Advice Wanted: Rusty 54 Necro

[EliteJackson]

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

HS is about as good as it gets for a necro soloing from 50-60. There's other spots where you can take advantage of charm undead too (KC, especially basement is the biggest one) though. Of course you can root rot or fear kite just about anywhere, but the XP and loot generally won't be as good as if you tuck into a dungeon somewhere and make the enemies do the work for you.

It sounds like you might just need to polish up your game in HS basement. It can be hairy down there until you figure it out, but when you do figure it out you shouldn't have any trouble getting on a role at 54. Without more info on how you were fighting down there, I'd say make sure you keep harmshield and feign death ready at all times, be mindful of pathers and respawn timers, and make the most of the room you have available down there while charming undeads and letting stuff beat each other close to death before you finish them off for full xp.

All sources seem to point to HS. Thanks for the tips.

I was trying to charm the undead mobs in basement and use roots and some dots to control the pace. The two steady pathers through the basement did not seem to follow a repeatable pattern. They would wander around the pyramid and stop at various points, sometimes overlapping one another. I sat and watched for maybe 5-10 minutes, and tried to suss out when I'd have the most time to pick a fight. The instant I tried to engage I was resisted and swarmed, so I used FD. But when I stood back up, all the mobs would rush me again, so had to gate out.

It seems like I need to plan on starting with the pathers as my first kills, and need to be able to pick up after an FD, since they appear to remember their aggro. I definitely was able to hold the basement a few years ago when I had been leveling the character steadily, but I can barely remember what all the spells do now. And it's EQ, so you gotta nuke yourself or open the wiki to find out what something does.

I'll dust the sand out of my cooter and give it a few more tries. Thanks all.