View Full Version : Fastest PL - Ench, Shaman or Monk? Friendly wager anyone?
KentalCowtipper
11-05-2012, 05:46 PM
After my EC thread was trolled by Orruar and Lorean - who both claim that as a shaman and and enchanter they can PL a melee faster (or hell any class - I'll take this bet for a caster too) I'd like to offer a friendly wager.
I'm not denying that both of these guys are near the top for their respective classes; both are skilled solo artists (on solo artist challenge thread). What I am saying is that they cannot provide a more efficient PL than a quality monk. Therefore what I'd like to purpose is a power-level competition.
We'd get the same melee (or caster) and we each power level them for 1 hour, keeping track of the total # of mobs killed. We could do it 1 on 1 or we could do it best out of the 3 of us wins it all. I'd be willing to put up 20k - 100k on this wager.
So c'mon guys. You want to post on my EC Forum PL thread that you can do it better as a shaman or ench? Put your plat where your big mouths are and lets get this rolling.
Flippie
This really depends on level.
Shaman (DS pots) or Druids rape powerleveling low levels. I don't think this is disputable.
Monk might win the mid-level, but I still think Shaman wins here.
Enchanters are going to be kings of high-level power level. I don't think this is disputable.
Not to mention, the class you're power leveling has a huge impact. For example, if the class can AE a point of damage - shamans are going to be gods with DSs.
lolondar
11-05-2012, 05:59 PM
lol ill accept the PL on my rogue pally or necro :P lol the necro is not twinked in any way the rogue has good weapons and probably lvl appropriate armor and the pally has a good sword and like no armor so :P best way to do it would be to power level 3 different people of the same class race or just 1 person with 3 different characters
Kraftwerk
11-05-2012, 06:09 PM
What lvl range, give me a lvl 35 Bard and I can plvl someone from 24-31/32 in a couple hours. How fast can other classes take someone in that range?
Lexical
11-05-2012, 06:09 PM
After my EC thread was trolled by Orruar and Lorean - who both claim that as a shaman and and enchanter they can PL a melee faster (or hell any class - I'll take this bet for a caster too) I'd like to offer a friendly wager.
I'm not denying that both of these guys are near the top for their respective classes; both are skilled solo artists (on solo artist challenge thread). What I am saying is that they cannot provide a more efficient PL than a quality monk. Therefore what I'd like to purpose is a power-level competition.
We'd get the same melee (or caster) and we each power level them for 1 hour, keeping track of the total # of mobs killed. We could do it 1 on 1 or we could do it best out of the 3 of us wins it all. I'd be willing to put up 20k - 100k on this wager.
So c'mon guys. You want to post on my EC Forum PL thread that you can do it better as a shaman or ench? Put your plat where your big mouths are and lets get this rolling.
Flippie
You need to work on controls. Each of you get a character of the same level(just dinged), class, and race with the same gear. Then the plers get one hour to do their best. Take a timestamped SS at the beginning and end of the hour and see who's PLed character progressed the furthest. But pasi makes a very good point, there are many factors in this competition that we can't consider all of them.
Lexical
11-05-2012, 06:10 PM
What lvl range, give me a lvl 35 Bard and I can plvl someone from 24-31/32 in a couple hours. How fast can other classes take someone in that range?
Hahaha, I was about to mention bards, but figured they were talking universal PLs :D
Kraftwerk
11-05-2012, 06:12 PM
Hahaha, I was about to mention bards, but figured they were talking universal PLs :D
Great minds think alike.
fishingme
11-05-2012, 06:33 PM
Mob count in a PL doesn't matter in comparison to xp gained with different conned mobs.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 06:58 PM
This really depends on level.
Shaman (DS pots) or Druids rape powerleveling low levels. I don't think this is disputable.
Monk might win the mid-level, but I still think Shaman wins here.
Enchanters are going to be kings of high-level power level. I don't think this is disputable.
We were mostly talking about higher levels in that thread. The rate he had claimed (90 min for half of 53 on a warrior) is the same rate I achieved before epics. I'd imagine it's better now, as I was clearing 2/3 of north wing HS while PL'ing a 59 warrior the other day. I've never witnessed enc PL, but it could theoretically be much better than anything else. You'd need a lot of high level mobs though, as I'm sure it would be tough for an enc to break charm and recharm about once per minute as I was doing in HS. Maybe not though, I don't play an enc often enough.
