Best solo melee class?

[Goregasmic]

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

Two HGL’s are ideal. I have an Earring of Essence only because I’ve been lazy about grabbing another. It’s a solid earring though. If coupled with an EoE, I’d rather use a Blue Diamond earring or Fingerbone Hoop over a pearly bauble. MR is the best for a class that does a lot of pulling.

Where do you pull that MR is that significant? Genuinely curious. Outside seb/chardok I don't really see it and groups rarely do chardok. I find getting slowed while soloing is a better reason to wear MR. Considering all the earring options a ranger has EoE is pretty weak when you don't need the MR.

HGL is 30hp over a bauble, the -15ac seems like a steep price to pay if you're not already oozing AC, which won't happen for a non raid geared ranger.

Am I missing something?

[Snaggles]

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

Where do you pull that MR is that significant? Genuinely curious. Outside seb/chardok I don't really see it and groups rarely do chardok. I find getting slowed while soloing is a better reason to wear MR. Considering all the earring options a ranger has EoE is pretty weak when you don't need the MR.

HGL is 30hp over a bauble, the -15ac seems like a steep price to pay if you're not already oozing AC, which won't happen for a non raid geared ranger.

Am I missing something?

Many of the worst spells in the game are MR based. It doesn’t happen often but when it does, you die.

Snare, root, fear, blind, slow. Gflux if no Levitate in PoHate.

Sure, maybe 255mr won’t resist that dragon fear either…but the question will keep you awake at night.

I’ve never cared at all about AC. That only matters if you take physical damage. And as we have figured out with rangers, it doesn’t really matter then either. I admit, I’m very biased against it…maybe naive but it’s worked well over be years.

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

Good advice Snaggles, thanks. Looks like a Blue Diamond will keep me covered until I get a Fingerbone.

I still swap mine in for ToV. They are solid!

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Many of the worst spells in the game are MR based. It doesn’t happen often but when it does, you die.

Snare, root, fear, blind, slow.

Sure, maybe 255mr won’t resist that dragon fear either…but the question will keep you awake at night.

I’ve never cared at all about AC. That only matters if you take physical damage. And as we have figured out with rangers, it doesn’t really matter then either.

Yeah MR is very useful. Some mobs charm too. Getting dragged back to the middle of multiple mobs that recover back to full HP and Mana can be a problem hehe.

[Snaggles]

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

Yeah MR is very useful. Some mobs charm too. Getting dragged back to the middle of multiple mobs that recover back to full HP and Mana can be a problem hehe.

I don’t care as much on other classes, especially like a knight.

Rangers generally dont take CH chains. Ideally you will have amazing gear and can have a lot stats everywhere. I was a casual raider for 7 years…I just went for weapons and SV’s, lol.

For solo with a ranger nothing is worst than a root or a blind. For raiding, it becomes dragon fear or a root in PoFear. I feel like 200+ SV fire and cold help a lot as well.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

I don’t care as much on other classes, especially like a knight.

Rangers generally dont take CH chains. Ideally you will have amazing gear and can have a lot stats everywhere. I was a casual raider for 7 years…I just went for weapons and SV’s, lol.

For solo with a ranger nothing is worst than a root or a blind. For raiding, it becomes dragon fear or a root in PoFear. I feel like 200+ SV fire and cold help a lot as well.

Knights do have other options to stop spell casters, like fear and stun.

I focused on resist gear for my Shaman too when raiding. When you don't have a lot of options for preventing spellcasting, you just need to resist it lol.

Rangers could probably blind kite with bio orb reasonably well since they have snare. Woven Bark Earring + Bio Orb + Bow + Tolans Bracers would be free blind kiting.