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Jes

03-09-2007, 04:39 AM

Hello, After being bored to death in World of Warcraft I decided to give Everquest II a shot. I must admit that I am having a lot of fun and it boggles me that the game is not more popular considering how well put together it is. After much deliveration I have settled for an assassin as the class to play in this game and I was hoping that a few of my newbie questions would be answered. <ol><li>Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class?</li><li>I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated.</li><li>Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do?</li><li>For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands?</li><li>Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa? </li><li>I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack?</li><li>Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which?</li></ol>Thank you in advance for any help provided. I look forward to having fun in Everquest II. J.

Sollum

03-09-2007, 05:40 AM

<cite>Jessa wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hello, After being bored to death in World of Warcraft I decided to give Everquest II a shot. I must admit that I am having a lot of fun and it boggles me that the game is not more popular considering how well put together it is. After much deliveration I have settled for an assassin as the class to play in this game and I was hoping that a few of my newbie questions would be answered. <ol><li>Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class?</li></ol>I don't think so. I think most will say play what you fancy<ol><li>I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated.</li></ol>I've taken up jewelry, but I've also got an alt that's an alchamist too <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><ol><li>Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do?</li></ol>STR and INT. Strenght first I've been advised.<ol><li>For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands?</li></ol>I woud say stick with CLands, but if you feel like exploring, then why not?<ol><li>Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa?</li></ol>I would be wise to keep all skills up in slashing, piercing, etc., but it also depends what you can get your hands on at the time too. You want the best you can afford I would say<ol><li>I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack?</li></ol>There are haste items. There's a good HQ one, flowing silk sash i think its called. Not sure how the stacking works with other itmes though.<ol><li>Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which?</li></ol>There is a God and deity in place now. Was introduced with EoF expansion. I believe its recommended to worship Rol Zek? Is that correct fellow assassins?Thank you in advance for any help provided. I look forward to having fun in Everquest II. J. </blockquote>

olben

03-09-2007, 09:26 AM

As far as I know, haste from items do not stack. (correct me if im wrong)Also, Rallos Zek is most likely the best god for an assassin.

Norrsken

03-09-2007, 09:48 AM

<cite>olben wrote:</cite><blockquote>As far as I know, haste from items do not stack. (correct me if im wrong)Also, Rallos Zek is most likely the best god for an assassin.</blockquote>The haste items with an effect called "Haste" does not stack. Same with Flowing Thought gear. IF the effect has the same name it does not stack. If its another name, it stacks. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Norrsken

03-09-2007, 09:52 AM

<cite>Jessa wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hello, After being bored to death in World of Warcraft I decided to give Everquest II a shot. I must admit that I am having a lot of fun and it boggles me that the game is not more popular considering how well put together it is. After much deliveration I have settled for an assassin as the class to play in this game and I was hoping that a few of my newbie questions would be answered. <ol><li>Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class?</li><li>I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated.</li><li>Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do?</li><li>For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands?</li><li>Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa? </li><li>I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack?</li><li>Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which?</li></ol>Thank you in advance for any help provided. I look forward to having fun in Everquest II. J. </blockquote>Its quite a puzzel to us having played since release as well. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <ol><li>Race doesnt matter</li><li>I'd go with a jeweler for the reason mentioned </li><li>Str and int. Both increase your dps, which is the only thing an assassin is about. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Str is your primary stat for damage. </li><li>If you wanna see the world, go ahead. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> However, if you are new to EQ2, you are also new to CL, so check it out, and enjoy the game. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></li><li>there used to be mobs that were immune to damage types, but nowadays they are just more or less resistant. It matters for your AAs, some of them at least, but usually not more than that. Use one DW slash and one DW pierc to get both skills up and you'll have a larger selection of weapons to use.</li><li>If they stack depends on the name of the effect, but most of the time, they wont stack.</li><li>Not really. Most of the blessings are pretty much just flavor with a once in an hour phat nukes or buff. Rallos Zek might be a good one though. </li></ol>

Mabes

03-09-2007, 10:21 AM

Ulvhamne@Nagafen wrote: <blockquote><cite>olben wrote:</cite><blockquote>As far as I know, haste from items do not stack. (correct me if im wrong)Also, Rallos Zek is most likely the best god for an assassin.</blockquote>The haste items with an effect called "Haste" does not stack. Same with Flowing Thought gear. IF the effect has the same name it does not stack. If its another name, it stacks. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </blockquote> You're right about the haste part, but incorrect about the flowing thought, FT does stack. DPS modifiers stack as well.