Up until 20 or so, druid is certainly best. I think monk may be best in mid levels, as certain changes to the game (particularly mob run speed) have greatly affected shaman mid level PL. It was great back in the day, pulling 1/3 of solA at a time, letting ds rape the mobs and then have the level 20 avatar'ed melee kill the runners. Also, monk really shines against mobs 20 levels below them.
I'm pretty confident that shaman is best for 50+ though, and I'll gladly take this wager once I do a little more work on my technique. Haven't been in the business much since getting epic.
Also, the mob count metric is a poor idea. I highly doubt a monk is going to PL in HS where so much HT damage must be absorbed. So we'd be PL'ing in different areas with different ZEMs, mob levels, etc. xp gain is the only important metric. Also, we'd have to agree on certain conditions of the PL'ee. Shaman PL is much more dependent on both the gear and skill of the person being PL'ed. I know monk PL does require the person have some moderate skill and gear, but the xp gain isn't wildly different if the person has haste or not, etc.
Tasslehofp99
11-05-2012, 07:01 PM
What lvl range? lol I'm fairly certain Druid PL 1-40 is about the fastest you can get, then 40+ I'd say monk/necro/SK deffinetly faster, or mages with pet recall method.
We were mostly talking about higher levels in that thread. The rate he had claimed (90 min for half of 53 on a warrior) is the same rate I achieved before epics. I'd imagine it's better now, as I was clearing 2/3 of north wing HS while PL'ing a 59 warrior the other day. I've never witnessed enc PL, but it could theoretically be much better than anything else. You'd need a lot of high level mobs though, as I'm sure it would be tough for an enc to break charm and recharm about once per minute as I was doing in HS. Maybe not though, I don't play an enc often enough.
I'm pretty confident that shaman is best for 50+ though, and I'll gladly take this wager once I do a little more work on my technique. Haven't been in the business much since getting epic.
Theft of Thought alone would give enchanters enough mana to charm once a minute in a place like Howling Stones where most of the mobs are SKs. Breaking isn't a problem with a Gazughi.
But yeah, I agree monk is out-of-the-fucking question for 50+ power leveling.
With that said, I've only really power leveled 40+ in SolB and Highkeep. Howling Stones would be much better, but the 2 people I've powerleveled didn't have a HS key.
Heebo
11-05-2012, 07:41 PM
What lvl range? lol I'm fairly certain Druid PL 1-40 is about the fastest you can get, then 40+ I'd say monk/necro/SK deffinetly faster, or mages with pet recall method.
Yeah, you'd really have to hammer out the details before a challenge like this. PLing a wizard that has already purchased their PBAEs to level 30? I'd take bard PL any day.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 07:51 PM
Theft of Thought alone would give enchanters enough mana to charm once a minute in a place like Howling Stones where most of the mobs are SKs. Breaking isn't a problem with a Gazughi.
But yeah, I agree monk is out-of-the-fucking question for 50+ power leveling.
With that said, I've only really power leveled 40+ in SolB and Highkeep. Howling Stones would be much better, but the 2 people I've powerleveled didn't have a HS key.
Yeah, but enc have other duties as well. Haste, rune occasionally, root?, calm? I'm not familiar enough with enc PL to know the exact technique. Perhaps with mem blur, they don't even need to break and recharm each mob. I certainly wouldn't put money against an enc without knowing how their PL works and actually witnessing it. And that's really the reason for posting in the EC threads. It wasn't because we were competing for business. I rarely PL anymore and always have plenty willing to pay for it. It just seems ignorant to claim to have the fastest PL on the server when you have no to limited experience with other classes' PL.
Yeah, c2 plus medding while charmed mobs kill each other covers the mana to root and pacify.
Basically just let 2 mobs kill each other (I only slow/haste if one is raping the other) - break charm when both are low, let the person kill. Repeat. Works a lot better with casters. I never tried with a melee.
But yeah, pretty dumb for a 60 enc/shm to powerlevel for cash since you can make a lot more money cherry picking spawns.
