Greetings, I am wondering - which is more effective. Using Epic 2 and an old raid ranged item (say from Demiplane) with all 3 symp mana augs OR using an UF group weapon + ranged with just 1 symp mana aug? Any insight would be most welcome. I am a little confused. You are using the old gear because ...

Greetings,

I am wondering - which is more effective. Using Epic 2 and an old raid ranged item (say from Demiplane) with all 3 symp mana augs OR using an UF group weapon + ranged with just 1 symp mana aug?
Any insight would be most welcome.

Circle of Mana I

As a grouping mage I dont have access to rank II or III of this effect - so I am wondering if its even worth using rank I compared to simply keeping the pet aura up. Any insight would be most welcome.

How do I go about using all 3 in group gear though? Arent the augs type 4 8 and hence dont fit in group gear except for the primary slot?

Sympathetic procs have a chance of doing something whenever you cast a spell (usually DD spells). For example they can add another small nuke on top of your normal one, or restore some mana, effectively reducing the spell cost. I think the mage community in general agrees that the most useful are t...

Apart from standard upgrades til stats and focii what should I look for in UF (group game)?

Maybe someone could explain the symp augs to me - which are they and what do they do?
How are our UF spells?
Any interesting clickies or anything else I just should not miss?

Any advice is most welcome.

Great advice all around, thanks. The group setup is somewhat due to some chars being boxed so thats less likely to change except for very stationary fights.

Before fight: you must add Frenzied burnout and Iceflame to your pet. This way you get around 5min of FBO during the fight. Also, water pet is our Highest DPs pet with buffs so that should be the one your pocketing. I would just un-suspend your pet before you engage instead of using your current pe...

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