Where can i get the best mage staff before Ostagar, korcari wilds ?
and what is the name of it ?
Best mage staff before korcari wilds, where ?
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keeneaow
, août 20 2013 10:40
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Posté 20 août 2013 - 11:17
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If you can pass the coercion check, there's the Blackened Heartwood Staff in the Mage Origin, I guess. Though that's still pretty mediocre.
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Posté 20 août 2013 - 11:56
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Ok, thanks, kinda was hoping for something better tho 
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Posté 20 août 2013 - 12:11
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Before the Korcari Wilds, I think you can get an Enchanter's Staff from the Quartermaster's Special Goods.
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Posté 20 août 2013 - 02:46
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ThatCoolGuy wrote...
Before the Korcari Wilds, I think you can get an Enchanter's Staff from the Quartermaster's Special Goods.
Technically that's after the korcari wilds.
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Posté 20 août 2013 - 02:58
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No, i buy from him before i go to korcari
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Posté 21 août 2013 - 03:13
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there's a staff in the Tranquil chest that you can use the key from the hungry prisoner on. Though I think it too, is pretty sucky. Since I haven't had to use in game stuff in a while (I play on PC and use mods) I am unsure what the best item may be.
And if you wait till after the Korcari wilds and have return to ostagar DLC, I believe the staff in the box upgrades to something nicer.
And if you wait till after the Korcari wilds and have return to ostagar DLC, I believe the staff in the box upgrades to something nicer.
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Posté 21 août 2013 - 04:15
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The upgraded staff only appears during RtO. Other than the suggestions already made, I can't think of one either. I, too, use mods, so I have a better staff from the start.sylvanaerie wrote...
there's a staff in the Tranquil chest that you can use the key from the hungry prisoner on. Though I think it too, is pretty sucky. Since I haven't had to use in game stuff in a while (I play on PC and use mods) I am unsure what the best item may be.
And if you wait till after the Korcari wilds and have return to ostagar DLC, I believe the staff in the box upgrades to something nicer.
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Posté 03 février 2014 - 06:12
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dainbramage wrote...
ThatCoolGuy wrote...
Before the Korcari Wilds, I think you can get an Enchanter's Staff from the Quartermaster's Special Goods.
Technically that's after the korcari wilds.
Older thread but you can buy a Enchanter's Staff in the Quartermaster's other goods both before and after you go to the Kokcari Wilds. It's really the best staff until you can go to Denerim.
Modifié par Mike Smith, 03 février 2014 - 06:13 .
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Posté 04 février 2014 - 10:55
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I have no idea. I don't use staves with my mage characters, all I do is cast spells.
The staff animations are atrocious.
The staff animations are atrocious.
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Posté 04 février 2014 - 11:56
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The question is somewhat murky since it is incomplete - 'best' in which sense? 'Best' for what?
The highest-tier staff that you can get before the Korcari Wilds is the tier 4 "Piece of Wood" found by Barkspawn. Naturally, only Cousland pups can get it that early and they can't do anything with it anyway since the hapless circle mage at the Tower of Ishal has only 23 magic (modified) and the staff requires 24.
The highest spellpower bonus is offered by the free Acolyte's staff (tier 1, physical, +2 SP) which you can loot during the mage origin. Normally you get three or four of them but there is no guarantee; you may get none if the dice really roll against you (happened to me once).
The Darkspawn Staff that you get at Emissary Bridge in the Wilds (tier 2, nature, +5% spirit damage) is better than the free staves in terms of damage output because of the hidden 15% damage bonus, and because it improves Walking Bomb damage by 5%. However, darkspawn have 25% resistance against nature damage, and this makes the staff somewhat less attractive during the Ostagar phase.
This leaves the Enchanter's Staff (tier 1, cold, +5% elemental damage). It has the same hidden 15% damage bonus as the darkspawn staff but fewer problems with resistances. The 5% cold bonus offsets the %5 cold resistance of Hurlocks, and both bonusses together offset the ogre's 20% cold resistance, meaning that this staff is no worse than any of the free staves and sometimes it is a tiny bit better.
The Blackened Heartwood Staff (tier 1, nature, +2 SP, +2 damage) was mentioned already; during the Ostagar phase it is less useful than the other staves because of the darkspawn's 25% nature damage resistance.
Hence the Enchanter's Staff isn't a bad choice at all. However, it is not free, and the advantages that it confers are so small as makes no odds. I'd never waste money on it, not even if I failed to find an Acolyte's Staff during the origin.
In that sense there is no 'best' staff during the extended tutorial phase (up to the end of Lothering); certainly nothing like the Corrupted Magister's Staff or Winter's Breath which are actually worth getting.
The highest-tier staff that you can get before the Korcari Wilds is the tier 4 "Piece of Wood" found by Barkspawn. Naturally, only Cousland pups can get it that early and they can't do anything with it anyway since the hapless circle mage at the Tower of Ishal has only 23 magic (modified) and the staff requires 24.
The highest spellpower bonus is offered by the free Acolyte's staff (tier 1, physical, +2 SP) which you can loot during the mage origin. Normally you get three or four of them but there is no guarantee; you may get none if the dice really roll against you (happened to me once).
The Darkspawn Staff that you get at Emissary Bridge in the Wilds (tier 2, nature, +5% spirit damage) is better than the free staves in terms of damage output because of the hidden 15% damage bonus, and because it improves Walking Bomb damage by 5%. However, darkspawn have 25% resistance against nature damage, and this makes the staff somewhat less attractive during the Ostagar phase.
This leaves the Enchanter's Staff (tier 1, cold, +5% elemental damage). It has the same hidden 15% damage bonus as the darkspawn staff but fewer problems with resistances. The 5% cold bonus offsets the %5 cold resistance of Hurlocks, and both bonusses together offset the ogre's 20% cold resistance, meaning that this staff is no worse than any of the free staves and sometimes it is a tiny bit better.
The Blackened Heartwood Staff (tier 1, nature, +2 SP, +2 damage) was mentioned already; during the Ostagar phase it is less useful than the other staves because of the darkspawn's 25% nature damage resistance.
Hence the Enchanter's Staff isn't a bad choice at all. However, it is not free, and the advantages that it confers are so small as makes no odds. I'd never waste money on it, not even if I failed to find an Acolyte's Staff during the origin.
In that sense there is no 'best' staff during the extended tutorial phase (up to the end of Lothering); certainly nothing like the Corrupted Magister's Staff or Winter's Breath which are actually worth getting.
