This was posted in the Basilmarket Forums by chaosmagic, because jock didn’t have enough feedback to post it with the links himself. I just want to save it, so everyone can take a look at it and make up their own thoughts.
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Editted: Why do u people like to flame me for making a survey? im just using a survey to reflect that MP eater isnt useless as the majority of the priests chose to max it. Like I said, I seriously dont benefit from anything if you choose not to max HA alright? This is a survey, dont flame me for making a survey alright?
(Stop saying “leave them alone its their choice of maxing HA” if you say this its obvious that you havent read my post before you reply. I am not saying anyone shouldnt max HA, im just trying to prove that there are many priests who maxed MP eater instead of HA/teleport. Hence MP eater isnt a bad choice to max. and I am not saying HA /tele is a bad choice so dont frigging yell at me for this ok?)
The highest level Priest in Global, called Hydrange, did not max Holy Arrow. As a level 137 Priest, she said HA is useless. [Give her some respect please coz she is the LEADER of all Clerics/Priests in Global. Of course she is not as famous as Tiger but she is still the highest level of the class Cleric/Priest] Well of course you wont believe me, but I got proof. Many of you claim MP Eater is the least useful skill, but I will prove to you that many high level Priests maxed it with the exception of a few. I took screenshots of their igns, level, and of course which skill they did not max.
(Alright this debate is between MP Eater and HA. I believe Teleport is a skill useful only if you really need to use it. So there is no need to argue with me if you didn’t max Teleport. I am targeting on clerics/priests who say HA is better than MP Eater.)
Key Point: Holy Arrow is NOT better than MP Eater. (I mainly focus on MP Eater since that’s what most pro-HA claim that they will omit.) Their functions are completely different so don’t compare them by saying MP Eater sucks.
(Note: I spent lots of time getting my level 10 rogue to Forbidden Time (I kept dying). I am not a hacker so don’t suspect me as I put a lot effort in this.)
Level 137 Priest (highest level Priest in Global)
SS #1: link
SS #2:
link
(She said HA is useless in this SS.)
SS #3:
link
(She told me not to use HA.)
*Don’t use Priests from JMS or KMS who max HA to debate with me. Why? Because JMS/KMS are very different from Global:
– More Items
– More Maps
– More Monsters
– More Servers (so population is more scattered)
All these variations between JMS/KMS and Global can cause a player to choose a different skill to max since there are many Cleric builds out there.
I also interviewed 30 other Priests. I will briefly list them and post screenshots for proof. (unless I specifically listed the server name, they are all in Scania.)
Priests who did not max HA (10, including hydrange):
S3mi (lv 127):
link
LadySchala (lv 123 Bera): link (sorry my friend asked her for me in Bera so I had to erase his name)
Angelshope (lv 121):
link
FairyWing (lv 120):
link
ritetobme (lv 118):
link
Bayleef (lv 109):
link
arellia (lv 108):
link
DoctorY (lv 86):
link
OPrincesO (lv 84):
link
Priests who did not max Teleport (12 Priests):
Xuanloveyu (lv 127): link
ZoeCherry (lv 125): link
Remyx (lv 123): link
Kaitoujeanne (lv 111): link
Ladizz (lv 111): link
Xmagician20x (lv 109): link
Noxene (lv 107): link
Vietxmage (lv 97): link (he is gonna max Teleport using 3rd job SP, bad idea to sacrifice any 3rd job points for Holy Arrow)
Mmp1 (lv 93):
link
IVIage (lv 88): link
Aznboy77 (lv 88): link
Azndrkmagic (lv 88):
link
Priests who did not max MP Eater (6 Priests)
Krumb (lv 131) (2nd highest in Global but he is still under Hydrange):
link
link
link
(he maxed HA instead of MP eater and he did NOT say HA is better than MP Eater, he just says it depends, so HA is not better than MP eater)
Google11 (lv 111):
link
Chrn0 (lv 105):
link
Lilxangelz (lv 105):
link
Bladeheartz (lv 101):
link
iLLmatic (lv 90):
link
Priests who didn’t max Heal, Invincible, or Bless (3 Priests only [1 of each skill]XP):
DIDN’T MAX HEAL – aznsweets (lv 114):
link
HER EXPLANATION for leaving Heal at lv 11:
link
(I actually admired her build coz she got to lv 114 without maxed Heal)
DIDN’T MAX BLESS – MoistTuna (lv 88):
link
(he regretted it haha)
DIDN’T MAX INVINCIBLE – SunnyDelight (lv 126 Bera):
link
There are WAY more high lvl priests who didn’t max Holy Arrow or Teleport instead of MP Eater.
Conclusion: HA isnt really better than MP eater/teleport. It depends what your decision is. (so dont say: listen to me i am a lv 110 priest, dont max MP eater it doesnt help) It all depends how you play. MP Recovery doesnt neccessary recover 100% of mp consumption in every situation.
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The attached picture shows me using lvl 1 Holy Arrow, just for the fun =>