I do the same thing, except that its tougher and tougher to do. The
monsters get smarter and smarter, and soon you'll find you can't stand toe
to toe with them. I believe the 16-20 range to be the high end of the "get
in with your pet" area for Necromancers. Try Aviak guards in Lake
Rathetear, or try heading to the palace area of Upper Guk. One hit and the
monster frenzies on YOU, believe me, its not pretty Vampiric Embrace or not,
plus you start hitting less and less as the monster's defenses go up
exponentially compared to yours. With a Runed Totem Staff a 65 in 2HB and
57 in Offense I can an Aviak Guard 1 out of 5 times. With a Dagger I do a
little better simply because I strike more often.
The real key here is anything you attempt to do solo can be done
MUCH easier in a group. Why step in at all? Send the pet in with the
tanks, use your spells sparingly, and keep watch for runners and surprises.
I've done a lot of both (solo'ing and grouping) and even with the group XP
split, you can clean through many many more blues than by yourself. Its
like harvesting. You stay out in the field longer and thus garner more XP.
Grouping also does better against the "X" Factor (that chance that another
mob comes along, or this mob runs and calls for help, basically anything
where suddenly you've bitten off more than you can chew) and survivability
as long as everyone in the group knows their place. A good group will net
you more than anything. A bad group can destroy everything.
Another thing, loot order. At our levels, personally I don't see a
big deal, I'm usually hunting for unique items. I usually say I'll forgo
normal loot but I WANT item X if we happen to get one. If I need cash I'll
harvest West Commonlands or kill Aviak Guards in Lake Rathetear, or mooch
off my rich smithing friend. ;)
Malark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Ellis [mailto:everquest@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 9:25 AM
> To: EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] DEX ???
>
>
> From: "Dave Ellis" <everquest@...>
>
> 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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