Washed out assassin, well I feel like that atm :(

[showdownEQ2]

HI,Been away for a While and now I am back want to increase my DMG to be hitting at least 3.5k min constantly.  perfect work would be 4-5k constantly.  I am not sureif it is the attck order that I am usein but got out DPS's by a Gaurdian only on one mob.. BUT it ONE MOB.. getting at the moment 1.8 - 2.3k dps and want to do tons better.  my stats with out any buffs.Str - 706agil - 627stam - 365Int - 222Wis - 27melee crit 22%Melee Da 2% (what ever that is!)Spell crit 53%Weapon stats - 241 - 964 (spd 5.6) Spellforged Skewer259 - 778 (spd 5.0) Arbiter of AbsolutionIn the Preditor achievement have - str 8 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 1 - agi - 4 - 8Int - 8 - 4 - 8 - 8 - 1In the Assassin tree - still need to get more points for this tree.Scaring blow 5Gushing wound 5Malignant Mark 5Deadly impale 5Ecessing bleeding 1Cheap shot 5jugular slice 5Velium strike 5Sinister strike 1Mesh 5Ignorant Bliss 5Attribute Poison 5Apply Poison 5front load 1Please help, want to do lost more dps on raids help me to help the raid Please....~!!!  Any help is appricated I have been reading the forum, and I am continuing to do so.  I need to find the answers so I can be a proud back stabber Cheers Khrip.

[Soulforged]

1. Get your epic, even the fabled one would be a big upgrade.2. Your melee crit is...pathetic. Get it over 50% asap3. Respec, str/agi to end points, int down to crits4. Assassin tree: get excessive bleeding, frontload, and repeated stabbing.What is your casting order?

[showdownEQ2]

Is the only way to increase you crit is to get different armor/ring/mulets etc?What difference would the agility part of AA's do to increase my dps in raids?I agree I need to get off my butt and get the epic quest started if Iam going to be any use in a raid.. I changed the setup so I have Excessive bleeding, repeated stabbing, and just need 5 more points to get front load again.  Casting order usually opening blade > Mesh > Squeeze > poison combination > Front Load (don't have at the moment due to respec, but will get it back)   - if raiding will hit with all the large attacks > Follow up - then range attacks if Soloing sill stun masked strike and mortal blade/execute etc (no really bothered about soloing tho.)P.s. Already thanking you for the help

[Soulforged]

showdownEQ2 wrote:

Is the only way to increase you crit is to get different armor/ring/mulets etc?What difference would the agility part of AA's do to increase my dps in raids?I agree I need to get off my butt and get the epic quest started if Iam going to be any use in a raid.. I changed the setup so I have Excessive bleeding, repeated stabbing, and just need 5 more points to get front load again.  Casting order usually opening blade > Mesh > Squeeze > poison combination > Front Load (don't have at the moment due to respec, but will get it back)   - if raiding will hit with all the large attacks > Follow up - then range attacks if Soloing sill stun masked strike and mortal blade/execute etc (no really bothered about soloing tho.)P.s. Already thanking you for the help

The only way to get more melee crit is from crit buffs from a bard, or gear.Agility lets you spam more CA's faster than before, which helps you out on your zonewide parse a lot more than intox.http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=429497Read that thread, good ideas on combat cast order.Basically... temp buffs while mob is coming in, debuff, dot (include DM), stealth attacks.Your casting order looks scary considering you don't even mention your DoT's and death mark...

[-Arctura-]

Soulforged@Unrest wrote:

showdownEQ2 wrote:

Is the only way to increase you crit is to get different armor/ring/mulets etc?What difference would the agility part of AA's do to increase my dps in raids?I agree I need to get off my butt and get the epic quest started if Iam going to be any use in a raid.. I changed the setup so I have Excessive bleeding, repeated stabbing, and just need 5 more points to get front load again. Casting order usually opening blade > Mesh > Squeeze > poison combination > Front Load (don't have at the moment due to respec, but will get it back) - if raiding will hit with all the large attacks > Follow up - then range attacks if Soloing sill stun masked strike and mortal blade/execute etc (no really bothered about soloing tho.)P.s. Already thanking you for the help

The only way to get more melee crit is from crit buffs from a bard, or gear.

