I don't know, but I've gotten alot of equips where the stats on it are minus some percentage of requirements. Hell, I even got a weapon whose attributes were 2 -15% requirements. At least for me, they're somewhat common - more common then most the other stats. I tried to look at the stat builder but the mirrors are all broken :/ So I'm not sure how much strength would be required even with the -25%. But if you're wearing all heavy gear, then you're gonna need alot of points into your str, taking alot from your intelligence. Which may help boost your pdef, but with lower int and no mage gear - you're mdef is going to suffer.

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Ign: Xylona
Class: Yao Jing
Level: 30
Server: Delphi

lol well i dunno about getting 10 stat points never heard that before but if you put more int than you need wouldnt be wasted because you would have more mana, damage, magic def and faster mana regen

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mage is support class because it doesn't have pdef, this is true. But it's all because of the massive damage they provide. Mage spells are some of the most expensive in the game, without the intelligence, your mp pool will be poor and regen will be low, as well as your damage. So while you may be tanking a bit more, you'll be dealing less damage with less mp.

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"I find it kind of funny; I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had."

Ign: Xylona
Class: Yao Jing
Level: 30
Server: Delphi

the problem is ... i wont be tanking "a bit more"
well i think its easier to see what i think when i make an example:

mage lvl 44, lvl 40 armor, leggings and boots, lvl 44 bracers

with only! those 4 parts of regular npc equipment the defense is as following:
- mage garment: 189( 340*) defense, 1685 magic defense
- light gear : 723(1301*) defense, 1125 magic defense
- heavy gear : 1685(3033*) defense, 720 magic defense
*defense with active earth shield lvl 8 (should be +80% defense if im right)

i dont know bout higher level equipment cause i havent seen it til now ^_^'

k now ive seen the higher level gear in the wiki.
and the only way to play heavy mage with the best gear possible in later levels,
is to have 2* -25% requirement on the gear ... now its becoming pretty unrealistic ^_^

but still, i think such a mage might be an interesting 2nd char.

mage Lvl 120, which means 119*5=595 stats to distribute, if someone ever gets that high :3
stats required to use staff: 74 str 339 int, which leaves 192 stat points.
for heavy gear around 300 str and 65 dex is needed (355 stat points neccessary),
but if u really get -50% requirement on the gear, its just 150 str and 33 dex,
which takes 173 of the remaining 192 stat points.
the leftover 19 stat points can go into con (or int).
stats are like this then : str 150 dex 33 int 339 con 24

but i admit, a heavy gear character is more like a ...
"what if" character then anything else.

what if i ever get the gear i need ... cause without it im bound to magic garment,
bound to be support and going to miss the stats i coulda used another way.

guess ill start with an archer to get a chance to get those equips,
at least there is no way to stat that class wrong :P

Max lvl is 125

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i wrong , max 115 =.="

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i've played again with the theory a little, well and here are the results:

to wear the best weapon possible u need to stat 30 int every 10 levels.
to wear heavy armor it is 25 str and 5 dex every 10 lvls.

now the problem is, thats 60 stat points, but u only get 50 in 10 levels.
since its true that lass int affects the mdef and the damage,
not to talk bout mp, its better to save the stats on str and dex.
now there is no way to just keep using gear below ur level,
since the deficit in str and dex will increase every level by one,
so sooner or later the gear u can wear is not worth wearing it.

the only way to bypass this deficit is to use gear that has -xx% requirements on it,
and to be able to wear it (30 stats for str and dex each lvl has to be reduced to 20),
it is neccessary to have at least -35% requirements on them.

i have noticed following:
magic garment has a defense - magic defense ratio of ~1:9,
while light gear has a def - mdef ratio of ~2:3.
the def - mdef ratio of heavy gear is ~5:2.
(this is just based on the regular shop gear lvl <40)

now ill play some maths and the results are:
magic garment 2:18, light gear 12:18, heavy gear 45:18.

so even if u only have lets say 2 pieces heavy gear with -35% req, u can just use
magic garment to fill the vacant spots, and the results would surpass the light gear.

example:

lvl 40 light gear boot, leggings, armor and 44th bracers: 723 def 1095 mdef
lvl 40 heavy boot & 44th bracers, lvl 40 magic leggings and armor: 743 def 1285 mdef
lvl 40 heavy armor and leggings, lvl 40 magic boots and 44th bracer: 1131 def 1080 mdef
lvl 40 heavy gear boot, leggings, armor and 44th bracers: 1685 def 720 mdef

the margin will increase as the level the gear gets higher.

to play such a mage its not neccessary to start with such a build right away,
but as soon as u decide to wear light gear, the choice is gone :3

btw i doubt that this build is worse then the light gear mage since the int wont differ.
its just a lot harder to get, but can be played easier solo.

btw, a support mage ... what does he stat?
he surely wont go int all the way, since even the magic garment requires some str.
since the the 30 int each 10 lvls wont change and 5+ str are needed for magic garment,
what is usually done with the 15 points left to distribute, without choosing light gear?
all con? or int increasing too?

lets assume a lvl 100 mage all int (purely support, unlikely to get to 100 ^_^')
the int is 150 points higher then with a light or heavy build, but these 150 int ...
as far as ive seen int increases matk ~1 each point, so its ~150 matk more then
with a light or heavy build ... is that really worth it?

god do i look like im obsessed with that idea? O.o i bet i do ...
happens when i have free time, i really think too much :P

thanks, thats good to know.
-> earth shield lvl 10 is a must have for this build then. 8)

looks like the difference in int between light mage/heavy mage
and a full support mage is bigger then i expected.

does anyone has access to more detailed skill information?
like the costs and effects of each level?

id really appreciate that

my opinion...all classes and all builds have + and - ...mage with heavy armor have high p.def but not so high m.def, so you can kill some melle class but then you will be owned by some mage, and i think posibility manage your stats dosent means that heavy armor is for mage...at the end some body still will be stronger...so just have fun

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