Overview of all AA lines and their effects

[Lanadad]

Because of high demand and personal interest, I have decided to set up an overview of all our (wizards) AA lines and the precise upgrades it gives. Please help me complete this list by posting any lines/upgrades I missed. Also let us know if any of the spell effects don't work as they are described. I am exploring the Wisdom line so you can see my progression and the effects posted below.To enable room for all lines, I've set up the stat lines in separate posts.Base:Summon Familiar:Rank 1: Summons a pet (forms: arcane tome, minor drake, lesser gargoyle)I'm also keeping an eye on this post, but it hasn't been filled in fully yet:http://www.eq2i.com/articles/Sorcerer_Achievements

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200604:39 PM

[Lanadad]

Strength Line:Invokers Strength:Rank 1: Increases Strength of Caster by 8.0Rank 2: Increases Strength of Caster by 16.0Rank 3: Increases Strength of Caster by 24.0Rank 4: Increases Strength of Caster by 32.0Rank 5: Increases Strength of Caster by 40.0Rank 6: Increases Strength of Caster by 48.0Rank 7: Increases Strength of Caster by 56.0Rank 8: Increases Strength of Caster by 64.0Static Discharge:Rank 1: Inflicts 257 - 428 magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Rank 2: Inflicts ??? - ??? magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Rank 3: Inflicts ??? - ??? magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Rank 4: Inflicts ??? - ??? magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Rank 5: Inflicts ??? - ??? magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Rank 6: Inflicts ??? - ??? magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Rank 7: Inflicts ??? - ??? magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Rank 8: Inflicts ??? - ??? magic damage on targets in Area of Effect.Deflecting Staff:Rank 1: Caster will parry 1.0% of incoming attacks.Rank 2: Caster will parry ???% of incoming attacks.Rank 3: Caster will parry ???% of incoming attacks.Rank 4: Caster will parry ???% of incoming attacks.Rank 5: Caster will parry ???% of incoming attacks.Rank 6: Caster will parry ???% of incoming attacks.Rank 7: Caster will parry ???% of incoming attacks.Rank 8: Caster will parry ???% of incoming attacks.Spell Expertise:Rank 1: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by 1.5%Rank 2: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by ???%Rank 3: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by ???%Rank 4: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by ???%Rank 5: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by ???%Rank 6: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by ???%Rank 7: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by ???%Rank 8: Increases Damage Spell Crit Chance of caster by ???%Catalyst:Rank 8:

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200605:15 PM

[Lanadad]

Agility Line:Spellshifters Agility:Rank 1: Increases Agility of Caster by 6.0Rank 2: Increases Agility of Caster by 12.0Rank 3: Increases Agility of Caster by 18.0Rank 4: Increases Agility of Caster by 24.0Rank 5: Increases Agility of Caster by 30.0Rank 6: Increases Agility of Caster by 36.0Rank 7: Increases Agility of Caster by 42.0Rank 8: Increases Agility of Caster by 48.0Ambidexterous Casting:Rank 1: Inflicts 114 - 190 melee damage on target. Interupts target.Rank 2: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Interupts target.Rank 3: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Interupts target.Rank 4: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Interupts target.Rank 5: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Interupts target.Rank 6: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Interupts target.Rank 7: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Interupts target.Rank 8: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Interupts target.Shift Momentum:Rank 1: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by 1.3%.Rank 2: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by ???%.Rank 3: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by ???%.Rank 4: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by ???%.Rank 5: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by ???%.Rank 6: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by ???%.Rank 7: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by ???%.Rank 8: Increases in-combat movement speed of caster by ???%.Spell Shaping:Rank 1: Reduces casting times by 1.3%.Rank 2: Reduces casting times by ???%.Rank 3: Reduces casting times by ???%.Rank 4: Reduces casting times by ???%.Rank 5: Reduces casting times by ???%.Rank 6: Reduces casting times by ???%.Rank 7: Reduces casting times by ???%.Rank 8: Reduces casting times by ???%.Spell Shifting:Rank 1: Reduces recast timers of caster by 12.0%.Rank 2: Reduces recast timers of caster by ????%.Rank 3: Reduces recast timers of caster by ????%.Rank 4: Reduces recast timers of caster by ????%.Rank 5: Reduces recast timers of caster by ????%.Rank 6: Reduces recast timers of caster by ????%.Rank 7: Reduces recast timers of caster by ????%.Rank 8: Reduces recast timers of caster by ????%.

