ho lines?

[decesa]

hey...i did a lot of pestering monks this past weekend trying to get some insights into the higher levels since i'm very new to EQ2. one person said i should get familiar with ho lines...or...ho scripts...or ho something. kind of a funny name, maybe he was playing a joke on me? anyone know what he was talking about and able to point me there? thx much. <div></div>

[Iari111]

<DIV>Hiya <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Well, without the specifics of your conversation with that particular monk, I could be wrong here, but I would guess he was talking about Heroic Opportunities.  There are a few different kinds, both solo and group, and each one has a different beneficial effect.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here's a link on these forums to an explaination of them all <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=tips&message.id=512" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=tips&message.id=512</A></DIV>

[NerissaRavenHeart]

This might also be easier for you to comprehend right off the bat. Image associations etc.<a href="http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/heroic/heroic_fighter.php" target=_blank>http://eq2.ogaming.com/db/heroic/heroic_fighter.php</a>masuimi<div></div>

[decesa]

thx very much for these charts, very very helpful. looking them over and thinking about the bit of grouping i've done so far, it seems getting organized on these sequences would be a bit of an accomplishment. memorizing all the different bonuses and initiating particularly useful ones at the right time almost seems impossible. does every EQ2 player eventually get the hang for these sequences and use them adventageously? or is it a mark of destinction when groups use these bonuses with intention? i imagine with a well organized/disciplined group these bonuses could be put to extraordinary good use. but that level of organization is hard for me to believe actually exists, exciting as it may be. in general, is it just a free for all people droping their spells whenever they see them start blinking, or do people enter fights intending on running certain patterns? meby only certain bosses require this type of forethought <div></div>

[NerissaRavenHeart]

I'd say they are used quite a bit. I like to use them myself. I see them as only helping to make battles end faster or better off in some sort of way. Whats really hard is to get a full group with 4 different HO members and to actually perform a full entire full length HO together. The timer is quick and takes a lot of work and practice at. Some of the spells/buffs you get from starting the HOs are random and you will not always get the same one, this seems particularly true when you have all 4 members or more than 2.Masuimi<div></div>