Need help with AA

[yzyh]

<p>I really don't understand how the AA work in EQ2 (I miss my EQ1 AA). SO I have no idea where to spend them.</p><p>With my SK I will mostly Duo with my Necro brother but I also need to be able to tank when we will join group. We don't plan to ever raid so I don,t care to [Removed for Content] me with raiding (and as far as I read making a SK gimped me for raiding <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> )</p><p> SO where should I put my AA ? And should I go down a line till I maxed it b4 spending point in another one ? </p><p>Also was Hardiness a good choice for class ability ?</p>

[Soefje]

<cite>yzyh wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I really don't understand how the AA work in EQ2 (I miss my EQ1 AA). SO I have no idea where to spend them.</p><p>With my SK I will mostly Duo with my Necro brother but I also need to be able to tank when we will join group. We don't plan to ever raid so I don,t care to [Removed for Content] me with raiding (and as far as I read making a SK gimped me for raiding <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /> )</p><p> SO where should I put my AA ? And should I go down a line till I maxed it b4 spending point in another one ? </p><p>Also was Hardiness a good choice for class ability ?</p></blockquote>What I did.  This assumes a PVE server.  PVP might be different.  I tend to solo about 60% of the time and pick-up groups the rest.  I think I have actually been on 1 raid (Rahotep for HQ).<ol><li>Int 4-4-8</li><li>Reaver line until end</li><li>B/C I orginally had trouble tanking in groups, I then went down the Hate line</li><li>I then went completely down the STA line</li><li>I then maxed out all the abilities in the SK line that I like, including Siphon Might and FD with the remaining points.  I used this to decrease recast, improve lifetaps, or increase hate whenever possible.</li><li>I am now working on STR to the end.</li><li>With the extra points I will fill in on the Crusader line the skills I find most valuable.</li></ol>I know there is considerable discussion on best DPS or Tanking setup and I am still trying to find the exact balance I like, but this seems to work for me now.  You can get 5 respect cards by visiting the Achievement Counselor in NFP.  This (and an AA mirror if you can get one) gives you the ability to experiment a little.There is a good stickied post on eq2flames.com under the SK forum.  It gives several suggestions on AA builds.For traits, I always chose the STA or STR (balanced between them, but I would chose STA only if I had it to do over), increase in mental resistance (I find stunning kills me more than anything), increase in crush (most MOBs hits are crushing damage), and % increase in Health or Power (but I am beginning to believe that % Health is always better and will respect to that if I ever get a chance).Hope this helps, happy hunting.

[Nefrate]

<cite>Kraace@Everfrost wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>yzyh wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I really don't understand how the AA work in EQ2 (I miss my EQ1 AA). SO I have no idea where to spend them.</p><p>With my SK I will mostly Duo with my Necro brother but I also need to be able to tank when we will join group. We don't plan to ever raid so I don,t care to [Removed for Content] me with raiding (and as far as I read making a SK gimped me for raiding <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src=" width="15" height="15" />"> )</p><p> SO where should I put my AA ? And should I go down a line till I maxed it b4 spending point in another one ? </p><p>Also was Hardiness a good choice for class ability ?</p></blockquote>What I did.  This assumes a PVE server.  PVP might be different.  I tend to solo about 60% of the time and pick-up groups the rest.  I think I have actually been on 1 raid (Rahotep for HQ).<ol><li>Int 4-4-8</li><li>Reaver line until end</li><li>B/C I orginally had trouble tanking in groups, I then went down the Hate line</li><li>I then went completely down the STA line</li><li>I then maxed out all the abilities in the SK line that I like, including Siphon Might and FD with the remaining points.  I used this to decrease recast, improve lifetaps, or increase hate whenever possible.</li><li>I am now working on STR to the end.</li><li>With the extra points I will fill in on the Crusader line the skills I find most valuable.</li></ol>I know there is considerable discussion on best DPS or Tanking setup and I am still trying to find the exact balance I like, but this seems to work for me now.  You can get 5 respect cards by visiting the Achievement Counselor in NFP.  This (and an AA mirror if you can get one) gives you the ability to experiment a little.There is a good stickied post on eq2flames.com under the SK forum.  It gives several suggestions on AA builds.For traits, I always chose the STA or STR (balanced between them, but I would chose STA only if I had it to do over), increase in mental resistance (I find stunning kills me more than anything), increase in crush (most MOBs hits are crushing damage), and % increase in Health or Power (but I am beginning to believe that % Health is always better and will respect to that if I ever get a chance).Hope this helps, happy hunting.</blockquote>Many thanks for the help but I neve rundestand what poeple mean by go Int 4-4-8 or sta 4-48  etc

[Wildmage]

okay lets be real simple here, you get achievement points for completing green and up conning quests, killing named mobs, discovery of new locations, and significant items looted.  Now you hit L to open the achievement/racial traits window on the tab that says crusader are 5 Achievement point lines under a single 1 rank item.  After you get your first achievement point and spend it in that initial item you now have 5 ranked lines of abilities to choose from the initial rank of these 5 is stat boosting they go in this order on that tier Str,Agi,Sta,Wis,Int  under each of these 5 are 4 more tiers so Int 4-4-8 means you put 4 points into the int boosting Achievement, then 4 into the next tier down on that line then 8 into the third tier down.

[silentwolf]

<p>Each stat has 5 powers under it</p><p>4 - 4 - 8</p><p>goes like 4 points intell.</p><p>next 4 points in the power under it</p><p>and then 8 points in the next power which should be Spell crit</p>