Maybe we can increase the 4 → 7 all skills option?
or at least 6, so we can finally have a great staff for first time.
Please don’t say Mang Song’s Lesson’s is a competitive gear. It’s fun but everyone knows Spirit shield + will own it 
People forget staves come with +3 skill mods and it also doesnt require mutiple points in strenght.
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Remember, it requires a ‘Zod’ which is the highest rune in this game and hardest to find. And it’s gonna be incredibly difficult to find the Archon staff or Rune staff with +3 skill what you need. I really think +10 skill of your main total with such difficulty deserves it.
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Yeah Zod is the highest rune but the value won’t change because of this runeword, so it will still be cheap to make. And there are 3 staves that can get 6 OS not only archon.
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And also + skills from a staff means only for Sorceress, and since Sorceress has much better option already with Eschuta Temper and Death Fathom + Spirit shield with higher Damage, I honestly don’t see people choose Obsession over those options unless you want to add the @Res option, and are not confident with controlling your Sorceress.
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Not a fan of obsession. I don’t get it, Hoto + Spirit is still so much better and cheaper! You don’t need a Zod, don’t need a hard to find base and you get more FCR and resists… and plus why are they trying to help Sorcs out, they are already strong enough. Other casters need alternatives, many are bored of Spirit/Hoto combo…
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Exactly, even a Hoto + Spirit can beat Obsession for any casting builds as well.
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hoto/spirit is not better, but has a better cost efficiency. and that is the point of this runeword. even the name hints at that. endgame gear that is slightly better than what we have now, but much harder to find and worse in cost efficiency. like a trophy or deluxe item. like comparing a acoutic guitar for 1200 dollars vs 5000 dollars. most would say the increase in tone is not worth the money. but some would still spend the money for it. eiter as status item or because an obsession for tweaking.
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I just think its a waste of a Zod, they could have made that in any other type of weapon, armor, healm or even shield.
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Yeah, if this was their idea of increasing Zod’s value, they missed big time.
If this was created to give an interesting option that leaves the community asking, “why?”, they succeeded.
Not a fan of obsession. I don’t get it, Hoto + Spirit is still so much better and cheaper! You don’t need a Zod, don’t need a hard to find base and you get more FCR and resists… and plus why are they trying to help Sorcs out, they are already strong enough. Other casters need alternatives, many are bored of Spirit/Hoto combo…
Valid point. Sorcs have just gotten another, slightly better alternative to Hoto + Spirit, besides a dozen different and even more powerful weapon and shield setups they already have at their disposal. While other builds like trapsin, hammerdin or wind druid still have nothing but Hoto.
I would encourage you to reflect on your posts a bit more. They have not been impressive. This staff can basically read +7 to skills already. +10 is more than a little ridiculous. Considering that +5 / fast cast orbs are among the rarest items in the game and there is a single, though common, +2 shield in the game. You add those numbers up, and you get +7.
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Huh no Hoto + Spirit is better!
You get…
+5 skills versus +4 (plus 3 towards whatever base spells your staff has so wow +2 more skills for a total of 7 towards something like FB, Sorcs already do a tremendous amount of damage, who cares…)
75% FCR vs 65% FCR (10% FCR can free up gear for additional +1 making the above skill difference even less meaningful)
75% resists vs 70% resists
55% FHR vs 60% FHR
Vita/mana/replen vs life %
Oh and you get zero chance to block whereas having Spirit monarch gives at least some chance to blocking.
So wtf is the advantage with Obsession?? Sorcs already do a lot of damage and resists are useless for ES Sorcs…
+2 skills is pretty significant for a class that derives all it’s damage from +skills. You are another that I would encourage to consider your posts a little more carefully.
25% max life is pretty good and you have to account all those points you free up to equip monarch.
But anyway, it’s a good alternative. Do people really want the new caster Grief that is so good that makes everything else crap?
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Oh wow shut your yap, Sorcs already do a tremendous amount of damage. +28 skills with Hoto/Spirit versus +30 skills with Obsession, wow what a huge benefit. Gtfo
Sure but Sorcs have worst life per level, it is pointless. ES Sorcs are the real tanks…
you forgot the bo able vita you get because you dont need 156 life. and regarding the fcr: trang ouls (20%), arach (20%, and only +1 belt) and you have your 105 breakpoint. slap another 20fcr circlet or griffons on it for lightning sorc’s 117 breakpoint. the next one would be at 200 and 194, and besides pvp no one tries to hit these ones. so fcr doesnt matter. fhr is better, meaning you need a 5%fhr charm less. so its 2 skills, fhr and life vs mana and cost efficiency.
yes, until they actually have it, then they open threads about it and complain about it.
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Still don’t matter, Vita Sorcs will still get 2 shotted by a Hammerdin. There are so many underwhelming builds and items in this game that needed attention, Sorcs did not need this.