Druid+Monk> any single class combination. /end thread. Geared monks will have virtually no downtime and great dps but the druid will insure the mobs are being low level rooted along with the ds/regen/hp buff for w/e class they play. The downtime comes from the PLee trying to kill the mob, not the person PL'ing. Also the druid would provide quick ports to various hotspots for the appropriate level range. Even with all of this, giving a fast delay weapon to the caster.. you still need the recipient to be somewhat remotely intelligent to get the optimal efficiency. I've purchased about 7 PL's from the EC thread for myself and a few of my friends needing to catchup. Each of them did not understand efficiency or the optimal hot spots. So instead of purchasing a PL from a single decent monk at 4k / hour, it's much better to purchase a monk + druid team at 2k/hour each. I guarantee monk/druid will produce a lvl 50 (any class) toon faster than any other class.
If you're opening this discussion up to multiple people power leveling a toon, a Wizard grouped with a power-levelee set up with a out-of group Chardok AoE group support are going to go at warp-speed.
Besides, I'd wager enc/shaman or Enc/Enc are going to power level faster than a monk/druid team.
Lexical
11-05-2012, 08:24 PM
I would also put my money on Shaman/enc on high level PLs.
KentalCowtipper
11-05-2012, 08:32 PM
Yeah, but enc have other duties as well. Haste, rune occasionally, root?, calm? I'm not familiar enough with enc PL to know the exact technique. Perhaps with mem blur, they don't even need to break and recharm each mob. I certainly wouldn't put money against an enc without knowing how their PL works and actually witnessing it. And that's really the reason for posting in the EC threads. It wasn't because we were competing for business. I rarely PL anymore and always have plenty willing to pay for it. It just seems ignorant to claim to have the fastest PL on the server when you have no to limited experience with other classes' PL.
Orruar I haven't PL'd much in the past month due to to RL being busy as hell but I used to quite frequently. Everyone I have PL'd has told me flat out that I provide the fastest PL they've ever had. I'm basing my claim on that. I'm not just talking about 1 or 2 random people telling me that - I'm talking a good 15-20 people or more. These are people who have purchased a PL from others in the past.
I agree 100% that an ench or a shaman can be a very effective powerleveler but
what you're discounting about me is that I'm definitely not you're normal run of the mill monk PL. There are no other melee classes on the solo artist challenge list. The reason for this is 3 fold:
A) Monks are OP compared to other melee.
B) I'm *arguably* the best geared monk on the server. I also happen to have some skill - maybe not the best on the server but I'm probably up there. 2nd in BoTB; loosing by 22hp to first place is a good argument for that (I'd like to compete against adrianna in a PL contest too but she's never on anymore. Plus I know with C below I'd get her - unless she found one to borrowed)
C) Pre-Nerf Fungi Staff. No other monk I know is triple stacking self regen. This is the actually the biggest factor of the 3 listed. 52 a tick with just under 1100 ac is huge when it comes to factoring a consistent kill rate. Add in the fact that I do fairly high DPS - 5-10% under our guild rogues consistently - and this makes for a very strong, very consistent powerlevel.
Not to mention you're not looking at the majority of classes being powerleveled. There is no real way that you can power level an ench, mage, necro, wiz, bard, cleric, shaman or druid faster than I can. Pet classes can't use their pets or they get crappy xp during the PL. So that leaves 6 out of 14 classes - War, Rog, Monk, Ranger, Paladin, SK - in which its arguable who can provide a faster PL.
Also with a good monk PLing they can attack down to 1 or 2% and then FD - providing constant DPS (I do around 90-95 dps without buffs or disc). For you to PL you have to do 49% or less dmg; the person being PLed has to do 51% or more. This means you are in essence capped at how fast you can powerlevel in relation to how fast the person you're PLing can kill - like you said a shaman PL is much more dependent on the person being power leveled. Therefore I would conceivable add a paladin and SK to the list of 8 classes I am 100% sure I can PL faster as their DPS is lower than other 4 melee.
I'm 100% sure I can PL 10/14 of the classes faster; the other 4/14 classes I am reasonably certain my PL would be faster. But I'm not 100% sure. Therefore I put this wager offer out there for anyone who wants to step up and see. I'd assume you'll choose one of the 30% of the classes that I'm not certain about.
It therefore seems ignorant to me that you would post on someone's EC thread that you're a faster PLer when it would only apply to 30% of the classes - and even then you're not even sure yourself if it would be faster for those 4 classes.
I await your wager and the challenge.
KentalCowtipper
11-05-2012, 08:33 PM
Theft of Thought alone would give enchanters enough mana to charm once a minute in a place like Howling Stones where most of the mobs are SKs. Breaking isn't a problem with a Gazughi.
