Can a bruiser successfully solo dungeon ^^^ names tier5 and higher?

[SkyBee]

<span class="postbody">Howdy,I am looking for a soloer in the tier5 thru tier7 realms and summoners appear to me to be very boring where the pet is the mob's focus.At the most, all I am looking to do is solo blue con ^^^ dungeon names in tier5 thru tier7 where the zone is crowded and ya gotta be careful of adds.Would a Bruiser accomplish what I have written?thanks for read'n.</span>

[Novusod]

Bruiser and Monk are pretty much the only two classes that can solo SoS claymore. Not even a summoner could pull that off. Wizard could probably solo Nest and PoA better than a bruiser. I have heard of Coercers solo'ing Den but not bruisers. Bruiser is considered one of the best solo'ers overall because of our FD capabilities.

[Sheirark]

<p>I can currently solo all named in sos minus gylton and the x2 epic, and have soloed all but green dragon and enmity in poa.  Can also solo butler in catacombs, so u should be able to solo a hell of a lot of T7 if u so choose if ur being smart about it.</p>

[SkyBee]

<cite></cite><span class="postbody">My statements are conjecture so I am hoping players will validate one way or the other. This is why I'm posting here. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /> I do my best to validate what players state by querying the items in the eq2player website character database. I figure good gear, spell grades, AA implementation, and strategy determines a Bruiser's solo capabilities like any other character when these four variables are focused for solely soloing instead of grouping/raiding. Unfortunately, my problem is that I do not know if the advice I am receiving is coming from Bruisers where all the four variables previously stated are focused for soloing instead of grouping/raiding. As I see it, the only resolution to this problem is having a good number of posts stating the opposite or the same then make my assessment. Thanks for the post. Keep'm coming. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" />EDIT : Sorry, I put in Brigand instead of Bruiser in this post. I had Brigand on the mind. Try'n to decide between the two.</span>

[Uumuuanu]

<p>Wow, I can't wait until I can solo these kinds of things.  Are you guys EoF fabled or what?</p><p>Currently I can take out blue ^^^ non named and some green named, beyond that I get stomped.  Thats at 68 with 2 pieces of KoS fabled, 1 DoF fabled and mostly player made.</p>

[SkyBee]

As I understand, the highest physical mitigation armor a Bruiser can wear is leather armor. Also, I have read that the Bruiser's FD does not always trigger according to the high chance for a successful FD. I'm wondering what allows the Bruiser to do so well as a soloer. Do Bruisers get some crazy mitigation and/or avoidance buffs? How much of an important role involves the Bruiser's FD for soloing in SoS? In the DPS parse, how well does a Bruiser in offensive stance perform compared to a Brigand?I hope Uumuuanu question is answered. I do not mean to drown him with my questions.<cite>Novusod wrote:</cite><blockquote>Bruiser is considered one of the best solo'ers overall because of our FD capabilities.</blockquote>I've also read that the Brigand can obtain a AA FD capability, but I do not know how well this capability performs against the Bruiser's FD.

[SkyBee]

I've read also that a Bruiser receives a heal capability. Can somebody give me more details on this?

[Novusod]

FD is the most important part of bruiser solo'ing. A lot of named arn't just single targets but have adds and some times those adds are also ^^^ heroics. For a bruiser this is not a problem because we can fear the named away, burst damage down the adds and then FD. Now you can fight the named alone with no adds. When you get the the level 56 FD mastered at 96% it almost never fails. We also have a self heal on a 90 second timer to help get out of tricky situations.The level 70 FD master is unstopablely over powered. Take a look at this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJbcjCnll0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sick video</a> of a bruiser FD'ing claymore updates in Labs. It you are actually looking to raid I have to say go pick another class. It you are looking for parlor tricks and fun solo'ing then you can't go wrong with bruiser.

[Uumuuanu]

<cite>Novusod wrote:</cite><blockquote>FD is the most important part of bruiser solo'ing. A lot of named arn't just single targets but have adds and some times those adds are also ^^^ heroics. For a bruiser this is not a problem because we can fear the named away, burst damage down the adds and then FD. Now you can fight the named alone with no adds. When you get the the level 56 FD mastered at 96% it almost never fails. We also have a self heal on a 90 second timer to help get out of tricky situations.The level 70 FD master is unstopablely over powered. Take a look at this <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJbcjCnll0" target="_blank">sick video</a> of a bruiser FD'ing claymore updates in Labs. It you are actually looking to raid I have to say go pick another class. It you are looking for parlor tricks and fun solo'ing then you can't go wrong with bruiser.</blockquote><p>one word.  SICK</p><p>You had it completely right, that is BEYOND amazing and insane.  I feel so noobish now I think I will go delete my bruiser.</p>

[SkyBee]

Extremely interesting.

[Agaxiq]

Hilarious.  Of course, with LU38, this won't work anymore.agressiv

[BarrowBott]

<cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hilarious.  Of course, with LU38, this won't work anymore.agressiv</blockquote>That just might be the whole reason for the change.  However, adding the 2 second timer to widget interaction broke a whole bunch of other quests.  Should have just made it so that you cant interact with anything while FD'd <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Novusod]

<cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hilarious.  Of course, with LU38, this won't work anymore.agressiv</blockquote>Of course it still works. Stilt shoes aren't actually a widget that requires activation. They are are always on like j-boots.

