post nerf soloability

[julric]

ok.....so im expecting use to get nrfed quite hard comming soon....and seeing how im about 40 and from what i heard bony grasp ull really blow......where will that leave us?? asside from frozen manacles witch will be long grey by 40 and im shure easily resisted around 48 and that other root witch breaks at any damage we'll have no worthwhile root....i meen what good is a 15 second root that breaks with a 45 second recast.....will we still be able to solo?? <div></div>

[Vanra]

This is based on my experience on test as a wizard, however the strategies are still viable. I don't think soloing <b>solo</b> mobs will be a problem at all.  It's really not for me at this point. My favorite targets now are grouped mobs with three, yes, three down arrows. Worst case scenario, if they don't adjust the Bony Grasp recast timer: Use whatever viable single target root we have when the changes go live (Frozen Manacles, Cower, Paralyzing Fear, whichever turns out to be the most effective when all it said and done) and start nuking away with single target nukes or AoE's,  if you choose single target, one will be dead before it reaches you. You now have 2 monsters to deal with, with one still rooted. Two triple down arrows at yellow or lower isn't presenting a problem to me now, however two down arrows can chip you down pretty quick. Just nuking and tanking is the method I use, the fastest exp seems to come with large groups of blues with lots of down arrows. This is without Bony Grasp, a few AoE's and rooting one at the start. Anything that is now a solo mob has a down arrow, some don't and are like what we are used to, pretty much. These are cake, I never even bothered to cast Bony Grasp on a solo single mob unless it was Orange/Red anyway and those were never the best targets.In fact I rarely used Bony Grasp at all when soloing, only on large encounters of white or higher, which were never my preferred targets anyway. I could mow down single solo's with much greater speed unless the groups consisted of healers and casters (like the Lizardmen in Feerrott, for example.) If you've soloed for any considerable portion of your experience lately (not counting Harclave, hehe) you've most likely already developed the strategies necessary to solo effectively like we will probably have to end up doing. We've just lost a <i>signficant</i> amount of backup and luxury. I'm not too worried. Whatever happens, happens. We're all going to have to learn things over again, I guess. <div></div>

[julric]

yes i do solo mostly.....seems faster exp....i usually nuke...then stun...and nuke nuke nuke....but far enough away that i can re root if it breaks....i was worried that frozen manacles wont work well latter on.....but if it does ill be ok.....i mean hell right now im 35 soloing lvl 40 nightbloods no prob...hell rarely get hit <div></div>

[KlausFlouride]

FM now is capped at lv37 and below mobs.  Something to keep in mind.  Totally useless to me now, glad I got it to adt3.

[julric]

IF ITS CAPPED AT 37 HOW THE HELL YOU SUPPOSED TO ROOT ANYTHING.....I MEEN COMMON....A 15 SECOND ROOT THAT HAS A 45 SECOND RECAST......well to keep it simple....soloability goes away....i leave the game.......after 3 years of being a ranger in eq1 im not standin around spamming PLEASE ANY GROUPS AVAILABLE......no way......i like grouping but solo when not avaiable.......so solo goes so do i <div></div>

[tiki-jiki]

Im sure we will still be able to solo non heroic mobs of our level. Dont overreact until we see the final version of the revamp. <div></div>

[julric]

true...i just remember what happened to warriors in eq 1...when all was said and done they couldnt solo a grey mob 6 lvl's below them <div></div>

[Cecil_Stri]

<P>I soloed all the way to 50 pretty much....  never used a root.</P> <P> </P> <P>I know we get hit by more but we do so much damage they die before they get to us pretty much if you know what you are doin</P>

[Fepp]

<div></div><span><blockquote><hr>julrichh wrote:IF ITS CAPPED AT 37 HOW THE HELL YOU SUPPOSED TO ROOT ANYTHING.....I MEEN COMMON....A 15 SECOND ROOT THAT HAS A 45 SECOND RECAST......well to keep it simple....soloability goes away....i leave the game.......after 3 years of being a ranger in eq1 im not standin around spamming PLEASE ANY GROUPS AVAILABLE......no way......i like grouping but solo when not avaiable.......so solo goes so do i <div></div><hr></blockquote>Is Cower/PF still broken? They also lowered the cast timer on deter to 2 seconds.  I dont see us having any problems soloing the same stuff everyone else does - especially as we have the potential to take things down so much quicker. Go check out the <a href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=comtest&message.id=842#M842" target="_blank">Screenshots of the spell chages</a></span><div></div><p>Message Edited by Fepple on <span class=date_text>08-09-2005</span> <span class=time_text>02:14 PM</span>