Necro Soloing After Patch
 

I'm wondering how the new pet nerfs effect low to mid-level gameplay for Necromancers. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Also--which class do you most enjoy playing and why? I was thinking of rolling another class until the fix pet agro.

Thanks!

not nerfs but rather working as intended now

"as intended" as in not really classic?

I'm a 23 necro and so far soloing is fine.

Mr. Sparkle, has your solo technique changed to accomodate the patch? How do you make sure that you out-damage your pet?

for my necro alt that i have only played twice since the patch i did the follow,

used all 3 dots instead of just 2 & and stoped buffing my pet. Made sure fear was up all the time so dots ticked at full, got ticked i needed to actually med on my necro, Then i said screw it, buffed my pet, used only my snare and kited while only fearing sometimes.

The differance in playstyle really came down ton 1 major detail, how many mobs are avaliable. If had the entire outside of paw golls to myself it was better to eat the exp loss and save the mana for the next pull or sometimes multi pull. If i had to wait for a pop i would add more dots and make sure i got the full exp.

Gonna play the necro more tonight so will add more insight, really its not that big of a deal considering how OP they are. oh and out damaging your pet for full exp was very classic

Wait, i thought I just had to do 1 point of damage to get full xp? OH GOD WHY

Because that is not the way it is, it is the way it was and is now fixed to the way it should have been which is what it is now.

50% or more damage outside of the pet to get full xp :)

Welcome to classic :)

Feel free to read the thread called Classic Pet Experience
to learn why this is a huge nerf, even though its classic

No need to repeat it all here

I scoured that thread, Inyane. I'm just asking about strategy post-patch.

Wow, I am glad I didn't roll a necro. I used to be a mage back in 1999 and thought this outlook was just silly. I mean, if you have a warrior and a cleric duo'd, should the cleric not get xp since he didn't do more than 50% of the damage since all he did was heal the tank? Dumb...

Seriously, when you have to take buffs away from your pet so that you can get experience, then it is broken...