What can you solo?

[cr0wangel]

<DIV>I am a berserker level 47 for now, it's been a while since I haven't soloed because I prefer groups. Last night, I tried to solo a green mob (43 ^^) in everfrost. Well... I was sad to see that I couldn't solo it. :smileysad: It was making too much damage and I would have been dead before killing the mob.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is weird because I remember soloing green ^^ when I was in the 30... I have good gear (fulginate armor, jboots, the breastplate is ebon, good jewels, rings that buff STR and STA, flowing black silk sash, 2 hex dolls) and I was all buffed. So is it normal that I couldn't solo a green ^^ ? It was cleary making too much damage, and I had to run. (Maybe I choose a mob that hurt badly?)  I will have to test this again...</DIV>

[Huna]

try a low green, at 40, I can solo double up heroic 35s if they aren't casters, and I can solo no up heroic 36s, but double up 36s are too much.  Also, how long did you try it, I've noticed a lot of the mobs blow through specials fast that give me an initial damage that looks like I'm not gonna be able to solo it, but it levels off and I am still able to solo them once they run out of specials. <div></div>

[Pin StNeedl]

<P>It greatly depends on the mob you are fighting.</P> <P>But, at 50 I find I can manage most 46^^ mobs (blue) and some gimpy 47^^. The main strategy to doing that is chaining HO's with the level 40 training taunt (stifle) which greatly reduces damage from ^^ mobs... as long as you have power. (It also means I find caster mobs are generally easier than melee mobs).</P>

[Hardain]

Depends on mob, at 50lvl i can solo 46lvl ^^ leopards at EF, but if i take 46lvl ^^ numbfoot, it will kill me easily, and afaik both are melee mobs. Also 45lvl ^^ goblin lookout at LS was too much for some reason <div></div>

[Red Sox Suck]

<P>As a joke I tried to solo Doomsquall at LVL 31.  Well to make a long story short as you all have guessed, that didn't last long.  It was over before I was able to put off an ability.  </P> <P> </P> <P>Note to self</P> <P>Never do that again</P> <P>Noren</P>

[Crazyhorse]

<DIV>     Last night I soloed the last talk to the dragoon for the SBH quest. I did the cptn named guy with a group and then disbanned, i forgot that you get jumped by the asassins at the end. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>     There I was a 26 zerker vs three ^^ level 28 heroics guys, no problem. I killed all three with about 70% life left, and i had a thex caster add during the fight too. It did take about 15 minutes, but i have my SBH now... well i will in two more levels.</DIV>

[WAPCE]

I soloed Naggy. He was a punk.

[Crazyhorse]

<DIV>You talking about that lvl100 epic x4 dragon? Wonder if anyone will be able to kill that.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Crazylabrat</DIV> <DIV>26 Zerker that everyone hates</DIV>

[Rabbit24]

<div></div><p>I am a level 45 zerker and can currently just barely solo 43^^ which are blue to me. Whenever I solo I have both Unflinching Will and the 20% speed + def spell up both at adept 1 (sometimes I take the 20% one down for weaker mobs). Also weapon guard is never down. I start with my highest damage spells with the longest recast timers early in the fight so I can use them again a few times. Putting the defense buffs up makes all the difference though, without them I can't take a green^^. Also just FYI I use a Hierophant’s Crook when soloing (i.e. no shield). Sounds like in general you have better equipment then me though so it may just be a buffing and combat skill thing. I try and use the most mana efficient ones in solo fights against heroic mobs because they tend to have allot of HP which makes it a long fight. The wound line tends to be a good one when you’re low on power. Also I have an FBSS (15% haste) and an ancient slayers ring (3% haste) which might make the difference in DPS when you run out of power towards the end of the fight and all you have is your auto attack. Anyway hope that helped. Good luck with the soloing.Leeden 45 BerzerkerAntonia Bayle<i>"...And those that were seen danceing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music"</i></p><i></i><div></div>

[Rabbit24]

Also, keep some healing elixers around for emergencies. They ROXOR THEBIG111ONE ONE ONE  <span>:smileyvery-happy:</span> Leeden 45 Berzerker Antonia Bayle "... And those that were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" <div></div>

[Azr]

<DIV>Hrmm can solo all the feerot named, highest thing I tried soloing and killed is lvl 49^^ evil eye.  Can kill lvl 47^^s fairly easy long as they melee and not big nukers, 48^^s kinda tough but can kill after few tries.  Without alot of fabled though maybe only can kill 45^^.</DIV> <DIV>Zerk </DIV>

[Pernicious Pira]

 Overall I seem to be pretty consistent. no need to name minor exceptions. everyone knows they exist for everything.  45^^ NO brainer give me... probably go AFK 1/2 the fight and still win.  46^^ no problem to minor annoyance. Done right always win for me.  47^^ Almost always a problem getting them to approx 40% health wile im near dead is about par for course here.  

