Siphon MP II so good are they going to gimp?Follow

Got this at R44 and I am suitably impressed with it. Here are the two spells so you can compare:

Siphon MP

Siphon MP II

I was getting anywhere between 145-195 mp back on a single cast on a single mob if unresisted. Multiple mobs was netting me 500+ so this spell has got a lot of power for me as my THM's MP pool is hovering at just over 1k. All this for 15mp more.

Another spell you can look forward to I would say and another one CON's will rank THM up for.

While it's true that NMs are immune to siphon MP, you can still use regular mobs in the area as your mana batteries.

For faction leve NMs there is no way you will run out of mp. However, for Great Buffalo which has a ton of health, you will need every bit of mp you can get.

I can only imagine as I still only have the first one. But seeing as how I can't live without MP Siphon I'm sure the 2nd one will be even more useful. As it seems it can drain twice the MP as the first one, wow. Can't wait to get it. If i forget to drain a couple leve marks in a row I could be running low on MP, so at least with that I would be a little safer.

Well I suppose I'm not really that experienced in fighting the NM's so I havent really had time to finetune my playing on that count. I still think Siphon MP II is worth equiping as you can occasionally get low, but there are better spells to equip depending on your situation. I'm not saying in the OP that Siphon MP II is better to equip than anything other than Siphon MP I. It is entirely sitational and dependent on your individual playstyle. Some mages use more than others, personaly I'm of the frugal variety and micro-manage my MP very well. The argument for spiritbind is a very good one though and something in an NM sitation I havent tried (only through not fighting them very much). Most of the time - in Leve groups for example - spiritbind is not always viable option. The leve groups I am playing in are usually 8-15 people parties and we put our leve's on five for the challenge and fun. It's on these occasions that you 'sometimes' require an extra boost.

Edited, Jan 22nd 2011 5:12am by EdyNOTB

Did one of the faction NM's yesterday so its the first time I have done one in quite a while and certainly not since I was this sort of rank. The party was 15/15 and we had two R50 CON's and a much lower level THM as well as myself. I used exaltation once through the fight and drained about 380 mp from a couple of nannygoats that wondered in front of me. Of course they agro'd but at my rank it was just a few hits between cures and they were down. Finished the fight with over half my MP and my timer was at about 6 minutes. Maybe my previous experience was due to my level.

Siphon and Sygian II on caster group works well for NMs. That way the trash you end up tanking from Siphons give you MP a second time ^.^

If they are becoming a nuisance, drop a sleep spell. Should be able to drain while slept. Or at least give you a break for tanking the crabs/goats etc.

The Dodore "adds" are Siphon-able, as is the Goblin trash.