Advice on +mana gear for Druid quading

[LenkoCambria]

I think some people are forgetting your note that you're pretty green to the game. I don't know what your funds are like, but I'm guessing you can't buy a lot of the things people have listed. If you can, go for it. But let's talk basics.

Find your choice in mob - blue, non-caster mobs, same type. I think I was quadding around the giant fort in Frontier Mountains in this range. Try out a single mob! Snare him four times quickly (to keep your mana pool in line with four other mobs), then kill the single mob with your lightning spell. Check your mana pool throughout the fight. A good rule of thumb for most fights in EQ is this - if your mana pool is consistently lower than the mob's health, you'll need to conserve more mana, because you won't finish the fight. If you can easily take down a single mob, you're in a good range for quadding.

Things to remember:

- Always start quads with a fresh SoW and 100% mana bar.
- Blue-con, non-caster, same-type mobs.
- If you find that you're cutting it close with mana, hit your mobs with lightning, run, sit/med until they get close. You can skip every third "pull" for some mana boost.
- Don't forget to take resists and fizzles into consideration!

I quadded almost exclusively from 34-55. I never had great gear until 53+ and I never had a Lumi Staff. You'll be alright.

[Cecily]

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

Try out a single mob!

Pretty much this. +mana / +wis whatever. If you can drop a single mob with your current mana pool, you're good to quad.

Another tip: It doesn't matter how long you med. It matters when you med. If you can find the server tick, you can meditate while kiting and that WILL save your butt eventually. It's once every 6 seconds, there's a couple false ticks that might be displayed on UI. But if you get the timing down, you only have to sit for ~1 sec every 6.

[Swish]

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

I think some people are forgetting your note that you're pretty green to the game. I don't know what your funds are like, but I'm guessing you can't buy a lot of the things people have listed. If you can, go for it. But let's talk basics.

Find your choice in mob - blue, non-caster mobs, same type. I think I was quadding around the giant fort in Frontier Mountains in this range. Try out a single mob! Snare him four times quickly (to keep your mana pool in line with four other mobs), then kill the single mob with your lightning spell. Check your mana pool throughout the fight. A good rule of thumb for most fights in EQ is this - if your mana pool is consistently lower than the mob's health, you'll need to conserve more mana, because you won't finish the fight. If you can easily take down a single mob, you're in a good range for quadding.

Things to remember:

- Always start quads with a fresh SoW and 100% mana bar.
- Blue-con, non-caster, same-type mobs.
- If you find that you're cutting it close with mana, hit your mobs with lightning, run, sit/med until they get close. You can skip every third "pull" for some mana boost.
- Don't forget to take resists and fizzles into consideration!

I quadded almost exclusively from 34-55. I never had great gear until 53+ and I never had a Lumi Staff. You'll be alright.

Good post

[NegaStoat]

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

I think some people are forgetting your note that you're pretty green to the game. I don't know what your funds are like, but I'm guessing you can't buy a lot of the things people have listed. If you can, go for it. But let's talk basics....

Excellent post. Also, for my old halfling druid I made a goal of farming for loot as much as I could as I leveled. So from levels 5-11 this meant orcs for belts (lesser faydark orcs drop them too for that lvl 10-11 push), lvl 12-14 Steamfont minotaurs, 14-19 lesser faydark sisters, and so forth. The items I wanted were to be the best 'bang for the buck' wisdom adders.

Edit - the poster above me listed the cheap items I was going to list.