But yeah, I agree monk is out-of-the-fucking question for 50+ power leveling.
With that said, I've only really power leveled 40+ in SolB and Highkeep. Howling Stones would be much better, but the 2 people I've powerleveled didn't have a HS key.
Pasi you really said that a monk is out of the question? Maybe most monks can't do it effectively. See my post to Orruar why I know I can.
Over 50% in 90 minutes for a pure melee - warrior - at lvl 53 the other night.
Orruar I haven't PL'd much in the past month due to to RL being busy as hell but I used to quite frequently. Everyone I have PL'd has told me flat out that I provide the fastest PL they've ever had. I'm basing my claim on that. I'm not just talking about 1 or 2 random people telling me that - I'm talking a good 15-20 people or more. These are people who have purchased a PL from others in the past.
I agree 100% that an ench or a shaman can be a very effective powerleveler but
what you're discounting about me is that I'm definitely not you're normal run of the mill monk PL. There are no other melee classes on the solo artist challenge list. The reason for this is 3 fold:
A) Monks are OP compared to other melee.
B) I'm *arguably* the best geared monk on the server. I also happen to have some skill - maybe not the best on the server but I'm probably up there. 2nd in BoTB; loosing by 22hp to first place is a good argument for that (I'd like to compete against adrianna in a PL contest too but she's never on anymore. Plus I know with C below I'd get her - unless she found one to borrowed)
C) Pre-Nerf Fungi Staff. No other monk I know is triple stacking self regen. This is the actually the biggest factor of the 3 listed. 52 a tick with just under 1100 ac is huge when it comes to factoring a consistent kill rate. Add in the fact that I do fairly high DPS - 5-10% under our guild rogues consistently - and this makes for a very strong, very consistent powerlevel.
Not to mention you're not looking at the majority of classes being powerleveled. There is no real way that you can power level an ench, mage, necro, wiz, bard, cleric, shaman or druid faster than I can. Pet classes can't use their pets or they get crappy xp during the PL. So that leaves 6 out of 14 classes - War, Rog, Monk, Ranger, Paladin, SK - in which its arguable who can provide a faster PL.
Also with a good monk PLing they can attack down to 1 or 2% and then FD - providing constant DPS (I do around 90-95 dps without buffs or disc). For you to PL you have to do 49% or less dmg; the person being PLed has to do 51% or more. This means you are in essence capped at how fast you can powerlevel in relation to how fast the person you're PLing can kill - like you said a shaman PL is much more dependent on the person being power leveled. Therefore I would conceivable add a paladin and SK to the list of 8 classes I am 100% sure I can PL faster as their DPS is lower than other 4 melee.
I'm 100% sure I can PL 10/14 of the classes faster; the other 4/14 classes I am reasonably certain my PL would be faster. But I'm not 100% sure. Therefore I put this wager offer out there for anyone who wants to step up and see. I'd assume you'll choose one of the 30% of the classes that I'm not certain about.
It therefore seems ignorant to me that you would post on someone's EC thread that you're a faster PLer when it would only apply to 30% of the classes - and even then you're not even sure yourself if it would be faster for those 4 classes.
I await your wager and the challenge.
I have no issue with monk kill speed, I have issues with them being able to sustain both their health and the health of a powerlevelee (in the case of a melee power-level). 52hp/tick is significant (plus mend and stonestance), but it's not chain-kill territory unless it's lower level mobs. Hence, why I said high-level power level is enchanter dominated.
And even if it is chain kill territory. Enchanters are killing two mobs at a time.
I know this isn't exactly scientific, but my most recent power-level bout, I was able to keep everything in Efreeti constantly dead while powerleveling (tash helps a lot for nuking down low mobs). This includes the side trap room.
Even with your regen and pumice (or a SoN), I don't think a monk has the sustainability to keep all that dead (again, not even factoring in keeping your partners hp up if need be). And that camp isn't even close to ideal for an enchanter.
As I said, I think monks may have a shot at being top dog for mid-level powerleveling. You sound like you know what you're doing, and I am considering using you for my warrior some time.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 09:19 PM
Orruar I haven't PL'd much in the past month due to to RL being busy as hell but I used to quite frequently. Everyone I have PL'd has told me flat out that I provide the fastest PL they've ever had. I'm basing my claim on that. I'm not just talking about 1 or 2 random people telling me that - I'm talking a good 15-20 people or more. These are people who have purchased a PL from others in the past.
