Shaman Tips

[Mankong]

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

Unfortunately Northman Ringmail won't be in until Kunark :/ otherwise I'd be in a suit right now.

Well shoot. Rip my ringmail dreams. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[greenspectre]

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

Well shoot. Rip my ringmail dreams. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Seriously, man. It's a struggle for WIS gear of any kind. Dinged 20 yesterday, and the only WIS gear I have is Prayer Cloth of Tunare, Testament of Vanear, and jasper rings/earrings, and I consider myself lucky. The rest is full banded. If I'm lucky, I'll have a Bloodstained Tunic and a Dull Wooden Spear by the time I'm 30.

[Ashenden]

If you hate yourself as much as I do, a great strategy is to joust the mobs using Bloodforge Hammer at the early levels. No need to slow if you run away for four seconds, turn and exchange one melee with it, then continue running. Dots tick for full on moving enemies so you can keep that up by running a bit further away to get a refresh off.

Strafe run til 9, then be lazy with Sow. If you do it near water you can also keep your swimming maxed by running along the shore while you kill.

[greenspectre]

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

If you hate yourself as much as I do, a great strategy is to joust the mobs using Bloodforge Hammer at the early levels. No need to slow if you run away for four seconds, turn and exchange one melee with it, then continue running. Dots tick for full on moving enemies so you can keep that up by running a bit further away to get a refresh off.

Strafe run til 9, then be lazy with Sow. If you do it near water you can also keep your swimming maxed by running along the shore while you kill.

SoW kiting is definitely a thing. I used to kill yellow-con wisps in Erud's Xing just by doing that, without any jousting component. You'd be surprised how efficient Sicken can be when you let it tick for the full damage.

[Scoojitsu]

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

Dots tick for full on moving enemies

And I always thought dots only hit full on rooted or still standing enemies. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Has that been changed?
Or is it a classic EQ mechanic that will be patched in the future?

[Jimjam]

I remember nuking alot against thenice goblins in permafrost when I started them. It was a long time ago, but it was on a self made shaman on blue so it is roughly analagous to green. If i recall i'd root the mob at the zone in, which would aggro the next one. I'd then poison twice while meleeing and throwing in enough nukes so the mob would die just as the second poison wore off. I'd then kill the original mob or zone to reset, either way that was the zone in broken.

At 29 you get befriend animal and invis, which you can use to spawn/find a large dire wolf, tash/root it, invis to a safespot bear your camp, wait for root to break and the wolf to come to you (goblins are on a different faction) and now you have a bawling level 24 wolf pet to help you xp.

[Danth]

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

And I always thought dots only hit full on rooted or still standing enemies. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Has that been changed?
Or is it a classic EQ mechanic that will be patched in the future?

It's an era-specific change that's patched to the usual system later on. I forget exactly when it happens according to the timeline right now, but on P1999 it was patched in 2011.

Danth