Been gone a year - some misc questions! (ME H.Priest)

[Rosette]

Wasup. :}

So, I 99'd my priest back in Dec of 06, and pretty much took a break for WoW since then. I'd kind of like to play again, and am looking to trans into a damage focused ME priest. I haven't seen much since they put the kafra store thingy in.

1. Stats!
What are the number benchmarks for MATK, and the multiplier (ie, like it's 8 for heals, etc)? I've read things like 105 min for Niff, 115 for other things, etc etc.

I'm looking to see what I should get at lvl 60, 70, 80, etc to maximize leveling, and also have a cast time that doesn't suck. >.>

Also, I could use a refresher on Dex and Vit too. What should I look to round the numbers to, to get the most use of the points?
(edit: http://irowiki.org/wiki/Stats ftw! Answered my own questions. :3 )

While dex addicts will always say "more, MORE!! muahahaha!", I'm also looking to end my dex with a cast time of under 4 seconds @ 99 with job bonuses (I think it factored to about 3.9 with no dex gear ~90 base). I'm considering stacking dex to get it to about 5 seconds in the early stages of lvl 70ish. Good? Bad? wtf are you thinking noob? :P

2. Things to blow up!
Which leads into my second question, which is mostly a "where should I level?"
I lived with Tamruans from 80-99 on my priest, netting about 1.5m/hour towards the end. But job xp is poo there, and also I didn't know if there is anything better due to patch changes or whatnot. Plus, I need to uh, get back to 80 somehow, lol.

30ish-60: Firelocks? (please tell me there's somewhere better. ;-; )
60-70: Niff1? Geffen? (I personally HATED Geff)
80-90+: ??
Please exclude Guild Dungeons, they aren't an option for this chica.

Anything else someone can add to ideal places to level in each bracket would help alot- I could then work up the MATK numbers from that, too. :)

Anyone try medusas? (I heard their MDEF was lowered?) The naked boobie snake ladies... what the hell are their names... in Morroc somewhere - damn it's been too long. x_x ISIS!! That's it! Wasn't their xp boosted or something?

3. Gearz!
I'm pretty much working with a classic set of +7 gear: Immune Mant, Stone curse saint's robe (i used this in mobbing in Tamus, slot is interchangable based on element/defenses needed, blah blah), Verit shoes, Khalitz buckler. There's a lot of set stuff out there, and a friend mentioned a Valkrie's shield or something of the like... anyway, any new notable gear that I should be on the look out for that you have found good for H.Priests? For ME'ing?

I guess cards comes into this as well - I'm doing catch-up reading when I have the time, but if you have notable new cards you like, suggestions are appreciated. :)

4. Meditatio and Assumptio
Okay Assum is a no brainer, but I've seen mixed comments on how far I should look to stacking Med. While I'm dps focused, I do want the ability to heal when needed- and the increased SP and regen is nice. lvl 10 no question? 5 is sufficient? Depends?

Oh and, I love Doddler. You are so hawt. ;-; Thank you for a sexy wiki that has kept me sort of kind of up to date on what the heck is going on. <333 Oh, and the calculator. Yum!

Thanks for the help!
~ another old skool nublet priest.
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[Pain~]

While at the moment, the gear you mentioned is quite fine, in the future a lot of "ME-boosting" gear comes out. Boosting in terms of cast time, and in terms of damage. Also search on any gear-database for valk-equipment. Most of the stuff is pretty neat.

There is this ring already though: http://www.rocards.de/Item(2677).rc But it is rather expensive.

In terms of leveling spots; You're probably stuck to the same few maps as before, untill cursed abby comes out. Allthough I don't know if this map will be a valhalla for us ME High Priests. So ye, basically: Gef3, Niffl1, Tamurans. I usually go for either geffen3 or niffle1, because tamurans do not give job exp, as you said.

Stats: Well I went for 105 total int first, and then started getting dex right away to get a decent cast time. 105 int is fine for niffl1 and geffen3.

With the opcoming gear (at least, if you're planning to get it), I do not think its worth it to get more then 90 base dex, since your cast time will be reduced a lot by them.

Whatever you decide as an int amount here, also has influence on your Meditation level... I decided to leave meditation at level 6, but that might be a bit high already, because I am going for 120 int. (It's at 110 now, gearless)

[Rosette]

There is this ring already though: http://www.rocards.de/Item(2677).rc (http://www.rocards.de/Item%282677%29.rc) But it is rather expensive.


Oh wow that is hot. Here's to hoping the price drops over time. :)

Thanks for the feedback. Good stuff!