I agree 100% that an ench or a shaman can be a very effective powerleveler but
what you're discounting about me is that I'm definitely not you're normal run of the mill monk PL. There are no other melee classes on the solo artist challenge list. The reason for this is 3 fold:
A) Monks are OP compared to other melee.
B) I'm *arguably* the best geared monk on the server. I also happen to have some skill - maybe not the best on the server but I'm probably up there. 2nd in BoTB; loosing by 22hp to first place is a good argument for that (I'd like to compete against adrianna in a PL contest too but she's never on anymore. Plus I know with C below I'd get her - unless she found one to borrowed)
C) Pre-Nerf Fungi Staff. No other monk I know is triple stacking self regen. This is the actually the biggest factor of the 3 listed. 52 a tick with just under 1100 ac is huge when it comes to factoring a consistent kill rate. Add in the fact that I do fairly high DPS - 5-10% under our guild rogues consistently - and this makes for a very strong, very consistent powerlevel.
Not to mention you're not looking at the majority of classes being powerleveled. There is no real way that you can power level an ench, mage, necro, wiz, bard, cleric, shaman or druid faster than I can. Pet classes can't use their pets or they get crappy xp during the PL. So that leaves 6 out of 14 classes - War, Rog, Monk, Ranger, Paladin, SK - in which its arguable who can provide a faster PL.
Also with a good monk PLing they can attack down to 1 or 2% and then FD - providing constant DPS (I do around 90-95 dps without buffs or disc). For you to PL you have to do 49% or less dmg; the person being PLed has to do 51% or more. This means you are in essence capped at how fast you can powerlevel in relation to how fast the person you're PLing can kill - like you said a shaman PL is much more dependent on the person being power leveled. Therefore I would conceivable add a paladin and SK to the list of 8 classes I am 100% sure I can PL faster as their DPS is lower than other 4 melee.
I'm 100% sure I can PL 10/14 of the classes faster; the other 4/14 classes I am reasonably certain my PL would be faster. But I'm not 100% sure. Therefore I put this wager offer out there for anyone who wants to step up and see. I'd assume you'll choose one of the 30% of the classes that I'm not certain about.
It therefore seems ignorant to me that you would post on someone's EC thread that you're a faster PLer when it would only apply to 30% of the classes - and even then you're not even sure yourself if it would be faster for those 4 classes.
I await your wager and the challenge.
Well, let's not be naive... I'm sure any really good PL'er has heard everyone tell them they are the best. You give someone a few levels in an hour and they'll think you're a god. I find it hard to believe you'd just take other peoples' word for it without any thought to the contrary. If your mom tells you that you're smart, do you immediately go apply to grad school at MIT?
I never said monk wasn't the best for PLing casters. But you claimed to be the best on the server and then gave an example of a PL session with a warrior, so the challenge to your claim is valid. At least in my EC thread for PL, I'd mention that I was not as good for casters as other classes. And I never felt the need to make any kind of claim about being the best. A good PLer does the job and word of mouth ensures they are never short on clients. It was your douchey tone that really made your thread special. Multiple people posted in your thread saying you sounded like a complete douche. That should tell you something. Of course, forum cop Ambrotos came along and deleted most of those posts, since he's always done such an exceptional and consistent job of policing these forums.
KentalCowtipper
11-05-2012, 09:19 PM
I have no issue with monk kill speed, I have issues with them being able to sustain both their health and the health of a powerlevelee (in the case of a melee power-level). 52hp/tick is significant (plus mend and stonestance), but it's not chain-kill territory unless it's lower level mobs. Hence, why I said high-level power level is enchanter dominated.
And even if it is chain kill territory. Enchanters are killing two mobs at a time.
I know this isn't exactly scientific, but my most recent power-level bout, I was able to keep everything in Efreeti constantly dead while powerleveling (tash helps a lot for nuking down low mobs). This includes the side trap room.
Even with your regen and pumice (or a SoN), I don't think a monk has the sustainability to keep all that dead (again, not even factoring in keeping your partners hp up if need be). And that camp isn't even close to ideal for an enchanter.
As I said, I think monks may have a shot at being top dog for mid-level powerleveling. You sound like you know what you're doing, and I am considering using you for my warrior some time.
