Starting a Darkelf Sk

[Korgoth]

CoS?

[Nixtar]

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

CoS?

http://wiki.project1999.com/Circlet_of_Shadow

Instant clicky invis from inventory. Great for travelling(since you're going to be KOS in many places). You can FD, stand + click = you're safe(unless mob see through invis, of course). Great for pulling and splitting mobs.

Soon it will be replaced by Circlet of Shadows which has a casting time which reduces the effectiveness down to only really saving you a spell gem slot.

[Daywolf]

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

Should i put 25 points into strength?
For soloing and wearing bronze.
I already have a set of small bronze, and i will play late when there are few groups.

Thanks for your thoughts.

I guess by your join date this is your first char here. Yeah you'll need str if you are going to use bronze. Really though, I'd opt for banded, then mix in better plate as you can (i.e. what we'd call archer armor in early UO). You know, plate helm, breastplate, gloves, boots etc. Fine plate isn't too expensive for a few pcs. You can get a full set of banded for around 100pp.

But banded is less of an issue to start as you can make up the AC by finding a good AC shield. You won't really need a good 2H until you get double attack apart from just keeping the skill up which you can do on dark-green con mobs.

I'd sink stat gear into rings, earnings, weapons that are better than the cheapest junk. Just have good AC armor that doesn't weigh a ton, upgrade it to stat armor later. imo this pretty much goes for any hybrid class.

[Aztefano]

I've got a 32 de sk, and I'd advice you to skip the bronze too. A de in full plate is by far the coolest looking sk but we don't exactly have str in abundance so I'd go for small banded until you can afford an upgrade. Get hero bracers. Your int pool is high so you'll solo better than trolls or ogres, at least while fear kiting. An alternative to OT is IC where the very nice earring drops with both ac and str.

[chaser95]

if your truly a new player i may have some hand me downs i can give you to help your DE SK PM if interested i will check my mules tonight

[xKoopa]

Put points into sta. Youll struggle with str early but at lvl 60 gear is just scrambling trying to get sta up. Raid geared DE SK here and im maxing out at around 220 sta (ogre or troll would be sittin at max sta)

[Sage Truthbearer]

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

Put points into sta. Youll struggle with str early but at lvl 60 gear is just scrambling trying to get sta up. Raid geared DE SK here and im maxing out at around 220 sta (ogre or troll would be sittin at max sta)

The struggle with STR early really sucks for an untwinked newb, though. I don't know about Dark Elves, but High Elf Paladins start with a miserable 65 STR. So when I made mine, I put all 20 in it.

At level 60 it honestly doesn't bother me that I did. It saved a hell of a lot of grief along the way for an untwinked noob who wore heavy armor and looted vendor trash to not be encumbered 24/7.

Would I be a 1-2% more optimized tank if I had those 20 points in STA? Sure, but I don't lose any sleep over it.

[ShadowKing]

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

I don't know about Dark Elves, but High Elf Paladins start with a miserable 65 STR.

Now I don't feel so bad for Wood Elf.

[Daywolf]

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

I've got a 32 de sk, and I'd advice you to skip the bronze too. A de in full plate is by far the coolest looking sk but we don't exactly have str in abundance so I'd go for small banded until you can afford an upgrade. Get hero bracers. Your int pool is high so you'll solo better than trolls or ogres, at least while fear kiting. An alternative to OT is IC where the very nice earring drops with both ac and str.

heck yeah!
And hero bracers showing in this pic, then dyed armor. Then some other non-visible str pcs. Doesn't do bad at all. Old pic though, using black now... which is kinda dark-dark green on DE SK with some chocolate color shades mixed in I would say. A true black knight hehe

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[Korgoth]

How much plat for full plate like that?