HellRaiserXX

03-09-2007, 11:40 AM

<blockquote>Hello, After being bored to death in World of Warcraft I decided to give Everquest II a shot. I must admit that I am having a lot of fun and it boggles me that the game is not more popular considering how well put together it is. After much deliveration I have settled for an assassin as the class to play in this game and I was hoping that a few of my newbie questions would be answered. <ol><li>Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class?</li><li>I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated.</li><li>Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do?</li><li>For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands?</li><li>Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa? </li><li>I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack?</li><li>Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which?</li></ol>Thank you in advance for any help provided. I look forward to having fun in Everquest II. J. </blockquote>1. Race doesn't matter at all, gear and other choices as you level will make up for any small difference in stats. Id recommend Half Elves though since they are the sexiest.2. At the higher levels you will utilize an alchemist 100times more than a jeweler. You will make more money as a jeweler probably and will be able to make your own spells, but there is a point where you wont need to make spells for yourself. You are always going to need poisons and potions. Now the good thing about a jeweler and making spells is that the byproduct of making Adept III level spells is used to make Legendary crafted poisons. So you would just need an alchemist to do the combines at cost of fuel most likely. I would go with the Jeweler personally and wish I had instead of this massive grind Carpenter.3. STR and INT like others have said. STR affects how much dmg your autoattack does and increases the damage on melee skills. INT affects the dmg on your poisons and any magic based procs you get from armor and buffs.4. Although Id say stick to Commonlands at this stage of the game the old world zones are fairly empty especially the dungeon zones where most of us veterens leveled. If you can find some friends similar levels as you and always group with them in then anywhere is good really. It will probably be easier for you to find groups in Faydwer however.5. As you level go with 1 slashing and 1 piercing DW weapon. At higher levels Piercing seems to be the choice of wield for most assassins because there is a lot more gear with +Pierce skill which increases your to-hit chance on high level encounters.6. Im actually not sure that two items with difference names that both give Attack Speed buffs do actually stack, there are few items like that anyway. You are pretty much gonna have only 1 haste item and the one with highest value is the number used. 7. Most go with Rallos Zek, but in all reality it doesn't really matter. The Miracles and Blessings are pretty much just fluff and dont have much affect on encounters.

LoreLady

03-09-2007, 12:15 PM

"Str and int. Both increase your dps, which is the only thing an assassin is about. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Str is your primary stat for damage." Int only effects poisons now - it no longer has any effect on offensives/mark as it used to. Just a piece of info I should pass down. Just go for str at this stage of the game - things will come to you as you progress through the game.

Mentla

03-09-2007, 01:01 PM

My advice would be delete your toon and re-roll on a PvP server. Can't see the point of PvE myself. There's no achievment in it. And no PvP gear <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Mentla

03-09-2007, 01:19 PM

<cite>HellRaiserXX wrote:</cite><blockquote><blockquote>Hello, After being bored to death in World of Warcraft I decided to give Everquest II a shot. I must admit that I am having a lot of fun and it boggles me that the game is not more popular considering how well put together it is. After much deliveration I have settled for an assassin as the class to play in this game and I was hoping that a few of my newbie questions would be answered. <ol><li>Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class?</li><li>I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated.</li><li>Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do?</li><li>For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands?</li><li>Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa? </li><li>I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack?</li><li>Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which?</li></ol>Thank you in advance for any help provided. I look forward to having fun in Everquest II. J. </blockquote>1. Race doesn't matter at all, gear and other choices as you level will make up for any small difference in stats. Id recommend Half Elves though since they are the sexiest.Word is SOE are introducing a Male Half Elf soon - watch this space! 2. At the higher levels you will utilize an alchemist 100times more than a jeweler. You will make more money as a jeweler probably and will be able to make your own spells, but there is a point where you wont need to make spells for yourself. You are always going to need poisons and potions. Now the good thing about a jeweler and making spells is that the byproduct of making Adept III level spells is used to make Legendary crafted poisons. So you would just need an alchemist to do the combines at cost of fuel most likely. I would go with the Jeweler personally and wish I had instead of this massive grind Carpenter.Agree, especially if you grind up without much thought to spells until end game. You'll only then need a few dozen spells made, whereas you'll use that many potions/poisens in a few weeks. 3. STR and INT like others have said. STR affects how much dmg your autoattack does and increases the damage on melee skills. INT affects the dmg on your poisons and any magic based procs you get from armor and buffs.Don't have the EQII client in work but STA is useful iirc. Specially in PvP. But STR is a 100 must. 4. Although Id say stick to Commonlands at this stage of the game the old world zones are fairly empty especially the dungeon zones where most of us veterens leveled. If you can find some friends similar levels as you and always group with them in then anywhere is good really. It will probably be easier for you to find groups in Faydwer however.If you come to PvP you'll only got to EoF zone to own people. In the face. Can't do that in PvE <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> 5. As you level go with 1 slashing and 1 piercing DW weapon. At higher levels Piercing seems to be the choice of wield for most assassins because there is a lot more gear with +Pierce skill which increases your to-hit chance on high level encounters.6. Im actually not sure that two items with difference names that both give Attack Speed buffs do actually stack, there are few items like that anyway. You are pretty much gonna have only 1 haste item and the one with highest value is the number used. 7. Most go with Rallos Zek, but in all reality it doesn't really matter. The Miracles and Blessings are pretty much just fluff and dont have much affect on encounters.Again, different in PvP. Your deity choice will make a noticable difference. </blockquote>In short, you get to level up, do lots of dps in a raid, get bored and quit in PvE. In PvP it's the same but you get to own people in the face.

