Plate caster build

[Threxx]

Planning on leveling both Mage and Battlemage to become a spells-with-sword-backup type DPS character. Which class would you guys recommend leveling first? Mage so you won't ever be behind the curve in spell skills?

Also, right now my TPs are in Flame and Focus (missing with spells sucks). Any other recommendations?

Thanks!

[hallucin8]

Sounds righteous!

Since you're going for the spell damage, your TP's sounds good. Unfortunately, as a spell caster you don't have alot of high damaging abilities like melee schools, so putting some into health isnt a bad idea, helps with staying power. But, since you're going Battlemage as well, you should get sufficient HP's there... up to you really.

As for the leveling procedure... I would recommend doing 5 lvls at a time. Do Battlemage first, collect as many trophies as possible, then use them to lvl Mage. You probably won't get five levels from the trophies, but it will make it alot easier to lvl mage considering you will be in your PJ's as mage, but wearing the massive plate as Battlemage.

Mage gets max Armor Use, so you can always where the best Armor available, but keeping Warrior in line as well will boost your melee skills/stats and probably give you some more melee abilites. Just something to think about.

To get the most out of Battlemage (and other prestige schools) it can be better to use your whole arsenal. Sure, go Spell orientated, but you will also get some very nice melee abilites, so keeping your melee side sharp and a decent weapon in hand will definately help.

Hope that helps!
See you in Istaria

[Threxx]

Thanks for the insight! I'll have to try the alternating levels between the two schools. My initial thought was just take one all the way then do the other, but that seems like it would create a ridiculous gap between my rating and mob levels.

[rizo/nawkia]

Not sure how far you are wanting to take the schools, but my suggestion would be to have at least 1 lvl 100 craft to wear higher stuff, take mage(10 power a lvl) up first then battlemage followed by healer(10 focus a lvl). After those 3, id take the other mage classes just to get 10 in each skill or flame energy ice summoning and mind.

[Balthizar]

I have a much more offence build with my Plate Caster. But I'm doing Chaos Warroir and Mage.

I like to do 5 levels at a time to but I level Chaos Warroir first each time. But unlike Battlemage were omost everything is 8 points a level Chaos Warroir gets 10 Points a level for Two hand crush and 9 points in Evasion.

Both transfer to Mage as Defence and Offence with Meela fights and thats omost every fight. Parry rocks with high levels of Two hand damg and the hard hiting meela skills also help with swiftly finshing off mobs when they get up close to you.

That way I more or less stand toe to toe as a mage too.

[Threxx]

Is it even possible (or at least possible without painstakingly grinding lower tiers) to get to L100 in a craft without leveling adventuring along with it? Aren't the higher tier resources guarded by nasty monsters?

Nice thoughts all... didn't think about getting Healer 3rd... snagging all the heals/buffs + additional focus seems good.