anything.
lol mages fury. You do realize that it will only do it's full damage once in a fight right? If you are plinking away with a staff (mine is damage rating 17 I think which is the best I've found and takes FOREVER to kill anything with), then sure, cast that and hope that within 4 seconds the enemy falls to 20%. Rarely happens at my level.
Many of you aren't reading my posts, some of you haven't played a sorc, and a lot of advice here makes no sense. Of course I'm wearing the highest armor rating stuff I can find ffs. It's not rocket science.
After picking up crystal shard, it's much easier, because that spell does like 3 times the dps of anything else a mage can do. How the eff is anyone using weapon attacks with a sorc, they do (at my level) like hardly any damage. You sit there and do a full charge attack for maybe 10% of their health while they beat the shit out of you, that's a losing tactic against anything equal level or higher.
Also one last rant, you can move completely away from an enemy's attack and it still hits. Only about half of attacks are actually dodgeable through movement, and the actual dodge takes half your stamina bar it's laughable. Oh yeah I'll hold LMB to exploit... knocking them down for 0.5 seconds lol. Thanks for that.
I'm exiting this, you guys have fun discussing where to put the meager amount of stat points at low level etc.
I was trying to help you in post #11 especially read what I said about staffs. I understand you dont want to waste time crafting, but at least do Staffs (woodworking). And since it seems youre selling everything you loot, since youre not breaking it down to craft, offer to buy a +4 damage rune for 1k gold or 1.5k gold. You can almost double the damage output of a stock grey staff. If youve found a good staff at your level make sure it has a +4 damage rune.
Its not a perfect setup and I understand youve already wasted points in Summoning but it is an effective build.
If you start at range you should be able to get in two charged attacks to a mobs one quick (light) attack. Use the knock back of the Inferno staff and you can get another two charged (heavy) attacks in to their one light attack. And according to you at 10% of the targets health per charged attack that leaves the target at around 60%. If you added a damage rune as I sugested, and improved the staff from Normal to Fine (tier-1 to tier-2) you should be doing about 15% (or more) of the targets health per heavy attack after two knockbacks.
What I didnt mention in my other post is I use Soul Trap (a free DOT that uses Stamina) that Ive upgraded to Consuming Trap. If you drop that DOT onto the target after the 1st knockback that should put you against a target with either 30% (my DPS) to 50% max health (per your DPS) after the second knockback..
After it charges a third time you can stand there and either do a few quick (light) attacks, or another knockback, or fire off two Endless Fury's in a row and you target will insta pop at 20% health, just make sure you use Endless Fury as the finisher.
This is still an effective build against fire creatures who mitigate the infero staffs damage, which is why I recomended a poison or disease rune and the knockback staff ability to keep range.
(I'll even highlight the key abilities in the other post)
Edit: clarified what to do a little better.
"I understand that if I hear any more words come pouring out of your **** mouth, Ill have to eat every fucking chicken in this room."
Don't bother folks, clearly he's one of those know it all guys and doesn't appreciate being helped. I mean he practically came crying on the forums about how he couldn't get off the starter island because he was getting pwned...on a sorc that can 2 shot anything besides the boss on the starter island nonetheless. Everybody came with lots of great suggestions and ideas he could use to improve his gameplay. But the best he could respond with was not even a thanks, but rather harsh words for everybody.
It's pointless trying to help someone who does not want to be helped.
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I was trying to help you in post #11 especially read what I said about staffs. I understand you dont want to waste time crafting, but at least do Staffs (woodworking). And since it seems youre selling everything you loot, since youre not breaking it down to craft, offer to buy a +4 damage rune for 1k gold or 1.5k gold. You can almost double the damage output of a stock grey staff. If youve found a good staff at your level make sure it has a +4 damage rune.
Its not a perfect setup and I understand youve already wasted points in Summoning but it is an effective build.
If you start at range you should be able to get in two charged attacks to a mobs one quick (light) attack. Use the knock back of the Inferno staff and you can get another two charged (heavy) attacks in to their one light attack. And according to you at 10% of the targets health per charged attack that leaves the target at around 60%. If you added a damage rune as I sugested, and improved the staff from Normal to Fine (tier-1 to tier-2) you should be doing about 15% (or more) of the targets health per heavy attack after two knockbacks.
What I didnt mention in my other post is I use Soul Trap (a free DOT that uses Stamina) that Ive upgraded to Consuming Trap. If you drop that DOT onto the target after the 1st knockback that should put you against a target with either 30% (my DPS) to 50% max health (per your DPS) after the second knockback..
After it charges a third time you can stand there and either do a few quick (light) attacks, or another knockback, or fire off two Endless Fury's in a row and you target will insta pop at 20% health, just make sure you use Endless Fury as the finisher.
This is still an effective build against fire creatures who mitigate the infero staffs damage, which is why I recomended a poison or disease rune and the knockback staff ability to keep range.
(I'll even highlight the key abilities in the other post)
Edit: clarified what to do a little better.
"I understand that if I hear any more words come pouring out of your **** mouth, Ill have to eat every fucking chicken in this room."
Don't bother folks, clearly he's one of those know it all guys and doesn't appreciate being helped. I mean he practically came crying on the forums about how he couldn't get off the starter island because he was getting pwned...on a sorc that can 2 shot anything besides the boss on the starter island nonetheless. Everybody came with lots of great suggestions and ideas he could use to improve his gameplay. But the best he could respond with was not even a thanks, but rather harsh words for everybody.
It's pointless trying to help someone who does not want to be helped.
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