Confused and need help with buffs!

[showdownEQ2]

<DIV>Hi,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Only lvl 25 at the moment and I am completly confused with this buff and stance stuff.  I am ust to a wizzy and this is wrong, well confusing.  WHAT the hell is it all about?  I don't get it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you have any good advice of know of a working Sticky that I could read through, please attach or reply.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Need help, in mor ethan one way  - hehehe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kriphos</DIV>

[t0gar]

Buffs:well we only get 2, pathfinding and an agi/DPS buff. Keep those on you all the timeStances:There are 2 stances offensive and defensive. Offensive stance boosts your offensive and adds a small proc that almost never goes off *cough* while lowering your defensive skills. Use this whenever you're not soloing and sometimes when you are. Defensive boosts defensive skills while reducing offensive. Higher versions (ad1, 3, M1, etc...) improve the benefits of the stances and keep the reductions the same, so always upgrade them ASAP. <div></div>

[HazNpho]

Kinda proves that mages are easier DPS then us here...But we also get Apply Poison at 52 and you have a hate transfer, (Reconnoiter) that you should always have up in groups. Some may say Apply Poison is useless, but useless or not, its a little bit of extra damage for the MT, or whoever you stick it on and therefor the mob dies a little sooner.Also, Poisons are a big thing, to start I'd say worry about always having caustic poison with you, then as you can afford it get the Debuff poisons, Ignorant Bliss is a good one to start but its not better then Fettering, and your third poison should be an Ebb of some sort it is a decent debuff, I personally use the Mit one which I believe is Warding Ebb. Don't take this as gospel as I have been on little since EoF, and not at all since LU30.<div></div>