The key to sustanability is a 3 fold factor - the amount of hp regenerated, the damage being dealt to the mobs and the AC. Once you hit over 1050 ac and start triple stacking regen it mitigates much or all of the damage. For example in KC I don't need a healer at all. I can chain pull as many mobs as there are up. I've PL'd in there when its empty and clearing LCY, RCY and Dog capt (plus the 6 mob spawns ontw from LCY to Dog Capt) thats 35 mobs in a 28 min respawn time.
And why would the person being PL'd take any damage? When I'm doing almost as much damage as a rogue unless the person being PL'd is trying to strip agro from me there is no real way they're going to be taking dmg - unless we're fighting undead and they get in a hit or two once I flop at 1-2%.
KentalCowtipper
11-05-2012, 09:21 PM
Well, let's not be naive... I'm sure any really good PL'er has heard everyone tell them they are the best. You give someone a few levels in an hour and they'll think you're a god. I find it hard to believe you'd just take other peoples' word for it without any thought to the contrary. If your mom tells you that you're smart, do you immediately go apply to grad school at MIT?
I never said monk wasn't the best for PLing casters. But you claimed to be the best on the server and then gave an example of a PL session with a warrior, so the challenge to your claim is valid. At least in my EC thread for PL, I'd mention that I was not as good for casters as other classes. And I never felt the need to make any kind of claim about being the best. A good PLer does the job and word of mouth ensures they are never short on clients. It was your douchey tone that really made your thread special. Multiple people posted in your thread saying you sounded like a complete douche. That should tell you something. Of course, forum cop Ambrotos came along and deleted most of those posts, since he's always done such an exceptional and consistent job of policing these forums.
Sorry you felt the need to offer your OPINION on a thread that specifically states no opinions on the item being sold.
Notice I said opinion - because it's just that. You don't have any proof to the contrary. You just think you're right.
I'm anxious to get the plat on the table and get this challenge going.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 09:22 PM
I have no issue with monk kill speed, I have issues with them being able to sustain both their health and the health of a powerlevelee (in the case of a melee power-level). 52hp/tick is significant (plus mend and stonestance), but it's not chain-kill territory unless it's lower level mobs. Hence, why I said high-level power level is enchanter dominated.
And even if it is chain kill territory. Enchanters are killing two mobs at a time.
I know this isn't exactly scientific, but my most recent power-level bout, I was able to keep everything in Efreeti constantly dead while powerleveling (tash helps a lot for nuking down low mobs). This includes the side trap room.
Even with your regen and pumice (or a SoN), I don't think a monk has the sustainability to keep all that dead (again, not even factoring in keeping your partners hp up if need be). And that camp isn't even close to ideal for an enchanter.
As I said, I think monks may have a shot at being top dog for mid-level powerleveling. You sound like you know what you're doing, and I am considering using you for my warrior some time.
If enc can only do all of efreeti in one cycle, maybe they aren't near monk or shaman. Pre epic, I'd keep all of efreeti + all of bnb down with a low 50s monk or rogue.
KentalCowtipper
11-05-2012, 09:23 PM
Also I felt the need to post my capabilities because it's been a while since I've PL'd. If I did it 2-3x a week I wouldn't say a word. I also charge more than most other PLers. So i wanted to offer some validity for my claims.
I think what will really offer some validity is when we get the plat on the table and get this wager going for the 4/14 classes you're not sure who would be the fastest PLer.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 09:24 PM
Sorry you felt the need to offer your OPINION on a thread that specifically states no opinions on the item being sold.
Notice I said opinion - because it's just that. You don't have any proof to the contrary. You just think you're right.
I'm anxious to get the plat on the table and get this challenge going.
Yeah, and we all know there is never an opinion offered in the EC forums...
Besides, you made a claim about the rate you PL'ed a warrior and I mentioned that a shaman does just as good or better. That's not an opinion, it's objective fact based upon previous PL sessions. The only opinion to be made is for the reader to then determine that your mouth is bigger than your punch.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 09:26 PM
Druid+Monk> any single class combination. /end thread. Geared monks will have virtually no downtime and great dps but the druid will insure the mobs are being low level rooted along with the ds/regen/hp buff for w/e class they play. The downtime comes from the PLee trying to kill the mob, not the person PL'ing. Also the druid would provide quick ports to various hotspots for the appropriate level range. Even with all of this, giving a fast delay weapon to the caster.. you still need the recipient to be somewhat remotely intelligent to get the optimal efficiency. I've purchased about 7 PL's from the EC thread for myself and a few of my friends needing to catchup. Each of them did not understand efficiency or the optimal hot spots. So instead of purchasing a PL from a single decent monk at 4k / hour, it's much better to purchase a monk + druid team at 2k/hour each. I guarantee monk/druid will produce a lvl 50 (any class) toon faster than any other class.