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200604:23 PM

[Lanadad]

Stamina Line:Battlemage's Stamina:Rank 1: Increases Stamina of Caster by 7.0Rank 2: Increases Stamina of Caster by 14.0Rank 3: Increases Stamina of Caster by 21.0Rank 4: Increases Stamina of Caster by 28.0Rank 5: Increases Stamina of Caster by 35.0Rank 6: Increases Stamina of Caster by 42.0Rank 7: Increases Stamina of Caster by 49.0Rank 8: Increases Stamina of Caster by 56.0Static Shield:Rank 1: Inflicts 29 - 49 damage on target.Rank 2: Inflicts ?? - ?? damage on target.Rank 3: Inflicts ?? - ?? damage on target.Rank 4: Inflicts ?? - ?? damage on target.Rank 5: Inflicts ?? - ?? damage on target.Rank 6: Inflicts ?? - ?? damage on target.Rank 7: Inflicts ?? - ?? damage on target.Rank 8: Inflicts ?? - ?? damage on target.Battlemage's Armor:Rank 1: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by 78.Rank 2: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by ??.Rank 3: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by ??.Rank 4: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by ??.Rank 5: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by ??.Rank 6: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by ??.Rank 7: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by ??.Rank 8: Increases mitigation of caster vs all physical damage by ??.Battlemage's Fervor:Rank 1: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by 4.7.Rank 2: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by ???.Rank 3: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by ???.Rank 4: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by ???.Rank 5: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by ???.Rank 6: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by ???.Rank 7: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by ???.Rank 8: Increases Focus and Disruption of caster by ???.Manashield:Rank 1: 100% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.Rank 2: ???% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.Rank 3: ???% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.Rank 4: ???% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.Rank 5: ???% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.Rank 6: ???% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.Rank 7: ???% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.Rank 8: ???% of the health damage received by the caster is instead converted into power damage.

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200604:28 PM

[Lanadad]

Wisdom Line:Sage's Wisdom:Rank 1: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 5.0Rank 2: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 10.0Rank 3: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 15.0Rank 4: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 20.0Rank 5: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 25.0Rank 6: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 30.0Rank 7: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 35.0Rank 8: Increases Wisdom of Caster by 40.0Freehand Sorcery:Rank 1: Your spell will do 16% additional damage.Rank 2: Your spell will do 18% additional damage.Rank 3: Your spell will do 20% additional damage.Rank 4: Your spell will do 22% additional damage.Rank 5: Your spell will do 24% additional damage.Rank 6: Your spell will do 26% additional damage.Rank 7: Your spell will do 28% additional damage.Rank 8: Your spell will do 30% additional damage.Ward of Sages:Rank 1: Wards caster against 38 points of all damage.Rank 2: Wards caster against ?? points of all damage.Rank 3: Wards caster against ?? points of all damage.Rank 4: Wards caster against ?? points of all damage.Rank 5: Wards caster against ?? points of all damage.Rank 6: Wards caster against ?? points of all damage.Rank 7: Wards caster against ?? points of all damage.Rank 8: Wards caster against ?? points of all damage.Brainstorm:Rank 1: Increases the base damage of all spells by 1%.Rank 2: Increases the base damage of all spells by ??%.Rank 3: Increases the base damage of all spells by ??%.Rank 4: Increases the base damage of all spells by ??%.Rank 5: Increases the base damage of all spells by ??%.Rank 6: Increases the base damage of all spells by ??%.Rank 7: Increases the base damage of all spells by ??%.Rank 8: Increases the base damage of all spells by ??%.Sagacity:Rank 1: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by 12%.Rank 2: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by ??%.Rank 3: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by ??%.Rank 4: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by ??%.Rank 5: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by ??%.Rank 6: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by ??%.Rank 7: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by ??%.Rank 8: Reduces the power cost of all spells and abilities by ??%.

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200603:59 PM

[Lanadad]

Strength Line:Arcenist's Inteligence:Rank 1: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 4.0Rank 2: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 8.0Rank 3: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 12.0Rank 4: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 16.0Rank 5: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 20.0Rank 6: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 24.0Rank 7: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 28.0Rank 8: Increases Inteligence of Caster by 32.0Confounding Staff:Rank 1: Inflicts 114 - 190 melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by 735.Rank 2: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by ???.Rank 3: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by ???.Rank 4: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by ???.Rank 5: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by ???.Rank 6: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by ???.Rank 7: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by ???.Rank 8: Inflicts ??? - ??? melee damage on target. Decreases Threat by ???.Arcanic Evasion:Rank 1: Increases defence of caster by 3.0.Rank 2: Increases defence of caster by ???.Rank 3: Increases defence of caster by ???.Rank 4: Increases defence of caster by ???.Rank 5: Increases defence of caster by ???.Rank 6: Increases defence of caster by ???.Rank 7: Increases defence of caster by ???.Rank 8: Increases defence of caster by ???.Arcanic Avoidance:Rank 1: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by 1.3%.Rank 2: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by ???%.Rank 3: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by ???%.Rank 4: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by ???%.Rank 5: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by ???%.Rank 6: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by ???%.Rank 7: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by ???%.Rank 8: Decrease Hate Gain of caster by ???%.Concussive Blastst:Rank 1: Decrease Threat by 627.Rank 2: Decrease Threat by ???.Rank 3: Decrease Threat by ???.Rank 4: Decrease Threat by ???.Rank 5: Decrease Threat by ???.Rank 6: Decrease Threat by ???.Rank 7: Decrease Threat by ???.Rank 8: Decrease Threat by ???.

