what posion for soloing/ duos

[Purg]

<DIV>Howdy all</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lv 41-42 swashy [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] good kit, all master 1s.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do well, if can spam my ca's and keeps mobs so busy they don't hurt me, but my power goes down like crazy. Should i drop my DD poison for the power tap?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>are poisons still the same, where you can use one of each type?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>More back ground</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All mastercrafted or better, pair of fabled dws. OR sword and shield master crafted for tanking. As i am level 41 and can't yet use my lv 42 stuff am soling with the daggers. and can maim all bar spell casters mobs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So what poisons do you use?</DIV> <DIV>I have a stack of the old style DD posion which does a tad more than the new DD piosons, but the dot effects break my mez. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I mostly probably will start duo with my gf's paly or two boxing with a conj or fury. </DIV> <DIV>I also light tank and do well as it, again my power suffers, should i trade damage for power as that would effect my hate gain.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>my resistances are going to suffer at 42 as the new master crafted armour and rings is a lot lighter on resists. I may try and buy some resist potions to help. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>this is my current favourite charater and my main conj has been shelved for a while as i like the fast pace of the swashy for soloing, ( perfer two mages for two boxing when i have 2 working pc's)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><p>Message Edited by Purgle on <span class=date_text>11-09-2006</span> <span class=time_text>03:42 AM</span>

[Kriki]

When grinding for levels, whether solo or duo, I always used Mental Breach.  The faster you can kill, the better - and waiting for power between each fight slows you down more than losing a proc or 2 from caustic.When in groups or raids, I mostly use Caustic.  Be sure to use Caustic over Hemotoxin as the % proc is the same, and the dot won't have completed by the time it procs again, so you're not gettting the most from your poisons.KrikiEverfrostParagon<div></div>

[sifo]

If you are having power problems don't forget to use totems to reduce the downtime.<div></div>

[SmCaudata]

Raiding I use caustic unless it is a really long fight or a tough fight with a power drain.Grouping I actually use a lot of hemo because there are many hurricane fights and I find that hemo does slightly less on single targets but quite a bit more on grouped. Nothing like watching 4 hemo's tick down to nearly zero before they are refreshed.  YMMV though, and some swashbuckler's don't like hemo at all.Soloing I use mental breach unless I am trying to solo tough named, then I find vitality breach to be good. Those extra procs can be valuable hps and I rarely run out of power on a single fight.Duoing I also use mental breach just to speed things up.  The den is a very fast zone with a good healer.Basically, play it by ear depending on the situation. If you are waiting for health pull out vitality breach. If you are waiting for power then use mental. If both power and health take the same hit then you may as well kill faster with a damage poison.  Turgor is your friend when soloing/duoing as well. I am not sure what level that poison is available though.<div></div>

[Purg]

<P>thank you, </P> <P>I am just getting used to the new poisons not played my swashy much since the change, </P> <P>The prices seem reasonable so i will buy some and investigate.</P> <P>the 200 does only seem to last about an hour or two when soloing. </P> <P>Re totems, [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] good idea, tottally forgeten about them!</P> <P>thanks again.</P> <P>Am loving the jumpy nature of my swashy, can't solo/ farm like my ol' conjuror but it feels like you are doing somethink! and are working for your money.</P>