(( easiest way is gear.Theres ALOT of easy to get melee crit gear. Lots is quested from RoK.I got my melee crit up to about 49% with only quested gear. Its out there! PS. until you find something better, grab the klunky shortbow from runnyeye and keep it equipped during raids, it boosts your melee weapons dps. When you need to shoot some arrows, switch it out immediately with a hotbutton,m then back in for when you are going to go back to stabbing stuff.Rilzyks cloak (sp?) is decent, +9str, +2melee crit, and a heal proc, comes from KJ the rilzyks renegades camp quests.Veksar named drop a sweet +3melee crit wristpiece.JW Quests give droag talon plugs nice +2melee crit earring.RE2 drops decent +1melee crit ring, and a +1melee crit earringMastercrafter tynonnium belt gives +2melee critmastercrafted rings of STR and AGI give nice haste and DPS procs which are really valuable for raid DPS.Coif of many disciplines is really nice, lots of melee crit on it, dont recall where its from tho im sure you can look it up.Chain leggings of the Lyrist from the named mob outside COA are VERY decent until you get Imbrued Chain pants from SOH trash.Leviathan Runed BP is really nice from last named in Chelsith, lots of melee crit and combat bonuses, nice proc too.Trooper scale boots from solo named in JW also very nice procs.best advice is dont be lazy about gearing up, or your dps will suck! Gotta stay on top of things if you want that edge!And as others have suggested, do a good respec to maximize your dps! Heres my current Raid DPS spec...Still needs some work though, like instead of putting 2 points into Deadly Mark, i should have them in Cloaked Assault instead ... but hey, its a WIP

[Vitaezz]

-Arctura- wrote:

Soulforged@Unrest wrote:

showdownEQ2 wrote:

Is the only way to increase you crit is to get different armor/ring/mulets etc?What difference would the agility part of AA's do to increase my dps in raids?I agree I need to get off my butt and get the epic quest started if Iam going to be any use in a raid.. I changed the setup so I have Excessive bleeding, repeated stabbing, and just need 5 more points to get front load again. Casting order usually opening blade > Mesh > Squeeze > poison combination > Front Load (don't have at the moment due to respec, but will get it back) - if raiding will hit with all the large attacks > Follow up - then range attacksif Soloing sill stun masked strike and mortal blade/execute etc (no really bothered about soloing tho.)P.s. Already thanking you for the help

The only way to get more melee crit is from crit buffs from a bard, or gear.

(( easiest way is gear.Theres ALOT of easy to get melee crit gear. Lots is quested from RoK.I got my melee crit up to about 49% with only quested gear. Its out there! PS. until you find something better, grab the klunky shortbow from runnyeye and keep it equipped during raids, it boosts your melee weapons dps. When you need to shoot some arrows, switch it out immediately with a hotbutton,m then back in for when you are going to go back to stabbing stuff.Rilzyks cloak (sp?) is decent, +9str, +2melee crit, and a heal proc, comes from KJ the rilzyks renegades camp quests.Veksar named drop a sweet +3melee crit wristpiece.JW Quests give droag talon plugs nice +2melee crit earring.RE2 drops decent +1melee crit ring, and a +1melee crit earringMastercrafter tynonnium belt gives +2melee critmastercrafted rings of STR and AGI give nice haste and DPS procs which are really valuable for raid DPS.Coif of many disciplines is really nice, lots of melee crit on it, dont recall where its from tho im sure you can look it up.Chain leggings of the Lyrist from the named mob outside COA are VERY decent until you get Imbrued Chain pants from SOH trash.Leviathan Runed BP is really nice from last named in Chelsith, lots of melee crit and combat bonuses, nice proc too.Trooper scale boots from solo named in JW also very nice procs.best advice is dont be lazy about gearing up, or your dps will suck! Gotta stay on top of things if you want that edge!And as others have suggested, do a good respec to maximize your dps! Heres my current Raid DPS spec...Still needs some work though, like instead of putting 2 points into Deadly Mark, i should have them in Cloaked Assault instead ... but hey, its a WIP

If you are wanting to increase YOUR dps on raid the above AA likes that are posted are OK to go by, but these are the changes I would make.

1) take points from Mark and put in to Assult

2) Take points from Apply Toxins and put into Hemo (who gives a crap about what our [Removed for Content] proc buffs does and 15% is not worth 5 AA's)

3) take 4 points from point blank shot and put them into your ranged crit and the other 2 into run speed.  Point Blank shot is not even worth putting on a hot bar.

