The reason behind this post, is to help new and old thane players by pointing out that they - as a hybrid caster - can use / equip a staff.
Why would you want to do that you may ask? Well the answer is simple, all RoG staves have 50 focus in all spell lines. What does that do for you directly? It greatly reduces your power consumption when chain casting (be it AoE hammers, or single target DD).
This only works on true casting hybrids, like Valkewalker and Thane, albion does not have such a class (to my knowledge), and does not affect other hybrids (like skald for example).
And 2nd part is to even further help you guys use that staff. Simply put make this macro:
/macro Staff /switch 2h <slot> ---------------- Where <slot> is the number of the slot in your backpack, you have 5 bags each can contain up to 8 items.
What this macro will do, is simply switch between your equipped 2h item (be it the staff or the 2h hammer in thane case - most cases, as some go sword or axe w/e), with a simple click. This does not reset your swing timer! You can instantly style your 2h, or slam if you swap to your 1h/shield.
What I do is normally put my staff (or 2h) in the bag 5, last slot, because I never use /moveitem sell #bag5 - EVER, so I won't accidentally sell my staff or 2h.
Hope this will help you all have a smoother leveling, more fun (Cause more hammers spam) in raids and bg keep takes / retakes. If you find yourself having troubles getting the macro to work, please feel free to poke for me in EJ Alliance, I'm a proud member of Chaos guild, and simply ask for Ashami / Aesha / Anelyn / Bnotashamed / Ashamie, most of allies (<3 much you guys) know me by now and can point you in my direction!
Happy Hammers Time everyone!
/Bnotashamed R3l9 pac healer
PS: as of posting this - just remembered to mention it as is part of the reason why I made the thread - I helped 49 thanes of various levels from various guilds to use staves, and am sure there are more out there that MAY not know about it.
PPS: I take no credit for this, is just basic information I had knowledge of, and happy to share with everyone interested, is not an exploit or anything of sorts, it is a game mechanic.
Why would you want to do that you may ask? Well the answer is simple, all RoG staves have 50 focus in all spell lines. What does that do for you directly? It greatly reduces your power consumption when chain casting (be it AoE hammers, or single target DD).
This only works on true casting hybrids, like Valkewalker and Thane, albion does not have such a class (to my knowledge), and does not affect other hybrids (like skald for example).
And 2nd part is to even further help you guys use that staff. Simply put make this macro:
/macro Staff /switch 2h <slot> ---------------- Where <slot> is the number of the slot in your backpack, you have 5 bags each can contain up to 8 items.
What this macro will do, is simply switch between your equipped 2h item (be it the staff or the 2h hammer in thane case - most cases, as some go sword or axe w/e), with a simple click. This does not reset your swing timer! You can instantly style your 2h, or slam if you swap to your 1h/shield.
What I do is normally put my staff (or 2h) in the bag 5, last slot, because I never use /moveitem sell #bag5 - EVER, so I won't accidentally sell my staff or 2h.
Hope this will help you all have a smoother leveling, more fun (Cause more hammers spam) in raids and bg keep takes / retakes. If you find yourself having troubles getting the macro to work, please feel free to poke for me in EJ Alliance, I'm a proud member of Chaos guild, and simply ask for Ashami / Aesha / Anelyn / Bnotashamed / Ashamie, most of allies (<3 much you guys) know me by now and can point you in my direction!
Happy Hammers Time everyone!
/Bnotashamed R3l9 pac healer
PS: as of posting this - just remembered to mention it as is part of the reason why I made the thread - I helped 49 thanes of various levels from various guilds to use staves, and am sure there are more out there that MAY not know about it.
PPS: I take no credit for this, is just basic information I had knowledge of, and happy to share with everyone interested, is not an exploit or anything of sorts, it is a game mechanic.
And it works, give it a try 