Okay, a short introduction follows.

Magnus Exorcismus Priests strive to max their MATK — this is because Magnus Exorcismus damage is MATK-based — and decrease their cast time as much as possible. Ideally, they invest their stat points on pure DEX and INT with DEX a higher priority; this is because DEX reduces the incredibly long cast time (15 seconds) that Magnus Exorcismus has. Mathematically, every 10 DEX reduces 1 second of ME casting. Some even achieve to have as much as 150 DEX, which equals instant casting — you could watch the video clip on The Priest Guide that demonstrates exactly how cool insta-casting is. And this equipment guide will help you to do that and, with the help of your Lex Aeterna, maximize your ME damage.

The equipments are somewhat similar to the Wizards' however armour and cards would focus more on DEX and Demon- and Undead-damage-taken redution.

And again, upgrade your armour to at least +4.

99 DEX, 98 INT, 7 VIT

Headgear (UP): Balloon Hat [1] {of Caster} (3 DEF, 2 MDEF, +2% MATK, +1% MATK per Upgrade)

* This headgear is unique to pRO. 

* This is a headgear that would benefit from a +10 upgrade. So invest in one. Anything higher than +4 would be way more expensive though.

        Kathryne Keyron Card: -1% Cast Time per Headgear Upgrade, if Headgear Upgrade ≥ 9, then +2% MATK

Headgear (MID): Black Frame Glasses (1 DEF, 2 MDEF, +1 INT)

* This headgear is unique to pRO.

                                         -OR-

                           Robo Eye (2 DEF, +2% ATK, +2% MATK, +1 DEX)

* Use this if you have the money. It’s way too expensive for me in both Zeny and ROK. And I don’t really like the fact that the +2% ATK goes to waste but, again, if you have the money, go for it.

Headgear (BOTTOM): Ninja Scroll (+1% MATK)

Robe: {Angelic} Heavenly Maiden Robe [1] (3 DEF)

* Heavenly Maiden Robes could only be worn by Lvl 80+ characters; although it has 1 more DEF than the common Muffler, it would be more practical to card it on a Muffler since Mufflers have no level requirements and +1 DEF doesn’t really make much significance.

        Orc Zombie Card:  5 FLEE, -30% damage from Undead-element monsters

        * Orc Zombie Card reduces 30% damage from all kinds of attacks from Undead-element monsters.

Armour: {Hard} Holy Robe [1] (7 DEF, 5 MDEF, -15% damage from Demon monsters, -10% damage from Shadow monsters)

* The slotted Holy Robe is quite hard to get since no monster drops it, and it can only be obtained from socket enchantment. Expect it to be extremely rare and expensive (≈25,000,000).

        Pupa Card: +700 HP

[Set: Holy Stick [1] + Exorcism Bible]

+20% Magnus Exorcismus damage, 5% chance to cast Turn Undead Lvl1 when receiving damage

Weapon: {Dexterous} {Vital} Holy Stick [1] {of Ignoring} (50 ATK, +15% MATK)

        Drops Card: 3 HIT, +1 DEX

                            -OR-

        Fabre Card: +100 HP, +1 VIT

                            -OR-

      Necromancer Card: If weapon is rod type, then +1 INT, -2% enemy MDEF

Shield: Exorcism Bible (5 DEF, +1 INT, +3% HP & SP Recovery)

Shoes: {Soul-Enchanted} High Fashion Sandals [1] {of Witch} (2 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Sohee Card: +15% SP, 8% SP Recovery

                            -OR-

        Eggyra Card: +15% SP Recovery

Accessory:

[Set: Spiritual Ring + Rosary [1]]

+9% SP Recovery, +30% Magnus Exorcismus damage, +50% Heal and Sanctuary damage to the Undead

        Spiritual Ring (+2 INT, +1 DEX)

* Spiritual Rings would cost 3,000,000z to 8,000,000z. Yeah, it’s expensive but compared to last years’ prices, this is actually cheaper — last year, Spiritual Rings cost around 12,000,000z.