Also, check out eq2flames.com and go look under the Assassin area for some great write-up's on our class.  When you read those you will understand  the changes I would make in the AA lines and there is a good write up on gear and where to get it from.

[Soulforged]

Vitaez@Butcherblock wrote:

If you are wanting to increase YOUR dps on raid the above AA likes that are posted are OK to go by, but these are the changes I would make.

1) take points from Mark and put in to Assult

2) Take points from Apply Toxins and put into Hemo (who gives a crap about what our [Removed for Content] proc buffs does and 15% is not worth 5 AA's)

3) take 4 points from point blank shot and put them into your ranged crit and the other 2 into run speed.  Point Blank shot is not even worth putting on a hot bar.

Also, check out eq2flames.com and go look under the Assassin area for some great write-up's on our class.  When you read those you will understand  the changes I would make in the AA lines and there is a good write up on gear and where to get it from.

1. No, it can't be done. You need three points into mark before you're allowed to put any points into assault. Take two points out of scrarring blow, and one point out of deadly impale and put those into stealth assault.2. No. Your raid loses the extra 15% on your apply toxin effect (not much), but you gain NOTHING. Any assassin raiding with hemotoxin needs to reroll. With frontload, dirge or templar in the group, caustic poison will ZW outdps hemo every time. 3. Agreed.

[-Arctura-]

Soulforged@Unrest wrote:

Vitaez@Butcherblock wrote:

If you are wanting to increase YOUR dps on raid the above AA likes that are posted are OK to go by, but these are the changes I would make.

1) take points from Mark and put in to Assult

2) Take points from Apply Toxins and put into Hemo (who gives a crap about what our [Removed for Content] proc buffs does and 15% is not worth 5 AA's)

3) take 4 points from point blank shot and put them into your ranged crit and the other 2 into run speed. Point Blank shot is not even worth putting on a hot bar.

Also, check out eq2flames.com and go look under the Assassin area for some great write-up's on our class. When you read those you will understand the changes I would make in the AA lines and there is a good write up on gear and where to get it from.

1. No, it can't be done. You need three points into mark before you're allowed to put any points into assault. Take two points out of scrarring blow, and one point out of deadly impale and put those into stealth assault.2. No. Your raid loses the extra 15% on your apply toxin effect (not much), but you gain NOTHING. Any assassin raiding with hemotoxin needs to reroll. With frontload, dirge or templar in the group, caustic poison will ZW outdps hemo every time. 3. Agreed.

(( Some things to think about for sure.  (btw yes, Hemo blows, thats why i didnt put any points into it. I NEVER use hemo, not when soloing, pvping, or raiding. its worthless

[showdownEQ2]

OMG thanks guys really doing better.. thanks to all the tips   See the new armour I want too but going to take allot of raids to get I think (not sure reading up on it at the moment)

In the nes addon there is some hot armour that needs a recipy and 3-5 void shards.  The stats make me drool

I know the void shards can be obtained by groups in the instances and by completeing quests, but the recipies not too surea bout yet.. has to be a raid thing. 

Khrip

[Brimestar]

The Shadows Tree has some nice help for DPS also...Need those screenies now Skree...

[NardacMM]

I have questions (I've been a warrior in EQ1 and guardian in EQ2 for a combined total of 8 years..  I just rolled a serious alt for the first time ever and chose an assassin.)

When does an assassin use the ranged attacks? Why would one go down the AGI line? Is it simply to obtain the end ability, or are you using your ranged CAs on the pull?  (i've just been duoing on my assassin thus far, not grouping)

Does the Toxic Expertise in the INT line increase the chance on ALL crits or just poison crits?

[yoimhighashell]

NardacMM wrote:

I have questions (I've been a warrior in EQ1 and guardian in EQ2 for a combined total of 8 years..  I just rolled a serious alt for the first time ever and chose an assassin.)

When does an assassin use the ranged attacks? Why would one go down the AGI line? Is it simply to obtain the end ability, or are you using your ranged CAs on the pull?  (i've just been duoing on my assassin thus far, not grouping)

Does the Toxic Expertise in the INT line increase the chance on ALL crits or just poison crits?

If you have Vexthorne from SoH you will use your bow attacks a bit more than if you have just about any other bow because it has a 1m range, you can use them while still in melee range when your melee attacks are down, at least until you get your mythical (flurry procs a lot dont want to miss it). Other than that yeah we only really use range attacks when running in, or if you're fighting a mob that has hard aoes use them when you joust out.