I haven't tested much yet, it seems like something has to change though, based on what people are saying. Pure int/ee charm won't quite do it any more.

Luckily, my mq heavy int armor has 7% Armor Pierce. I'll have to see if that makes any noticiable difference.

I am excpecting the cost of ee charms to fall though as people sell them off for melee/hybrid gear. We'll see if that's the case and if so, by just how much. I've currently got current offer of 25k on a 217ee 55 ice. If only it were earth.

Well I've only been playing around with the new update for a few minutes, but I notice a huge difference in my MCC now. I used to get 5-6 kills a regen and now I'm getting 2-3. I'm not sure if I like this or not. I've been saving the majority of the white items I've found this climb to well at level 64, but I'm not so sure if I'll be successful with any of them now. At least the mana cost on charms has gone down; it's a pretty big difference.

Yeah, I saw the thread for that ice charm. Good luck with it!

e: I'm two for two on some white items I just welled at level 43, granted the first was tier II and the second tier I. But hey, sidedrops can always be sexy! Maybe there is still hope.

ee: Three for three! That last well was a close call and it was tier II as well...

This post was edited by 3yrtolt on Dec 16 2009 02:39pm

Yea, I'm betting we'll see more people with melee wellers.

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Oh good! That's good to hear.

This post was edited by Edball on Dec 16 2009 02:39pm

Hrm... So I've started my hyrbid! :roar:
Not really sure where to go with him though, and I want to be sure I do this right. :/
I put my starting 10 stat points into Intelligence, as he already has 50 Vitality (Fighter of course), but I'm not sure where to go from there.
I want to be like all the cool kids and have a decent chain in Arena.

And I'm not sure if I should use medium armors or heavies. What do you think?!
Playing two characters should be fun.

Just keep going, stat int the whole way. The only other requirement is heal charms.

Jury's still out on mid armors. I'm betting scales/leathers will pull ahead but I haven't done any testing yet.

Oh, Intelligence the ENTIRE climb? I'll give it a shot then.
And grats on your investment in those armors. Seems like it will pay off all right.

Yep, it's the only way to get a decent mana pool and effective heals.

We'll see on the armors, only 1 bid so far.

16:30 You have gained a rank in Transmuting proficiency. (Rank: 2)

Mmm.

Congrats!

My plan is to work on keeping all skills roughly even. Means I glyph/mute my current rares/mysticals and then start fishing to use some essences.

Smart, but it'll take loads of time! Good luck.
I just have random muting sprees, so I doubt I'll ever get my proficiency very high.