Is a level 1 imbue worth it?

Shujaa · Post by **Shujaa** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:56 pm

Just for the side effects? I understand the damage would be sucky at level 20+, but something like the Cold imbue has a nice slowing effect, is it worth having just for that do you think? I'm a blade user with high STR.

Monition · Post by **Monition** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:19 pm

in the beginning, any imbue would be useful, i think.

plus... would only be 2 sp used... maybe around 10 if you wanna include the masteries...

either way... lvl 1 imbue isn't horrible... and not really a waste.

thecoop · Post by **thecoop** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:51 pm

I was thinking of doing the same thing, just going for a lvl 1 ice skill just for the slow effect, would be useful.. though not sure how using it on higher mobs would effect them.. if its like most games they would resist it, rendering it pretty much useless. hopefully some one knows for sure

kagenutto · Post by **kagenutto** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:00 am

thecoop wrote:I was thinking of doing the same thing, just going for a lvl 1 ice skill just for the slow effect, would be useful.. though not sure how using it on higher mobs would effect them.. if its like most games they would resist it, rendering it pretty much useless. hopefully some one knows for sure

No resists that I know of in the game. A level 1 cold river force has a 25% chance to add frostbite on a level 1 monster as on a level 80. Higher level versions just make it last longer, require a higher spell or universal pill to recover from, and give a higher chance to go off.

SoPaeNii · Post by **SoPaeNii** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:28 am

my main is max lv lighting and i only use it for pvp.... for pve i use lv1 ice and i never lv up ice... im a lv 27 now.

lv1 ice rocks for me! my mp last long and i use pots wisely mostly i use skill heal since im a full int with high mp. the damage of ice lv1 differs from upper lv is bearly noticible.

this supose to be s secret.... but oh well!

Shujaa · Post by **Shujaa** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:55 am

kagenutto wrote:
thecoop wrote:I was thinking of doing the same thing, just going for a lvl 1 ice skill just for the slow effect, would be useful.. though not sure how using it on higher mobs would effect them.. if its like most games they would resist it, rendering it pretty much useless. hopefully some one knows for sure

No resists that I know of in the game. A level 1 cold river force has a 25% chance to add frostbite on a level 1 monster as on a level 80. Higher level versions just make it last longer, require a higher spell or universal pill to recover from, and give a higher chance to go off.

That's good to know, I took a level 1 knockdown skill hoping for it to work the same way - don't want to spend any further in it for now

Will try the level 1 ice, although I'm almost pure STR so it might be too mana intensive to use alongside my other skills.

Shujaa · Post by **Shujaa** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:40 pm

Having taken a level 1 Ice imbue, I can definitely say it's worth it. My mana usage per monster has actually gone DOWN, the extra damage per regular sword hit makes a huge difference even for a level 1 skill. Additionally, with a sword the slowing/freezing effects come really often, and much reduce the amount of health potions needed. Good stuff!

Geobot · Post by **Geobot** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:42 pm

i'd advise you not to level it up though, the rise in mana cost after level 1 imbue gets ridiculous, and the extra damage isn't all that much to make up for it.

Shujaa · Post by **Shujaa** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:37 pm

Oh I definitely don't intend to. An extra 10 mana for a measly 2-5 more damage per hit is not worth it, for someone with 44% magical balance. I might spend some spare points in Force or Fire categories to get their level 1 passive boosts though.