New Necro, New Start

[dave143256384]

<DIV>Hi all, been playing for a few years now and a while back i started (barely only level 13 or so) a necro. and forgot about it. several patches later and many many moths i got back to him, and im loving it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>now fair enough i dont know the difference between now and pre patch X but im liking the class, its solo and gorup ability.</DIV> <DIV>last night grouped in SH and i whipped regularly for too much agro and AoE, i play classes that i desperatly at any costs try to get up the dps ladder, so to come to one thats naturally up there-ish and apply the same total burn strat, gets me owned lol but its fun.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>any way this ramble does have a purpose. </DIV> <DIV>1, i like the mage pet a lot. sure when soloing heroics i generally use the tank, but what i like to do is enchain and let me and pet nuke to high heaven. it works, just heh but i enjoy it. i want to use my mage pet as a preference over the comming scout pet. what AAs do i use to boost him?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2, continuing on AAs if i try to use all three pets, is it possible to combine 3 AA paths and keep them all boosted? even if not to the end abilities.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3, at level 19 i was soloing 16^^^ in the commonlands. fairly easily. will this trend continue,  i realise the difference between 50 and 60 is massive compared to 16 and 19, and mobs get much much harder, but will i b able to contiune this for a while at least?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4, when do i get my group skelie illusion?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5,  when do i get my rez and heal(ish) spells?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>6, are the temp pets (rat swarm) worth upgrading? they seem to do so little damage at ap iv (i know thats not uber level but still)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>7, can we out parse assassins? what ever i did i couldnt seem to overcome the assassin in the group, even when i burned all out and died i still was a few hundred under him. can we aspire to top of charts?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>sorry for the list of questions, thanks for reading</DIV>

[eburgos]

<div>Seems like a very accurate question list <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Ill try to answer below...<blockquote><hr>dave143256384 wrote:<div>Hi all, been playing for a few years now and a while back i started (barely only level 13 or so) a necro. and forgot about it. several patches later and many many moths i got back to him, and im loving it.</div> <div> </div> <div>now fair enough i dont know the difference between now and pre patch X but im liking the class, its solo and gorup ability.</div> <div>last night grouped in SH and i whipped regularly for too much agro and AoE, i play classes that i desperatly at any costs try to get up the dps ladder, so to come to one thats naturally up there-ish and apply the same total burn strat, gets me owned lol but its fun.</div> <div> </div> <div>any way this ramble does have a purpose. </div> <div>1, i like the mage pet a lot. sure when soloing heroics i generally use the tank, but what i like to do is enchain and let me and pet nuke to high heaven. it works, just heh but i enjoy it. i want to use my mage pet as a preference over the comming scout pet. what AAs do i use to boost him?<font color="#ff0000">If you really like the mage pet that much, the int line has a nice instant encounter deaggro for your caster pet, also the last spell allows your pet to use less mana and regen more hp, IMO that AA line is useless, Mage pet is my favorite and I dont use any AA that directly affects him, our native buffs help the mage pet also.</font></div> <div> </div> <div>2, continuing on AAs if i try to use all three pets, is it possible to combine 3 AA paths and keep them all boosted? even if not to the end abilities.<font color="#ff0000">AGI line for scout pet, STA line for tank pet. The way you combine them is really up to you. I dont have any end abilities myself.</font></div> <div> </div> <div>3, at level 19 i was soloing 16^^^ in the commonlands. fairly easily. will this trend continue,  i realise the difference between 50 and 60 is massive compared to 16 and 19, and mobs get much much harder, but will i b able to contiune this for a while at least?<font color="#ff0000">At higher levels, mobs have more hp and hit harder, but you would still be able to do it with some skill.</font></div> <div> </div> <div>4, when do i get my group skelie illusion?<font color="#ff0000">I think its at lvl40, you can buy it at the necromancer trainer in the academy of arcane scientists, in north freeport.</font></div> <div> </div> <div>5,  when do i get my rez and heal(ish) spells?<font color="#ff0000">lvl46 or so, its called Revivication and requires an essence of anguish to cast</font></div> <div> </div> <div>6, are the temp pets (rat swarm) worth upgrading? they seem to do so little damage at ap iv (i know thats not uber level but still)<font color="#ff0000">Yes, swarm pets are one of your most important source of damage, thats an adept 3+</font></div> <div> </div> <div>7, can we out parse assassins? what ever i did i couldnt seem to overcome the assassin in the group, even when i burned all out and died i still was a few hundred under him. can we aspire to top of charts?<font color="#ff0000">Yes, you can out parse assassins, even tough I ve seen some skilled ones that out parse me in certain situations at lvl70 raids (eg. if the target is a single mob, or if the mob keep casting AEs that kill my pet)</font></div> <div> </div> <div>sorry for the list of questions, thanks for reading</div><hr></blockquote></div>

[dave143256384]

ace thanks for taking the time out to answer those <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />