11-27-2007, 10:48 PM
Heh, sounds like you need to practice a bit 
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1) Don't use summons to fight for you (which it sounds like you were doing). Blade spirits and EVs are really nothing more than a distraction for the monster, but you have to do the damage yourself (bardiche would be my first suggestion). I have tried both, and while EVs do noticably more damage, I find BSs more useful.
2) Magic things WILL eventually run out of mana. Gargoyles, water / air elementals, and elven mages seem to have about 200ish (though the mages cast more aggressive spells), Gazers about 120-150, Reapers probably about 300 or so (they can FS a good 4-5 times in a row, plus other spells). Higher level magic things seem to go up to around 400 mana or so.
.1) Don't use summons to fight for you (which it sounds like you were doing). Blade spirits and EVs are really nothing more than a distraction for the monster, but you have to do the damage yourself (bardiche would be my first suggestion). I have tried both, and while EVs do noticably more damage, I find BSs more useful.
2) Magic things WILL eventually run out of mana. Gargoyles, water / air elementals, and elven mages seem to have about 200ish (though the mages cast more aggressive spells), Gazers about 120-150, Reapers probably about 300 or so (they can FS a good 4-5 times in a row, plus other spells). Higher level magic things seem to go up to around 400 mana or so.