Soloing without manacles

[Kapila]

Hi Has anyone got any experience soloing with out Frozen manacles?  Given that the root spells are nerfed so that you cant keep them up a lot of the time (due to LONG recast time), how are you guys managing to solo on test? I sometimes need to root two creatures to kill them without them killing me in 3 hits, which will be impossible now unless the mobs do a lot less damage to mages. (An exmaple would be the linked bats at the entrance of RoV). Are there new strategies that work? Or are we resigned to running a lot when the root breaks, or is resisted? I cannot believe that warlocks will be able to tank while solo. Thanks for any info. <div></div>

[Deathspell]

I'd like to know myself how Warlocks on Test solo their single or grouped mobs nowadays. OK, we don't have all the adjusted specifications on regular servers yet, but has anyone tried soloing without Frozen Manacles and Aura of Emptiness yet? I guess we need to finish them off quicker or just tank the mob (without parry skill I might add) during the duration of the recast timer... I guess they did not increase our AGI? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div>

[tiki-jiki]

I beleive they fixed cower, so that should help with soloing. I have a friend on test and he told me that he can tank even level solo mobs just fine with his wizard. So as long as you arent trying to solo orange con or heroics it shouldnt be that hard to do. <div></div>

[Panad]

<span><blockquote><hr>tiki-jiki wrote:I beleive they fixed cower, so that should help with soloing. I have a friend on test and he told me that he can tank even level solo mobs just fine with his wizard. So as long as you arent trying to solo orange con or heroics it shouldnt be that hard to do. <div></div><hr></blockquote> That`s more or less the problem - "with his wizard". Wizards will do better single target damage than warlocks so they`ll be better at soloing I guess. Warlocks might do better AE damage, but with our nerfed roots fighting solo version groups, the 1,2,3 arrow downs, might prove hard to do. Anyone got information on that yet? I like nice AE damage but you can`t solo well with AE damage, too long casting times and too long recast timers - well, that`s they way it is now, on the live servers, what`s it like on Test?</span><div></div>

[tiki-jiki]

Well i figure if a Wizard can tank a mob just fine, we should be able to also. I dont think we will have a problem killing solo mobs, but im not on test so cant say for sure. <div></div>