I think piercing is better for necros than 2hblunt. Several reasons for
this..
1. Certain necro spells like Vampiric embrace require you to hit your
opponent for it to take effect. Since piercing has lesser delay than blunt,
it should mean more chances of hiting.
2. The best 2hblunt, which i think is the staff of observers is NOT
wieldable by necros, only other caster types. I read this from a EQ
equipment guide, but it may be wrong, so please check it out first.
3. If possible, max out your piercing skills during the first few levels,
its much easier since from level 1-4, the pet is DAMN useless, a little more
powerful than a decaying skeleton. From level 4 onwards, the pet is a little
better, but once you get to level 6, either you must group with a warrior or
wizard, since your pet can only take 2-3 blows from the white and sometimes
blue stuff....
This is from my experience from playing a necro to level 8 so after that yer
on your own ) Good luck.
-----Original Message-----
From: LKW <
leekw13@...>
To: '
sg-everquest@onelist.com' <
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Date: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [sg-everquest] Getting a starter kit...
>From: LKW <leekw13@...>
>
>Come to freeport, I will provided u with full clothes armor & stave, plus
>binding somemore ;)
>
>Oh, as a DE, I suggest u train in 2H blunt weap (ie 2H stave), since u dun
>need an extra hand to carry lantern and stuffs. Also dun bother to spend
>any points on ya magery skills, they are already available on ya personal
>skill list. Also dun spend any points on piercing (ie dagger) skill. The
>only time u need to spend ya skill points is when u get a worn great stave.
> Spend just 1 point on 2H blunt and keep the rest for future. I was conned
>by the net stating that we need to spend a point in magery skills, which I
>tested to prove it wrong using my gnome wiz. We dun have to train in it,
>just keep casting in town will do. Most impt thing is once u start ya
>char, train ya magery skills to lvl ceiling, u will automatically get
>improvement on these skills. Do the lvl ceiling training everytime u gain
>a lvl. For magery classes, our lvl ceiling is (lvl+1)X5. Eg lvl 1 ceiling
>is skill 10, lvl 2 is skill 15 etc. For melee our lvl ceiling is
>(lvl+1)X3. During lvl 1-4, it doesnt matter if ya piercing skill is zero,
>u can gain lvl easily - just endure until u can get a 2H stave and start
>training it. Once u reach lvl 4, spend another skill point on mediation.
> The rest dun bother - keep the skill points until u wanna learn a trade
>skills or special magery skill like research or specialization.
>
>Remember Dragco from our UO allies TAA? Tat chap get his lvl 11 wiz in
>just a week in other server, so hard to pull him over to innoruuk now ;(
>
>Ziltus
>
>p/s: Maybe I also start a DE char with u and test play it, provided I got
>time ;)
>
>On Wednesday, June 23, 1999 8:31 AM, Cheng Shan Chieh, Freddy
>[SMTP:sccheng@...] wrote:
>> hi,
>> i will most likely be starting out this coming weekend... although im
>still expecting the game (but should be here quite soon)... just wondering
>if any of u guys will be kind enough to donate some freebies to a newbie
>with a starter kit? Some armor will be good... a staff will be even
>better... heee... n gold... all the more even better... kekekekke...
>>
>> cheers,
>> Fred
>> p/s : after all the discussion... i think i will stick to my Dark Elf
>Necromancer.... hehee... know its gonna be hard... but thast what i think
>will be most interesting... :)
>>
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