Resisting Spells

[Calla Lily]

Is anything less than 70 skill points worth anything? I have a couple of chars that have just 50 points of resist and have no more room for more. Would I be better off using the 50 points on other skills?

 

[Farsight]

Having 50 resist is better than having none, but it isn't enough difference, IMO, that you should actually have 50 resist instead of a skill that can be useful at 50 (chivalry/meditation/necromancy/focus/etc).

For my characters, resist is an all or nothing proposition.

 

[Reinzeld]

What are you doing with the character? PvP or PvM?

 

[Pickaxe Pete]

Personally, I would not keep the skill at less than 100 for PvM. For PvP, I believe 115 or preferably 120 is the way to go, if one chooses it for their template. Otherwise, if human, just lock it at 0 and use the jack-of-all-trades bonus (free 20 skill, effectively).

 

[Reinzeld]

As I understand, if you're PvP'ing then 120 is virtually required, 115 at the bare minimum. Depending on what you fight in PvM, you can apparently get away with none at all quite often.

 

[Calla Lily]

I fight PvM only. Most of my chars are various sorts of mages, although I do have two paladins and a couple other warriors.

Thanks for your input

 

[Sir Kenga]

Meditation is the best choise, sometimes u can add some focus too.

 

[Nyses]

The skills I usually take, if I only have 50 points to invest would be Med, Focus, Chiv, or Spell Weaving. It depends on the character and the current skills.