Druid Charm Soloing

[Kevlar]

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

It was one of the male dwarves, the one standing right on the coast with a fishing pole.

Don't kill that one, he is on guard faction, not outer citizen faction or whatever. Just kill the two in the hut, the one at the tent, the ones by the docks. There are a couple more through out the zone, watch the faction hits. Fishing pole guy is a quest NPC I believe, a lot harder and bad faction.

[Tappin]

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

Don't kill that one, he is on guard faction, not outer citizen faction or whatever. Just kill the two in the hut, the one at the tent, the ones by the docks. There are a couple more through out the zone, watch the faction hits. Fishing pole guy is a quest NPC I believe, a lot harder and bad faction.

Thanks for the info [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[citizen1080]

Best way to solo as a druid is reroll to bard

[Tappin]

Let me get the first 4 mobs in quad down first, then maybe bard [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No but seriously, does wisdom effect resist chance? I have probably the worst gear for a level 35 druid of anyone in the game... I have gear in I think 5 equipment slots, and the rest is empty. Of those 5 items, a couple give no stats other than AC, I believe. So my mana pool is extremely small, so resists or fizzles are fatal... or result in me running to zone. Wisdom increases my mana pool size right? Does it help with resists?

[wc4482]

Nice Guide

[Tappin]

Ok, I just tried the dwarves again.. I grabbed the 3 females just to try... They are all 3 white con to me atm. Anyways, the snares all went on just fine, but then my AoE (my evo is capped atm) was resisted twice... One of them mitigated the damage, she took like 34 damage instead of the normal 175 damage. Is this a gear problem? Level problem?

Thanks again.

[Handull]

Here's why I like pet tanking with haste/DS and rooting the mobs...its just less work and risk than fear kiting and counting ticks. I enjoy watching a movie while soloing, and if charm breaks having only one mob run at me slowly is much easier to deal with while casually paying attention then having two running at me, one at full speed.

On top of that, I find it very efficient. If I'm charming at raptors and pet tanking I can clear the entire big island by ONLY charming the two vicious raptors (and its very easy to single pull the south one, charm it, kill some raptors, and then be able to single pull the other one). If i'm lucky with the mobs levels, I can even pull one or two off the other island before killing my 2nd pet. Then I can head over to the other island and just charm the vicious there and either clear or nearly clear it. By this time the big island is just starting to repop, which is perfect.

But what about mana? If I root EVERY mob I fight on the big island then I'll have enough mana to charm the small island, but I won't have enough to keep going non-stop. This method is helpful, in my opinion, if I'm trying to do something IRL (like eat a meal) and won't have the fastest reaction time to a charm break. Otherwise, you really don't need to root every mob you fight and can save a ton of mana by not doing so and just being at a safe distance, ready to snare the mob if charm breaks. With this method I've been able to fight continuously, leaving maybe one or two raptors alive each cycle, depending on luck with the fights and with timing. (That one raptor is kinda by itself and is a pain to pull sometimes before repops.) Might have to skip the small island once in a while if I get a bad string of charm breaks or an add or two, but otherwise it goes pretty well.

When I said get rusty daggers I don't mean go farming them. But if you just check the newbie area vendors you will find a ton of rusty weaps, daggers included. Found enough to fill my bags just outside kaladim last time I went into TD (this only doesn't work right after a server reset, and since you are a druid you can port to any newbie area to buy the weaps you need for cheap). Or just find a mage sitting around to summon you some up.

Either way (fear kiting or pet tanking), charming is definately the best bet for exp at the high end. I think that fear kiting has much more risk to it, but just do whatever you like. They are two different styles for sure. Just don't bother healing your pet or nuking the mobs. If you need do to small damage (like to finish a mob off) use a lumi staff/ES vambs, if you have a ton of extra mana and are constantly sitting at full, use your DoTs, which are much more mana efficient. Either way, have fun with it.

PS, use wolf form for long lasting sow and +mana regen at higher lvls, I like keeping skin up for added security and the +hp regen so I don't have to heal if I take a hit, and lastly, bring plenty of bat wings for levi!

[Rasah]

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

Ok, I just tried the dwarves again.. I grabbed the 3 females just to try... They are all 3 white con to me atm. Anyways, the snares all went on just fine, but then my AoE (my evo is capped atm) was resisted twice... One of them mitigated the damage, she took like 34 damage instead of the normal 175 damage. Is this a gear problem? Level problem?

Thanks again.

It's a level problem. These will go away when you are 4 levels higher than what you are trying to kill. I say go out and kill mobs ~level 30 and rip through them, and come back at 39 or 40.

Minyin probably gave good advice based on his experience. But here's what I can tell about him - 1) he's in TR, so he's a hardcore player. 2) he joined in September 2010. So he was at least a month ahead of me, and it wasn't until we were both beyond that level that they started tinkering with resists on this server. So while 35 might have been a reasonable level back then, it isn't now unless you have godly equipment.

[Tappin]

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

It's a level problem. These will go away when you are 4 levels higher than what you are trying to kill. I say go out and kill mobs ~level 30 and rip through them, and come back at 39 or 40.

Minyin probably gave good advice based on his experience. But here's what I can tell about him - 1) he's in TR, so he's a hardcore player. 2) he joined in September 2010. So he was at least a month ahead of me, and it wasn't until we were both beyond that level that they started tinkering with resists on this server. So while 35 might have been a reasonable level back then, it isn't now unless you have godly equipment.

Thanks again! Any suggestions on mobs? I'm level 35 atm, half way to level 36.

[Daldaen]

Kedge Keep. Go and never leave.

The strategy at level 34-44 is pretty simple. Buff up the best you can, regen, hp buff, self AC/DS buff, EB. Enter zone in, tag 1 mob with ensnare, wait a sec until the mobs are swarming on you, and back up and zone out (you will be zoning lots with this strategy).

Do this again on another mob. Zoning out when the pack gets close to you.

At this point in time you should have 2 staggered swordfish. One very close to zone line if not on it. You'll want to invis vs animals and zone back in. Check the location of the 2nd fish you ideally want to get both of them at the zone line and to stay there (using ensnare to keep them in place)

Through several sets of aggroing them and pulling them etc, you should get them to zone line. You'll want to swim up to a corner opposite of where they are stuck (while invis vs animals of course). Charm 1. If you can quickly try to target the other and have it pet attack... but Kedge is funky, you have to have the mobs basically on top of each other for pet attack to function, otherwise you need to take a hit from the other mob.

Let the 2 fight it out. Root the mob and med. Don't do anything else. No DoTing or nuking. When your pet is around 5% HP you'll want to break invis and nuke or DoT it to death. Finish off the other mob if not finished.

*Alternatively* you can try to utilize lull animal to pull vs zoning a lot but that can fail due to odd pathing underwater.

Basically rinse and repeat for 10 levels. Back when I did this, when kedge was bugged like no other (when you would get aggro on mobs from every level if you touched a wall) I would get around 5% exp per solo kill there. I'd wager it may be slower now due to them lowering kedge ZEM but it is still very solid exp.

If you have any other questions shoot me a tell in game or probably a PM here (my computer is busted so i wont be getting on for awhile)