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#1 Skylicious

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 09:48 PM

Ok... I can't think of a better name so don't start flaming me.

I'm making this guide to so that we will have MORE people playing a mage because there is a perception that Mage is totally crappy in this game...

This applies ONLY when fighting people of equal or SLIGHTLY better gears....

Open PvP (1 on 1)

1. Silence (Instant)

Start of with a distance of 7m-10m. Then the 10 (or whatever time you have for your build) seconds of silence is your perfect time to dish out your damage. Throw in your Explosion for the DOT. Cast Arrow (if warrior/berserker/assassin) to slow them from coming to you. Else it will be to slow the rest from running away from you. Continue by casting your most powerful spells (Fireball is you have -0.5sec to cast time or Ice Arrow if you don't). You can effectively cast 3-4 dmg spells in this time frame.

2. Electric Shock

This only apply if your build has that. Else, get a fear maestone. After shock/fear, throw in a Fireball.

3. Sleep

If you do not have E.Shock/fear, watch out before you sleep if you have a 10 secs DOT. That last 1-2 DOT will break your sleep. Now sleep is 30 secs and the CD is also 30secs. By this time, your Silence should be up. Cast Silence BEFORE sleeps end.

Rinse and Repeat.

Note: NEVER do a "chained" sleep. The 2nd sleep WILL fail and you just got yourself into deep poo... And when faced with an overgeared player......... Silence them, then Sleep them. Praise the player (say things like "omg... you are godly!!"), pop accelerate and get the hell out of there. :)


RvR & Open Mass PvP

Unless there is a leader telling you who to sleep, else, you need to pick up the correct target to sleep.

The rule of sleep:

1. ALWAYS sleep the cleric first. If that job is taken by someone else:
2. Sleep the mages/assasins. You will probably not see the assassin coming out of stealth so early unless he has stunned a target.
3. Super-geared dpser. They are hard hitting and if they killed your clerics/dpser... it is game over.

Your job next is to slow and throw DOTs. Unless they are very geared or have a cleric healing them, most will run back thinking they are "targeted" (which may be the case).

Electric shock those running away and throw in an Ice Arrow to reduce their MS.

Silence - Unlike 1 on 1, your silence should be kept for a crucial time as such:

1. When your group is killing off a cleric, silence the cleric to prevent them from healing
2. Overgeared Dpser rushing in to your group to deal painful AOE/dmg.
3. Overgeared Dpser rushing into your base to kill the squishy

All in all, I can only tell you the basis of playing a mage properly (up to level 59) but there will be circumstance where you have to consider other things. Staying alive is a big part of PvP. Pop your CD if you have to.

Do take note that the more experienced players in open PvP will have a mob to attack them for fear of you sleeping them. In this instance, to my experience, I will silence the player, kill the mob then sleep that player.

I'll add more later when I have access to the game... Supposed to be working now... :P

Edited by Skylicious, 09 September 2012 - 09:48 PM.

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#2 Chigikogou

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 09:58 PM

Yeah.. but they keep on AOEing you when I sleep you. :p_swt:

and...

Note: ... And when faced with an overgeared player......... Silence them, then Sleep them. Praise the player (say things like "omg... you are godly!!"), pop accelerate and get the hell out of there. :p_devil:


WHAT IS THAT FOR!? :p_conf:

Edited by Chigikogou, 09 September 2012 - 10:01 PM.

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#3 Skylicious

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 10:05 PM

I was chatting with Swift in Night Lipido when suddenly Cross appear beside me and start hitting me... So I told swift and say I am REALLY on everyone's KOS (ok.... all Elites are :P). Cross stopped and chatted with us for a while before asking whether I am prepared and ready to die... I slept him and pop accelarate and poof... disappeared. Lol

Sometimes... you live to fight another day. :)

I am not David and when faced with Goliath.... I run... haha~
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#4 Skylicious

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 10:08 PM

Oh... the praising them is in the hope that they are flattered by the ego boost and wont give chase... LOL
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 11:19 PM

^ LOL.. what kind of tactics is that? XD

and mind you.. I don't KoS.. in fact.. I try to hug every SG.. but then again.. your guards are rude in nightlipido ;(
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#6 Skylicious

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Posted 09 September 2012 - 11:57 PM

Lol... I will speak to the guards to be friendlier in the future~
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:02 PM

hmmmm.....#3 makes me lol cause it says if they killed your cleric/dpser....but you know dps should go for mage before cleric imo, because of their silence/sleep ability vs your cleric. So I try and take you out asap and usually get slept for my efforts, but that's 1 less sleep for my cleric XD.