Ouchy Dathurts

03-09-2007, 03:04 PM

Other people have pretty much touched on everything, but I'll throw in my 2 cents because i'm sure someone cares....right?/sniff 1.Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class? Race really doesnt matter at all. Play what you think looks best. The racial abilities are all pretty crap in the end so don't choose a race based on them =P 2. I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated. As others have said, alchemy you'll get more out of in the long run with poisons and whatnot. You'll rip thru poisons faster than you'd think. Jewelery will probly net you more money. However, most guilds have crafters that'll make you stuff for cost, but you might have to wait for them to make it for you. Alchemists can also make fighter CAs, jewelers get scout CAs and jewelery. Flip a coin I guess =) 3. Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do? If you're just starting out STR is the only thing to worry about really. You're nothing besides damage, the more damage you do the better. Later you can worry about INT, in the 50+ level range if you want. 4. For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands? Get to atleast level 10 and start doing all the quests you can in the Commonlands to get AAs, you're going to want to explore for discovery AAs too so you'll eventually want to head over to Faydwer. You might get more groups out in Gfay with people playing faes and all but it varies from server to server. Gfay also has a ton of quests but beware there are some guards deep in keletin that dont care much for assassins =) 5. Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa? Just get one of each to keep your stills up. Later on it looks like you're best bet is piercers, but keep your slash up so you don't have to worry about skilling it up later. I suggest trying to get mastercrafted playermade weapons as a top priority, then work on the armor. There are Armor Quests at level 20 for some free armor. Also, do a lot of harvesting, you can sell the rares you harvest for a nice chunk of change or turn them into something for yourself. 6. I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack? Its basically the same. You can have 1 haste item and haste buffs. Other assassins can probly go more in depth on giving you the specifics. 7. Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which? The assassin god of choice is Rallos Zek. His blessings/miracles can boost your DPS quite nicely. Also the god pet you get ups your STR.

khufure

03-09-2007, 07:49 PM

- Go for the two highest dual-wielding weapons you can afford. Later you will want to be more careful about certain characteristics but until level 60 or so it doesn't really matter. - Max your STR. - Always use a RED poison (damage). Don't worry too much about the others. - Tradeskill for an assassin is alchemy. Or transmuting, I guess. - Around level 30 (32?) you get a spell that will significantly increase your damage. Until then rangers and sorcerers may do more damage than you.. stick with it. We are fun. If you want an alternative 'rogue' type you could also look at brigand or swashbuckler. - Go wherever you can to get groups. You'll get XP much faster as an assassin backstabbing things. Most of your damage comes from there.

