Ringmasters- Just coz we're sooo awesome...

[Shylee]

Maybe that's why our guild is full of RMs (and BPs. >_>)..

I will definietly work on a RM tutorial/guide. Unfortunately, I won't be able to distribute much for other classes. =3

FS/CW/B/AOE RMs- I got you covered! ;o

[Shylee]

LOL. Rereading this topic, I'm thinking to myself- wtf was I trying to say??! =.=
Well, I guess I'll make THIS thread the RM guide. -.-

[g0d3ss0fblad3z]

yay shy i sortah need a guide on making my rm. i wanna be able to aoe when i hit say..100 or something but i also want to have decent buffs to use with my blade when it goes master..what build would u suggest for one as great as i?

[Shylee]

Well, that depends on what you'd consider "decent" buffs.
As a full STA I had 7:30 mins buffs at lvl 120.
As a Master, I'm adding the same amount of STA, and 1 INT per M-lvl (60 additional INT, eventually, as a Hero. That would mean about 8~10mins length of buffs. I can alwayz use some INT rings and such to boost it up, in case I wanna fullsupport).

If it's really for buffs you could do about 100 INT and rest STA. INT doesn't effect Merk's dmg much anyway, and I think that if you're going Merk only, you'd find the full STA very convenient, and by way more effective than Some INT, XXX STA.

I wouldn't suggest having a Merkcrack, because that would mean you need to devide your skill points between STA and STR, and that loses the potential of long buffs (although, again, I think 7:30 is long enough for killing giants. Lol. Maybe not Meteo. xD).
But let's not firget that users of Bcrack need to move a lot in order to knuck->stick->Prev->Knuck+shield, and since Merk isn't really moving with them, while the mob does, it would be quite pointless to Merk anyway, so it's really all about Bcrack. So why not just go ahead and make a BP?! Protect?! Bs, you can alwayz have a FS RM with you. You'd might just wanna get the INT AoE skill [and Asal. x) ] as a BP, rather than Protect. And since it's an AoE skill, it would also mean you'll need a lot of INT, hence, long buffs.

So it really depends.
If you'd rather have a Merk-only RM with a lil more INT than necessary in favor of buffs' length, and have the advantage of Protect, SF and GT (if you're in a party with yourself), or you'd rather be a Bcrack AoEr, and than you'd rather make an INT BP (lvls wai faster than AoE RMs), and have long buffs, but no Protect+SF+GT.

You know what my answer would be, but that's for you to decide.