Gems Of Dominance

[Alesandra]

Originally Posted by Chrism

No Epic Healing Gems?

That is kind of an oversight imo

I think you must have missed them in the gem list he posted, or its been edited since you posted this because i see alot of healing gems...both green and white...

the gem list includes all gems, not just the epics. scroll near the bottom and you'll find the epics.

[Hunters Bane]

Originally Posted by Tapobu

much higher potential damage for casters for much lower cost. sure, 10~% each way isn't so much at first glance, but it adds up fast

one or the other would have been great - for example, a boost to the gems already in the game, or allowing a gem handling buff so staff users could use more of the same type. but this is kind of...overbuffish.

@ Paragraph 1: Nodiatis is a game where 1% will make you strong or weak.

@ Paragraph 2: "Overbuffish"? Good. I've been waiting for a buff my caster can use without runes.

i'm not sure i follow... your first comment seems to contradict your second comment. i get that 1% is a big deal, which makes 10% a HUGE deal, thus... "overbuffish." sure, casters needed a buff. but how big is too big? i mean, sure, it'll be very difficult to find all the gems you want...but in the event that a caster CAN get all the right gems in the pouch... ouch.

[Hopilus]

good luck with that, by the time that happens, cap will be lvl 100.

LOL casters crit for 2k now. Jeez.

I might start a caster

[Alesandra]

So...maybe im just having a blonde moment...but is there anything in the gem list signifying that its an epic gem, or is it just KNOWING that its an upgrade of an already in place gem?

Epic gems are at the end of the list, the first one is Angel Talon Rank 1 . just start from there.

[Alesandra]

AH...i c, ty for the swift reply

...wow. That's... well, forgive the pun, but... epic.

I wish there were epic heals and more epic auras, but this patch was intended to buff the casters, so it's totally understandable Totally gonna be hunting for epic gems to sell to Hop now.

to answer ur question zenga:

I understand this is a buff to casters and what not, but personally i dont think epic gems would last u as long as other epics do...for instance, if you went from epic 9 armor to epic 25 armor...thats 16 suiting lvls and there's quite a bit of different armor sets in b/t, where as an epic gem only lasts for 5-7 lvl's...see my point? the epic gems won't last u as long as the other epic's do, cuz as soon as i hit that next red magic lvl or w/e i need to use the next rank spells, that epic would be out of my pouch and replaced w/ the stronger spells...so could there be a way to mayb make epic gems more far apart? so like it goes 11 red magic, then 22 for the nxt epic then the 11 red epic does a lot more than a regular red magic spell

[Gurnison]

That would only be true at very low character levels. At higher levels you will have at least 2-3 levels of the good gems in your pouch at the same time.

so basically ur saying low lvl casters are basically screwed w/ epic gems?

Lower level gems aren't always as "useless" as you say.

People still use gems 2-3 ranks lower until they can get stronger gems put in their place. They are considered place holders for stronger gems, and allows you for less chance of a escape gem.

Also, they are still much better than a regular gem at that level, and can be considered better than regular gems a rank above it.

You would need a mixture of epic gems and regular gems to be fully effective and allow for at least some upgrade of gems as you level.

however, as a caster, i upgrade my spells every chance i get, so my gems change as my repective lvls in the different colors of magic change, and comparing an epic black to a regular black, they were to close to the same for the epic to be of any use, heck my regular red dd spell a rank below it did more damage. where as other epics arn't needed to be replaced as often