[Chaos]

Heya there, i got an ME-Hpriest as well, well its more FS/ME-Hybrid builded, like 105 Int, 60 Vit and 99 BaseDex.
I'm lvling mostly as supporter in TT/Thors together with my honey, a gypsy. But if i'm getting bored or shes sleeping i solo in Payon or Geffen GD/Niff1/Gef3, other places are not rly good exp, i tryed Demon Pungus, Medusas, Windghosts and GH Towers alrdy, but all quite suck compared to the places i mentioned in the first place.
The spirit ring rly rox, i only need 1 full ME and 1 wave of the 2nd ME for all mobs in Geffen GD, also using a sage's diary to get some more MAtk sometimes.
Else i think your equip is fine till Divine Cross and Holy Wand are out.

[Ojimaru]

For levelling, don't forget about Kiehl Hyre's robot factory and Bio Labs 3 (specifically Seyren and Eremes). And Geffen 3 sucks now ever since they fixed the SW bug that allowed you to block target-spells at close range.

Also, I could use a refresher on Dex and Vit too. What should I look to round the numbers to, to get the most use of the points?
DEX is really up to you, but for VIT I'd initially say 40-ish for PVM and 50~60 for WoE. But monsters in the Cursed Abbey seem to hit pretty hard, and consist of Demons and Undead, so you'll more than likely want a Requiem Buckler to accompany your Hell Buckler.

Anyone try medusas? (I heard their MDEF was lowered?) The naked boobie snake ladies... what the hell are their names... in Morroc somewhere - damn it's been too long. x_x ISIS!! That's it! Wasn't their xp boosted or something?
Medusas are horrible unless you have a Medusa-carded shield. Isis aren't too bad, but I personally can't stand the Martyrs and Mimics...

Okay Assum is a no brainer, but I've seen mixed comments on how far I should look to stacking Med. While I'm dps focused, I do want the ability to heal when needed- and the increased SP and regen is nice. lvl 10 no question? 5 is sufficient? Depends?
You're going to have fairly high INT (more than 105 total) so you technically can't skip Meditatio altogether, unless you want to do worthless 3k Heals at the expense of other skills.

[Chaos]

Medi7 is the way to go, else u'll run out of sp while supporting in harder dungeons or bigger party w/out prof.
60 Vit is not enough for supporting in woe, at least not in atk, u will get stunned permanently, its nearly the same like on my hwiz with 25+17 Vit if there are much screamers, don't know bout the situation of that on iRO tough.

[Ojimaru]

Excluding the Valk set, there's always Stalactic Golem card to switch into.

[Cubical]

11.3 is going to be a kick ass place to level. You should trans, and get your priest back to ME if you want. The spawns are going to be ridicliously high.


The Nameless Island (nameless_n) - BGM No. 112

Banshee (16), Flame Skull (4), Ghoul (40), Hell Poodle (17), Ragged Zombie (12), Zombie Slaughter (18)


Cursed Abbey Dungeon (abbey01) - BGM No. 113

Banshee (93), Flame Skull (21), Ghoul (56), Hell Poodle (25), Ragged Zombie (33), Zombie Slaughter (45)


Cursed Abbey Dungeon (abbey02) - BGM No. 113

Flame Skull (21), Ragged Zombie (70), Zombie Slaughter (210), Necromancer (7), Fallen Bishop (MVP) (1)

Cursed Abbey Dungeon (abbey03) - BGM No. 113

Banshee (30), Flame Skull (25), Necromancer (60), Beelzebub (MVP) (1), Tristan III (Quest) (1)

Someone might of mentioned this before, but there are/is some ME boosting equips out there now. And are coming out for 11.3 iirc

[Chaos]

Excluding the Valk set, there's always Stalactic Golem card to switch into.

Yes, like my +7 bbcap, but doesnt help much as well, its just 6% less stun chance, so 34% left and same stun duration.

[Rosette]

Good stuff, thanks guys!

Yea, that abbey is awesome. That's why I'm looking to trans now so I can get up to a place where I can party in there as a Hpriest. :)

I ran some numbers though on Doddler's calc, and omfg, those things will hit HARD. The mdef of the zombie slaughters and the banshees is pretty high (close to what I noted medusas are at), and will need lots of gear related bonuses to drop them with less than 3 ME casts. That ring mentioned above, in addition to cards and the new sets coming out next patch will nigh be a req to pound out the dps needed.

Also, did you look at the size of the maps?? Omg OW. That looks like it's going to be a "cower in the corner and pull mobs to you and hope to god you dont get repops on your head" kind of place. o_o; It still looks like fun, though.

[Cubical]

You need to do an annoying 4 quest long thing to enter so...might wanna start soon

[Ojimaru]

For high MDEF creatures, there's the Staff of Piercing (http://ro.doddlercon.com/wiki/index.php?title=New_Weapons#Staff_of_Piercing).