I won't offend anyone by saying mage is crappy, but if you see an archer 1vs1 and you're in equal or lesser gear (yes even equal, I've had experience with 3 fully geared mages now) my advice is run, unless you know them to be crap at pvp...or pop enlight and pray your opponent can't do the same XD
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#8 Skylicious

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Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:53 PM

The whole idea is to give mage-wannabe how to play it.

Those who has no skill (yes... I've seen some mages doing that) simply press the hotkey for fireball hoping to gun you down.

Those with some playing experience knows how to use fear, silence, shock and sleep.

Those pros, knows when and on who to use those spells. :)

And Yoshi, you are totally correct! Dpsers will come for me first, but for a CC, I need to make sure the cleric is sleeping first and TRY to stay alive. LOL.

After killing the CC, then dpsers will then go for the clerics/dpsers.

I dunno who the mages are that you 1 on 1 with, dont wish to offend anyone (other than the noob Rakhasa)... but given equal gears, i am very sure you are in for a tough fight if you are fighting me. Practically, you will only reach an extend of using normal atk and 1-2 spells in between the sleeping periods. :P
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 12:34 AM

But you understand that with just normal attack if I enlight I'm hitting 10k per 1 sec? =P How long will you survive =P
It's not that mage is bad class, imo it's not. However I think archer for mage is like dark priest for archer. Darkpriest is bane of my existance. Damn them all!

Edited by SleepyAssassin, 12 September 2012 - 12:39 AM.

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 01:22 AM

I'M noobier than Rakhasa mind you :(
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 05:58 PM

That's why i say no offence to anyone other than him.

And trust me, he is not what you think he is.

And Yoshi... thats why i hate you :P
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 06:31 PM

thanks, useful post.. I'm starting to lose hope on my Mage =o=
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#13 Skylicious

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 06:59 PM

Don't... We are not all that crappy. :)
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 02:28 AM

Don't... We are not all that crappy. :)

looks like I bumped on a Mage at heart Guy.. not that it's a bad thing..

are Mage characters here considered as late gamer?.. I'm suffering with my DPS or maybe my equips are just trash :/
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 02:58 AM

If you find it difficult to kill, you need better gears.
I myself can kill monsters with 3-5 skills alone (two of which are insta-cast) without enlightenment / matk maestone.
The DPS isn't a problem so let alone potion costs.
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 03:35 AM

That's why i say no offence to anyone other than him.

And trust me, he is not what you think he is.

And Yoshi... thats why i hate you :P



I think, we think, closer to the same thing, than you think we think. If you understand that. ;)
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#17 Chigikogou

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Posted 13 September 2012 - 10:48 AM

You speak in tongue twisted riddle, yoshi. No one would want to understand that.
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#18 Skylicious

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Posted 13 September 2012 - 04:48 PM

I understood!! :P
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Posted 04 October 2012 - 11:25 PM

If you find it difficult to kill, you need better gears.
I myself can kill monsters with 3-5 skills alone (two of which are insta-cast) without enlightenment / matk maestone.
The DPS isn't a problem so let alone potion costs.


but idk what gear to have next, I'm thinking of playing again since the cap has increased
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Posted 05 October 2012 - 02:30 AM

Well, giving us your level would be helpful for that. Typically though you can either go with 1) whatever blue gear drops from mob's, 2) purple set from dungeons. At the very least you should +2 all your items, as +2 is 100% safe, after that it can break so if you take that risk is up to you.
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