Time Master and Annihilator. If you are patient enough, then Time Master is great. The spells are strong, though they need a LOT of MP. And they can whack enemies in single cast!

Annihilator is great, too.

But if yoou need s guild quickly, then Necromancer is the best. They use more status-altering spells, though...

Time Master sounded the most appealing to me so I always joined it, but the spells just don't seem to be very strong... And Annihilators' guild casts mostly fire/earth spells and thus might not be very good against the wyverns in Ahriman's Lair. Necromancers is out of the question, I never join dark guilds because the final boss and his lackeys are always dark-elementaled so it won't work very well. And I don't want to join Elite Mage, Lars seems elitist enough.

No, necromancer is the best because all their spells are full of status effects. Plague works fine on Ahriman, and so the other spells. With necromancer, I just did fine on his castle.

I have always liked the time masters guild since the spells are very effective against the bosses.

Really? Most of the daevas seem completely immune against time-manipulating... It seems sad.

Yep, that's why I reccomend Necromancers - status effects rock. <3 Especially Plague.

I agree with MC! In every Aveyond,I used to be only Necromancer! ^^ It has very powerfull spells :3

I've tried both Annhiliator and Necromancer and I found the Necromancer's spells to be a lot more effective due to the status changes too!

From the description of the spells, it looks like:

Necromancer - Poison-type status effects. It gives the impression of cursing and poisoning the enemies.
Elite Mage - Mental status ailments (Charm, berserk, etc). It gives the impression of "sneaky" and "stealthy".
Annihilator - Big damage fire and earth spells. It gives the impression of "mass destruction"
Time Master - Time and Space spells. It gives the impression of not killing the enemies directly by destruction, but rather indirectly.

I like Berserkish spells, which is why I got Rhen boot slappin' mara. But then, I think I'll go for Necromancers this time.

I used Plague on Ahriman before - it was the only way I won, at level 70. Lars cast Plague on Ahriman, and Ahriman cast Reality shift, killing everyone but Te'ijal, who drank and elixir, got whacked again, and drank another elixir, while Ahriman's health continued to drain quickly because of the Plague, and succumbed to the Ebola Virus and died.

my personal favorite is the elite mage guild, and yet i have no idea why that is. maybe the seem a bit more rounded compared to the necromancers

it took me a while to even realize the necromancers existed.i never used to bother about the orb staff early in the game and therefore i never visited the shop between lars becoming a sorcerer, and the elite mages in sedona XD

From what I've seen, Elite Mages specialize in "cheating" form of magic - Backstabbing, Confusion, Charming, Chicken-turning, etc. All sound very "playing dirty".

thats true. i suppose its all about how lars is doing in the game and if you can afford to wait long enough for an advanced guild.

i think the best guild for lars is the secret guild or the time masters guild. but every body has different opinyons

What is the secret guild?

The one in Veldt.

Oh okay, is that the Annihilator's Guild or is there another one I missed?

Yes, that's correct.

ithink the nicomancers guild is the best