[Pnaxx]

<P>I just turned 32 a few days ago so dont have any info there...but at 31....i was fighting the Skindancer Green^^'s and the Defilers at the highest lvs were really tough to beat. Cant remember wuty lvl they were...maybe 27 or 28, but at anyrate, real tough fight that i amy or may not win. </P> <P>The ONE thing ive recently learned about caster mobs is:</P> <P>IF I CAN STAY ALIVE LONG ENOUGH FOR THEIR POWER TO RUN OUT......I WIN! I messed with 2 different ways to accomplish this and one worked and the other didnt. I tryed to hold off on my output til it ran out of power thinking that i would then turn it on......but i was taking to much dmg and the mob didnt have to heal itself thus conserving power.....So the technique that worked was really spamming through the Arts to make it heal itself and opp faster. The more dmg i did the more it was healing itself and the faster it oop'd. After it ooped...it was no competition.</P>

[Crazyhorse]

<P>     The real trick to it is get a 7.0 speed bow with gleaming strike and run in a circle, you will get hit by regular attacks but you won't stay in range for their skills to hit you. Stop every now and then to unload a few good dmg combat arts and back to the run while they refresh and your health/power regens.</P> <P>     I'm sure people will be mad at me for saying this, but the other night i had a 20^^ named i was fighting with my 17 or 18 at the time zerker using the above tactic. A guide came up and started cheering for me and gave me food and drink after the fight. So i don't think they see this tactic as cheating....</P> <P>Crazylabrat</P>

[Rousso]

Lvl 48 zerker here. I can consistently solo blue heroics 3 lvls lower'n me. 45^^ is pretty easy although if I get resisted a lot it can be close. 46^^ takes a lot to go right for me and nothing to go wrong. I eat casters for breakfast...I love 'em god he'p me I do. I fight with mostly pristine ebon armor; I dual Mace of the Lifebringer and PGT; and use master controlled rage, adept III unflinching will, darkmores, & spam anarchy + all the damage skills. I also use the heck out of my manastone.

[Red Sox Suck]

<DIV>   The real trick to it is get a 7.0 speed bow with gleaming strike and run in a circle, you will get hit by regular attacks but you won't stay in range for their skills to hit you. Stop every now and then to unload a few good dmg combat arts and back to the run while they refresh and your health/power regens. <P>     I'm sure people will be mad at me for saying this, but the other night i had a 20^^ named i was fighting with my 17 or 18 at the time zerker using the above tactic. A guide came up and started cheering for me and gave me food and drink after the fight. So i don't think they see this tactic as cheating....</P> <P>Crazylabrat</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>That is called Kiting,  I guess you can try and use it, but going to be much less effective as you level up.  Rangers master kiting, and do massive damage with it. Not really a zerker skill</P></DIV>

[Crazyhorse]

<DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Red Sox Suck wrote:<BR> <DIV> <P>That is called Kiting,  I guess you can try and use it, but going to be much less effective as you level up.  Rangers master kiting, and do massive damage with it. Not really a zerker skill</P></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>     Yeah, I look at places like RV, FR, LS, and EF and wonder if there would ever be open space for this to work. I'm still using it to help with quest mobs and named from time to time at 28. Without it i couldn't have taken out the named lion and the named epic orcs for the lightstone when they still came up white or better. At 26 i was able to do the sbh guys 3x 28^^ heroics. It's not a fast or cost efective way to kill stuff but comes in very handy in a pinch.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Crazylabrat<BR></DIV>

[Poochymama]

<P>I can solo level 33 heroic blue deer in enchanted lands as a lvl 35 berserker. When i was lvl 34 i solod one of the lvl 40 nightblood in EL i was left with about orange health. Once they conned to orange i could survive them with out going out of green health. I wear feysteel armor so that may be why. But i am pretty sure that it has to do with the defensive buffs.</P> <P> </P>

[Benaire]

At lvl 32 I could solo just lvl 40 single nightbloods

[Renzai]

47^^s are a gamble, usually a losing one. The highest mob I've soloed is a lvl 46^^ named crawler in LS, finishing with about 150-200hp to spare.

[giantkiwi]

<p>I just have to ask why solo play is very specifically locked out on a few quests. I've soloed to 82 now and I find Justice for Jojo requires two people to click at once on roots to complete. Why is this required? Just to prevent a soloer from completing it? I am a hard-core soloer. I grouped when I played the original EQ. Now I only ever solo. And I get locked out on some quests just on that basis. Why is that? I'm fine with the ones I just plain can't handle solo. But I have gotten past quite a few, even the Oratorium of Thyr, where they lock you in a cage to try to make you group. There is no reason I can see to artifically limit a player if they can succeed on their own merits solo.</p><p>Why penalize solo players for their choice?</p>

[Wilin]

