A more efficient way to solo as a lvl 30 Druid?

VincentVolaju · #1 07-14-2010, 11:44 PM

So right now when I solo all I am doing pretty much is Snare, Dot, Dot, Run and sit, then rinse/repeat until the mobs dead. Takes about 3-6mins per mob this way, and about 60-80% mana depending on fizz's and resists. Then another 5mins or so after medding back up. All that for one kill o.O

Am I doing something wrong? This feels so slow, and I thought Druid's were supposed to be amazing solo levelers? I know at level 34 I get a spell that will let me kill 4 things at once, but even then aren't all the area's to do that at pretty much camped by other people doing it?

Dunno, this just doesn't feel very efficient, should I be doing something differently?

h0tr0d (shaere) · #2 07-14-2010, 11:46 PM

quadddd

rioisk · #3 07-15-2010, 12:42 AM

yeh druids don't really become ridiculously efficient until 34 and quad kiting

VincentVolaju · #4 07-15-2010, 12:44 AM

Are there many spots to quad kite at for leveling? Ive heard people saying something like theres only really 3 spots to do it well at, and there all usually camped so fighting for mobs is a pain and ends up being slow leveling anyway. Or is that not true?

Tseng · #5 07-15-2010, 12:50 AM

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Are there many spots to quad kite at for leveling? Ive heard people saying something like theres only really 3 spots to do it well at, and there all usually camped so fighting for mobs is a pain and ends up being slow leveling anyway. Or is that not true?

During peak times it's definitely true. There are many more quadding spots in Kunark and Velious unfortunately.

I'd think about adding root to your snaring and dotting so you can spend more time sitting down. The amount of mana spent on root might be the same as the extra med you get from not running around, but it's still just more convenient.

Cribanox · #6 07-15-2010, 02:15 AM

Try this,

Snare, stack all of your magic based dots and the then immolate. (should be like 3 or 4 dots at your level, total).

Run, but dont run far and then sit, instead, time your "sits' carefully so that they happen when your mana regenrates. If you can time this right, just click sit, then stand, and keep running. When you sit, would get full mana (like you were medding), and then just keep running.

This should give you some extra mana, so you can either start DD"ing, or youll have more mana at the end of the fight.

mmiles8 · #7 07-15-2010, 03:51 AM

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I'd think about adding root to your snaring and dotting so you can spend more time sitting down.

Root is counterproductive and unreliable IMO. You only need to sit at the tick to gain mana, slightly longer if there's server lag. You can time it with your dots ticks, the time it takes your character to produce the sound of 8 footsteps, or in your head if you've got metronome-like precision.

Immolate is incredibly inefficient and resisted often. Don't scoff at flame lick, it's got the damage to mana efficiency of your level 44 dot, which offsets its high resist rate to make it viable for added DPS. 4 more damage per tick for nearly no cost is better than nothing, or wasting a lot of mana because a blue mob resisted immolate 2-3x, which happens fairly often.

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Nedala · #8 07-15-2010, 01:26 PM

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Allizewsaur@39

you were able to kill allizewsaur at lvl 39??

It still takes me like 20 minutes to kill him at lvl 50....and i become mana problems too.What do i wrong? Tried using all my swarms or just the highest. i didnt use flame lick but i cant believe this makes much of a difference...

Overcast · #9 07-15-2010, 02:05 PM

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you were able to kill allizewsaur at lvl 39??

It still takes me like 20 minutes to kill him at lvl 50....and i become mana problems too.What do i wrong? Tried using all my swarms or just the highest. i didnt use flame lick but i cant believe this makes much of a difference...

When I used to try and take 'harder' targets as a Druid or Necro - I found it's best to just use your two most efficient dots.

Keep it snared - and sit as much as possible. It will take longer, but you should be able to find a 'balance' as mana use vs. time, etc.
The one way I could kill my ability to take out a harder target was to over-dot and then be OOM.

Focus on efficiency - let the dots run to the very last tick and reapply, if you can ASAP.

Keeping in mind to sit on the ticks and move in between.

VincentVolaju · #10 07-15-2010, 04:18 AM

So your saying for now just use Stinging Swarm, Creeping Crud and Flame Lick? And ignore Immolate / Root?

I notice both Immolate / Root resist often, and root seems to break randomly too. Theres been a few times where I root then 2 seconds later it runs back at me, pretty annoying =/. Not to mention I fizz alot on Immo.

I was wondering, now that I am 30 I am gaining Specialize skills, someone in game told me I can get one of them to 50 and the rest under. What tree would you suggest I put points into?