Elin:Mani of Machine: Difference between revisions

While Mani's combat niche may be considered narrow, he does grant several generic dungeoneering bonuses to spot hidden, appraisal, strategy and lock picking. Worship of Mani can help ease early-game woes when these skills are low, but it may be better to switch to another god later on when these skills hit diminishing returns and the bonuses become extraneous.

The android is a strong contender for an offensive pet with its triple ranged attack and ability to reboot. Compared to magic attackers such as Izpalt 's Exile and Kizuami's White Vixen, the android's advantages are that its damage is not reduced by the enemy's faith-bonus elemental resistance and that its guns are highly customizable through '''[[Elin:Weapons#Modification tools|modification tools]]'''. Compared to Lulwy's Black Angel, which is also a shooting attacker, the android has the advantage of its high number of shots and durability, while the Black Angel has the advantage of its versatility in using obstruction and auxiliary skills and its explosive power with boosts.

Since faction effects cannot be applied to ranged weapons that cannot be equipped, in addition to the Winchester Premium, Mani gave me a back gear artifact called the Ring of Void, which grants the faction effects of Mani's faith. The Ring of Void grants sound resistance, neck-hunting immunity, and bonuses to gun skills as faction effects, and upgrades mechanical races and androids to enhance their speed and PV/DV. This upgrade includes machines ruled by mani's faith effects. It also grants God bane, but this is mostly a flavor factor for now. The benefits available only to those equipped with the ring of void include Elemental Damage Reduction, a bonus to the perception, and levitation. When considered as a piece of armor, it has the disadvantage of not having PV/DV. Machines can use this equipment effectively because of their race's ability to have Physical Damage Reduction and Lightning Weakness.

The Winchester Premium is the only shotgun in Elin that can also hit the target and enemies in one square around it. The damage of this gun is converted into the rare element of impact, as well as having the effect of activating the magic of silence. This weapon does not have a faction effect and is equally powerful with a change of faith. The best range is 1, which is somewhat unwieldy for a remote weapon, but in Elin it is easy to use multiple guns depending on the situation, and damage decay can be reduced by attaching modification tools.

Gaining favour with Mani is best achieved by heading to Aqui Teola and buying out the gunsmith's stock of guns, then heading to the cyber altar nearby and sacrificing them all. Since he now also accepts drugs as offerings, growing or harvesting crim and grinding it into crim powder, or simply offering the many drug-type potions all over the floor of nefias are also alternatives.