To be Pure, or not to be Pure. That is the question

**RedRyder** · 02-18-2011, 03:28 PM

im too used to pally right now (thanks to Esus T^T). i love how i almost never die and im alive 90% of the time to do heals/reviving. im not in it for insane damage and kills (as you can see with my 12k kill count lol) ive always played support since release, being pure all the way till ao2 (again thanks to Esus lol,) but i know that if i was a pure mage i would have more ms for skills AND my damage based skills would do wayyyyy more and heal would actually significantly heal everyone.

so im stuck at the crossroads between pure or paly for red. with scarlet ive seen that pure dex is really beneficial, but is it worth making the move with red??

**Royce** · 02-18-2011, 03:30 PM

To be.

**RedRyder** · 02-18-2011, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Royce

To be.

coming from a pure mage

but isnt the death rate pretty high for pure mages now?

btw how did you do less than /10char. without the sneaky white text?

**Echelong** · 02-18-2011, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by RedRyder

coming from a pure mage

but isnt the death rate pretty high for pure mages now?

btw how did you do less than /10char. without the sneaky white text?

Yes I am still thinking the same I am currently dual but I rarely use my int set anymore. I am thinking on having enough points to dual hate 127 and the rest on int to use the 55 int gear. Still thinking though.

**Physiologic** · 02-18-2011, 03:36 PM

To be.

edit: Anyway, I've seen pure int mages who were absolutely pro, pallys who were really bad. I've seen pure int mages who were absolutely horrible, and pallys who were really good. Case in point, just be good at whichever road you pick because from what I've seen it's all a matter of player skill.

Also, vbulletin html coding sticks words together if they're separated by too many spaces. The spaces are included as characters but they don't show up when you submit a post

**RedRyder** · 02-18-2011, 03:41 PM

alright then its settled. im going to try and sell my cosmo set or rift or maybe even both and but some gem int gear.
luckily for me i looted a purp gem wand the first day

**Major** · 02-18-2011, 03:42 PM

To be, for sho!

**Royce** · 02-18-2011, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by RedRyder

coming from a pure mage

but isnt the death rate pretty high for pure mages now?

btw how did you do less than /10char. without the sneaky white text?

I have one of each

Only leveled my Int mage through BS so far, but I'm quite familiar with all Mage builds. Anyway, the armor on Mega Mage gear is nice. With the wand set and an armor ring on, I can easily solo all the BS maps and most bosses.

**RedRyder** · 02-18-2011, 04:22 PM

im skilled at both actually phys, ive been playing pure and paly for eaqual amounts of time, but pure is my native group with my mage. id be pretty good on it. just ask anyone ive played with

. gonna respec tonight. thanks for the output fellas

**DawnInfinity** · 02-18-2011, 04:51 PM

I've been debating the same thing

**Zojak** · 02-18-2011, 04:53 PM

I've been thinking of the exact thing as well! Granted my pally is only 31, I've switched back and forth a couple times, and i always come back to the pally, for the survivability, i find i live a lot longer with the str build, but i do miss the damage, and i will probably continue to flip flop for another few levels until i can decide how i want to play when i'm 50+

**giayuan** · 02-18-2011, 04:56 PM

Ive been thinking about the same thing too.. Stuck, so im sticking with dual wield lvl50 gear for now lol

**RedRyder** · 02-18-2011, 05:18 PM

K so I purchased purple Mage gear for level 53 save for the wand. Anyone wanna help me to 53? Im like 52 and 3/4ths

**WhoIsThis** · 02-18-2011, 05:52 PM

If you can't decide, you may want to consider hybrid.

**Ellyidol** · 02-18-2011, 06:00 PM

To be.

Made this decision just last night, and it cost me quite a bit of money and time just playing around with builds, but eventually pure still seemed best.

Edit:

No prob on helping level, I like doing GF runs so I'll be sure to invite

**Otukura** · 02-18-2011, 06:03 PM

I'm actually thinking of switching to pure also...ah, I think I'll go do it right now, before I can talk myself out of it.

**RedRyder** · 02-18-2011, 06:58 PM

Thanksss I'm getting on now! Gonna be selling my 51 gen Str equips. All purples but the shield pm if interested

With the axe not the sword (it's better)