yeah that's nasty.. and that's just right.. it's an animal sent to kill

wait is there a calydonian boar hero monster in TQ? because the boar that killed adonis was the calydonian boar sent by artemis.. and if we stay true to the myth, isn't it weird summoning an enemy hero monster? i know there's an erymanthian boar hero monster in TQ but it's not associated with artemis.. can't remember if there's a calydonian boar hero monster

edit: oh crap.. after some googling, the calydonian boar was the boar sent by Artemis to destroy the region of calydon.. the one that killed adonis was just mentioned as a giant boar.. or in some accounts, ares in a disguise

ok i change my vote to giant boar

dang my memory really is getting bad.. I'm getting old

and yet when i say or hear the word ragnarok, the first thing that comes to my mind is the Korean original mmorpg ragnarok online.. had fun with that game

Heard rumours casters in AER are A DEAD LOSS...

they just don't know how to play casters.. they are stuck to old guides spoonfed to them from TQIT and are too unimaginative to think new builds/playstyles for themselves

this version of new players (with their thinking) cannot succeed the efforts put in by the old guards

btw, did you get your TQvault to work?

Fixed bbc in quote

aloha.. i have a great deal of respect to those who like to experiment and that seems to include you.. i too had the same reaction at first look.. this mastery is f***in OP and makes complicated hybrids simple.. buuut the second time i looked at it, it didn't look so good.. and as i tried it in-game, it really didn't feel OP.. now i have a feeling it's just good late game as a support mastery

the last upgrade of rune weapon is not worth all those points imo except for pure int chars.. maybe not max it for hybrids but your physical damage would be lowered too and crit also gets lowered.. and %physical skills like brimstone gets diminished.. I'd rather add elemental damage to my weapon instead of convert it.. if you leave it at like lvl6 to still deal physical damage, and you get a mastery shrine, you might actually deal less damage

the %int and %damage from rune weapon seems good for casters but I'm not sure the time to build up your charge is worth it.. I'd rather spam skills the moment i encounter mobs

i tried seal of fate in a party of 2.. and most of the time when it explodes, the mobs are long dead.. the 3 second wait cannot be reduced

the flat damage absorption is good but at maxed level, the energy cost is 3k+.. and if you don't max it, i feel it's useless at legendary because it's flat absorption and not %.. you can leave it at just the right level that you still can cast it but what if you get a mastery shrine? not getting the shrine for the sole purpose of casting 1 skill feels stupid.. if you cast if before you get it, it will be long gone before the effects of mastery shrine wears off and you can't cast it again because of the high energy cost

the second menhirs cooldown is like 200+ sec right at level 1

the good skills i see are rune of life, thunder strike and runeword feather

i think it lacks synergy between its skills, %damage, and resistance reduction.. all are important late game

rune weapon has %damage but i don't like the time to build up the charge.. the upgrade of seal of fate has resistance reduction but the 3 second wait is too long and by the time you cast another seal of fate, the RR is already gone.. you can reduce resistances using weapons but other masteries can also do that

I'm not sure being a melee int is good late game as you'll be wearing mage armors.. it can be paired with defense but experimentation is meant to be free and not tied up to a certain mastery

yep.. got my old items back

thnx, this is actually my fave character

1) i actually think the nerf to 10% chance was necessary.. if not this would be too OP.. as compared to the TQIT version, i think that kills faster but the 2 are completely different in gear and stat optimization.. this knifethrower is dex/int.. before, it was mostly int and only little dex.. so this at least has more DA.. the DoT damage is actually good but resist reduction is necessary in legendary.. TQIT version was also very gear dependant.. this one is easier to equip and you become a knifethrower much earlier.. storm nimbus isn't even necessary early game because even undeads die from DoT in normal.. regarding energy cost, that's not much of an issue if you have energy leech.. actually i remember when i switched to ragnarok, i had to kill Hades again and i forgot to restack energy pots, so when i got to Hades i have no energy pots left.. i still killed him with no problems even with zero energy pots (and underlevelled because i skipped act 5 normal and epic)

2) well as i said this is my fave char.. but i haven't tried magician yet and i feel it would be fun too spreading knives with eruption in the middle.. and i feel undeads are weak against fire.. in my case, i cast squall, spread knives, then cast lightning bolt.. but the lightning bolt is just because i encountered that same question most of us encounter late in the game: "where do i put all these skill points at?"

ps: btw my mage haruspex build was partly inspired by your avenger and also as a response to those who say casters are weak in this game.. so thank you for that (i read it way way way before you post it here)

i know that guide.. if you do, pls include the fact that strength boosts eruption now
(might even go full hybrid like croc's avenger)