GEms

[R211260599]

Crystal Saga is very precise when wording and categorizing. Attack speed is for physical characters and cast speed is for magical. The critical strike label reads, bonus damage when "attacking", so that could mean critical strike is only for psychical characters, but I noticed a difference when I removed garnets from my weapon, which leads me to believe is for both magical and physical attacks. I am a mage, btw. So Pink diamonds which are for attack speed, which has a magical alternative, cast speed, are an option to be socketed in mage-only equipment. Will they produce results? The level 80+ mage-only ring allows pink diamond and fire opal, but the heart of eden also allows fire opal, so one gem has to be repeated, helmet=peridot, robe=citrine, gloves=topaz, boot=amber, hoe=fire opal, weapon=garnet, necklace=kyanite, ring= fire opal or pink diamond? One is for physical attack speed and the other has already been used? What should I change or put in the ring?

[Haphaestus]

Your a mage, so most of your spells are cast speed, only instant cast spells are effected by attack speed. Anything that has the bar come up at bottom of screen charging to cast the spell means cast speed will make it faster. Put cast speed in your ring and crit dmg in your HoE.

[boogyking89]

I wouldn't advise to use peridots, nor citrines, especially when, as a magic class, you can easily fill up your equipment with more useful gems. I also don't understand why are you reluctant to use gems if they repeat. I would only consider using garnets for mage in zodiac equips. Or if you're just starting, but would replace them with topaz in both gloves and weapons later on, as it's easy for mages to build up crit. You can use kyanite in necklace and pink diamond in ring, you need both atk and cast speed for your attacks. Even though you're a mage, your basic atk has no cast time therefore is dependent on atk speed, which will prove especially useful when you get perfect frag.

[ShadowGammaDraco]

all skills use attack speed. then cast speed when the bar comes up.

attack speed will help magic missile cast faster/end cd faster. it helps all skills, proof is that priests have it in their new skills and it even helps that one.
after socketing attack speed gems into my gear all my attacks go a little faster, except when cast speed is required. both is great, hence the sperion combo which gives both &when it initiates you get crazy fast attacks.

have 350% attack and cast speed when sperion combo triggers, only have 665 soul. 107 eido, can solo psycho NM with out orbs. only have 5 flawless ambers, one flawless sapphire, a few other random gems in gear. can almost solo purg NM.
hybrid mage tends to have about at least 6+ instant use skills as well. meteor, ice awakening, valley of death, fire wave, flame burst, thunderstorm &frost etc.
crit strike is for every class. only ones that don't benefit are priests with heals&couple other minor things but attacks do have potential to crit.

pink diamonds are what I have used. So do big cashers with magical classes.

faster attacks= obvious proof, look at rogues and everyone complaining of their trigger rates, what will happen when others are smart and invest into those features as well? more trigger rates +dmg+crits ^_^