Some strategies.

Okay, first one clarification, If your NOT grouped, it doesnt matter
whether you pet makes the last blow or not, it still takes a small slice
of the xp. If your grouped and your pet makes the kill, it takes the
xp. (serious pain)

What i usually do is
1. Tashan - This pissed off the bad guy and gets him running after me.
2. Sit til he takes ne swing at me, then back off and let my pet take
it.
3. Choke or other DOT spell. Its important to cast these early, as
they take time to work to their best advantage.
4. If its a tough mob, a languid pace, and or enfeeble
5. Now I tend to melee the monster a bit to keep my pet alive. Since
it has a languid pace on it, its not going to hit me often. I try and
keep a balance between using mana and health. More mana of course as
its much easier to recover.

Finishing strategies
1. Second choke. Its usually fatal after a few seconds
2. Chaotic feedback. i tend to avaoid this due to its poor mana/damage
ratio
3. Fear. This is deadly in conjunction with a pet. basically the
monster runs and the pet beats on it. The risk is you need to know the
running patterns of the monster, it running through a camp will get you
killed.
4. whirl. I generally save this for tough battles with harder hitting
stuff. Very effective when followed by a choke

Other tips.

Stand well back when you cast, as it really ups how much the monster
hates you. (Choke causes much less hate than the less powerful chaotic
feedback for some reason)

Know where the zone is at all times. Its always possible for another
monster to jump in, and the best defence there is knowing where to run.

Mesmerization - use this if two mosters jump you. Then hit the other
monster hard with the damage spells.

Soothe - learn how to use this effectively on camps. It takes practice.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Rittermann [mailto:bpr@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 3:38 PM
To: eqenchanters@onelist.com
Subject: [eqenchanters] Re: Solo Fighting Strategies

From: "Brian Rittermann" <bpr@...>

Strategies when fighting solo, eh?
1. I cast my highest lvl pet (i am a 13th Gnome Enchanter, so I summon
the
12th lvl pet, Kali's (sp?))
2. Cast Lesser shielding on myself, and Mist (or Haze) and Strength on
me
and my pet.
3. Meditate to full mana/hp
4. Attack:

The spells I like to have memorized at lvl 13 are:
Lesser Shielding
Strength
Mist
Suffocating Sphere
Chaotic Feedback
Whirl till ya Hurl (necessary. definitely)
Lull
Gate.

After you buff yourself you can dememorize the buffs and memorize things
that can help you escape or debuffs, like Mesmerize, Fear, Eye of
Confusion,
Color Flux, Enfeeblement, etc.... here it is really a preference. I
prefer
Eye of Confusion, Mesmerize, and Enfeeblement.

When attacking, I cast Enfeeblement, then back off and let my pet hit it
for
a little, then cast Suffocating Sphere and Whirl in succession. If the
Whirl was successful, cast Chaotic until dead unless yer pet is roughing
it
up, then save the mana and watch the pet deal damage. Try to get a
chaotic
to finish it so yer pet doesn't steal exp from the kill.

If the creatures proves too strong, and resists many spells or is
crushing
your pet, back off and you have several options. Try casting Eye of
Confusion and run, cast Fear and run, whirl and run, get a good head
start
and run for the guards, or you can gate, depending on where you are
bound.
If you are close to a zone point or guard, by all means run there. Most
creatures will not be able to overtake you if you have a lead and jump
every
5 or 10 seconds to keep your lead. (dont run out of stamina though!)

Rinse and repeat steps 3 and 4.

Loreweaver of the Eldritch Collective.

PS. If you do group, get someone with a reliable ISP if at all possible
;).
I grouped with two rangers yesterday and we were attacking cutthroats.
Our
three person party could take on two or three cutthroats at once and
still
live (we did it earlier in the day) but as I was casting to lure one of
them, one of the rangers went linkdead, and another cutthroat spawned.
The
two cutthroats made short work of us, as the remaining ranger could only
handle one at a time. The Thug that zoned in was white/black to me, and
killed my pet quickly and then hit me, bashed me, stunning me, and
killed me
in about 7 hits. (When the linkdead ranger rejoined, he said his ISP
had
disconnected him. It happened again later that night.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Miko, Jeff <JMiko@...>
To: 'eqenchanters@onelist.com' <eqenchanters@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 4:21 PM
Subject: [eqenchanters] Solo Fighting Strategies

>From: "Miko, Jeff" <JMiko@...>
>
>I was curious what strategies everyone is using when fighting solo? I
>tend to Root them, cast Chaotic Feedback, meditate (heh), cast Chaotic
>Feedback and repeat until out of mana. After this I hope their dead or
>almost dead. If not I run like heck!
>
>I like grouping as much as possible, but the people I've been grouping
>with lately just don't seem to get it. They want to fight Tombstone
>creatures when everyone is half healed and low on mana. They also don't
>let me bring out one creature at a time for the group to wallop.

Instead

>they jump all 4-5 Orcs at a camp, etc.
>
>I got tired of dying so I have been playing solo some more.
>
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