Planning the MTA grind, are they really that important for burst tasks or anything else?
#Infinity Boots recommended?
glass pumice
placid tartan
they're worth getting eventually, especially if you want to go for shadow down the road, and the early magic xp is useful
you can very well skip them though
glass pumice
if im planning on getting them only for early/mid game mage uses and then burst tasks, are they worth it for that? Any better/good alternatives for bursting?
placid tartan
generally its good to aim for barrage rather than burst
boots arent that important for barraging on task, so any alternative is reasonable
I like the infinity boots though
pliant dawn
Worth getting only if you're getting a shadow really
Without one they only exist for Mimic and a miniscule benefit for barraging if you don't have devouts
placid tartan
imo they are better than devouts on most barrage tasks
lucid lodge
I use eternals on every barrage task except abbys because it's giga common and I have it extended + slaughtered
I mean it's better to use eternals too but my inv fills up and I'd have to tele more often
static charm
Worth getting *only* if you're getting a shadow really
The mage rebalance may add dmg % to them. I would for sure get them, esp if it’s early on in the acc for mage exp
burnt steppe
lucid lodge
close to 0.01% and more on smoke devils which have defense
this is vs no boots
most players won't have devouts anyway, as that requires killing drakes and doing clues
if you make an argument for doing all of that you could just as easily make an argument for doing MTA when the magic xp is valuable (pre-55)
additionally since you have to do drakes on task to have a good chance at the 1/2k for the tooth, that's overall a time loss because the most efficient slayer list blocks drakes right away... the 50 extra ppots you save en route to 99 slayer is super inconsequential
if you make the argument for no boots, I think that's justifiable
another reasonable argument is camping dboots/prims for your 4-way chally specs
pliant dawn
The mage rebalance may add dmg % to them. I would for sure get them, esp if it’s...
nonzero chance the top and bottom get damage%, which would make them even more worth going for than the boots
I just think it's silly that the common advice was "master wand isn't worth going for, it only makes a difference if you get Kodai" even before Ancient Sceptre was added to the game, but Infinity Boots and for some reason Mage's Book have been common recommendations
bronze herald
Surely no one's ever recommended mages book right
lucid lodge
infinity boots are reasonably justifiable in that the xp needed to get b2p + boots just like helps you unlock alching etc.
and you have no other real boots for barrage slayer if you're efficient
besides like white boots (+1 pray -3 accu) or mystic boots (an actually good choice IMO)
if you told me you wanted to skip infinity boots to wear mystic boots, I'd say that's a pretty justifiable move
pliant dawn
I genuinely think the points are better saved and spent on +4 accuracy from top+bottom to use at Olm/Inferno/Akkha personally
not as much of a "time save" but it actually applies to content you're splashing on
lucid lodge
I don't think you get enough points from boots to redistribute them to top + bottom
Pretty sure each of those pieces costs more than boots
But also this is more like "need to unlock 55 magic -> go MTA -> OK might as well spend points -> b2p + boots"
If the boots didn't exist I'd still go to 55, unlock b2p, and then just leave the rest of the points
pliant dawn
fair enough then
yeah looks like "book+boots is most of the points to top+bottom" is mostly made up of book points
lucid lodge
Yea book is insanely long
Not worth at all especially cuz book of the dead is OP and you'll prob get ward before shadow
glass pumice
Notice you're not mentioning wand at all? Thats in my plans too
glass pumice
so ancient staff for burst tasks\
placid tartan
barrage tasks* and ancient sceptre*, but yes
glass pumice
wand or ancient staff in particular
lucid lodge
ancient staff -> muspah -> ancient sceptre
glass pumice
yeah i know but if i dont do muspah is it worth getting wand over staff?