Having problems with my SK

[Geratr]

I really want to like and play a SK. I really do. But I keep getting frustrated. I keep trying to level one, once I got one to 20, but each time I ended up getting frustrated, erasing, then trying it again. Just to see the same thing happen. Earlier, with my latest SK.. he's a level 12. I was in Sunken City and got killed by a group of level 10's. I have emblazoned freeport chain gear for the most part. I haven't upgraded my spells and combat arts, but I just feel like maybe an SK isn't for me. I've tried a few other classes and have much less frustrations than I do with the SK. And I really want to like the class, and I keep reading it's a solo friendly class, but I'm just missing something I guess. Help please? <div></div>

[Giral]

<P>Geratron said :     I haven't upgraded my spells and combat arts, </P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>well umm Spells and Combat arts , doesn't that tell you that they are important ? Sk's use Mostly Spells to do Damage, and we Life Tap to self heal, if your Lifetaps are Weak(app1) your not healing enough,If your Spells are(APP1) your not doing enough damage, and so on down the line,  Especially your OFFensine and DEF stances, </P> <P>Diffrent mobs use diffrent attack's , if your fighting a Berserker You normally would be best fighting that type of Mob in 1 Hand w/Shield in Defensive stance, Berserkers Hit hard so you need to be able to absorb as much damage as possible from them</P> <P> if your fighting a Healer type Mob you would want to be in 2handed Offensive, they arent going to be hitting you for much damage, BUT you need to kill them fast, so Go all out with attack's and Stun them as much as much as possible, </P> <P>Mage/Caster mob's you also want to kill them ASAP , depending on what type of caster it is you might need to try Def 1h and shield, or 2h offensive , against Conjurers you might wanna go 1h and shield Off as some pets can do heavy damage and keep you interupted , Etc..... trail and error on each mob , </P> <P>Lastly you can try NO stance, No off, No def , just straight stats with no Plus/Minus effects and try 1h and shield or 2 handed on any and all the above listed mob's </P> <P>there are 24 diffrent type Mobs you will face, most group mobs have a Couple diffrent types of Classes in them , So you might want to set up a hotbar for your stances and weopons : example: Mob has a Caster ,Healer,Berserker, you could take them out in this order : 2handed Off Kill the Mage Fast , switch to NO stance 2handed and Take the healer , and then go Def 1hand/shield to take out the Berserker , or try taking out the healer first in 2hand Offensive , then the mage,then go to 1 hand /def  for the zerker, </P> <P>Spell's and Combat art's in most cases are more important then gear, Unless the gear is Fabled or has Proc's, most gear gives you a slight bump in straight stat's , were as a APP 1 spell will do say 68 to 98 damage And a Adept 3 will do 156 to 205 damage, you can see that the Adept three is a Tremendous increase in Damage , were as a BP that has 98 mitigation +10 strenght, +10 Sta Upgraded to a BP that has 102 Mitigation, 12+strenght and +5 Sta isnt going to be a Tremendous diference , if you get a Legendary BP with awsome stats MIT 125, Strenght +15, Sta+15 Vs +6 crushing, Vs+6 vs Slashing then yes this Bp with be a tremendous upgrade and be well worth the investment</P> <P>lastly your only level 12 , even at level 20 in a game with 70 Level's and 50 point's off AA's to spend your barely breaking into your class ,  SK's are not the Best solo class in the game, we can accomplish some pretty decent Feat's if Maxed spell's,Gear,weopon's , but then Most classes with these will do great soloing, you cant expext to have OK gear , APP1 spell's and Combat arts and be a Great soloer , Nobody can </P> <P>with Decent gear and Decent spell/combat upgrades(adpt1's) you should be able to solo evencon 1^ arrow 3 to 5 group mobs , and Yellow 1 ^'s 3 grouped mob's , </P> <P>Lastly if you are sitting in Auto atttack <---- your dead meat you probably won't be killing anything except 1 ^'s 2 levels below you , you should be Bringing the attack's to the MOB's as we are a OFFensive fighter, even in Defensive you need to carry the battle to the enemy, your Auto attack isn't going to winthe battles for you , </P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>P.s. Make sure to debuff the mob's with your Ae' tuant, Despoil,Swing attack(forget name <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> decrease's  Wisdom off attacker, once you Lower thier resists to Disease damage, unleash a barrage of disease based Dot's and Attack's, and stun as much as possible Kick/shield bash, try to get gear or weopon's with Stun proc's can also help alot when soloing</P> <P> </P> <P> </P><p>Message Edited by Giralus on <span class=date_text>05-06-2006</span> <span class=time_text>01:53 PM</span>

[Giral]

<DIV>You also said your in Chain armor : ( , </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>SK's are a Plate tank, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A chain BP has say 59 Mitigation </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>a Plate BP has say 89 Mitigation </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mitigation absorbs the damage you take , Get hit with a 2handed ax in the chest with some chain's in the way your body is going to absorb 70 % of the damage , Get hit in the chest with an Ax with a big Plate metal in front of it the Plate will absorb 70 % of the damage</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>at i beleive lvl 18 , you canstart the Armor quests in East freeport from the armorer in the back of the armor shop in East freeport, these 5  quest will give you Feet,Hands,Shoulders,Leggs and Chest Plate armor (there are seperate armor quests at this level for Each class) you will need to group for some of them, you cancomplete all 5 in 2 to 3 days of 2to 3 hours play time, Level up wyle you do them and have very gppd armor to solo in when they are completed </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>i forget what quests there are at lvl 18 to 22 for Good, weopons and shield</DIV><p>Message Edited by Giralus on <span class=date_text>05-06-2006</span> <span class=time_text>02:17 PM</span>

[Geratr]

Yeah... <a href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=Newbie&message.id=146037" target=_blank>awhile back</a> not being able to find Adept's for all my powers or plate mail was driving me nuts and keeping me from enjoying my character.  I figured I could not worry about it for awhile and just play and pick up stuff as it comes, but that doesn't seem to be working out, either. <div></div>

[UnHoly Shad]

<p>Message Edited by UnHoly Shadow on <span class=date_text>05-06-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:57 PM</span>