Sotaudi

03-09-2007, 09:51 PM

<cite>khufure wrote:</cite><blockquote>- Go for the two highest dual-wielding weapons you can afford. Later you will want to be more careful about certain characteristics but until level 60 or so it doesn't really matter. - Max your STR. - Always use a RED poison (damage). Don't worry too much about the others. - Tradeskill for an assassin is alchemy. Or transmuting, I guess. - Around level 30 (32?) you get a spell that will significantly increase your damage. Until then rangers and sorcerers may do more damage than you.. stick with it. We are fun. If you want an alternative 'rogue' type you could also look at brigand or swashbuckler. - Go wherever you can to get groups. You'll get XP much faster as an assassin backstabbing things. Most of your damage comes from there. </blockquote> khufure is incorrect here. There are three types of poisons. One kind causes damage (e.g., Caustic, Hemotoxin, etc.). Another debuffs stats or resistis (e.g., Warding Ebb, Enfeebling, Gracelessness), and the third debuffs effects like haste, movement speed, or hate (e.g., Turgur's (sp?), Ignorante Bliss). While it is true that you always want to have a damage poison up, it is incorrect that you should not worry about the others much because you can actually stack up to three poisons as long as you take one from each type. So while you could not have both Caustic and Hemotoxin up at the same time because they come from the same type, you could, for instance, run Caustic (damage), Gracelessness (agility and defense debuff), and Essence of Turgur's (Haste debuff) all at the same time since they come from the three different types.Early on, you choices will be pretty limited, and, at first, all you will have available is a damage poison. But eventually, you will start to see the other two classes of poisons become available. Once you do, be sure to use all three.

Ouchy Dathurts

03-10-2007, 04:36 AM

Poisons are very very limited till T6. I believe the only choices you get are Damage: Caustic or Hemo Debuff: Wisdom/magic resist debuff Secondary Debuff: Snare, Slow, or Deagro There might be something I missed in the debuff line but once you get 50 (52 for rare poisons) you get into the lifetaps, mana taps, gracelessness, etc. I mean, you should try to use all 3 if you can. But it isnt always necessary, dependant on group members. Once into t6 its basically a must to run 3 all the time. I just got 58, I run rare t6 Caustic (mental breach if mana is an issue, but normally its not), gracelessness, and ignorant bliss. It pays off huge dividends. I havent run any huge parses on it but from glancing at my keyboard as I play I can go from 4-500 without poisons to 700-1k with them.

Norrsken

03-10-2007, 05:58 AM

<cite>Mabes wrote:</cite><blockquote>Ulvhamne@Nagafen wrote: <blockquote><cite>olben wrote:</cite><blockquote>As far as I know, haste from items do not stack. (correct me if im wrong)Also, Rallos Zek is most likely the best god for an assassin.</blockquote>The haste items with an effect called "Haste" does not stack. Same with Flowing Thought gear. IF the effect has the same name it does not stack. If its another name, it stacks. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </blockquote> You're right about the haste part, but incorrect about the flowing thought, FT does stack. DPS modifiers stack as well.</blockquote>I am not at all wrong about the FT gear. An FT V will not stack with another FT V, same name. An FT V will however stack with an FT III, different names.

Jayad

03-10-2007, 06:14 AM

Using non-dmg poisons in groups is dumb. You don't need them at all. Just a money drain. If you got money to burn then sure. Soloing or something like a duo is different.

Kradun

03-10-2007, 06:19 AM

Everything I'm filling out has pertinence only if you are deciding to level to 70 and fulfill all your AA's. Also, welcome to EQ2, you came at a good time, server merges are coming and a lot of exploits/bugs have been fixed. //================================================ Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class? Personally I would choose Ogre, although stupidly large, in an ogre-esque fashion (durr lol), they have a high natural defense and have many racial abilities that you can choose as you level up to give you more defense and more HP. Pure Stats(AGI, STR, STA, WIS, INT) can always be acquired through itemization. MAX HP and avoidance is much harder to come by. As a player from EQ1 im pretty sure you know how important HP is. //================================================ I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated. Go for alchemy if your are going to 70. It is a huge source of money. and this money can go towards paying jewelers to making your adept 3 skills. //================================================ Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do? Everything but wisdom, but you will also want to prioritize what stats you look for first. Str you will want to cap out first. Then its up to you to either move for AGI or INT or STA. I'm assuming you love to PvP. So this choice is up to you. AGI = more avoidance(avoidance is kinda unreliable in this game), STA = more time to live = more time to DPS your opponent = more time to react, INT = more poison/proc damage from your items. More or less add these points after str to suit your playstyle. DONT FORGET RESISTS ARE IMPORTANT TOO AT LEVEL 70!! //================================================ For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands? explore plenty and learn the terrain and use it to pvp to your advantage. The more you learn about the game, the more of an edge you get on your opponents //================================================ Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa?Dun matter unless your lookng for a specific type of itemization. Certain items give u +pierce or + slash, and sometimes both. These modifiers make your toHit chance higher and your damage rolls damage ranger more near the top end. But until 70 i suggest using 1 slash, 1 pierce that are dual wield type to keep your innate weapon skill with each high. //================================================ I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack? Only one item will haste you like EQ1, but haste adornments stack so i hear. Ill test it out and tell you. //================================================ Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which? Rallos Zek the war god. one of the begining abilities is called Zek's rending it makes all your combat arts do eithet 10 or 15% more damage for some short tiem span, which is rediculously awsome.

