What to do with astral gems?

Huzurdaddi · #1 May 28th, 2004, 10:45 PM

In solo I would just wait until turn 25 or so and open up the ( much maligned ) ether gates a couple of times.

However that is a long time to wait in a multiplayer game. Death and Blood both get instant gratification in terms of a multitude of summons.

Maybe the "problem" ( such that it is ) is not with astral, but rather with the power of death and blood summons compared to the power of the other paths? I don't know if I want to go down that path, honestly!

archaeolept · #2 May 28th, 2004, 11:42 PM

herald lances, luck pendants/shields, AMA, and ether cloaks never go out of style.

saving up for dispels is also good.

Acashic records are simple and to the point -no futzing around w/ dozens of mages casting 8 different spells all over the damn place.

PDF · #3 May 29th, 2004, 07:31 PM

Well, having astrals for Dispelling is pretty useful

Stormbinder · #4 May 30th, 2004, 01:23 AM

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Originally posted by archaeolept:
herald lances, luck pendants/shields, AMA, and ether cloaks never go out of style.

saving up for dispels is also good.

Acashic records are simple and to the point -no futzing around w/ dozens of mages casting 8 different spells all over the damn place.

Yeap, Archae said it nicely.

Also luck swords can be quite usefull for some specilized designs.

If you are having a lot of astral gems you may also be interested in forging a ring of sorcery and/or ring of wizardy. It's quite expensive even with dwarwen hammers/site bonuses, but sometimes it can be much better than empowering your mages to reach some specific summons/Global enchantements/forging that you really need.

[ May 30, 2004, 03:38: Message edited by: Stormbinder ]