I beg to differ about the uselessness of the perceptor ammy... I currently switch between it and an Imperial Hoarfrost Reviere. The energy regen may sound theoretically insignificant, but it's pretty significant over a longer boss fight. I can only use my Hoarfrost ammy if I'm spamming restos or using an energy lix, but my Perceptor ammy and my bunny keep me in energy for a solid 5-8 minute boss fight. Additionally, as you probably know, ice mage (and mage in general) is an aggro HOG. Perceptor skill is extremely useful for tanking such bosses as groups can do without tanks. I tanked aggy at level 150ish with a full focus build, lvl 100 lux shield, and a dinky lil perceptor ammy, so it's pretty nice... At endgame dps levels, there are certainly better options, but for leveling, and the occasional boss, it's, imo, the best non-raid caster. It's also helpful on a server where the top clan(s) doesn't sell or give away any useful drops, and you have to rely on lux. In that situation, it truly IS the best option outside those top clans.
Didn't say it was useless. Just said it wasn't among the best ones for its level. All regen issues can be handled with an energy lix or e boost, so that isn't a good point versus dps. Additionally, while I believe mages shouldn't tank, I should mention there is a better mage ammy for tanking, the shinestone poacher ammy. This thing has 60 rejuv, 150 armor, 1000 hp, and 200 vit. It has a skill, +500 defense, not that good but the stats are where it shines. Now you could say the preceptor has the 800 shield, which is true, but its situational. Lets say you rebirthed the 220 focus of the preceptor ammy(we are talking about the armor one) to vit. That's 1375 hp, 140 armor, and the shield skill. Now looking at my ammy, convert the vit to hp and its 2250(360 vit) and 150 armor. 2250-1375=875. So you permanently have 875 more hp, 20 more total regen, 10 more armor, and a bonus skill. That 875 extra hp is basically your shield, without having to worry about casting it, and it will make hp lix more effective, and reduce the chance of error when healing. Now, you can say that the shield can be casted multiple times in a long fight, which is true but... a mage tank without good heals will die anyway, making that point null. The shinestone ammy has hp regen built in so itll fill you up after death. And you could say that as a tank if they keep you alive the shield would be more useful, which is debateable vs my hp regen and defense skill, but I'm sure healers would thank you for having a higher hp base.
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Furyion - 192 Ice Mage
Stonelord - 100 PvP Warrior
Lavalord - 60 PvP Warrior
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