ive made shield mage popular on practically every server ive played mage on lawl xD
ive said it once and ill say it 81732487209147214712341 times........an unkillable MAGE is what wins party vs party, not priests or melee....priests and melee can always be tp'd back...mage cant
crimson>complete....crystal is a waste of time
rare wep def armor>upgrade wep def....unless u can get the new upgrade wep def to like +9 or +10 lol...but even then theres more pieces of rare like boots/gloves/helm of spear, as opposed to only boots or whatever of upgrade spear def
shield>staff
-but own a staff so u can light blade priests if ur not diong anything else, preferably like a GE...but im old school so i dunno what staffs are around today...ge was the best for when i played though
ice/lightning>any other build
lvl 70 MINIMUM really...double ice nova is pretty much a must if u want to really help ur party
people say its boring but i think theyre full of shit...if u want ur name in the kill lists u should have played rogue or warrior....saying support mage is boring is like saying playing support priest is boring...its either u suck at playing support and arent playing ur class right, or ur lying
a support mage doesnt just wait til people are dead to tp them back, its constantly runnign around tping EVERYONE whether they in danger or not.....
how i played my support mage:
u tp priests near u, dont stay near the priests, that just makes a cluster fuck of melee and makes it harder for the priests....try to keep the priests(assuming u play with 2 or more in ur party) seperate as well, not near eachother...also keep the priests near the melee...cant be cancelling their heals either
at the same time its really YOUR job if ur a good support mage to keep the melee killing their mages/priests...run to their priests run to their mages and tp ur melee...tp rogues to the priests and warriors to the mages....rogues to cancel heals and warriors to do heavy constant damage
at the same time its ur job to harass the other party too...70 ice nova, 60 ice nova, bliz, single target ice spells on priests and mages......why PRIESTS too? 1) it slows them down making it easier for rogues to stay on top of them and cancel heals/kill them, 2) it adds a tiny bit(granted not much at all since ur wearing a shield) of damage, damage is damage, it helps, 3) it makes them waste time curing instead of healing
and last but not least...if for some FUCKED UP reason u dont have anything else to do and ur not being harassed by countless melees.....pull out ur staff and light blade the priests in the chance u can get a stun or two off
oh and during all of this at least i did(cuz i had every piece of rare wep def for every wep and slot available) i had my inventory window open and was CONSTANTLY switching pieces of armor around as warriors would switch weps or people would give up/come help try to kill me
im sorry but if thats "boring" then lol i dunno u must be retarded or some shit...i did more work as a support tank mage than i ever did as an offensive mage or as a rogue[/b]
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