Do wizards do decent for solo if needed?

[Swish]

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

Untwinked wizards are mediocre solo at best, imo, since you won't probably have enough mana to quad consistently from 29-60... and killing 1 target at a time with nukes is, while doable, too slow to call it good.

It was on red when I did it. I know the XP bonus is in effect there, but the XP wasn't that bad and comparable to a cleric burning a mob down and afk'ing.

Worth looking up "bard diet" on the wiki for some good solo bard targets [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Lojik]

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

Untwinked wizards are mediocre solo at best, imo, since you won't probably have enough mana to quad consistently from 29-60... and killing 1 target at a time with nukes is, while doable, too slow to call it good. Oh, like Swish said though, it's a pretty nice gig if you like AFKing between kills to do something IRL so you aren't bored with all the med time.

Just make an erudite wizard and get some relatively cheap + mana items and you're GTG.

[Messianic]

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

Just make an erudite wizard and get some relatively cheap + mana items and you're GTG.

I'd go with +hp gear until about 14-16.


Actually, with even average gear, a wizard can quad kite easily 26 on. I discovered what I called Full-speed quadding at 26 on mammoths in EF. It was incredible exp, and getting snare at 29 was icing. Here's my recommended progression as someone who soloed exclusively to 55:

1-16 - Junk till 4, EC 4-9, Wisps 9-13ish. Do the greater lightstone quest in NK 9-15. Great cash. 13-16 Oasis.

Here's your newb strategy: Find a good twohander; Lost Staff of the scorned or Dagger of Frost are great, great newbie weapons. If you're lucky enough to have a Solist's after 12, this is easymode. Battlecasting (casting between melee strikes) is actually pretty effective. Far more effective than attempting to root nuke at this stage.

16-20 - I did the Heart Spiders in Upper Guk near the Lguk Dead Zoneline since as an erudite I wasn't kos to frogs and could sit and watch them pass me by. Great gems, easy exp. This was pre-kunark, so there might be better places there.
20-24 - This was sort of hard pre-kunark. I did I'd recommend LoIO.
24-31 - Mammoths. Full Speed quad kiting.
31-35 - Giant Skels in rathe mts near lake rathe ZL is what I did. Usually no one around. Safe, easy.
35-42 - The two NK guards on the bridge near the SK zoneline and the two NK guards at the tower. I'd pull the two at the bridge with tempfluxstaff, run full speed to the tower, pull those two, run in circles, snare, have fun. It crushes your qeynos factions obviously. In lieu of this there are a ton of places to do basically the same thing in WW, FM, etc. Giants, Brutes, etc.
42-44 - Yetis in DL.
44-51 - Bloodgills. Bloodgills. Bloodgills. There is absolutely no better soloing in the game for wizards at this level than bloodgills in terms of exp. Why? Bloodgills have a level range one higher than spectres and around 400-600 less hp. It's incredibly easy.
51-53 - Spirocs in TD (I actually discovered a pretty fun way to quad kite DE guards in Neriak - Commons over the water. It's a lot of fun and better exp than spirocs or raptors through 54, but takes some skill)
53-55 - Raptors in TD


Exp slows down so considerably at 55 that I got demoralized and quit. Each quad kite of raptors - even all blues, even with some vicious raptors - is around 1% of a level. And your med times are around 8-10 minutes IIRC. Do the math.

At 55, If you have friends that will get you into good Seb/KC groups, do that instead.

[sox7d]

[QUOTE(I actually discovered a pretty fun way to quad kite DE guards in Neriak - Commons over the water. It's a lot of fun and better exp than spirocs or raptors through 54, but takes some skill)
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elaborate?

[Messianic]

Originally Posted by sox7d [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

elaborate?

When you pass through foreign quarter, you come to a place where you pass the POD and through a porticullis there's a bridge. On that bridge, there are 5-8 guards (including roamers) that are mostly blue through 54. If you have lev/sow or jboots and are fairly good at keeping your distance, you can run them around the surface of the water to get them into formation, get max spellcasting distance and snare, aoe, etc.

Last time I was there I saw a monk soloing a bunch of them, so apparently i'm not the only one who knows of those guards.

[Atmas]

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

Every class can solo "decently" (or better) from 1-50 except for warrior and rogue. Might be boring blowing up undead with a cleric 1 at a time or slowly beating down mobs with a paladin and having to heal up and med after, but it is still halfway decent xp if you pick your zone and quarry well.

Untwinked wizards are mediocre solo at best, imo, since you won't probably have enough mana to quad consistently from 29-60... and killing 1 target at a time with nukes is, while doable, too slow to call it good. Oh, like Swish said though, it's a pretty nice gig if you like AFKing between kills to do something IRL so you aren't bored with all the med time.

The level of gear needed to quad really is nothing special. Twink gear might help you to quad higher level or more resistant creatures but is not needed to quad and level at a rate much faster than conventional groups.

Even at lower levels a crack is the most helpful thing. You can also full speed quad prior to your AoE snare with jboots or a SoW.

[Rec]

wizard is really boring

[Sturgeon]

There's an awesome druid charm guide if you're new and have no gear. I've been following that for my druid and so far so good.

[NirrtiXXX]

let me put it this way I prefer take down camps of blues or oranges to reds one at a time. DD is preferred as Dot with the necromancer was kinda slow. This does not cound SK as his Dots are secondary dmg. On a minimal budget as i have none :P

[Clark]

Wizard can solo to 60, but Enchanter and Shaman are the strongest solo classes.