Pretty sure shaman/monk is going to far outperform druid/monk 40+. DS is nice, haste and avatar is nicer.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 09:29 PM
Also Flippie, you should be mad at Ambrotos for removing all those posts that were you giving you free bumps.. The thread is all the way down to page 3 now =x
Arteker
11-05-2012, 09:29 PM
i pwlvled a enchanter from lvl 1 to 46 in 9 hours using me necromancer easy realy easy if u have seance staff wich allow u to dont have downtime .
KentalCowtipper
11-05-2012, 09:33 PM
Also Flippie, you should be mad at Ambrotos for removing all those posts that were you giving you free bumps.. The thread is all the way down to page 3 now =x
Whats really funny is I don't have time to PL tonight; or tomorrow probably. Its so dicey.
Now I get 8 requests for a PL I can't provide :( (Why my thread said tonight only on Saturday lol).
If enc can only do all of efreeti in one cycle, maybe they aren't near monk or shaman. Pre epic, I'd keep all of efreeti + all of bnb down with a low 50s monk or rogue.
Hence, the non-ideal part. Howling Stones North Wing would be easier and more exp. I'm was just power-leveling a manastoned 42 cleric without a HS key so Efreeti was the best option available.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 09:44 PM
Hence, the non-ideal part. Howling Stones North Wing would be easier and more exp. I'm was just power-leveling a manastoned 42 cleric without a HS key so Efreeti was the best option available.
At 42, stick to BNB and LDC. Efreeti mobs are really poor xp I've found.
Orruar
11-05-2012, 09:50 PM
Whats really funny is I don't have time to PL tonight; or tomorrow probably. Its so dicey.
Now I get 8 requests for a PL I can't provide :( (Why my thread said tonight only on Saturday lol).
I think there are so few good powerlevelers here that once word gets out one exists, they are like a leprachaun being chased for its gold.
Having had various PL's by both Flippie and Orruar in the past across several characters...
Orruar is a fucking beast...
but Flippie is the best.
not trollin... just the facts.
Lexical
11-05-2012, 10:25 PM
I'm anxious to get the plat on the table and get this challenge going.
Me too. We can have a BotB for PLers :D
Tecmos Deception
11-05-2012, 10:25 PM
Top-geared monk PL is great, sure. Good tanking, great DPS, amazing regen+mending.
But an enchanter could (probably among other things too) just reverse charm using a buffed, weaponized, level 50 mob to beat stuff down.
Does a monk do as much damage as that mob? Does a monk fight mobs that are slowed? Does a monk regen 500 hp/tick when mem blurred? Can a monk proceed to pull a new mob and start getting it killed while the PLee is still finishing off the previous one? Can a monk provide his PLee with haste/clarity/etc to make sure there's no delay based on the PLee?
Tecmos Deception
11-05-2012, 10:35 PM
Ah. Ok. The difference between reverse charming to PL and a monk PL is that with the enchanter PL, the PLee isn't going to be able to contribute to the killing like a twinked melee would be able to with a monk.
HeallunRumblebelly
11-06-2012, 12:31 AM
So i'm sitting here in my ragefire arms, donals bp, manastone, and ragefire arms PLin guys right...
1 -> 40 I beat orruar/druids down, obv :p
HeallunRumblebelly
11-06-2012, 12:36 AM
So i'm sitting here in my ragefire arms, donals bp, manastone, and ragefire arms PLin guys right...
1 -> 40 I beat orruar/druids down, obv :p
oh, and 40-60 I like having a monk assist, but some classes like monks / rogues i can do well enough alone if needbe for bnb (40-50) then efreeti (50-60)
Orruar
11-06-2012, 12:37 AM
So i'm sitting here in my ragefire arms, donals bp, manastone, and ragefire arms PLin guys right...
1 -> 40 I beat orruar/druids down, obv :p
How does a second set of ragefire arms help?
HeallunRumblebelly
11-06-2012, 04:48 AM
How does a second set of ragefire arms help?
meant ds pot :| Even in triumph you shame me orruar :P
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