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WerewolfX

Black beetles be frontin'

hit 15 and got a skill that increases my spell damage.

did a quick respec.

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Rang

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Elegance

How dare you make me want to play Monster Hunter again. ._.

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SgtGrimmVegas

and to think, i almost deleted that... too bad I'm not in the ****ing mood :'/

Mac2492

I had trouble at first, but Mages are actually quite decent at low levels.

I got every attack skill, since skills reset upon job change anyway. What's nice is that every first job mage attack has at least some use. Here are some tips...

Lantern Fire - Kills plants in one shot. That's basically what I use this for. =P
Florae Circle - Run above, below, or behind an enemy, then cast this fully charged. This takes bosses out reaaallly fast (though, naturally, it doesn't work so well on bosses that move around constantly). You can also use it as a defensive/offensive barrier, hiding behind it while casting spells, using it to block leaping/charging enemies, and forcing enemies into corners.
Frosthead - The explosion radius is very nice. This is pretty handy for taking out mobs.
Pluto - Great damage, and it pierces. You can hide behind obstacles and spam this skill.

Magic Uppercut - Useful for disabling an enemy, since it has a knock up effect.
Dragon Fang - This skill is really fast, so it's handy for combos and quick jabs.

Ancient Library - Free MP regen every 150 seconds. This skill really cut down my MP potion usage.
Shururu - Toss this into a mob and they'll all go for the doll, allowing you to blast away from a distance. This skill is really, really useful in PvE.



Recently, I've been A-ranking a lot of maps by throwing Shururu into the middle of a map, then spamming Pluto and Frosthead on the mobs. I take plants out with Lantern Fire and individual monsters out with Magic Missile and Florae Circle.

My suggestion is to get every attack skill, find a few favorites (which can be all the skills if you're indecisive like me), then get really comfortable with using them. You can get by just spamming Magic Missile (it's fast, MP-efficient, strong, piercing when charged, and can be redirected if you hold an arrow key while casting it). You could also go for a build that focuses on high DPS at close-range (Magic Uppercut, Dragon Fang, Florae Circle). You could also go for a build that utilizes all the attack spells (this is what I did). You can't really go wrong as a first job mage. Even in the worst-case scenario, you can still spam level 1 Magic Missile.

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Abhorsen

some more planetside, sorry no action shots lol its too hard to make screenshots and shoot at the same time =p ill try later maybe.

i suck at flying vehicles in this game lol... but im pretty good with sniper rifles already rank 7

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MerkaMerka

151 SP and you have 4 attacks..? is it just because you only have one at lv3? that's quite useless, being as I can do about 400 damage with Magic Missles (maybe 300? I unno) and I'm level 11, + with cancel skill I can combo, cancel, missle, combo again, and it works pretty well.

Aslong as you can plan out skills, don't go for all of them, that'll screw you up.

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SgtGrimmVegas

does it lagg like it used to? i couldn't get kills because every time i got shot at it would lagg me out of the battle or to a grisly death.... then again all shooters do that on my comp..

Dude, i just noticed that `doll and this Freshman in my HS look exactly the same..but ones taller...

TrueElements

whats the purpose of stuff like cancel skill and backslide w/e in DFO im supper picky in games with like skill pts and try not to waste them.