LIFESPRIG? WHAT THE SPRIG?

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Zahndethus wrote:

From a Nemesis thread. Looks like it drops there to me.

how dafuq?

there's not ONE on the forum bein sold in HC OR Nem right now

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Awfeel wrote:

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Zahndethus wrote:

From a Nemesis thread. Looks like it drops there to me.

how dafuq?

there's not ONE on the forum bein sold in HC OR Nem right now

Not worth selling :D

8hp/sec for every spell cast.

let's say you have incinerate (i think faster casting spell in the game?) +50% increased cast speed (huge investment) from passives, and an additional 25% from gear and an additional 39% from a lvl 20 faster casting, or 115% increased casting speed for short.

1/0.16=6.25
6.25* 2.15=~ 13.4 casts/sec

13.4*8 = 107.2 hp/sec regenerate while channeling, or about 3% of a base gear hp witch... tottaly not worth the cost AND the item spot.


I guess if it was a much more common rare (like p.e. ondar's gloves and etc 1c rares) you could justify spending 1-3c for levelling till you get a decent wand, but more than that... meh.

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Zalmoxis wrote:

Why would anybody even want that crap item?

It may work nicely with incinerate or similar spells before you get cybil's paw.

It's just silly not to level up with Stormcloud/split arrow build until you start to get to the point where your main build comes into effect.

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Zalmoxis wrote:

Why would anybody even want that crap item?

Don't talk about things you have no clue about. Its a great leveling item.

its a leveling item, spell casters had no leveling uniques , effectively making the only efficient way to level in the low levels 1 - 40 was to be melee or a ranged and use item twinks.

I can see a use for it in niche builds if dual wielding, buff duration, inner force, and cast speed all work with it. I would even try such a build were it not for the fact that people are crazy and want an exalt for a leveling/niche build item. I think the current price is because of people thinking you'll get crazy regen from a cast on crit build?

Why even bother leveling a spell caster these days?

Also, for 1 ex I can get full map-ready gear for any melee life-based character.

/cynicism off

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Saltychipmunk wrote:

its a leveling item, spell casters had no leveling uniques , effectively making the only efficient way to level in the low levels 1 - 40 was to be melee or a ranged and use item twinks.

It would have to be a whole damn lot better for it to be worth leveling as a spell caster in that level range. For zero point investment, any number of physical attack builds work MILES better, with better survivability and damage until much later in the game, allowing you to pick entirely defensive nodes until such a point that you are not at risk of early death.

For low level caster uniques to fill a niche, they first need to fix the low level discrepancy of spells vs. attacks.