Whats the path to get levels quickly in hell mode as a mage?
I was able to get to get the musket in two game weeks and I tried to pump up my wis as much as I could because I wanted to one shot the goblins in the caravan quest, but so far I'm not able to and I'm not sure if the build that I have was wrong, or if i'm using a bad mage build.
I stopped two months game time, and my traits were 5 scout, 15 wis, 10 survival, world difficulty was 45 and did not pick pessimist but picked up timid. I used a fire wand and water book.
I wasn't able to complete the fiskind research, caravan, or spreader of lies quest, plus coastal fortress and south gate campsite because I could not one shot the mobs yet with the musket or fire wand, and the delay of the heavy fireball cast is too long for the spreader of lies. I didn't do the fishkind quests at all because I was hoping to do that with elise's quest. I also am not doing the pirate's bane quests until I get Cocona so I can see the extra dialogue lines.
i'm thinking of restarting again as a mage but i'm not sure how to allocate my traits or what skills/weapons to get for a mage because I want the 10 survival to make smoked meats and dried meals.
My questing path in hell mode was doing the repeatable quests of cemetary and crystal mines with the treasure hunter until I got 10 survival plus betting in the arena in between. Then I would go to the rainforest and max out on making smoked meats/ dried fruit until I had around 30 weight capacity left. Then I would walk to doom fortress to complete adam quests and the eastern sentry point assistance after with the musket. I walked back to Noer to do the orkind research, repeatable quests and restock on food before walking to pirate's bane to do wetland camp assistance, missing woman, retrival of ashes, escort travelers and skipped quests in arise village. After those were done I went back to doom fortress to complete love letter plus the two guild hunt quests. I then completed the rabbit quest plus mountain monks quests, then overload cannon, then I rescued Rarran whan I had 15 wis.
After I did those quests I was at level 33 but I'm still not able to one shot the orkinds in the caravan quest, so I'm at a loss on how to get more exp faster to get more ability points to make a musket build/fireball build viable, or if I need to switch to using traps for better damage. I'm able to restart at the point where I have the musket and before I bought mage gear, where the world difficulty is 10.
