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Originally Posted by virox
I think Aion's manastone system gives more customization then any other game out there. Gold gear has 4 slots on it thats 7 x 4 for 28 slots that you can customize. So if you went all +85HP stones with your templar thats 2380 additional HP (thats alot) or many,many different variations with different stones.
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yes and no, the truth is virtually EVERY class will stack either HP or Crit manastones
Templar - Crit
Glad- Crit
Sin - Crit
SM - HP
Sorc - HP
Ranger- Crit / acc
Healers.. who knows I assume HPs for pvp
Im starting to think the stone system is somewhat of a failure when you take into account everyone has to stack the same thing to be competitive. New stigmas with 1.5 + elite stigmas is a "start" but even this stigmas are somewhat lackluster when you consider 80 percent of classes will all be choosing the same builds.
What needs to happen is have different crit caps on different classes, Have parry / shield block more usefull for templars. Parry for Glads.
As of now HP and Crit stones are the ONLY ones viable since they provide the most improvement on your character.
Mana regen or something for healers, etc.
I love Aion but of all the games Ive played this is the most linear as far as character progression is concerned.
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With the typical Tree specs theres usually 1-2 ways to go with your toon, sometimes 3 with the manastones theres limitless ways
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I dont agree with this really, everyone will stack pretty much the same type of stone in ALL of those slots until softcaps are reached. Too much variation in all those slots wont provide any returns to make it worth while. I.E. the stats in the stones dont provide enough "kick"
As of now Im playing a AM in Caion and I find it sad that to be competitive in ANY way I need to use every single one of my slots for Hit Points to avoid getting killed in 3 seconds by ganks. Id love to be able to customize my mana pool, my mana regeneration, magic boost etc etc but sadly the game is not like that as of now.