a question on last skill

[BlackLeaf]

for general offensive purpose,on a character used for fun and without any serious pvp ambition,having 100 points left,wich one is better?(given 100 magery)

80 eval
20 med

or

100 eval

thanks

[Sandro]

don't see why you would need/want eval with no med

eval is for added spell damage only, but without med you won't be using much offensive magic from the looks of the template

[BlackLeaf]

as said it is more of a fun character,to get around and do a little bit of everything,exploring dungeons etc
eval would be for 2 purpose:
1)finish of the dragon/lich lord/whatever without having to cast another energy vortex
2)casting an opportunist flam strike from hiding,on the pk alredy engaged in combat and low on health.

the complete template is:
magery 100
wrestling 100
hiding 100
stealth 100
lockpicking 100
detect hidden 100

[Mikel123]

as said it is more of a fun character,to get around and do a little bit of everything,exploring dungeons etc
eval would be for 2 purpose:
1)finish of the dragon/lich lord/whatever without having to cast another energy vortex
2)casting an opportunist flam strike from hiding,on the pk alredy engaged in combat and low on health.

the complete template is:
magery 100
wrestling 100
hiding 100
stealth 100
lockpicking 100
detect hidden 100

Your two situations require very different skill distributions.

For (1), I'd say 100 meditation. For (2), I'd say 100 Eval.

[Mikel123]

Also, I'm not sure why you have 100 Detect Hidden. If it's for lockpicking assistance, I don't believe it's necessary at 100 Lockpicking. So maybe drop that and add GM Meditation AND Eval!

[BlackLeaf]

100 detect is for dungeoneering
for example at ancient wyrm people casts ev,got a firebreath, than hide.is fun to reveal them,watch them run,and sometimes die (or finish them off by myself if they are low,hopefully with eval).also when lping if another lper is around you can reveal and let the monsters distract him while you loot the chest.there are many situation in wich the spawn can be your friend.
anyways,usefull or not,im dead set on it for this char.

[Pirul]

For what you are describing, I'd do meditation.

[Mikel123]

I'd say Meditation as well, but boy are flamestrikes going to be weak against GM resist.

Your best bet might be to throw an explosion on your victim first, hoping they think you targeted the monster with it, while you cast up a flamestrike too.

FWIW, I had a char like yours, but with Tracking instead of Detect. It was indeed fun, but Detecting hidden people is kind of nerfed, in that it's exponentially worse at revealing people than Magery's Reveal. It's barely, barely more helpful in an Invis/Reveal contest than just using those spells. I actually found it most useful at IDOC's, revealing all of the hidden naked people so they're unwillingly thrown into the chaos of the fighting going on.

[BlackLeaf]

ok,so meditation seems the way to go.and to use purple is a nice idea,too.
thanks everybody for the suggestions.

[Spitfire]

For what you are describing, I'd do meditation.

Agree. Your mana is too important since you have no weapon skill, slow regen will get ya killed at some point.