New to being a necro; few question.

[baalzy]

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So I geared myself out in all HP gear and I enjoy soloing as a nec since it provides a different dimension than a Mage that I've been currently used to, but I have a few questions regarding how to efficiently exp.

1. What order am I supposed to attack a mob? Snare, dot, fear, dot? Then reapply snare/fear? Am I supposed to stack every single dot on a mob?
When fear kiting I usually send my pet in, snare, dot once, fear if the mob isn't capable of tearing my pet up too fast. Then I use other DoTs as necessary. Otherwise I send my pet, snare, fear, then DoT.

One key thing, the first time you enter a new area I recommend you snare, fear, dot a mob. Then see how much HP is low in 1 tick. You'll want to try to do 51% of the damage to a mob to get full hp. It helps a lot if you're fighting mobs that flee at low health because you can /back your pet and guarantee your dots will get 15-20% of the damage in. I like to be mana efficient so I only use 2-3 Dots (including snare) and then count how many ticks happen in a normal fight and do the math to determine if that's enough to get full xp. Then I'll /back my pet as necessary if I'm overdamaging them. It's more efficient to reapply snare+fear once then it is to cast every single one of your DoTs and burn the mob down ultra fast.


2. Is it worth giving a pet weapon(s) if I'm under level 20?
Dald answered pretty well
3. At what level should I begin to charm vs using a pet?
I level more old school and don't charm much. But 34 should be a good time cause you can go into lguk or maybe play around in Kaesora. I def plan on doing Kaesora with my second necro.
4. I have jboots, holgresh beads, cos. is there any other key items I need? I'll probably get a reclaim Mage weapon soon.
I really enjoy my shrunken goblin skull earring, don't miss out that much on using the earring slot (not enough to make a difference compared to being able to cast your spells 2 seconds faster). Money doesn't seem like much of an issue so I'd get the Ornate Velium Pendant as well. Sometimes CoB (skelly illusion) only takes you to dubious, the pendant will then take you to Apprehensive where you can shop. Also will be useful if you hunt crystal caverns cause then you can use the dwarves down there.
5. How does an iksar necro get spells, and barter with npcs?
Drop transfering is super easy. If you go to south karana from 22-32ish you can shop at the aviak vendor and it has unlimited topaz' to convert gold/silver from Treants into light weight gems that you can also drop transfer. You'll probably want to spend 1-22 in FoB / Kurns anyways unless you plan to play with friends. That'll also let you train the last of your useful skills before you leave Kunark.

30+ Velious opens up a ton of possibilities for soloing and the Coldain will let you vendor and bank just fine, so you'll just need to get someone to ferry spells for you or drop transfer yourself if you have a porter.
Thanks!