well....i read the first 2-3 pages of this topic...and skipped all the way to the last page......
from all i read i can see that you are very eloquent jadekiss..and that u know what you saying....
as for me...i have a int hibrid spearman ...lvl 74 atm...it is my second char....(the first one didnt last even to lvl 22)...and im playing at him about an 1.5 year now....at first when i made him...i put almost every stat on STR,up to lvl 17 or 18....so i wasnt pure str but i was almost a pure one...
then someone told me that i should made a pure int char....well when i started the game i already quited one char because i didnt know anything about sp farming and stuff....and i didnt felt like starting over again...i decided "what a hell" ill try with this one and see what is gonna be...so i started to put every point on int afterwards....i was sucky build all the way up to the lvl 42....on lvl 42 my mag balance was high enough...but not that high...i putted int and int all the way up to lvl 67...then i added a bit of str also....like 2 int 1 str on lvl 68...and 2str and 1 int on lvl 69..and again 2 in 1 str...on lvl 70...and afterwards only int...
as i said im lvl 74 now.....my mag balance with all the stats is 100%...and my phys balance is 71%....
i have around 10700 hp points....and 14600 mp points...im also planing to put only int now all the way.....
my build is now pretty strong..as some will say "i kick asses"

.....i winn all pure int builds...most of glaviers....almost all bowmen....and with some bladers when i fight ...we cant kill each other( it is a pot war)...
of course if they are at my lvl...and wears a solid equipment like i do....
if they have som and sosuns sets and weapons i dont have a chance....cause i dont have any of that items on myself...just plain +5s....
so for me it was a long experiment.....but lucky for me successful one..
the thing is....most of my playing "career " was without a gt's and stuff...so i was most of the time unfarmed and with a gap....
i gain my first gt on lvl 56....brought me to lvl 63
then i had another one...which brought me to lvl 68...
with full skills till lvl 60....then i had to do some serious farming...
i farmed a bit ....without gts....then raised a gap...lvld myself to lvl 72 and than had a brake for 3 months...
now i started over....bought some premiums...finsihed one recently ...farmed out like 80k of sp with it.....and then from lvl 72 i raised my self on lvl 74 for a week.....
but anyway....im lvl 74 with his main skills(heux,light,fire) on lvl 72(maxed)....i also use cold it is on lvl 60(buffs only)
i didnt tried out pvp with my char fully farmed.....cause im working and stuff...so i barely manage to spend my ticket...but thats another story...
but if i've done that results as i mention above with larger gap then gap 2.....i can only do better .dont you think?
anyway....this is only my experience with the hybrid builds...
and for the conclusion...if u make hybrid builds...u need a lot of skills...and a lot of sp farming...= a lot of time and patience,and temper,and nervs...to do it all to the end...
as jadekiss already said "no pain no gain"
i almost quited sro cause of loosing my nervs and temper....but im glad i continued .....cause my char ownz ^^
and yes i would say that there is no best build in game....it all depends how u play it...how u build it...and how good is your equipment...
i dont have some spectacular equips...but most of them is +4 or +5....with str and int 4-5.....regular +4 +5 full blue items....
cheers to all of you peeps...
and salute to all hybrids out there
