New Player looking for guidance on AAs and gear

[Uumuar]

<p>Hey guys,</p><p>I had the game at release and I just started playing again, and I wanted to make a really strong solo character so I did some research and went with the inquisitor.</p><p>I'm going to be going Yaulp, first 4 attacks in battle to 5, and battle cleric for my first 22 aa, then 4-4-8 in sta and 4-4-8 in agi.</p><p>My question is I'm trying to keep 50% aa slider while I go through my teens to get as much AA as possible, since it seems battle cleric relies on those - are there any areas you can bounce back and for in the 20s+ like you can with gorowyn and neriak?</p><p>What stats should I looke for in gear? Just mainly +str +wis?</p><p>Last any big pieces of equipment, questlines etc I should make sure I hit on my way up?</p>

[Pyra Shineflame]

<p>If you are going to be soloing, I would highly recommend the str line for Steadfast as it *drastically* cuts down on the amount of interrupted heals which is crucial. Kelethin (Greater Faydark) is another of those 1-20 areas you can visit. Str and wis are the main stats to worry about, yes, sta helps and possibly int too though I wouldn't put that as high priority. As far as questlines...not really...save for the exception of the Heritage Quest Training is a Shield , lvl 40, in Zek as it gives a nice buckler for you to use. I'm sure there are probably more that give good rewards as far as armor and crush weapons go, but can't really recall any personally.</p><p>Hope this helps!</p>

[Yalocin]

<p>First of all, welcome back to EQ2.</p><p>I am also in the proces of leveling an Inquisitor, my AA setup is similar to yours and I found it very effective. Make sure you get a 2 handed weapon with a high damage spread, to take advantage of your melee crit, and preferably a slow one (This alows you to get of a spell/heal or a couple of CAs between swings). Master Crafted weapons are great for this, but can be hard to find these days as low level rares are quite expensive, a hand crafted weapon with a cheap adorment is a cheap and safe bet.</p><p>As for level 20+ zones. You have 3 overland zones in the 20-30 range. Thundering Steppes, Nek Forest and Butcherblock Mountains (BBM actually covers 20-35).  </p><p>As mentioned your AAs look good, once you reach 60 AA I strongly recomend putting 5 points in Litany of Combat in your TSO tree as it will improve your melee attacks even further.</p><p>As for stats, STR should be your primary focus for solo play, WIS for healing. Personaly I get two sets of handcrafted armor, one for solo, one for grouping as they are pretty cheap. Be on the lookout for drops/quest rewards with stuff like + attack speed, + CA damage and +heal amount.</p><p>Good luck and have fun <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Dareena]

<p><span ><p><em>(I made a post in the Mystic forum about a month ago regarding low level melee spec gear.  See the copy below.)</em></p><p>Up until the 50's, I wore a mixed set of plate armor.  Depending on my needs, I would wear 3-4 pieces of caster plate and the rest in dps plate.  However once I hit the 50's, I switched out my Str/Agi/Sta dps plate for Str/Sta/Int plate.  In hind sight, this combination works better.</p><p>For my weapon, I was using a Str/Sta/Wis 2-hander.  Though once I hit the 50's, I switched to a Str/Wis 2-hander.</p><p>My jewelry set up was a bit odd.  Up until the 50's, I wore all of the jewelry that I could find off of the broker that had +CA / +Spell damage.  (AKA jewelry that grants both damage bonus types on a single piece.)  In the lower levels, the bonus damage gave me more benefits than the raw stat increases.  It didn't even matter if I wasn't as particularly thrilled about the stats.  As long as I could continue to increase my bonus values, that was all that counted.  (Though as an exception to this rule, I always wore MC rings.  I used the Str ring for the +DPS proc and the Wis ring for the +Ordination proc.)</p><p>The once I hit the 50's, things changed.  By that point, the benefits from using MC jewelry had finally exceeded the benefits of my junk dps jewelry.  My auto attack damage and +DPS bonus had finally gotten significant enough that I wanted all of the Str that I could get.  As a result, I switched to the MC +DPS symbol and used all Str/Agi/Sta dps MC jewelry.  By just getting Wis from (4) pieces of caster plate, my +DPS symbol, weapon, and Wis ring, I had enough power to operate on.  (Though I was also getting power through a Phantom Shod adornment and my Inquisitor mana stealing proc.)</p><p>My only advice is to make sure that you're +DPS is as high as possible.  Keep up with using a +DPS neck adornment at every gear tier.  Then when you feel that you're able, switch to using the +DPS MC symbol as well.  (Also on the adornment front, the +Heal glove adornment also heals you run on less power.  The same can go for the MC +Heal / +Spell symbol if you're really hurting for power.)</p><p>For my hex dolls, I always use the Str and Sta ones when soloing.  The Str attack speed debuff and the Sta physical mitigation debuff let me mow through ^^^ named mobs.</p></span></p>