I have a very big doubt about the second class advancement, which of these classes do you think is best? I'm pure int Which is better in the 2, 3 and 4 job? What's the best of these jobs? I like to play only on monsters, without party quest. Which one would I have the most damage? Which one is the most fun? I appreciate your answers
In my opinion 2nd job: I/L > Cleric > F/P 3rd job: F/P > I/L >= Priest 4th job: Bishop > I/L > F/P In the future F/P will have the highest damage but it's a bit redundant because your damage is reduced in the maps where it would actually be useful in the end (Road to Oblivion). Fun is subjective but I'd say Bishops are the most fun because they're actually wanted for boss runs.
I voted I/L, I may be a little biased on that Having the freeze effect is a huge benefit, I found myself exploring areas much higher level than myself just because I could freeze the mobs.....although when I got a miss 2 or 3 times in a row it started getting scary Downside, you'll never be taken to boss runs unless you have a good guild that takes pity on you
Well, from personal experience with a priest and a f/p mage (both lvl around lvl 90) i can say i had the most fun from lvl 55 till lvl 93 @ which my f/p mage is atm. This is mainly due to training on high level monsters with poison breath and poison mist. As for my priest, it's just pretty much spamming heal all the way till you have maxed HS and then you can look for a party. (as of now i'm training them together, using my priest to hs my f/p mage) As for 4th job, i can't speak from experience, but as others said, bishops are the only mage class that will come along on bossfights.
Myself I play F/P. For second Job Advancement i/l is probaly the more enjoyable one since you get Thunder bolt (high area of effect damage) which neither Cleric (heal yes) or F/P gets until third job. However, I really enjoyed F/P 70-120 with poision training. You can solo train at much higher lvl mobs than urself. And if you practise your poision rotation well you can really speed up your leveling which feels good, acutally being rewarded for 'trying harder'. Fourth job as a F/P is great, good damage, cheap skills books and all... but as Shona mentioned, we are rarely (read never) wanted for boss runs. If you want to mix your training with grinding mobs and bossing then Bishop is the way to go.