<p><cite>giantkiwi wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I just have to ask why solo play is very specifically locked out on a few quests. I've soloed to 82 now and I find Justice for Jojo requires two people to click at once on roots to complete. Why is this required? Just to prevent a soloer from completing it? I am a hard-core soloer. I grouped when I played the original EQ. Now I only ever solo. And I get locked out on some quests just on that basis. Why is that? I'm fine with the ones I just plain can't handle solo. But I have gotten past quite a few, even the Oratorium of Thyr, where they lock you in a cage to try to make you group. There is no reason I can see to artifically limit a player if they can succeed on their own merits solo.</p><p>Why penalize solo players for their choice?</p></blockquote><p>First, grats on the necropost. Waiting 5 years to respond in a thread is impressive. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Second, it's a heroic quest. No one should expect to accomplish a heroic quest while solo. If you can, then that's great. I do it all the time. Consider it a bonus. But, if you hit a brick wall on a heroic quest and you aren't willing to get someone to help, then it is content that was not designed for you.</p>

[giantkiwi]

<p>Thanks for the reply.</p><p>As I said I am fine hitting a brick wall. Mobs too strong. Too many etc. But these walls are made for no other purpose than to force grouping. That is what I took exception to. At least I should be allowed to try. Solo. The way I play. Why should some content be 'not for me'? Although, I guess there is content that can't be done grouped. So maybe it all works out. NP. I'll move on. Thanks again.</p><p>Look for my next post in about 5 more years.</p>

[Halo of G4]

<p>Also 5 years back, prior to Desert of Flames (first expansion), every single piece of armor/jewelry had Mit on it. So tackling heorics as a zerk or any tank that is within 2 levels from you was extremely easy.</p>

[Xaad]

<p>So far, my biggest accomplishment is defeating a lvl 14 named (Pythus) at lvl 12... I'm trying to work the AA system, and it seems to be paying off so far. I can handle groups of 3-4 whites with little fear of losing. Of course, this may be par for the course for a lowbie Zerker, but I know that the SK I rolled had to have 2 levels on a named baddie before I could be reasonably sure of victory, so I'm pretty stoked about the class either way!! <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" />  I'm sure in the endgame my AAs will balance out with most everyone else's, I'm just hoping that by investing early and trying to stay "ahead of the curve" that the path to said endgame will be a bit smoother... and littered with dead whites/yellows <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /> Anyway, thanks for lettin the new kid put his two cents in!</p>

[Nekroghoul]

<p><cite>CrazyhorseII wrote:</cite></p><blockquote> <div>You talking about that lvl100 epic x4 dragon? Wonder if anyone will be able to kill that.</div> <div> </div> <div>Crazylabrat</div> <div>26 Zerker that everyone hates</div></blockquote><p>I harm touched Naggy once. He returned the favor by b-slapping me for 100K+ crushing damage.</p><p>It was worth it.</p>

[Mary the Prophetess]

<p>It's all about the AAs.  I am a twinked out level 24 Berserker.  All matercrafted (with adornments).  Master spells.  112AAs.</p><p>With that I can take yellow ^^^ (but it is down to the last hit usually)</p><p>Orange ^^ are a bit easier that yellow ^^^ (Do-able but not easy--usually in the orange when I finish)</p><p>Orange ^^^ I cannot do.</p><p>Any red (even down arrows) I cannot do.</p><p>Regular orange I can do 4 without a problem</p><p>Regular yellow I can do 6 without a problem</p><p>Regular whites 8 (easily)</p><p>Regular blues 10 (without a sweat).</p><p>Blue ^^^ (2 easily)</p><p>Greens of all flavors, are no problem.</p><p>(One thing though, I lose duels to Inquisitor that is 2 levels lower and has 30 less AAs)</p>

[Darkonx]

<p>I can solo 35 yellow ^^ and ^^^ at once. 35 is as many as I can get on me at once before they start leashing. I could easily do 90 of them.</p>

[Jalen]

<p>Wow, I wondered where all these mid-40's zerkers were coming from. Then all the ^^ heroics and someone talking about fabled gear in the 40's...  Didn't notice the date at all on the first page.</p><p>As a noob betrayed lvl 84 zerker, even con ^^'s are fine, the 85 ^^^'s for the epic quest are a bit much with my weak weapons and adept 1's.  I'll retry at 85.</p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="26%" align="right"></td><td width="26%"></td></tr></tbody></table>

[TuinalOfTheNexus]

<p>With the Chronomage I've soloed at green con or higher:</p><p>Godking Anuk, the Mutagenic Outcast, Xux'Liao, Bonesnapper, Gates of Ahket'Aken, Pedestal of Sky, ToNT trash, Befallen: COA, Spirits of the Lost, 2/3rds of Courts of Al'Afaz, Barrakah, Siyamak, and I think all of the T5 contested x2s and x4s.</p><p>Part of me thinks I should keep quiet to avoid the nerf bat, but tbh after killing them once dated fabled gear isn't much incentive to farm.</p><p>Curious if anyone's managed Deathtoll or Labs (as a green con ofc)? I think Djinn Master might be doable but the KB was stopping me placing the instruments solo.</p>