        {Nimble} Rosary [1] (3 MDEF, +1 LUK)

                 Zerom Card: +3 DEX

1. Blessing (10)
2. Agility Up (10)
3. Kyrie Eleison (10)
4. Gloria (5)
5. Magnificat (5)
6. Impositio Manus (5)
7. Angelus (2)

This could only mean one thing — pRO Sakray is next. <evil laugh>

I wish they'd included an AoE Lex Aeterna as a new Archbishop skill. I know! That would be so cool! Yeah, but that would disbalance the game — I thought of it at the same time that I thought of the Wizard skill Sight as a skill whose name wasn't really thought of. Think of it, Sight; could they think of any duller name for that skill? Why not "Pentecost" <half-joking> (Tongues of Fire)?

Both Esma Linkers and Wizards invest with INT and we all know that; that is because their attacks are all skill- and MATK-based — INT increases MATK duh. In this case, I'll be putting both equipment guides in one post since they share ideal equipments and, honestly, it's easier for me.

Unlike what I've said in the FS Priest Equipment Guide, where I've said that its useless upgrading staves/rods since the upgrades don't increase anything besides ATK, the case here for Esma Linkers & Wizards would be different; I'll explain this later.

And also, like what I've said on that post, it would be best to upgrade your armours to at least +4, so as to compensate for the extraordinarily low HP of a Soul Linker, especially, that of a Wizard.

This equipment guide assumes that the Soul Linker is an INT > VIT > DEX build, and that the Wizard is a pure INT > DEX build — those are the builds that focus on increased MATK and less cast time.

Esma Linker (99 INT,  79 VIT, 52 DEX) & Wizard (99 INT, 98 DEX, 7 VIT)

Esma has a very short cast time (2 seconds); that is why one would not really need that much DEX.

Headgear (UP): Balloon Hat [1] {of Caster} (3 DEF, 2 MDEF, +2% MATK, +1% MATK per Upgrade)

* This headgear is unique to pRO. 

* This is a headgear that would benefit from a +10 upgrade. So invest in one. Anything higher than +4 would be way more expensive though.

        Kathryne Keyron Card: -1% Cast Time per Headgear Upgrade, if Headgear Upgrade ≥ 9, then +2% MATK

Headgear (MID): Black Frame Glasses (1 DEF, 2 MDEF, +1 INT)

* This headgear is unique to pRO.

                                         -OR-

                           Robo Eye (2 DEF, +2% ATK, +2% MATK, +1 DEX)

* Use this if you have the money. It's way too expensive for me in both Zeny and ROK. And I don't really like the fact that the +2% ATK goes to waste but, again, if you have the money, go for it.

Headgear (BOTTOM): Ninja Scroll (+1% MATK)

Robe: {Immune} Heavenly Maiden Robe [1] (3 DEF)

* Heavenly Maiden Robes could only be worn by Lvl 80+ characters; although it has 1 more DEF than the common Muffler, it would be more practical to card it on a Muffler since Mufflers have no level requirements and +1 DEF doesn’t really make much significance.

        Raydric Card: 20% less damage from Neutral attacks

        * Raydric card reduces 20% damage from almost all Physical attacks from ALL Races and Elements of Monsters.

Armour: {Hard} Silk Robe [1] (3 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Pupa Card: +700 HP

Weapon: Wizardry Staff (120 ATK, +15% MATK, +6 INT, +2 DEX)

* The Wizardry Staff requires a character to be at least Level 90. This is very high. I suggest using the Soul Staff (25 ATK, +15% MATK, +2 AGI, +5 INT) instead whenone is still not Level 90 — Soul Staff only requires Level 73.

* Both Wizardry Staves and Soul Staves — also known as Staves of Soul — are two-handed staves. You can't equip shields with these.

* Yes! Even if your RO server says that only Wizards can equip these two, they are equipable by Soul Linkers.

Shoes: {Seeker's} {Soul-Enchanted} High Fashion Sandals [1] {of Witch} (2 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Alarm Card: +300 HP, 1 VIT (20% chance to autocast Sight while being attacked)

        * This is more usable as a Wizard though. As a Wizard, you could instantly cast Sightrasher when being attacked.

                            -OR-

        Sohee Card: +15% SP, 8% SP Recovery

                            -OR-

        Eggyra Card: +15% SP Recovery

Accessory:

[Set: Spiritual Ring + Wizardry Staff/Soul Staff]

+6% MATK, -1% Cast Time per Headgear Upgrade

        Spiritual Ring (+2 INT, +1 DEX)

* Spiritual Rings would cost 3,000,000z to 8,000,000z. Yeah, it's expensive but compared to last years' prices, this is actually cheaper — last year, Spiritual Rings cost around 12,000,000z.