Zyken

01-12-2010, 05:43 PM

This post helped me out a ton, thanks everyone. I just started playing this past weekend and I love the game so far.

Lethe5683

01-18-2010, 11:32 PM

<cite>Jayad wrote:</cite><blockquote>Using non-dmg poisons in groups is dumb. You don't need them at all. Just a money drain. If you got money to burn then sure. Soloing or something like a duo is different.</blockquote>No it's not. Speaking in absolutes when you do not have a full understanding of what you are speaking on is dumb. Non-damage poisons can help you to do more dps and/or make the mobs do less dps as well as decreasing your hate. Not to mention with frontload AA ability ALL poisons do damage.<cite>Kradun wrote:</cite><blockquote>STA = more time to live = more time to DPS your opponent = more time to react</blockquote>STA is nearly as worthless as WIS, the best way to get HP is from items with +hp and adornments with +hp.

Lethe5683

01-18-2010, 11:36 PM

<cite>Kradun wrote:</cite><blockquote>Personally I would choose Ogre, although stupidly large, in an ogre-esque fashion (durr lol), they have a high natural defense and have many racial abilities that you can choose as you level up to give you more defense and more HP. </blockquote>The mit bonus for ogres is very little and the HP bonus is even smaller (only 1% higher) which is also a trade for 1% less power. As an assassin defense skills is insanly easy to cap so that's not important either. A scout race would be a much better choice for an assassin: Arasai, Fae, Dark Elf, Wood Elf, Gnome, Ratonga, Halfling.<a href="http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/Halfling_%28EQ2_Character_Race%29"></a>

Lethe5683

01-18-2010, 11:45 PM

<cite>Jessa wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hello, After being bored to death in World of Warcraft I decided to give Everquest II a shot. I must admit that I am having a lot of fun and it boggles me that the game is not more popular considering how well put together it is. After much deliveration I have settled for an assassin as the class to play in this game and I was hoping that a few of my newbie questions would be answered. <ol><li>Besides a few starting differences in statistics, does it matter in the long run what race I play with? Is there a race whose Racial attributes are intrinsically better for the assassin class?-Arasai, Fae, Dark Elf, Wood Elf, Gnome, Ratonga, Halfling all make good scouts but Ratonga are the best looking. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></li><li>I have narrowed down the choice for my tradeskills between Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. As I understand it, with the latest expansion the prices of Adept and Master skills has significantly raised, possibly making Jewelcrafting more alluring. Any feedback about this is much appreciated.-Personally I would pick alchemist because you will always need more and more poisons but skills are a 1 time thing.</li><li>Which are the principal stats that benefit my assassin the most and what do they do?-STR: +Autoattack/CA Damage-AGI: +Power, avoidance-INT: +Poison DamageFocuse roughly equally on STR and AGI, save INT as a last choice since it barely affects poison damage.</li><li>For a player that has never played Everquest II before, is it worth it to try to make my way from the Commonlands to Faydwer or should I stick to the Commonlands?-It depends on a lot really. The true easiest places to start are Neriak and Timourous deep because they have very fluid questlines.</li><li>Does it matter if I choose dual wield piercing or slashing weapons? Are there any high level skills that require piercing weapons over slashing and viceversa?-Piercing weapons are the primary weapon type for assassins but it's always good to keep your slashing skill up too.</li><li>I played Everquest extensively. From what I have read there is also Haste items in Everquest II. Is this game like EQ in which only one haste item, the one that provides the highest haste modifier, benefits the character or do several haste items stack?-There are items that have "haste" as an effect, they do not stack. However items with +attack speed stack with other +attack speed and with haste.</li><li>Is there any God in particular that offers better-than-average Blessings/Miracles for Assassins? If so, which?-I would say bristlebane is your best choice.</li></ol>Thank you in advance for any help provided. I look forward to having fun in Everquest II. J.</blockquote>