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Hey guys
I consider and consider and I am in despair.
can you help me to find the correct formation for my character?

My actual AO-Version: 3.14.08
My character ist lvl 117.

Right now this is my formation:

Champion-NVik-Exorcist
Pirate-Main-Inventor
Monk-Minstrel-Arti

The whole time I played with the mercenaries who I have liked but now I notice that I do not get on thus - PvE as well as pvp.
I have mostly problems with PvE if I am on the move alone. PvP I make with pleasure, however, because of the Internet mangement I can make it only rare.
A formation with I play PvE as well as PvP it would be my favourite.

My Skills:
Blessing: 60
FB: 41
Manashield: 21

With level 120 I wanted to learn PO,but I don't know yet which skill I should forget and which specialisation I should take later. It would be nice if you could give me there some tips.
Often I have read in the forum that many max brutal and leave manashield on 1. Does this really go for my formation?

In my home I have a 105 oracel, 108 witch and 101 valk.

I hope you can help me to find a new formation with some of the current mercenaries I have. Can you guys tell me the pros and cons for this formation?

Thanks

I would keep your form till you decide what you want to focus on(and do 120quest), my suggestion would be money/skirmish/tbs. I personally have both my alts skills as 20MS, 70PO, 70FB, 20BOL. Here's what they both run pretty much. Ora/Main/Witch(Jani if 4merc areas). Once you hit mid 120's normal PvE dies. If you want a more PvE or PvP focus form let me/us know.

21 mana shield is totaly usles, and wrong usage of skill points,
my staff main have 5MS, and i plan drop it to 1 but i will get talent incresing skill lvl.
Like sayed Stalkster after 120 normal PvE die, you do only skimrish, it is most efective way to get EXP and materials for crafting. Ofceurse TBS are also good money deal and sourse to put some items to JackPot.

Beating Sun is good for PvP, Princes order rock in PvE spesly in tbs and skimrish. but i think 60 lvl is high enough rest points you can put to BoL
im PO60, FB 70, guard dispel 1, mana shield 5, BoL60. I plan to get FB to 80.

More usefull for you would be change one guner for empres i think

With 120 I learned PO.
I would like to go rather on making money (the problem ist: I don't know how :/ - if you can, give me tipps! ) and perhaps skirmish and tbs..
Often I hear that the most staff-mains only do skirmish/tbs with BW. (especialy africa -> Mdef to high) Is this really better? It unnerves me to skill FB higher than 41 (expensive). Some Staff-mains means that if you use the rigth talent (130,140) it goes oldschool too.

for Skirmish, the more gun the better. Most sword mercenaries are useless for skirmishes.
here's my skirmish form :

but this form is kinda expensive xD
this is a cheaper form with your mercenary lineup :


replace monk with oracle for PvE & Skirmish, unless you want to level him.
get a Sheriff or Janissary, both are great for PvE.
Recruit a Hwarang and maybe replace Minstrel with Empress (or Vampire), Minstrel has a really low damage and salvation can't resurrect dead mercenaries.

just do Alishan TBS 120 and Xiao Qiao's Escort or Flamethrower mission after you reach lvl 125.
these are the easiest and most profittable TBS at your lvl. StaffM + Witch + Oracle (+ Janissary for 3K & Alishan) will do great for TBS.

FB is still a must imo, it'll 1-shot mobs in skirmish and in TBS (except Africa) with maxed skill lvl + charm.
this is a skill set for farmer (non PvP)
80 FB, 70 PO, 1 Mana Shield, 1 Blessing of Life, and rest to Brutal Will.
and my skill set which is still good in all area imo (PvP-PvE-TBS).
80 FB, 70 PO, 1 Mana Shield, 1 Guard Dispel and rest to Blessing of Life.

both has its pro and con, so it's up to you to choose, but FB still have to be maxed.

In your skirmish form:
I don't know the Queen and I can't find her in AO Db. What kind of merc is she? XD

If I replace in pve/skirmish the monk with oracle, how I use then awakening if my mercs are in stun? ( correct me if I wrong but my experiences are that especialy by 3 mobs I use awakening sometimes )
Next question is how can staff-main tank without monk+exo?
And last but not least... how I can make money if I don't have the best equip? This is my first character and often I can play only 2-3h per day. I have no problem with farming and crafting but it lasts. Often I lvl faster than I can craft the actual equip for main+mercs. Because of not much time I havn't much money. It's a vicious circle. :/

In AB skirmish if monk's awakening is AB-activated, he'll awaken each turn, which is not effective imo.
with more gun, you'll kill them before they have a chance to stun you (it's 4 combo counter to stun in skirmish).
Oracle is more dependable because she can heals every turn.
I put Queen in my form because her skill is a mix of HG & awakening and she also has an improved version of Seth's Will.
see here upcoming-content-f6/new-staff-mercenary-queen-roro-kidul-t919.html
she's not available yet at iAO but is coming soon.

StaffM doesn't need to tank, it can act as support (healing & brutal will in skirmish) and melee mercenary usually gets targeted first.

Try to reach 130 first, it's easier to earn money when you're 130.
i know a person like you who doesn't have much free time , he's just doing diary and TBS and he's doing just great.
it's the other way around when you're 130+, harder to get exp, but easier to get money

but if I do not have the Empress, they look good if I change Paganini with RoR? (Roro Queen.)
thank before, and sorry for my bad english.

you can, but you'll have to play like old DMF era in PvP (permanently HG mid line).
but using both paganini & roro isn't a bad idea.