        Wizard

                Medal of Honor (Mage Class) (1 DEF, +5% ATK, +5% MATK, +600 HP, +6 MDEF | Cast Stone Curse by chance when hit)

        * This is quite hard to obtain as it can’t be bought from the Item Mall or the Prontera Merchants. It can’t be stored in the Kafra so that practically means that your character has to gain it itself. How? Through participation in the Maroll Battlegrounds.

        Soul Linker

                Earring [0] (+2 INT)

        * Sadly, Soul Linkers can't equip Medals of Honor so they would have to settle with the lesser Earring.

• Money storage system - Obviously, there should be one; be it through the Kafra Storage or the Lighthalzen Bank — yes! There is a Lighthalzen Bank but it's only for show as it has currently no usefull features besides housing Quest NPC's.
• Greedy <accessory> - I don't care what card should be added on the accessory to make it "Greedy" but I think there should at least be a card that allows the use of the Blacksmith's Greed Lvl 1.
• Provocative <accessory> - Just like the previous one, there should be a card that allows the use of Lvl 1, at least, Provoke. This could be very useful for tanking and boosting using FS Priest.
• Third Job Taekwon Classes - As the Third Jobs for the Basic Classes arrive along the next Episode (pRO EP 19), there should be Third Job Taekwon Classes so that the game balance would still be preserved. These Job Taekwons should be able to level up to Lvl 150 just as the new Third Job Characters could. I wonder what would be the new skills for Transcendent Soul Linkers. O, I have an idea! How about Soul Link skills for the new Third Jobs? A lot more powerful Esma?
• Second Job Gunslingers & Ninjas - Like my previous suggestion, they should also be able tolevel up to Lvl 150 so that they can equal the strength/skills of the Third Job Characters. Not having these would mean extinction for the Extended Classes; who would want to play characters whose potential is not even half of those of the Basic Classes. Like First Job Ninjas and Gunslingers, their Second Job Counter Parts should also be able to to job level up to Jlvl 70 so as to compensate for their inability to transcend. May I suggest Gunsmiths? Somewhat like the Blacksmiths but they have the ability to create weapons better than those that can't be bought from the Item Mall, and also equiped with a vending skill. Also Second Job Gunslingers and Ninjas should have better battle skills as a face-off between a 99/70 Gunslinger and a 99/50 Hunter, and a 99/50 Wizard/Sage/Soul Linker and a 99/70 Magic Ninja — whatever build they are — means sure death for the Extended Class combatants.

The latter scenario clearly shows how underpowered the Gunslingers and Ninjas have become against their Basic Classes counterparts. And also, have I mentioned that I hate Ninjas? They are just plain weak. Shuriken Ninja? Skill spam is /ag! Magic Ninja? A Sage would have killed it by the time it finishes its cast. Killing Stroke Ninja? Even if the Ninja's 99 VIT and 99 STR, an Asura type Monk would still do 10x better damage, and come to think of it, an Asura Monk's Asura Strike only costs 4~5 Spirit Spheres and 1 SP while the Killing Stroke reduces all your HP to 1!

So much for that introduction, now let's get to business. First you've gotta set up your goals. You don't buy equipment to look cool; you buy equipment for their stats. Always remember that, as I always see people buying unnecessary headgears due to their coolness.

After that you should now what is your priority stat for that certain build. Let me give an example. As an FS priest your stat priority could be (VIT > INT), ( INT > VIT), (VIT > INT > DEX) or (INT > VIT > DEX). I'll discuss the right equipment for each build on the following sections.

And also as much as possible, upgrade your armour to at least +4 — that's the upgrade safety level peak using enriched elunia on F2P servers for there's no upgrade safety level on F2P servers using ordinary elunia; the satey levels are capped at 90% success. Also, unless you're a Battle Priest don't even bother upgrading your staves/rods as it would be completely useless to you — weapon upgrade only increases ATK unless stated.

With the following equipment, one could effectively raise his DEF and/or MDEF to over 30 — this means one could reduce damage taken from both Physical and Magical Attacks by over 30 percent; and that doesn't even include the 20% damage reduction from the Raydric-compounded garments/robes.

