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<b>Message ID:</b> 3371 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Fri Jul 26 20:53:35 BST 2002 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> erik <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EverQuest] Re: Mage weaponry <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-195325177"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; From: &quot;kosingigglephitz&quot; &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:kosingigglephitz@...">kosingigglephitz@...</a>&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; --- In EverQuest@y..., &quot;Orion&quot; &lt;orionv@c...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; I have a level 22 Mage and he does not carry a weapon at all. He<br/>
&gt; carries a Stein and a book. Much more useful than any weapon I can<br/>
&gt; find...:&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt; So they can carry them in their slots that a weapon would go? I&#39;m<br/>
&gt; sorry for asking dumb questions, I&#39;m really getting into my Mage so<br/>
&gt; I&#39;m working on getting him all buff! Yea a kick-a** Gnome Mage!  ;-)<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Yes.  Generally, except for the first few levels, pure INT casters aren&#39;t<br/>
going to need or use weapons to fight with.  They will use their pets (or,<br/>
in the case of Wizzies, use root and snare) to fight melee, while the<br/>
characters use spells.  Since there are some decent INT items for use in<br/>
Primary and Sec slots, it pays to find them and use them instead of weapons.</div>