I have tried oasis, but it's always crowded, and there never seems to be enough
crocs to go around (grouped or solo) :(
I agree about the downtime. And I agree about us being a group class. I find
it VERY difficult at my level to get a group. Nobody seems to want an enchanter
in the group. I have been successful in getting groups in South Karana fighting
at the aviak village, but my spells resist most of the time-even with tashan,
and I'm usually grouped with low 20th level characters. The exp is ok, but not
that great. When I do find a group that's closer to my level, it's rarely a
'good' group. People out there don't understand the purpose of the Enchanter
class, and good strategy for that matter, and they will most of the time get us
all killed. They don't understand what I do, and they get angry when I'm not
blasting the mobs (as if I'm a wizard or something. :) ) instead of trying to
debuff/mez/charm/control them. At camps I try to soothe and I tell my puller
which to pull. But before I'm even through (after telling my group what I"m
doing 8 times) my group is fighting the whole camp. It's really frustrating. I
know the higher level players on my server appreciate Enchanters, and love
having them in their group, but the players my level just don't get it yet. I
have proven to many players what enchanters are capable of, but It's not seeming
to matter when it comes to finding myself a group.
Bards are great as well. My roomate plays a bard primarily, and absolutely
loves it. The Bard class is also great at crowd control. He has also
successfully stopped bad trains, and he's been fighting in lower guk, grouping
with level 40ish players since he was lvl 35.
I might check out unrest, but I think I might wait until I"m closer to 20, even
grouping, I tend to run out of mana really quick. After a couple levels my
spells will be a bit better on the mana I think.
Any suggestions on how to approach finding a group? I've tried asking nicely,
just plain saying I need a group, and even shouted the benefits of having me in
the group, but I dno't get responses. Once in ooc someone responded who would
want an enchanter? I proceeded to get into an argument with a few people over
whether or not our class is even beneficial to a group.
Ezrae
JasonF wrote:
> From: "JasonF" <jasonf@...>
>
> At 16th you can solo caiman and crocs in Oasis of Marr. It's *great*
> experience and enchanter pages are dropped there so you can buy and loot
> some level 16 and 20 research components.
>
> Enchanters aren't that great at soloing, although it *is* possible. I think
> that you'll find that after each fight you've used a big chunk of your mana
> and your pet is hurt pretty badly. In other words your downtime when
> soloing is terrible compared to other classes like Necros. My primary char
> is a 47th bard who shares a lot of skills (albeit watered down) of an
> enchanter, as well as some aspects of rogues and tanks. Bards can't solo
> well either, it's just not how the class was designed. Personally one
> reason that I picked bard and enchanter is because they are group classes.
> I suppose I'd level a lot faster if I was soloing, but hey I *like* grouping
> with competent groups and showing off my (our) skills.
>
> I admit that I did solo and work in pickup groups in Oasis 16 to 19, and
> then the call of Unrest was too great. I got a port to Butcherblock and
> went. I didn't do Unrest too much as a bard, but my 23rd monk spent a good
> deal of time there. The place is *dangerous*. It's train city, the mobs
> have a wide level range and agro on everything in sight. It's PERFECT for
> and enchanter to show off! :-)
>
> Last night I was in Unrest at level 19. I was in a pickup group of four
> clerics (!), a paladin and myself, so we really were dangerous to the
> undead. We were in the Round Room around back pulling stuff. On three
> different occassions our Paladin pulled trains of ~8 mobs ranging from red
> to blue. On each of these occassionas I was able to Mez the whole crowd,
> pick one off, charm it and sick it on the active mob or two that the clerics
> were fighting. A couple of times either I or the clerics ran oom and we had
> to zone from the last mob or two, but when I said "Guys it's 3am I gotta
> log.", three of the group simultaneously said basically 'Well hell, we're
> screwed now.' YES! It's hard to feel more useful than when clerics
> fighting undead feel screwed that you're leaving.
>
> Crowd control, buffing and debuffing - it's what enchanters do best and it
> really only helps groups.
>
> Chiming
>
> > From: Jenni <freya@...>
> >
> > I think for now I'm going to stay in Guk, or Rathe Mtns. Both
> > zones are rarely
> > crowded, and the lower level mobs that I can kill are rarely camped. I'm
> > getting sick of the crowded zones. Befallen is OK, but it seemed
> > a bit crowded
> > for me. My only experience with Najena was when I zoned in and
> > ended up in a
> > room full of magicians and pets and promptly got killed and almost lost my
> > corpse for good. I do want to go there in a few more levels though.
> >
> > Question about Soloing: Now that I'm 16 it's been very difficult
> > for me to
> > solo, even with a pet. My new level 16 spells use tons of mana,
> > and I end up
> > either running out before I kill the mob, or coming very close to
> > it. Either
> > way I end up medding and healing for a long time between kills.
> > It hardly seems
> > efficient. Any suggestions on soloing at level 16?
> >
> > -Ezrae
> > 16th level DE Enchantress
> > Brell Serilis