Magician Soloing Exp

[commongood]

I'm curious to know how well a Magician solos for exp and at what level soloing becomes mediocre and at what level (if at all) it becomes impossible to realistically solo your exp.

[Jauna]

it always sucked for me. I mean it is doable but there is just too much to manage and you can get overwhelmed easily.

I just grouped, casted DS, sat on my bone and let come what may.
Times I did solo I often had time to think
Like how badly i treat my enter key sometimes
but then i sit and meditate knowing that my pet will out regenerate me causing a weird feeling of wasted time

oh and for what its worth, your pets damage shield will not count twards its total damage done, sometimes you can out damage your fire pet while still causing lots of damage. oh and armor helps pets tons. a suit of leather armor, or even banded makes all the difference sometimes as well as your summoned rings and if you have the free time and a chanter alt, some electrum earrings whos name I forgot

[Tecmos Deception]

Magicians can solo just fine, though you'll basically want to fight outdoors or in dungeon areas where you know you can get single pulls and where you won't likely get trained. They won't XP like a necro or chanter or druid solo, but it's better than something like a paladin or a pure melee (maybe not monk I guess, depends on twinking). I'm sure there's guides on the wiki about it. They can solo 1-60 with a couple small differences in possible methods.

[Nycon43]

Came back to P99 after being away a while and have been leveling my mage. It's honestly pretty fast if you stick to outdoor zones and pull singles. Just have your fire pet facetank while it's damage shield kills the mob, reclaim when mob is low and kill with single nuke.

I am 43 in OT right now and it's been that way since level 4; since the mana cost of summoning a pet stays the same from levels 29 to 49 it gets really efficient. I can basically keep killing since I am medding while my pet kills stuff, sometimes I can reclaim 50% of the mana cost of the pet itself when I am ready to nuke the mob. I'd imagine it stays this way until 50, at least.

I have heard 55+ mage solo takes a hit but I can't comment on that.

[Legidias]

You only level mages to 55 anyways >.>

[commongood]

Haven’t found a guide about soloing from 50-60. Where would one do it considering the preference for outdoor zones and single pulls? Skyfire? BW? WL?

I am fully aware that 50-60 on a mage will likely never be close to how efficient a chanter, necro or quad kiter can level, but trying to suss out if it’s realistic or just too awful to consider

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by commongood [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Haven’t found a guide about soloing from 50-60. Where would one do it considering the preference for outdoor zones and single pulls? Skyfire? BW? WL?

I am fully aware that 50-60 on a mage will likely never be close to how efficient a chanter, necro or quad kiter can level, but trying to suss out if it’s realistic or just too awful to consider

Not likely skyfire. Aggro and assist ranges are huge out there, and aggroing the wrong stuff is more bothersome than just training out of the zone because they dispel and dot and stuff.

I assume there are some dungeons or other zones with a good ZEM that you can get single pulls of level 40-45 mobs in that would take you from 50-60, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Took like a minute to find this on google: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=279595 which also points to http://wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide

[Tuurin]

Originally Posted by commongood [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Haven’t found a guide about soloing from 50-60. Where would one do it considering the preference for outdoor zones and single pulls? Skyfire? BW? WL?

I am fully aware that 50-60 on a mage will likely never be close to how efficient a chanter, necro or quad kiter can level, but trying to suss out if it’s realistic or just too awful to consider

If you're going the solo route, be sure to pick up one of these @ 46:
https://wiki.project1999.com/Burnt_Wood_Staff

Also, I liked MSII with the barbarian guards in EF (the ones around the plains, not the ones guarding Halas). MSII (better for chaining, only 200 mana vs. 300 for regular pets) handles them very well, can keep all 3 down without having to med, basically sic MS pet, spam click BW staff and by the time they're running you click reclaim and finish off with a final staff click or nuke. EZPZ. Good until about 53 or so.

Then I just went to KC and killed singles while I was LFG (same basic strategy, btw, except earth pet for extra HPs) around entrance/courtyards. There's usually a few people around to at least pick up a duo and add some utility. Paladins, druids, necros- whatever.

At 57 I got bored with him and rolled another alt [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Vigilance]

I've thought about doing a Mage at times but the whole /pet attack reclaim nuke strategy seems....repetitive.

A lot more variety with a Necro. Or am I missing something?

[NegaStoat]

Originally Posted by Vigilance [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've thought about doing a Mage at times but the whole /pet attack reclaim nuke strategy seems....repetitive.

A lot more variety with a Necro. Or am I missing something?

Necromancers & Enchanters are the real cloth casters of the game. Magicians and Wizards are pretty screwed with the tools they're given.