Resist

[Caellen]

Easiest way to GM Resist? It used to be a pain when I played before and saw a couple posts saying it was GM'd rather quickly. Any suggestions?

 

[VFingerDiscount]

Mana drain on self to 62.9 then mana vamp to gm

 

[scavengerdeluxe]

These were the final two skills I trained on a new character. I did all of this in a dungeon for the +50% bonus. I kept myself well fed and not thirsty. I bought all reags at moonglow for 2/4gp. I followed Trystan's guide found at viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4567

All values are reported with "show real" selected.

122 casts of Lightning to get from 50.0-55.0 Resist. Magery stopped gaining at 58.5. Reag cost was 488gp.
484 casts of Energy Bolt to get from 55.0-65.0 Resist. Magery went from 58.5 to 85.1. Reag cost was 2,904gp.
961 casts of Mana Vampire to get from 65.0-85.0 Resist. Magery went from 85.1-100.0. Reag cost was 11,532gp.
949 casts of Mana Vampire to get from 85.0-100.0 Resist. Reag cost was 11,388gp.

Total cost was 26,312gp.

Estimated costs of macroing in town without the +50% bonus.
183 casts of Lightning, 732gp
726 casts of Energy Bolt, 4,356gp
1,441 casts of Mana Vamp, 17,292gp
1,423 casts of Mana Vamp, 17,076gp

taken from http://uoforum.com/threads/magery-and-resist-50-gm-reags-and-cost.10897/ All credit to Silvera

 

[Darken]

nah if you're doing WITH magery, just do mana drain until like 58.7 or so...
thats when my mana drain stops giving gains all around..
cast reveal until around 72 or so magery,
(obviously you don't gain resist from this but get quick gains to be able to cast mana vamp...)
then mana vamp it all the way home and you will GM all 4 mage skills. Cake.

You use pretty much the same regs for all these spells, + one for reveal.

 

[edw3rdwood]

I had the best luck with this chart:

50-70; Mana Drain on self
70-80; Paralyze on self
80-85; Energy Bolt on self
85-GM; Mana Vampire on self

I did this based on fastest gains combined with lowest reg cost. Still, this cost me 60k+ gold to GM just in buying regs. Anyone telling you to use Mana Vampire from 60+ is not taking into account that MV uses FOUR regs, which adds up when you're casting the same spell 1000+ times. Also, you will need 45 max mana and at least 88 Magery to get steady gains using Mana Vampire in the later levels, so best prepare for those early (can always drop mana/Magery back down later).

 

[halygon]

I had the best luck with this chart:

50-70; Mana Drain on self
70-80; Paralyze on self
80-85; Energy Bolt on self
85-GM; Mana Vampire on self

I did this based on fastest gains combined with lowest reg cost. Still, this cost me 60k+ gold to GM just in buying regs. Anyone telling you to use Mana Vampire from 60+ is not taking into account that MV uses FOUR regs, which adds up when you're casting the same spell 1000+ times. Also, you will need 45 max mana and at least 88 Magery to get steady gains using Mana Vampire in the later levels, so best prepare for those early (can always drop mana/Magery back down later).

You cannot get to 70 resist with mana drain. The maximum is 65.2.

Although there are multiple ways to gain resisting spells, the absolute most common way is:

50-65.2 Mana Drain on self
65.2-GM Mana Vampire on self

^^These spells do no damage to you, so there is no need to heal yourself or wait for yourself to become unparalyzed. Just cast, meditate, cast again.

 

[edw3rdwood]

Point taken about Mana Drain only bringing you to 65. Regardless, I know I switched to Paralyze after that. You only need about 11 seconds to recover from Paralyze, which is a lot less than it takes to recover the 40 mana need for Mana Vampire. Thus I used it until it gave me no more gains, when I switched to Energy Bolt, and finally to Mana Vampire 85+.

 

[halygon]

Point taken about Mana Drain only bringing you to 65. Regardless, I know I switched to Paralyze after that. You only need about 11 seconds to recover from Paralyze, which is a lot less than it takes to recover the 40 mana need for Mana Vampire. Thus I used it until it gave me no more gains, when I switched to Energy Bolt, and finally to Mana Vampire 85+.

Hey man whatever works for you I always say.

Keep in mind though that the regs that are used for mana drain are also used in mana vampire, which means that you are shopping for both spells at once with that approach.