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200604:04 PM

[HairyDustBall]

There are no ranks for the last aa in each branch it simply costs 8 points to buy it.

[Lanadad]

Thanks! I wasn't aware of that!Come to think of it, the spells are listed as "rank 1" when you examine them. Guess I'll have to progress my APs a bit faster to find out. :p

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200605:24 PM

[IllusiveThoughts]

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Lanadad wrote:

Thanks! I wasn't aware of that!Come to think of it, the spells are listed as "rank 1" when you examine them. Guess I'll have to progress my APs a bit faster to find out. :p

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-03-200605:24 PM

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the 2nd agility combat art's damage is modified by your strength, so those numbers will vary by the str of the mage who examines it.

at rank 4 with about 100 str it does 200-230ish.

shift momentum rank 2 is 2.5% there are stacking issues with this passive ability and mounts or other run speed buffs.  simply it doesn't stack when it should.

I'll have to check on rank 3,

[Lanadad]

Btw, the way the Ward of Sages works is like this:Permanent Self-Only ward, which does not use concentration. Basically it decreases all incoming damage by the size of the ward.NPC xyz hits you for 100 damage.Ward absorbs 76.Effective incoming damage is 24.As you improve the ward, the 'absorbed' damage will be greater. So at rank 8 it should (not there yet) absorb the first 304 damage of all damage.Ie. you are hit by a poison dot of 1000 damage /tick.Effectively the incoming damage will be 696 /tick.Imho, this is an underestimated effect, and should actually be viewed as very powerfull!EDIT: I believe the ward scales with INT, but haven't tested this extensively yet. At 70 it might even be greater.

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-05-200602:26 PM

[Azmoran]

So, every single hit, first goes through the permanant ward? Wow, definatly more powerful then how I read it.

[Worrick]

The data you have collected so far has a flaw. Some of the abilities, mostly the ones that do not sue percentages, scale as you level as well as with more points. So the data will not be accurate unless soemone is the same level. For example The disruption increase wehn I initially examiend it gave 4.5 disruption, now as I have more levels it gives 4.8 disruption. Keep in mind I do not have that AA I am just examinign level 1 of it and it is still changing. It would be nice to have a complete table of the stats for AAs but you may want to wait until 70 so the numbers will have stopped changinh by then.

[QQ-Fatman]

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Azmoran wrote:

So, every single hit, first goes through the permanant ward? Wow, definatly more powerful then how I read it.

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no... it's a regen ward. It regens 40% every tick (6sec.)

[Azmoran]

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QQFatman wrote:

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Azmoran wrote:

So, every single hit, first goes through the permanant ward? Wow, definatly more powerful then how I read it.

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no... it's a regen ward. It regens 40% every tick (6sec.)

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Well, it's bleh again then.

[Lanadad]

I will test the ward more thoroughly tonight. Maybe it actually does both.As for the scalability of the AA's, It would be impossible for me to list all spells at all levels, i'll look into a different approach.EDIT: didn't even need to test, log file said it all. 2 comments, this was at lvl 62, without max int (resist gear). Also, at the time I only had 1 AA invested in this ward.YOUR ward absorbed 40 points of damage!YOUR ward regenerates 16 points of ward absorptionYOUR ward absorbed 16 points of damage!

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-06-200601:30 PM

Message Edited by Lanadad on 03-06-200601:31 PM

[Worrick]

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Lanadad wrote:As for the scalability of the AA's, It would be impossible for me to list all spells at all levels, i'll look into a different approach.

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Thats why I suggest just gathering data from level 70. Since that is the current level cap it would be a good level to compare AA lines at. The melee damage and magic damage ones are dependant on int and strength, so addign the stats value with the damage number or simply using capped, minimum, or average stats to record data will porbably yeild the most niform results.

[Lanadad]

Agreed. That does however mean i'll have to freeze the updates untill i hit 70.

