tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post979165095940910134..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: Core Solo Skills For EQ2 MeleeGreen Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-88803863734882130132010-01-12T18:12:53.153-05:002010-01-12T18:12:53.153-05:00I agree, this is a great read. I will have to revi...I agree, this is a great read. I will have to revisit this if at some point I renew my EQ2 account.Jayedubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437007861375094683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-91588772561758034152010-01-11T23:15:22.389-05:002010-01-11T23:15:22.389-05:00Good read. The last time I played EQ II I recall ...Good read. The last time I played EQ II I recall thinking that Shadow Knights were a bit insanely overpowered...at least at solo work.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-68467105291239600872010-01-11T20:27:23.736-05:002010-01-11T20:27:23.736-05:00@Stabs: The other scout classes have even more pos...@Stabs: The other scout classes have even more positional attacks than the Dirge, though Swashies and Brigands have an additional tool (an early AA called "walk the plank" that forces enemies to turn their backs on you for a few seconds) to make using theirs easier. You have to learn to strafe around the foe while it's stunned with Cheap Shot (which actually looks kind of cool on a flying, high speed Fae Dirge). <br /><br />And yes, I like the Warden too, it's probably my second favorite, with the Necromancer in third and whichever of these new guys makes the final cut bringing up the rear in my pack of alts. <br /><br />@Anon: Dirges are easier to solo because A) lifedrains and B) their melee buffs help them more than a Trouby's caster buffs. And perhaps I'm doing it wrong, but the two Predator subclasses feel like the least effective soloers of the melee classes (with the caveat that I haven't tried Guardians).Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-15213405438332389302010-01-11T14:50:16.153-05:002010-01-11T14:50:16.153-05:00SK is rather overpowered, flavor of the month, ok ...SK is rather overpowered, flavor of the month, ok at getting groups but you would need to be dedicated to gearing up to get in any raids, much less running shard instances. It takes a lot of work to get any tank geared to run end game instances.<br /><br />Best bet is a DPS or healing class. You can get groups for instances easily without nearly the gear problems. Dirge is pretty high demand for any group of all the scout classes. Raids need both dirges and troubs in about equal number. I haven't decided which of the two I like better yet ...<br /><br />I have fun with ranger but have hit a soloing wall at 63 as he is not tough enough to solo, but can be harder to get groups as there are a lot of bad rangers so people won't take them. May just betray to assassin to get groups easier. They a real dps machines, ranger too but it is harder to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-38546481241866745632010-01-11T06:34:41.465-05:002010-01-11T06:34:41.465-05:00Interesting.
I've always considered the Dirge...Interesting.<br /><br />I've always considered the Dirge an underpowered solo class highly desired for raids.<br /><br />I've taken one up to about 20 a couple of times but I found the positional requirements very frustrating. On a different character I could just nuke, on the Dirge I had to stealth, get around, check I won't wake up anything I shouldn't, then start.<br /><br />I found it fun in small doses but I really really would not want to level to 80 taking that special care over every single mob pull.<br /><br />Personally I settled on a Warden. And the main reason was so I can group with other people without feeling like an idiot plus I like the melee with heals playstyle.<br /><br />If someone says lf1m WC, it might take me fifteen minutes to get there on another character as I don't know my way around very well and my characters move slow - but the druid moves fast and has the druid rings to teleport to.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.com