Is Magic Resistant a waste as a Cleric?

Marlowe

Hello, I'm a completely new newbie just trying to figure things out before ea.
Is the Dispel Magic spell good enough so that Magic Resistant's ability is never needed? Or is the passive magic resist so good that it warrants taking the trait over something more obviously useful like Wise?

Fidric

Marlowe traits are being reviewed.

there are conditions where you cannot use the active cast time dispel magic on yourself if you are incapacitated by a magical effect that the instant effect magic resistant trait's active immunity power will get you out of, like FEAR and then also provides a period of magic effect immunity after use as well.

GoblinDruid

I've used it on my healer a few times. I've had random mobs blind / fear me, and someone in my group would have died without me being able to break out of it. I also survived a dungeon wipe where our group had to run to the zone-line once. I got CC'd and would have died without it. I don't think it's ever actually truly bad for any class.

Don't quote me on this because I could be wrong, but I believe I heard Kriddle say on one of his streams that the Traits may be updated before EA. I would be surprised if they leave this one in it's current state just because it seems to be a little too good compared to a lot of the alternatives.

Raybane

GoblinDruid I think it's among the top options, but there are alternatives like in this case so would Wise be of use a lot more often and have the possibility to save wipes as well.

GoblinDruid

Raybane I don't have that much experience, so this is probably true. I was just pointing out that I don't think MR is ever a TRULY terrible choice, ya' know? I just went and looked at the traits again, and had no clue that wisdom added +10 base wisdom. I think before it was a % based thing, and remember taking it on a character and not even gaining any wisdom from it because my base stats were so low that the % didn't amount to anything. Good change imho!

Raybane

GoblinDruid When did this change? I can't log onto the live server right now so can't check. If this is correct then it's a massive change as 10 points in the stat matters a lot! But even the old 5% is pretty decent and it also comes with a temp 50% bonus that is more useful then it may look. It's great on any caster dependent on a single stat as it boosts the effect of all spells for free.

GoblinDruid

Raybane I don't know for a fact that it changed; I'm just basing it off of what the wiki page says, so take it with a grain of salt ! https://monstersandmemories.miraheze.org/wiki/Traits I may actually go ahead and subscribe early so I can log in and see because now I am curious. I never understood the % thing. Like was it just based off of base stats, or did the % also calculate into your stats WITH items equipped etc.? Because honestly the % base not increasing my base stat at level 1 did feel kind of bad, especially if we really get +10 wisdom at start now, lol. That's a pretty big upgrade. I'll prob check it out in a few moments to see what the in-game description says and post back.

Raybane

GoblinDruid It includes items and it's actually a noticeable increase in spell power when the buff is activated.

GoblinDruid

Raybane I just checked at character select and it does still say "Your Wisdom is increased by 5%." IDK why the Wiki says 10. Maybe they are operating under the notion that a max level druid will have 200 wisdom.

Raybane

GoblinDruid I dunno if the wiki page is not updated or predicting future change.

Marlowe

Fidric So that means certain cc effects lock you out of spells... And these trait abilities never get locked during cc? That would make this a powerful emergency utility. If this is the case I hope it doesn't get removed if they change traits. Thanks for the info, you and everyone who posted. The wiki does seem outdated.

Velthorian

you won't have dispell on your bar all the time.. it has a cast time, and can't be used while CC"ed. Resist magic is instant and clears root/snare/mez/charm. Currently, it's the only choice. Go Gnome and you also get slippery, 2 get outta jail free cards.

Pixie1001

Speaking of traits, what should clerics take for their minor tradeskill one? All the guides say to take bandages, but that also seems redundant on a healer. Or are they still useful for mana conservation?