New Bruiser

[sgdirtbag]

<p>Ok, so I finally returned to EQ2 and have chosen to be a dwarven bruiser.  I know that I will have to betray and that shouldnt be a problem.  I do have a couple questions. </p><p>1) Someone told me the easier/quicker way is to betray to Neriak first.  Is the quest still really long and do I still have to kill 500 orcs?</p><p>2) While I am leveling which spell(s) should I go out of my way to get the Adept III/Master 1's for?  I know with the pet classes (i.e. Necromancer/Conjuror) it would be their pet spells.  I do not want to waste most of my time trying to gather money to get an upgrade that I do not really need.  I know I will also get the choice of a Master II spell every ten levels after 14, and I was wondering if there was a suggested path for those also.</p><p>3) I think I saw the order of stat precedence and just want to make sure.</p><p>Str > Stam > Agi > Int > Wis</p><p>Is that correct?  Thank you in advance for the answers.</p>

[Lethe5683]

<p><cite>sgdirtbag wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Ok, so I finally returned to EQ2 and have chosen to be a dwarven bruiser.  I know that I will have to betray and that shouldnt be a problem.  I do have a couple questions. </p><p>1) Someone told me the easier/quicker way is to betray to Neriak first.  Is the quest still really long and do I still have to kill 500 orcs?</p><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">Yes betraying to neriak is easier and no it's not as hard as it used to be.</span></p><p>2) While I am leveling which spell(s) should I go out of my way to get the Adept III/Master 1's for?  I know with the pet classes (i.e. Necromancer/Conjuror) it would be their pet spells.  I do not want to waste most of my time trying to gather money to get an upgrade that I do not really need.  I know I will also get the choice of a Master II spell every ten levels after 14, and I was wondering if there was a suggested path for those also.</p><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">Stances and permanant buffs.</span></p><p>3) I think I saw the order of stat precedence and just want to make sure.</p><p>Str > Stam > Agi > Int > Wis</p><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">STA is overrated.  For tanking its pretty much STR/AGI, STA, WIS and INT doesn't even matter.  Or at least soon it won't.</span></p><p>Is that correct?  Thank you in advance for the answers.</p></blockquote>

[EverAfterIt]

<p>Hey. New Bruiser here as well. I thought I'd just post here instead of starting a new thread. Sorry for the hijack <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I'm leveling now. Almost near 20. I didn't give any thought to upgrading things till I hit T3 at least. The things I'm looking to know are:</p><p>Armor and Gear wise - unless something stands out, for leveling to mid-70 one should be fine in MC leather gear? I'm thinking the Dextrous stuff (?? or whatever it is that gives the STR/AGI stat) and jewelry will do just fine?</p><p>Weapons wise, I've been using found handwraps till now. At 22 I'm looking at perhaps Claws or Batons. Aiming for 3sec delay is the target I'm feeling  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I've got a ton of lower teir loams from my higher level toons (this bruiser is an alt I just started) so adept3's easy from 10-50. Slight Twinkage <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Mostly my thoughts are on the armor/weapons/stats. I'm planning on concentrating on STR/AGI nearly equally then STA, perhaps more STR. My eye is on balance dps/tanking playstyle, but as I have an 80 raiding Guard already I'm looking more for dps over tank. I'd still like to spank out instances and maybe use the bruiser for OT when I can.</p><p>Also, I started out so far AGI 4 4 6 as of this writing. Next I'm chasing the melee crit then the enhanced ca's from the Bruiser tree. Any thoughts on that direction would be noted and appreciated <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>So. See some of you in the end zone. Look forward to trying to kick some Tail!</p>

[Lethe5683]

<p><cite>EverAfterIt wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hey. New Bruiser here as well. I thought I'd just post here instead of starting a new thread. Sorry for the hijack <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I'm leveling now. Almost near 20. I didn't give any thought to upgrading things till I hit T3 at least. The things I'm looking to know are:</p><p>Armor and Gear wise - unless something stands out, for leveling to mid-70 one should be fine in MC leather gear? I'm thinking the Dextrous stuff (?? or whatever it is that gives the STR/AGI stat) and jewelry will do just fine?</p><p>Weapons wise, I've been using found handwraps till now. At 22 I'm looking at perhaps Claws or Batons. Aiming for 3sec delay is the target I'm feeling  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I've got a ton of lower teir loams from my higher level toons (this bruiser is an alt I just started) so adept3's easy from 10-50. Slight Twinkage <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Mostly my thoughts are on the armor/weapons/stats. I'm planning on concentrating on STR/AGI nearly equally then STA, perhaps more STR. My eye is on balance dps/tanking playstyle, but as I have an 80 raiding Guard already I'm looking more for dps over tank. I'd still like to spank out instances and maybe use the bruiser for OT when I can.</p><p>Also, I started out so far AGI 4 4 6 as of this writing. Next I'm chasing the melee crit then the enhanced ca's from the Bruiser tree. Any thoughts on that direction would be noted and appreciated <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>So. See some of you in the end zone. Look forward to trying to kick some Tail!</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #00ccff;">Sounds like you're doing a good job so far.  Yes the dextrous armor and mele jewelery is pretty much the best you can get untill T8-T9.</span></p>