aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
What race is your wiz rog? if he has self healing, ideally WF, then thats the kiddie IMO to be soloing quests with.
no, human, sorry!
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
a wiz rogue can solo round orchard at level 10.... but you have to prepare for each rare and know how your going to deal with it and who to avoid. At that level i tend to avoid parse, the golem dude, for example.
Fair enough, when my wiz rogue gets L5 spells I'll give it a whirl.
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aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
Dont forget, when you solo do quests lower level then you. 1-2 levels is fine for xp, as im sure you know, and will make it easier. running at level is fine for some quests but for others will just increase the workload and resources used to the point where I wouldnt bother.
You wiz, he has still got a few pit runs in him yet. 10K plus per run.
If you dont like the pit, i can understand why but get someone to walk you through it. Once shown its a much better run and good to farm.
I don't know if I like the pit, I've never done it. I took one look at the map the quest giver hands out and resolved I wasn't going anywhere near the place till I had a guide!
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
Xp to time ratio is tricky for me to say as most of the charts that ive seen use the stand point of, invis, avoid everything and PROPER ZERG.
yeah, zerging content I've not done before is really not my thing.
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
I will log in this evening and if you PM me on argo to Loftie I will send you over some plat.
I got a couple of chars on there but I dont really run on that server. If im in level, i cant remember what level loftie is right now, then im more then happy to show you round a couple of places.
two things:
First, I won't be on tonight so please don't log on just for me! Maybe tomorrow night, noting that I'm UK evenings, which are 5hrs ahead of EST (if its 8pm here, then its 3pm there).
Second... how do I put this... uhmm.... I really appreciate the offer, really I do, but I didn't post this to beg for money. My lack of plat is certainly an issue, but frankly that's as it should be till I've got myself a high level char. Its bad enough that my play skills are so feeble without me taking handouts on top - but it is a very generous offer, thanks for making it. Advice and an in-game guide are really appreciated if they're available, but I'd rather not level up due to free loot and cash - there needs to be SOME element of this that I've achieved myself.
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
What i tend to do when im soloing a new quest is to have a read on doowiki. get an idea of what you will encounter etc.
I do much the same. its doing that (and looking at Lost Leader's guides) that has led me to go 'nope, too hard. nope, needs more than one person. nope, needs x gear that i don't have. Nope, will need more hitpoints...'.
I know. I'm a 'fraidy cat. I wonder how many more excuses for being a whiney whiner I can come up with...
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
Loot wise... Personally i tend to not really equip my chars properly until level 16... I get fed up re equipping every few days
every few days??? I level up every couple of
weeks. aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
Just make sure you got you 100% fort. Try to build up you stack of resist pots where nessecery. As you already said, eles, blindness, diease, curse etc.
I try. Lordy do I try.
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
Try and get some good weapons but dont constrain yourself too much.
I like high + holy something weapons. I think they go a long way.
Yep. Weaponry I don't seem to have much of a problem getting hold of for some reason. Its equipment that kills me.
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
I know you said you didnt like the orchard 2 quests, and i can see your point but really you want to try and run shadow lord for xp. It is very good. Just that one, dont worry bout the rest if your not going to do crypt 2 and 3 then you dont need the 4 associated tombs.
Remember FW does double damage to undead. your arcane will find this a cake walk at +1 level. norm hard elite.
*sigh* PuGs it is then.
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
Im at work atm, and waffled a bit more then expected there but as i say ill have another look at this later. Im sure others can advise better then me.
hey, its all useful, thanks!
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
Yep, I do try to refer to that, but then I start getting into impossible slot juggling, and necro-hate...
aurora1979 wrote on Sep 1
st, 2010 at 10:35am:
You will want the minos legends as soon as you reach level 11. you need 20 taps from the orchard rares chest. It gives 100% fort ans 20 HP that stack.
I know about the minos legends, but 20 taps is NOT easy to come by without a full group as far as I can tell. My static group spent maybe six 2 hour play sessions and managed to clear Orchard maybe twice (never in one session, so its not like the zone was truly 'clear', but we covered all the ground is what I mean - we don't have an arcane, that's probably what takes so long), and we got maybe 2/3rds of the rares, who dropped taps for one or other of us maybe 50% of the time. So between us we've got maybe 7 taps each at this point, are now bored with orchard wilderness and have started on Restless Isles for variety. If that pattern holds for my other toons then I just won't bother unless I spot a PuG doing clears - out of interest is Minos Legends BTA or BTC?
If that Adamantine Ore hand in wasn't bugged, that's what I'd be doing for my Heavy Fort item, even if it does mean doing without the extra HPs.