[Agaxiq]

<cite>Novusod wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hilarious.  Of course, with LU38, this won't work anymore.agressiv</blockquote>Of course it still works. Stilt shoes aren't actually a widget that requires activation. They are are always on like j-boots.</blockquote>Won't you require 2 seconds to click the books? You'll be dead by then.

[Aurumn]

<cite>SkyBee wrote:</cite><blockquote>I've read also that a Bruiser receives a heal capability. Can somebody give me more details on this?</blockquote>There's a self heal spell (ignore bruises/pain/wounds etc) and one that clears effects... I think that one's called Indomitable Will at some point. It's on a rather long timer though. (disclaimer - my bruiser is only 28 )

[Novusod]

<cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Novusod wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hilarious.  Of course, with LU38, this won't work anymore.agressiv</blockquote>Of course it still works. Stilt shoes aren't actually a widget that requires activation. They are are always on like j-boots.</blockquote>Won't you require 2 seconds to click the books? You'll be dead by then.</blockquote>You don't have to click them. These are stilt shoes. Not the spring shoes.

[BarrowBott]

<cite>Novusod wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Novusod wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hilarious.  Of course, with LU38, this won't work anymore.agressiv</blockquote>Of course it still works. Stilt shoes aren't actually a widget that requires activation. They are are always on like j-boots.</blockquote>Won't you require 2 seconds to click the books? You'll be dead by then.</blockquote>You don't have to click them. These are stilt shoes. Not the spring shoes.</blockquote>The Books, not the boots.  The books for the quests will require a two second timer to get the quest update.

[Agaxiq]

Yeah, my point all along.  Got confused by the replies....You won't be able to click on the books while FD anymore with LU38.  Standing up for 2 seconds with a room full of epic mobs, labs or not, you will die.agressiv

[SisterTheresa]

<cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Yeah, my point all along.  Got confused by the replies....You won't be able to click on the books while FD anymore with LU38.  Standing up for 2 seconds with a room full of epic mobs, labs or not, you will die.agressiv</blockquote>Well, that's a bummer.

[ArcticBlue182]

<cite>BarrowBottum wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>agressiv4 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Hilarious.  Of course, with LU38, this won't work anymore.agressiv</blockquote>That just might be the whole reason for the change.  However, adding the 2 second timer to widget interaction broke a whole bunch of other quests.  Should have just made it so that you cant interact with anything while FD'd <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /></blockquote>i would say thats one of <b>the</b> reasons the 2 sec timer was introduced!

[Raca]

Im mastercrafted with most master 1's not a piece of fabled and i solo upper SoS pretty easy. Havent tried anything else yet. Only been 70 for a week.

[Haitch]

<p>Named farming is perfectly possible for a non-raider.. It will just require some time put into your character.  Believe it or not, masters over adept III make a pretty huge difference.  There is also a lot of easily obtainable but quality gear, which I use over my fabled.</p><p>It can be a bit costly, but if you work up the cash over time, and invest it into your character you will get so much stronger.</p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/characters/character_profile.vm?characterId=302544203" target="_blank">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...terId=302544203</a></p><p> I have a few pieces of fabled, mostly easily obtainable from pickup raids, but as a DPS specced bruiser (for raiding) a lot of my gear is crafted/heroic quested/collections.</p><p> I started out in upper SoS.. put the money into pieces like my Dhamphyres, masters and such.. I moved down into lower SoS, and now I am fully mastered I can clear everything in catacombs including Seneschal.</p><p> Going to keep going and work on clearing instances, PoA etc.  Its very easy to start out as a mastercrafted bruiser and trick yourself out, it just takes a while.  Once you are there, you will make A LOT of money.</p><p>Here are few pieces of gear that can be obtained either on the broker or from quests or collections, that will help a lot on the way..</p><p> aITEM -863538159 1893182919:The Dhampyre's Linksteel/a - From CMM, probably cost a bit depending on your server but well worth itaITEM -1343573124 -666022740:Planar Orb of the Wanderer/a - easy collection, awesome proc.. 'nuff saidaITEM -845799594 -2054636879:Deepforest Fistwraps/a - not many people know about this one - 6 DPS on your gloves, pretty awesomeaITEM 1457520464 -1782122730:Bracelet of the League Guardians/a - melee crit, league quest lineaITEM -1622819847 1458627619:Earring of the League Guardians/a - melee crit, league questline.. there is another piece you will want to put on if you are fighting vampiresaITEM 1795786242 1626288643:imbued acrylia band of agility/a - crafted - great value for moneyaITEM -1749222863 -525325293:imbued acrylia band of strength/a - sameaITEM 1945930887 -1661016974:War Mantle of Rallos/a - probably one of the best cloaks you can get</p><p>aITEM 1206844348 1700819150:Battleworn Canteen/a - +18 str charm item, I use 2</p><p>Since i'm DPS spec I use 458 Agi/448 Wis/448 Int... If I didn't raid I'd go for Wis/Int though, which is probably better for solo and heroic content</p><p> Enough rambling, lol</p>