Hey all. Curious which magic feat would be more useful in hunting with my Guardian Spirit. I already have Raw Attunement, but my mana drains so fast so I wanted to know which would help more, Deep Attunement or Efficient Channeling. Deep Attunement seems like it might be more useful as it would help with general mana maintenance, but I really only struggle with GS going so maybe Efficient Channeling. My skills are 170 Life Magic, 177 Attunement, 142 Utility. I have Utility Mastery already. I can cast GS at 6, but can't really cast anything else with it going. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
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ABSOLON
Re: Magic Feats?
11/30/2014 03:05 AM CST
I would get Deep Attunement and pass on Efficient Channelling if you have to decide on just one. Efficient Channelling is very focused as you say, so it can be worth getting if you rely a lot on your guardian spirit, but Deep Attunement will benefit all aspects of casting and is highly useful.
I wouldn't worry about being able to put more mana into either. Guardian Spirit is a targeted magic spell at its heart, which means that your TM skill itself determines how accurate it is, how sturdy it is, and how much damage it does. Extra mana put into the spell only acts as a bonus to that base damage/effect and so putting more mana in isn't as effective as it would be with another type of spell like an Augmentation spell or a Utility spell would be.
I suspect Guardian Spirit has a long in common with Starlight Sphere in terms of issues surround maintenance because they are both TM cyclics, and someone recently asked pretty much the same questions you are asking here about that spell. I suggest reading the responses there since most will likely apply to Guardian Spirit as well (aside from the obvious constellation stuff.) The Starlight Sphere spell page on elanthipedia was updated with the info from that conversation as well, so you can check there too.
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I wouldn't worry about being able to put more mana into either. Guardian Spirit is a targeted magic spell at its heart, which means that your TM skill itself determines how accurate it is, how sturdy it is, and how much damage it does. Extra mana put into the spell only acts as a bonus to that base damage/effect and so putting more mana in isn't as effective as it would be with another type of spell like an Augmentation spell or a Utility spell would be.
I suspect Guardian Spirit has a long in common with Starlight Sphere in terms of issues surround maintenance because they are both TM cyclics, and someone recently asked pretty much the same questions you are asking here about that spell. I suggest reading the responses there since most will likely apply to Guardian Spirit as well (aside from the obvious constellation stuff.) The Starlight Sphere spell page on elanthipedia was updated with the info from that conversation as well, so you can check there too.
http://forums.play.net/forums/DragonRealms/The%20Moon%20Mages/General%20Discussions%20-%20Moon%20Mages/thread/1673236
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SARKRANIS
Re: Magic Feats?
11/30/2014 03:38 PM CST
>>Mage-Warrior: Curious which magic feat would be more useful in hunting with my Guardian Spirit. I already have Raw Attunement, but my mana drains so fast so I wanted to know which would help more, Deep Attunement or Efficient Channeling. Deep Attunement seems like it might be more useful as it would help with general mana maintenance, but I really only struggle with GS going so maybe Efficient Channeling. My skills are 170 Life Magic, 177 Attunement, 142 Utility. I have Utility Mastery already. I can cast GS at 6, but can't really cast anything else with it going.
Both of those feats (Deep Attunement and Efficient Channeling) will help with cyclic spells, and I'd recommend getting both as soon as you can. Because Deep Attunement has a more general application, I would probably get that first, but you can't go wrong with either if your goal is to prioritize Guardian Spirit.
As you gain more skill in attunement, you will find it easier to juggle multiple spells, especially with those feats.
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Both of those feats (Deep Attunement and Efficient Channeling) will help with cyclic spells, and I'd recommend getting both as soon as you can. Because Deep Attunement has a more general application, I would probably get that first, but you can't go wrong with either if your goal is to prioritize Guardian Spirit.
As you gain more skill in attunement, you will find it easier to juggle multiple spells, especially with those feats.
"Empathy doesn't make people nice." --GM Armifer
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