Fastest casting/recovery?

[Toptwo]

Can somebody please tell me what the fastest casting/cast recovery for a mage REALLY is? With all the gear one of my mage/tamers is wearing I am showing FC8,FCR14...I know there is a actual "cap" and I hafta be over it, I am just not sure of what that cap is.

[HardY-]

2/6 for mage
4/6 for chivalry, spellweaving, mysticism(not sure)

Faster Casting is an item property that reduces the amount time it takes to cast a spell. The attribute is capped. Mages and Necromancers  have a maximum Faster Casting of 2. Characters that use Chivalry, Ninjitsu, Bushido or Spellweaving  can have a maximum Faster Casting of 4. However, if a character possesses both Magery and Chivalry, and the Magery skill is 70.0 or higher then Faster Casting is capped at 2.

Faster Cast Recovery (FCR) reduces the recovery time after casting a spell. It is commonly found on jewelry with intensity of 1 to 3. When a spell is cast it can take a short period of time before another can be started. This period of recovery can be reduced or eliminate altogether with Faster Cast Recovery. It takes a cumulative total of 6 to eliminate recovery time. Casting recovery affects Magery, Necromancy, Chivalry  and Spellweaving  spells.

how you put the fc8?

I thinked:
orny = fc2
ring = fc2
shield = fc1
book = fc1
helm = fc1

[Toptwo]

The Etoile Bleue Ring and Novo Bleue Bracelet give a combined FC3/FCR6 when worn as a set.

[HardY-]

no, but ornament + djring give 4fc i'm asking where you found the 8th fc =)

[Cerveza]

69.9 Magery too

[NObama]

There are a few exceptions to the 2/6 rule.  The one that leaps to mind is related to the Monstrous Interred Grizzle.  If you're a mage fighting him, you're going to need fc 7 fcr 11 to overcome his slowdown effect.  Also, you're going to need people around to rez, because Grizzle will eat you.

 

[Scrripty]

Protection drops you to 0 fc also.  And can go in the - if you have - fc items on.

[onlyindreams]

69.9 Magery too

Which gives you 4/6 cap. Anything over that and it's 2/6.

[Wilk]

TT most mage templates shoot for 2/6. For magery you really only need 2/5, but people generally started making their suits 2/6 because necro spells are 2/6 casting.

Magery is 2/5
Necro is 2/6
Mysticism is 2/6.
Ninjitsu is 4/6
Chiv is 4/6 (but you need lower magery to cast at 4/6 chiv speeds as pointed out above)
Spellweaving is 4/6

Since you're using a mage/tamer I would build your suit to be 2/6 (minimum). If you cover that 6 on recovery that'll mean your suit will be good to go in case you ever "gimp" in some other skills in the future.

If you're going mage/tamer/weaver then make your suit 4/6.

[NObama]

Magery is 2/5?!  How did I not know that?  Reference link?

[Scrripty]

Magery is 2/5?!  How did I not know that?  Reference link?

Magery is 2/6.

[Wilk]

It's not, but that's okay. I told him to build 2/6 because we've all been conditioned to anyway.

[Wilk]

Actually, since it's such a moot point, I'll retract my 2/5 statement because everyone should build 2/6 suits for their mages anyway.
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ps: but it's 2/5 

[Scrripty]

Well I've actually written scripts based on casting and done EXTENSIVE research to find out the correct answers.  Until you can point me to proof, it's 2/6.

[Wilk]

I agree 100%, people should build their suits at 2/6!