Poison Guide

[Ranja]

<div><p><font color="#ffffff">I did not want this to get lost on thread that we shall not speak of :smileyvery-happy:</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"></font> </p><p><font color="#ffffff">Posions seems to be a great source of confusion for alot of beginners so let me do my best to clarify a few things.</font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff"><strong>What are they and what forms do they come in:</strong></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff">Form: Damage Poisons</font></font></p><p align="left"><font color="#ffffff">DD = Direct Damage</font></p><p align="left"><font color="#ffffff">DOT=Damage over Time</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">You have poisons that go from each spectrum from High DD and Low DoT to High DoT to Low DD -The higher one (DD or DoT) the lower the other. You cannot get a poison that has a high DD and a high DOT. Most rangers use the high DD as the proc overwrites itself before the full DoT has ticked but it is up to you.</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">Only one damage poison can be applied at a time. It does not matter if it is ascending, declining, periodic or any other name or the proc percentage. ONLY ONE damage poison can be active at a time.</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">Form: Debuff</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">Examples: Slashing, piercing, blunt, poison, magic, fire, stamina, strength, agility.</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">If there is a stat for it you can debuff it with a poison. Again, only one of these poisons can be up at any given time. A very popular one is the poison debuff or the piercing debuff. </font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">Form: Misc Debuff</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">Examples: Stun, stifle</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">These poisons don’t debuff and they don’t do damage. You can only have one up of these at any given time.</font></p><p><strong><font color="#ffffff">How to apply poisons:</font></strong></p><p><font color="#ffffff">You do not need the poisons in your activate able slot. Simply right click on it in your inventory and choose use or activate (I forget which one). You will see the poison icon show up in your activated spells window. Do these for each type of poison and you will see 3 poison icons in your activated spells window. Mouse over each icon and it will tell you what poison it is.</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff">As a matter of fact, if you keep poisons in this slot you are missing out on additional stats that you should have. For example, I keep to strength hex dolls in those slots that give me a combined +26 to strength. Why would I want poisons there?</font></p><p><strong><font color="#ffffff">NPC vs Player:</font></strong></p><p><font color="#ffffff">NPC are much cheaper and only sell damage poisons and only proc 100 times. The player made poisons proc 200 times and are much better. Only debuff and misc debuff are player made. It is up to you but let me give you some knowledge to better make your decisions. At T6, I use Adeste’s Disruption for me (with my INT) it reads 450 damage up front with a very small tick. The best damage NPC poison you can get is 220 damage up front with a small tick. You make the decision.</font></p><p><strong><font color="#ffffff">Poisons and Procs:</font></strong></p><p><font color="#ffffff">Poisons will only proc off your main hand weapon now. This was a recent change. This means that only when your main hand weapon connects do you have a chance to proc your poison. Poisons will proc off your bow as well. This is good in that we no longer run out of poison as fast but bad in that it cuts are DPS down.</font></p><p><span><font color="#ffffff">You can buy all NPC poisons from the alchemist in SQ. There are 4 different alchemists that each sells a different tier of poison. If one is selling all red poisons, go check the others unless you are above 50 – one of them will be selling a poison you can use. And remember, there is an upstairs.</font></span></p></div>

[Sokolov]

Hehe, it's too bad this may all be changing soon (tm).<div></div>

[Blackin_DeMast]

<div></div><p>Yeah.:smileymad:</p><p> Til they change though <a href="http://www.eq2alchemy.com" target="_blank">www.eq2alchemy.com</a> is your best friend.</p>

[Racmo]

<div>about eq2alchemy.com.....I don't see a list or comparison of player made poisons.   And honestly, that's what I shoot for.  They are better and give more procs per usage.  Am I missing something or is there a site out there that does do that?</div><div> </div><div>Tobi</div><div>27 Ranger</div>

[Sokolov]

Are you ever <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />http://www.eq2alchemy.com/Shader/potions.html<div></div>

[Saug]

<div></div>Great post! Thanks :smileyhappy:

[Lito]

<div></div><font face="Comic Sans MS">This is my very first post on the Everquest2 forums.Thank you for the information on poisons, it was very valuable.<font size="4" color="#99cc99">Tindra Sunrise</font></font>

[Blackin_DeMast]

<div></div>Hiya!!!  Welcome to the forums.  Everyone here is really friendly and we have a great ranger community.

[Phr]

Yes, thanks for this post. I understand now that my postions drop when a number of procs has been reached.<div></div>

[AS7GAtl]

If you have more than one poison up at a time do they all have the same chance to proc, or is one applied to one weapon and another applied to your off hand weapon like daoc?<div></div>

[Racmo]

<div></div><p>Thanks Sokolov....wonder why I couldn't find it.   That's EXACTLY what I was looking for.</p><p> </p><p>Racmoor</p>