I keep wondering why more people aren't using vampiric embrace. I use it
constantly while I'm fighting. When you accidentally get two creatures
instead of one, you need to be able to help your pet from taking some
damage. I DOT the badguys, then step in so that when the mob faces me, my
pet is striking their backs. With vampiric embrace running, sucking in 30 HP
every now and then, I can stand and fight much longer than I would have been
able to without it. Your pet is dealing the serious damage at up to 46
magical damage per round (I'm level 18) but, my own 18 damage hitting 2 out
of three times is nothing to laugh at either. In the course of a fight, I
will dish out over 100 damage to the creature, which is significant, and my
pet will hit harder and more often with the back attack bonuses. The
vampiric embrace flare that happens about one in 5 hits is a godsend, and
sometimes it flares so often that my health doesn't drop much at all. Losing
health is nothing to worry about, either. I have 350 HP after I buff myself,
and I can handle a lot of abuse. Combined with the occasional Life drain,
there's nothing I enjoy more than good hand to hand combat. And on a final
note, when my pet does die through poor tactics on my part, it's nice to be
able to stand toe to toe with the beast and finish him off because I have
good defence, offence, and 2HB skills. Necromancers are made to fight and we
can be very effective at it. Give it a try. To those of you who ask "Who
wants to stand toe to toe with a level (whatever) mob?" The answer is "I
do." And I'll be beaming a smile while I do it.
Shaopaul
Innoruuk
----- Original Message -----
From: Juan Custer <JuanC@...>
To: <EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] DEX ???
> From: Juan Custer <JuanC@...>
>
>
> Its still hotly debated. Basically as far as anyone knows, the only
> thing DEX does is increase your ability to recover while spellcasting, and
> THAT'S IT. How important is this? No clue, I haven't researched this
> extensively. Basically if this is the case then you probably don't need
> much DEX. The REAL primary attribute is INT, through and through. INT
> directly affects how much mana you have, thus how much longer you stay in
> the field before meditating. We've discussed this before, but basically
> having as much INT as possible is probably the best way to go. After
that,
> dumping your remaining points is up to you. You aren't a fighter, so
> putting points into Agility seems useless, most monsters will be hitting
you
> and hitting you hard anyway. Same goes for Stamina, you'll never have the
> hitpoints of even a Rogue, so seriously what's another hitpoint per level?
> Say you're level 25 and have 25 extra hitpoints? Well sadly level 25
> monsters are probably doing close to 40-90 points of damage per hit
anyway,
> so MAYBE one more hit. Don't get hit.
>
> I might say its more important for wizards as they don't have pets,
> but they should be in groups anyway.
>
> Basically I know one solid thing. Multiples of 5 in your INT is
> good and the more you can get the better you are. If you are looking at a
> choice between a +3 AGI item and a +1 INT item you should take the INT
item.
> There are many INT increasing items in the game for virtually all armor
> slots garnering you probably more than 20 more INT points, which is 4 more
> mana per level (and at level 25, that would equate to having another 100
> mana to play with)
>
> Hit the INT hard, then dump whatever you have left somewhere, heck,
> maybe in STRENGTH so you can carry more.
>
> Malark on Karana
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mata [mailto:mata_eq@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 8:47 AM
> To: EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com
> Subject: [EQ_Necromancer] DEX ???
>
>
> Why is dex our main attrib beside INT if we rarely go hand to hand?
> (I know we have a touch spell, but most people say that is more for
> shadowknights)
>
> I am mad I put my extra (after maxing int) points into dex now when I read
a
> million posts now that say Dex is useless.
>
> I mean from all I've read AGILITY is 100 times better for any caster!!!!
>
> Please say it ain't so, and that my 100 dex (gnome) isn't a big frekin'
> waste . . .
>
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