OK, granted, grouping changes everything. I tend not to group, tho, since I
play in 15 or 20 minutes chunks when I have some free time. When I do group
(on weekends or whatever), the shaman rocks. <g> And I've heard the rogue
will be much better if I coax him to level 10. He's 7 now, and it just gets
so tedious... kill a blue (and fighting is just a matter of hitting a key
and standing there...with no spells and no pets its pretty straightforward),
then sit and heal for 5 minutes. Repeat until your brain dissolves and runs
out your ears... *g*
Necros are a lot more fun, and with the DoT spells and pet and curious
'healing' spells, combat with them is complex and interesting... I told my
friends that a necro is the way to go for folks who generally play strategy
games.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan Custer [mailto:JuanC@...]
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 10:03 AM
> To: 'EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com'
> Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] Fw: [EQMagicians] Just a thought..
>
>
> From: Juan Custer <JuanC@...>
>
>
> I don't think so, in a group. Basically live through the hell that
> is getting to backstab, then find another rogue. I swear I've seen two
> rogues on Karana do this and simply SHOOT up the charts. They
> hit a yellow,
> sometimes a lower red mob from both sides and take turns backstabbing.
> Almost always the monster will switch targets between backstabs. Its
> absolutely astounding to see this. Granted it doesn't work all the time,
> but dual rogues (or multiple rogues even) is a sight to behold.
>
> I still think necromancers are the best soloing class (again, this
> without playing a druid, the class which comprises 90% of the people over
> level 30 on Karana, I really have to try it sometime). They can
> do it all,
> they even have an okay healing spell (heal friend, drain enemy to regain
> hits, repeat). At level 20 we just take off. We get Expulse Undead (94
> points of damage to undead) and drybones and exhumed gnolls just start
> dropping like flies. At 16 you can live very well in the Lavastorm
> Mountains killing elementals, rock dervishes, and lava crawlers
> till around
> 18 or so, then moving on to nastier undead. After that? Dunno, I've only
> seen one level 25 necromancer and he's a KewlD00d powergamer thus doesn't
> talk much. I think things just get scary after that though.
> Research will
> be a primal pain in the rear, but it shouldn't be too bad. They've
> increased the frequency of the component drops and I've actually
> saved up a
> good 9 words/runes already onver this weekend. I can use some of them but
> I'll probably just start trading them for the spells I can't get.
> My worry
> is beyond the 30th level fro Necromancers. There are only two research
> books I know of and they only go to level 29 or something for spells to
> create. After that there's this empty zone. Oh well, we shall live in
> interesting times.
>
> Malark on Karana