Auras

[Shady Character]

Hi tipit,

 

I've been slowly saving up loyalty points with a plan to buy supreme reverance. I can now afford it (including all the ones before it) but then i realized these might be wasted points.

 

So far, from what I hear of the combat BETA, prayer took a hard hit in terms of usefullness. Thus making 10% reduced prayer drain also less usefull.

 

Furthermore with the new update to combat allowing for insanely high hits, I got to thinking that vampyrism might be a good investment (although who needs more healing anyways?), whereas with Equilibrium, I'm not so sure about anymore.

 

Regardless, I'm left wondering which combat Auras will be usefull for the new type of combat. Any and all input, thoughts, and general statements are welcome.

[Hedgehog]

Equilibrium will be the best, unless it doesn't affect abilities.

[ZimbuAgain]

Jack of Trades and Equilibrium are usually considered to be the best auras. For a detailed review of all auras, check Grimy's vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANm34e6I--Y

The spreadsheet: https://docs.google....djdk04R0E#gid=6

 

Maybe get JoT now and see what is good when EoC goes live? There is no real way to tell how the effectiveness of various combat auras will change.

[Teddmn]

I'm a little more careful here. Since its a Beta still, they can decide to change something between now and when it comes out. I say save all of the points for now until the changes actually get put into the game. It's probably not going to change all that much, but you never know what they have in mind.

[Hedgehog]

It's really not worth waiting. It's not going to be released for months, and nothing is really going to change.

[sportsjock215]

Yes I still think the release date for Combat Beta could be pushed back again...

[Komodo_Jo]

Personally, my favorite auras have been vampyrism and penance - they both rock! JOT is also good (when you actually remember to do it every day, unlike me...). No idea what will be good and what won't after EOC though, since we don't know what will be changed from current Beta and what will stay (they could even decide to change aura effects for that matter).

[Bluud]

Yes, I find JOT very helpful, I used it when getting agility for RoTM. But like Komodo, I barely ever remember to do it now :thumbsup:

[Curing]

Jack of Trades always good for around 5k bonus exp, especially in some skills that just really suck.

[Shady Character]

Thanks for all the replies :smile:

I guess I should have put in my original post that I already have JoaT and vigourously use it everyday.

Thanks Zimbu for posting that spreadsheet, it was very helpful.

Now that I understand the auras a bit more, I'll get Equilibrium for sure and possibly Penace and Vampyrism as well.

 

 

Side question: which of the above mentioned auras are best for Glacors? Penace sounds good for the extra prayer (however I'm sure this will be useless once EoC comes out). But does Equilibrium mean faster kills?

[Hedgehog]

Equilibrium is probably the best. Penance and the like are pretty much useless. You don't need extra prayer anywhere.

[Vezon Dash]

I personally love using Vampyrism at Glacors, but that is probably because I am really bad at them and use Fire Wave instead of Fire Surge. Equilibrium is probably better though if you are good at Glacor killing.