Quote (low-ki @ Jun 9 2011 03:06pm)
takes awhile
takes me around 1k mutes to gain one rank level at rank 39muting
and a mute takes around 4 minutes to finish
I agree with his numbers. I am at about 600 per prof right now at 25. The closer to the "min needed for prof" you are the faster the mute will be. You can go to 2 full tier levels higher than min for prof minus 1 magical level. Example. (min for prof is rare tier III + 2 tier levels)-1 magical level = Tier V magical. When you do your maximum possible you can look at 5 even 6 minutes.
My advise if your starting out from 0 prof is....
~Understand you will need to be approx prof 20 to 30 before you start to see a noticeable profit or return on your time invested
~Try to buy stacks of ess other people dont need any more. If you collect items to mute you use up alot of time compared to just burning ess into 1 item.
~When you are no longer able to use the magical of a tier level, I advise you move up to the next one. Otherwise you will end up with ess that you can not get xp from. Example your min for prof is Tier II rare, then you should move up to doing Tier III items. If you mute a Tier II rare + odds are 1 in 8 (approximately) that it will become a magical ess, thus you can not use it again.
~Do not start this skill thinking your going to make this and that. If you do you will get frustrated easily. You need to think that everything you do is only prof building experience to get you to high lvl Tiers.
~Remember time is prof exp, so spending alot of time messing with low tier items that will not be worth but 30 to 50 fg at best means longer till you can get to higher tier items. I personally spent alot of time trying to make t3 to lvl 10 items and have maybe 350 fg worth of items made to show for it.
~Do not bother using Magic Luck items IMO at the beginning. Its just a hassle to move it all around. I have 36 ML and have stopped using it. I see no difference in my ess magical levels are and I see no noticeable change in my rolls on mutes. I was using it when I made 112ee lvl 15 dagger, the ee hm one above was without ML. Also a few mutes before that one was a 76 ee lvl 15 and 4 mutes later was a 20 ee 20 intel lpa crit flux one
Its all random, Doing magical ess I have seen over 120 burned before an ee hit, then I do 5 ee hits in just 20 ess.
~You must be a patient person and understand it will take 6 months to a year at this skill before you get anywhere. If you are ADHD or some other hyper disorder then I advise you dont get into muting. I also advise you figure out a comfortable place to mute and watch tv, just staring at a muting bar is just freakin boring. Also using some hand weights or standing up and doing stuff will help pass the time and keep you from getting stiff from hours of muting.
~I think the best thing for new people to know is click on the button and hold the mouse button. You do not need to click constantly any more. If you do click constantly your finger will cramp up fast.
If you ever have any questions, feel free to message me. Also, I have a few things and tracking stuff in a blog of mine if you wanna poke around, just click my profile and you will see it.