How to solo twink a rogue?

[WarpathEQ]

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

This guy gets it! I am indeed looking for an excuse to farm items. ItÂ’s my favorite part of the game 😊

For the SCHW, I believe my best bet would be my druid root rotting? Never went far in the zone, but my magician cannot take more than one mob at a timeÂ…

Also, didnÂ’t think of Skyshrine loots! I camped them for some time but they are very rare lol. Might be a camp for me. Vivitron, I didnÂ’t know about the Frozen Shard quest either. I might give it a go! Thanks Snaggles and Keebz for your input on the Forager cycle 😊

To kjs86z2 and WarpathEQ, who say it isn’t worth it (I especially love your detailed answer, WarpathEQ), you might be right… I never leveled a melee very high because I mostly solo and Monk seems to be the most viable option for solo (with Mend and DPS). Perhaps I will do all of this and realize non-fungi rogues cannot significantly solo, and “waste” all this time. I will keep it in mind. As for leveling my monk instead, this might be what I will do, but we recently had difficulty in a raid because we lacked DPS. I figured more people with rogues might have helped, plus I love the idea of being able to Sneak/Hide for corpse recovery, Pick Pocket gems in abandoned dungeons and opening locked doors to help me in my adventures with my RL friends. Maybe the solo leveling is too painful compared to the advantages of a rogue and monk might be a better class for me.

Vexenu and Snaggles, I donÂ’t know why, but I really donÂ’t want to buy any piece of gear. Maybe I want to hoard all my plat to give me the illusion that I might be able to buy Legacy items at some point hahaha

sammoHung, it indeed seems you gave me tips on how to solo play a rogue. Thanks for the tips 😊

Cheers everyone and thanks for the input!

100% not trying to yuck someone's yum just trying to value your time (or project a fraction of how I value my time on to you maybe). As someone who leveled multiple rogues for the same reason (not enough raid DPS), mains a rogue, and is now leveling a monk the advice came from a place of walking this road (with a way bigger investment in twink gear). If I had to do it over I would much rather have a monk with a bunch of BIS gear over my rogue as I could do a lot more with it both inside and outside of raids. You'll find monks at the high end can rival rogue DPS in raid environments and have a lot more utility than the rogue does and what you've described of your typically solo play style, continuing to work on your monk that you already have a huge head start on will reap more rewards than starting fresh on a rogue.

The main reason rogues are prolific for raid DPS is because the threshold to get them to raid level DPS is really low, much lower than being able to solo anything 40+. Its basically just an epic and some resist gear and buffs will pretty much max your stats. So its cheaper and quicker for large guilds to power level entire groups of rogues, where they don't have a gear threshold to obtain solid exp, get them an epic and some cheap gear and send them into battle. From an individual player stand point monk beats rogue in effectively every category.

As far as farming stuff yourself sounds like FBSS would be your go-to haste item as it sounds you are familiar and comfortable with the zone/camp and its superior to SCHW. I would stay away from Iksar berserker club from a rarity stand point as I've spent hundreds of hours farming in KC and just saw my first one ever (PS. you can have it for free if you're on green), unless someone can confirm its way more common/easier to obtain in Kurns.

I would check out Chardok castle entrance on your Druid, you can charm the dogs in there, great way to finish off lvl 60 and there are a handful of good pre-raid loot that are good items for rogues and monks.

[Goregasmic]

Fellow camper here.

Personally I camp everything I can camp and then buy what I cannot. I have a 60 ench so it helps a lot.

In the end you could probably get a shit geared rogue solo to 60 but know that around 47--52 it gets a LOT rougher. Like, still rough with fungi, 34% hate and BIS EC weap/gear so while you can still technically solo all the way you'll have to be cool with a glacial grinding pace compared to most. If you're cool with that you're all set but at this point in the server a lot of tge more wealthy people wouldn't touch a melee without fungi and 34%+ haste just for QOL and refurns on grinding speed.

[Snaggles]

If you aren’t shopping for stuff I can see the urge to camp them.

I’d probably push the Druid to 60 just because you would have better luck, especially for those without the epic (no clue if you have it or not). You might even run into this while messing around in TT

https://wiki.project1999.com/Trakasaur%27s_Tooth

[Crede]

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

So I'd like to start a rogue and maybe give him a little hand, especially in regards to weapons. I like to farm/quest things myself and very rarely buy anything (51+ spells are the biggest exception). What are items that would help out a newbie rogue and that are attainable with:

A level 60 Magician;
a level 57 Druid;
or a level 52 Monk?

So far, I see the Burning Rapier quest. What is the easiest way to MQ it? Any other items that are more worth it? The Iksar Berzerker Club is also not bad.

For haste: I can camp FBSS with my Magician.
For regen: Is camping Iksar Ceremonial Chestplate viable with a 57 druid? I feel like it might be difficult with the limited track range.

Any input is welcome [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cheers!

Weapon wise not many options with your chars. Both will be in KC, locustlure and jade mace. Slow proc will help solo. Gl

[Goregasmic]

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

Weapon wise not many options with your chars. Both will be in KC, locustlure and jade mace. Slow proc will help solo. Gl

At 60 he could get a rabid chokidai fang in chardok I guess? Or maybe a fester. Sarnak backstabber for sure.

Or a trak tooth. Nothing crazy but they're not terrible either.

[Crede]

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

At 60 he could get a rabid chokidai fang in chardok I guess? Or maybe a fester. Sarnak backstabber for sure.

Or a trak tooth. Nothing crazy but they're not terrible either.

That fang has a worse ratio than jade mace. But for the fashion and proc maybe worth it.

[Goregasmic]

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

That fang has a worse ratio than jade mace. But for the fashion and proc maybe worth it.

Figured he'd want a weapon with a sharp end sooner or later.

GCM is better than JM though, not sure which is easier to get for a druid.

[Crede]

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

Figured he'd want a weapon with a sharp end sooner or later.

GCM is better than JM though, not sure which is easier to get for a druid.

Jade mace no doubt. Can harmo in KC, and zone out in 2 seconds at captain camp. Locustlure in main for backstabs and slow proc. Mallet slightly better OH though if he masters Chardok.

[Goregasmic]

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

Jade mace no doubt. Can harmo in KC, and zone out in 2 seconds at captain camp. Locustlure in main for backstabs and slow proc. Mallet slightly better OH though if he masters Chardok.

Locusture is 8/17, underwhelming ratio and it procs at 46. All previously mentionned daggers have a slightly better ratio and BS damage. RCF falls off a cliff the more damage bonus you get though. Sarnak backstabber is probably the best middleground. Not sure how doable it is with KC being crowded but if he could clean the moat while working on jade mace that would optimize his camping time though but just clearing the rampart is probably a lot of work.

Haven't played a druid in chardok but the GCM guy is basically by himself close to zone out. Charming is kind of out of the question since there would be too much to clear but he could probably root rot him without too much trouble.

[Vexenu]

Might be worth using Locustlure offhand. Leave it in for the first half of a fight and hope for a lucky proc, swap to a superior ratio offhand if you don't get one. 8/17 isn't great, but in the offhand you wouldn't be losing too much DPS.