Berserker lvl 13, how should i solo best? with 2handed, 2 weapons or 1hand+shield ? [Archive]

Parzifal

04-02-2006, 10:00 PM

hioffensive stance + 2 handed weapon?or defensive stance + shield?or how about shield+ offensive stance???2handed + defensive stance?i really cant figure out whats best, want to solo lots of solo-blue, solo-white, solo-yellow and they are tough!sometimes i win easily with offensive stance ,sometimes they rip me into parts and i have to switch to defensive stance quickly.sometimes with defensive+shield i do NO DAMAGE AT ALL; and sometimes my damage is ok, so i really dont know what to do in earlier levels, because im utrged to solo till lvl 20 with no people to grp on my lil german server at this levelrange.<div></div>

Tasi3989

04-03-2006, 06:27 AM

<div></div><div></div><p>At that lvl, hang in there. Perhaps try to get small groups, 2-3 make great xp, mowing down blues and such. And do all the quests you can, esp. repeatable ones, cuz after killing 10 orc, for instance, might as well get the extra xp at the end. Don't get frustrated, your soloing abilities get much greater as the game progresses. You get so many in-combat healing with buffs, items, and armor, it does get noticably easier later on.</p><p>63 Zerker here, and I solo alot. I personally always use one handed and shield, with defensive stance. The extra avoidance, mitigation, and defence (Master 1 on defensive stance) more than compensates for the dps increase, in my opinion. Remember, while casting Combat Arts, you do not auto-attack. So unless you are just standing there auto-attacking, extra dps does not make as much of a difference. I fight a ^ blue mob, and it barely even hurts me, I can be as patient as I want taking it down. Sometimes I go with no stance, to avoid penalties, but working on Wisdom path atm. Also, you are much better taking on a group of regular mobs than that one ^^^. Both heroic encounters, and with the Zerker's massive aoe abilities, I can basically kill them all as fast as it takes to kill just one, where the ^^^ takes alot out of you. (AOE really gets up there after lvl 55 or so). </p><p>As far as groups, as MT obviously I go with the shield. <u> Even as off tank though, I use shield in groups or raids</u>. Two reasons: One, Vehemence, with the shield on I give the MT a whole lot more avoidance (at the moment he gets 40% chance to extra avoid using mine, which is 53%), and if using Intercede, you won't get smacked as hard. Also, with a shield and one-handed mace, I have two extra interupts with wisdom path ability, and on raids or tough group encounters, those interupts are far more important that my dps, with scouts in the group. So in a typical fight, I cast about 10 combat arts or more, mostly interupting the mob. While this is going on, it does not matter what dps rating my wpn has, cuz it's not hitting the mob anyway, the Combat Arts are.</p><p>You will hear other opinions, and I have seen zerkers in the game that never have a shield, and even met one that says he really never tanks. Well, if you want to do dps, go scout, cuz zerker is a tank, same mold as a guardian, and despite popular belief, can tank just as well even on raids if done right, I know there are a few that do it. Perhaps the name "Berzerker" disallusions people, maybe if we were called Juggernauts or something, we would be taken more seriously as tanks.</p><p>(I do want that 2-HD ribcage scythe thought at lvl 67, gotta admit coolest looking wpn I have seen.)</p><p>Message Edited by Tasi3989 on <span class="date_text">04-02-2006</span><span class="time_text">07:32 PM</span></p>