Shimohime wrote:
fire shield is useless. Also, stick with one weapon tree and only two force trees. Use fire/lightning, drop the ice. The two skills u want in ice isn't worth using that many masteries to get, especially if u actually want them to hav an effect. Meaning, for frost guard and cold armor to be good, u need at least 30 lvls in ice, so it's not worth it. Instead, get some force (heal) if u have the extra sp.
"3x Archer"
Fire shield: Get it. Saves you money because by using it you don't have to buy the bigger pills until much later. Without fire shield I get poison from White Spiders which can't be totally cured by Large Uni Pill, with fireshield, Large Uni Pills fully cure it. Also, combined with decent freeze/frost reduce jewelry, you can become immune to ice at higher levels.
Get the first skill in sword. Good for a decent chunk of damage in one hit.
If you want ice, get ice. I personally use Fire/Light/Ice for my blader. Takes much more work farming wise. At the moment, my masteries are at Ice (40), Light (42), Fire (42), Sword (42) and Force (20). I also have 10k+ sp as well. I'm gonna farm for awhile longer then level with a 2 or 3 level difference.
Combined the buffs make a huge difference (Parry, Def, Damage).
It's your build. Pick what you want, not what others want.