[Azmoran]

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Lanadad wrote:Agreed. That does however mean i'll have to freeze the updates untill i hit 70.

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Well, get off the boards and get to grinding!

*cracks whip*

[Thrain Fiercea]

BTW, the ward goes off at the beginning of combat, then regens 40% each tick (six seconds). Fighting solo, the ward sometimes would be able to regenerate then go off another time or 2 before the end of combat.  So IMHO this ward is actually quite useful, especially so I would imagine at rank 8.  For me, at rank 1 it is a ward for 39 and rank 2 will go up to 58 (if memory serves).  It doesn't double, so I imagine rank 8 to be around 150-200 damage or so.  Also if you begin combat before the ward fully regens (takes 3 ticks or 18 sec) it will not go off until it does so.

Message Edited by Thrain Fierceaxe on 03-07-200608:59 AM

[QQ-Fatman]

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Thrain Fierceaxe wrote:BTW, the ward goes off at the beginning of combat, then regens 40% each tick (six seconds). Fighting solo, the ward sometimes would be able to regenerate then go off another time or 2 before the end of combat.  So IMHO this ward is actually quite useful, especially so I would imagine at rank 8.  For me, at rank 1 it is a ward for 39 at rank 1 and rank 2 will go up to 58 (if memory serves).  It doesn't double, so I imagine rank 8 to be around 150-200 damage or so. 

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at level 70, rank 4 = 178 points, rank 5 = 222 points.

[IllusiveThoughts]

shift momentum rank 4 was 5%

working on spell casting reduction.

btw I highly reccomend you guys complete one of the collection quests fro droag teeth.  you get a bugged drink that gives you a 6.5% reduction in cast timers lasts 3 hours and stacks with another drink (should of been food but it overwrites any food buff and allows you to have 2x drink buffs up and regen 180pts per tick in power alone)

[Antai]

Actually I find your list now already quite useful and I think it would be great to fill in values now together with the lvl info and stats where appropriate until we have it completed with lvl 70 and max cap in a few weeks or months.Sometimes additional info may be of interest like that Confounding staff (from the int line) has the following stats:range: 5 m.casting: 0,5 srecast: 30 s.

[blynchehaun]

Static Discharge:

I'm lvl 61. I found that SD went up 20 max damage from rank 1-4, and up 10 minimum.

From rank 4 to rank 5 (ie Apprentice 4 to Adept 1) max damage jumps up 80.

[Worrick]

If anyoen is already 70 they can give us the stats of skills at various ranks, we can compile a table for it

[blynchehaun]

What's with the fascination with lvl 70?

I mean, you start getting these at lvl 20, I'm not really going to care what they are like at 70 when I'm at 27...

 

 

Just submit what you have, and state what level you are. I'm reasonably sure the trends can be extrapolated from there.

[IllusiveThoughts]

spellshaping (sp?) -decreases cast timers by 1.3% at rank 1

rank 2 says 2.5%

 

one thing to note about this that rocks.  rank 1 rounds down EVERYTHING by at least .1.

which means ayup our stilfe casts at .4 with only 1.3% reduction in cast timers, everything is .1% faster so far fusion wasn't affected anymore and is at 4.9 cast timer, but rank 1 will be really nice for getting off quick stuff.  also affected the agility CA we get from this line to cast in .4s also.

also another note.  It took a good 5 min before my spells updated to reflect a faster cast time (that included inspecting each one).  I had just finished off a long bug report about how miffed I was, and poof all spells updated with faster cast timers.

[IllusiveThoughts]

found a bug with the str line aa ability that is supposed to increase parry by 2.0%

I posted the bug in the acheivements section.  Hopefully it gets looked into.

[blynchehaun]

There's no bug with that ability.When I took it, my Avoidance increased (and it's 1% for the first point).

[IllusiveThoughts]

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blynchehaun wrote:There's no bug with that ability.When I took it, my Avoidance increased (and it's 1% for the first point).

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if your avoidence increased, then the bug is in the wording.  Per my post in acheviement's section, I quoted a dev who stated if you did not have the skill increases in it would not affect you.  Since our parry was taken away in LU13 an increase should not affect it.

Maybe its increasing something other than parry?

[blynchehaun]

No, when I hover over Avoidance, it clearly states: Parry = x%.

 

AndI think you are misunderstanding how this whole thing is working.

 

The Dev was responding to an item that gave you +xxx to the Safe Fall skill, and said that items that give you +x to a skill you don't have won't give you the skill.

But the Deflecting Staff doesn't give you +x to the Parry skill: it allows you to Parry a % of attacks. That's not the same thing.