[Cubical]

Those drop from Kasa so i would imagen those wont be too diffcult to find

[Pepperoni]

Why dont you try here (http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=WcLcEiKC2GE)?
It's the best spot to solo till 11.3 comes.

The loot is good too ^^

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Edit:
Ive heard, that necromancers have the skill "Stone Skin" or something, lowering his MDEF to increase DEF.
Any1 confirm?

[Rosette]

Haha, that's awesome. :D

Coincidentally, I just did the quests for there tonight, and slaved my friend's stalker 40% of 88. :D It was loads of fun!

[Pain~]

Nice spot Pepperoni, imma try that map sometime too, as I want to get another level on my HP so i can then just die and die, while MVPing :yawn:

[Chaos]

I tested it one or 2 times, but didn't think u can reach this high ammount of exp, i was always just running into those gay seekers .,.

[Zearth]

Good idea. Battle HP then Arch Bishop is the way to go. Have fun!

[Pain~]

I too think the exp amount on that map is not that good... I mean it's decent, but that's it. I think I prefer geffen GD, or even niffle 1 above that map. But ye its cool to cast 1 ME and kill 4 of those without having to fear for your life.

[Acushat]

INT for ME priests should be as high as possible if you're fighting any decent mobs.. such as Geffen GD, Frus/Skogul, newer dungeons, etc.

I recommend at least 126 on a standard ME Priest. Personally, I use 133 INT and it works great.. I kill everything in Geffen GD in just a single ME. If I'm partied with a Scholar, everything drops in 2-3 waves of a single ME. I believe High Priests can get 140 INT? With food, of course. Can't wait to use that.

[Chaos]

Such a waste, you lose nearly all your tankability if u go for only 25 vit, with Spirit Ring (+30% me dmg) 120 Int is even enough for 1 ME in Geffen GD and when Divine Cross (+10% more MAtk with the ring) or Holy Stick (+20% me dmg; -25% castingtime on it) ingame u can do the same with 105 or 112 int.

Maybe 12x int+ is cool for normal me priests, cuz they can't get much vit anyways, but for hpriest more than 120 is kinda waste, cuz even if u go for 13x u have to sacrifice quite much dex as well.

Well, my hpriest can't be called pure me anyways, its more like me/fs-hybrid builded, but still quite nice dmg output while having defencive-stats, 10k~ hp, quite nice status resi and good potion-efficiency with his 105~112 Int and 60 Vit.

Btw. nothing 'gainst 99/99 builds, one of my hwiz is made like that, but i think it's not comparable.

[Acushat]

Such a waste? Sorry, but having to recast ME because the mob's not dead is what the waste is.

No need to water down your INT just because we get new items. Sure, killing everything in 1 FULL ME is nice. But stuff gets dragged in during the cast, so you want the highest amount of MATK possible. Recasting ME sucks. It slows down leveling a lot.

I haven't had a problem with my 1 VIT Priest in Geffen GD.. and I use EXP shoes too.

[Chaos]

exp/h solo and w/ support?

[Acushat]

Made 5m/hr in Geffen GD with a 3 way party. And during the 1.5x event, I partied with a friend(normal Priest) and gained 3.3m EXP in 30 minutes. A lot of people in my guild started leveling with me in Geffen GD instead of doing labs/TT/AL3.

I haven't really solo'd for more than 15 minutes.. but when I did, it went smoothly. Didn't have to cast many SWs or Lex Aternas or anything because my ME killed the mobs relatively quickly.

[Chaos]

So 4.4m/hr with support? Doing the same ammount solo and supported, cuz i can mob quite good, just can't wear undead slayers, bcuz often its hard to train the support with the mobs i made.
So both builds seem to have the right to exist. =)
Tbh 99/99 is a nice build for me-lvling in gd, but i hate beeing sticked to 1 way of lvling, so i often just support my gf in tt/thors with nice ammounts of exp as well.

[Rosette]

Thanks for the feedback/discussion. :)

Already trans'd, and on my way. Huzzah!

Thanks to pepperoni's videos, and some of my own research, and taking some time to blow some shit up on my 99 priest before I took the plunge, I have a fairly comfortable idea of where my dex/int/vit ratio is going to fall.

Oh and:
Please exclude Guild Dungeons, they aren't an option for this chica.

:P

By the way, I splurged and picked up a Spiritual Ring before I trans'ed, and I have to say it was very much worth it. The +50% to Offensive heal, plus the 8% regen (plus 15% eggy shoes, and Mag), has made leveling very very nice already. :)

[Chaos]

Ah sry, for the gd-talk.

[Rosette]

Hey no worries, it's just something I won't have access to on Rosette (my guild is retired, but I won't leave it <3). So I wanted to hear some discussion on the alternatives. :)