Soloing and Questing AA

[x82nd77]

<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">I have read through pages and pages of AA advice threads and most seem outdated since the MC weapon increase.  I know the standard now is a mixture of str/agi and possibly int.  As a full time quester (work 3rd shift so there is never anyone on to group with) I have different needs from grouper/raiders however.  I want to be able to kill not only the solo mobs for quests but the occasional named that I am lucky enough to stumble on or the end of the quest requires. I know I want the 100% FD which leaves me a line and a half to play around with.  My question is this...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Would the combo of int/sta leave me to far gimped in the damage department to be of any use to the occasional group I do join or even for soloing in general?  Would there be a way to get the crits from the str line and enough of the sta line to justify the shield?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Any advice from you </span> <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ">experienced </span>Swashs would be greatly appreciated!</span></p>

[DngrMou]

<p><cite>Kragen@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">I have read through pages and pages of AA advice threads and most seem outdated since the MC weapon increase.  I know the standard now is a mixture of str/agi and possibly int.  As a full time quester (work 3rd shift so there is never anyone on to group with) I have different needs from grouper/raiders however.  I want to be able to kill not only the solo mobs for quests but the occasional named that I am lucky enough to stumble on or the end of the quest requires. I know I want the 100% FD which leaves me a line and a half to play around with.  My question is this...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Would the combo of int/sta leave me to far gimped in the damage department to be of any use to the occasional group I do join or even for soloing in general?  Would there be a way to get the crits from the str line and enough of the sta line to justify the shield?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;">Any advice from you </span> <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: ">experienced </span>Swashs would be greatly appreciated!</span></p></blockquote><p>Get yourself an AA mirror, and use it to swap back and forth between a solo build, and a group build.</p><p>However.  I've found it much easier to take out heroic names with the same group build.  High damage, keep the mob stunned, turned around, knocked down, and slowed, and they're usually dead before they get more than one or two hits on you.</p>

[cfoster73]

<p>same as above  but  remember  vitality breach is your  friend in solo  i usually solo  in my raid spec  dont have much  trouble</p>

[Full_Metal_Mage]

<p>Rather than spending AA to get 100%FD, you could instead skill up tinkering and get a 99% FD.</p>

[x82nd77]

<p>Isn't that only every 30 min?  I have become addicted to the ease of our minute FD honestly.  I was able to take out Training is a shields group parts while it was still white by dropping one orc then dropping myself, rinse, repeat.  Of coarse now I am stuck on DFC but thats besides that point.    =-P</p>