I'll write an equipment guide for a Magnus Priest and a Soul Linker and a Wizard on next posts.

Full Support

VIT > INT

Headgear (UP, MID, BOTTOM): Bread Bag (+100 HP, 6 DEF, +1 VIT)

Robe: {Immune} Heavenly Maiden Robe [1] (3 DEF)

* Heavenly Maiden Robes could only be worn by Lvl 80+ characters; although it has 1 more DEF than the common Muffler, it would be more practical to card it on a Muffler since Mufflers have no level requirements and +1 DEF doesn't really make much significance.

        Raydric Card: 20% less damage from Neutral attacks

        * Raydric card reduces 20% damage from almost all Physical attacks from ALL Races and Elements of Monsters.

Armour: {Hard} Saint's Robe [1] (6 DEF, 5 MDEF)

        Pupa Card: +700 HP

Weapon: {Vital} Survivour's Rod (Int) [1] (50 ATK, +15% MATK, +400 HP, +3 INT)

        Fabre Card: +100 HP, 1 VIT

* It is not advisable to set it with the Survivour's Manteau since it can't be carded and the stat bonuses aren't that good.

Shield: {Rigid} Buckler [1] (4 DEF)

        Thief Bug Egg Card: +400 HP

Shoes: {Seeker's} High Fashion Sandals [1] (2 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Alarm Card: +300 HP, 1 VIT (20% chance to autocast Sight while being attacked)

* This is more usable as a Wizard though. As a Wizard, you could instantly cast Sightrasher when being attacked.

Accessory: (2) Medal of Honor (Acolyte Class) (1 DEF, +5% ATK, +5% MATK, +600 HP, +6 MDEF | Silence a target by chance when attacking)

* These two are quite hard to obtain as they can't be bought from the Item Mall or the Prontera Merchants. They can't be stored in the Kafra so that practically means that your character has to gain it itself. How? Through participation in the Maroll Battlegrounds. And no the stats are not set bonuses, they give +600 HP each and other stats as well.

INT > VIT

Headgear (UP): {Low Level} Crown [1] (4 DEF, +1 INT)

        Blue Acidus Card: If Headgear Upgrade ≤ 4, then +80 SP, +5% SP Recovery | if not, then +40 SP

Headgear (MID): Black Frame Glasses (1 DEF, 2 MDEF, +1 INT)

Headgear (BOTTOM): Flu Mask (+20% Resistance to Silence)

Robe: {Immune} Heavenly Maiden Robe [1] (3 DEF)

        Raydric Card: 20% less damage from Neutral attacks

Armour: {Hard} Saint's Robe [1] (6 DEF, 5 MDEF)

        Pupa Card: +700 HP

Weapon: {Vital} Survivour's Rod (Int) [1] (50 ATK, +15% MATK, +400 HP, +3 INT)

        Fabre Card: +100 HP, 1 VIT

Shield: {Rigid} Buckler [1] (4 DEF)

        Thief Bug Egg Card: +400 HP

Shoes: {Seeker's} High Fashion Sandals [1] {of Witch} (2 DEF, 10 MDEF)

        Sohee Card: +15% SP, 8% SP Recovery

                            -OR-

        Eggyra Card: +15% SP Recovery

Accessory:

[Set: Spiritual Ring + Rosary [1]]

+9% SP Recovery, +30% Magnus Exorcismus damage, +50% Heal and Sanctuary damage to the Undead

        Spiritual Ring (+2 INT, +1 DEX)

* Spiritual Rings would cost 3,000,000z to 8,000,000z. Yeah, it's expensive but compared to last years' prices, this is actually cheaper — last year, Spiritual Rings cost around 12,000,000z.

        Rosary [1] (3 MDEF, +1 LUK)

                 Spore Card: +2 VIT

Long time no blog. Sigh. I haven't been blogging for a long time due to school activities. Well to restart again my blogging frenzy, I am posting this magnificent picture of the Midgard Allied Camp in the new world. I gained acces to that through the RMS Test Server.

According to the forums, this is because of an emergency maintenance. My goodness! This is your "compensation" for the rollback?

I just wish that the MVP cards would be sold after this EM.