Melee vs Casters

[eqravenprince]

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

The devs solution was eventually that floppy AA veteran ability that casted hots, mercenaries, and out of combat fast regen - basically wow with EQ skin.

I agree with one thing. HP regen to match Mana regen makes a LOT of sense to balance melee vs caster population counts.

[magnetaress]

I feel like the hardest thing is melees not being able to compete with like necros for solo camps. But a dungeon geared war is pretty beastly and makes grouping funner.

[fishdaemon]

My main is war, got him to 50 around Christmas. I always had better gear than my shammy buddy. Had full bronze pgt and cold iron morning star pre 25. then i needed root to tank. at 25 i switched to 2x gnoll lariat. then i got my obsiadian shards , i bought them. Used that till 50 then i got my ykesha.

This need to twimk melee classes is just lame. Game totally give you the oppo to play melee without twinking.

how to get pp
bandits in karana give you full banded in early teens ,
run to ec buy pgt and do some befallen to early 20
move to mm/sola/uguk. i mean high 20s in mm is fs drop on almost each mob in gy, along with AC and imp.

after 35 alternate MM and lguk and you will get the drops you need and afford to buy the rest.

[eqravenprince]

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

This need to twimk melee classes is just lame. Game totally give you the oppo to play melee without twinking.

I play without twinking, it's fun and rewarding, but casters are WAY easier to play without twinking. I honestly believe if we had this discrepancy of population between the classes back in 1999, something would have been done.

[Hazek]

Not sure if code is wrong or if its how it was on live, but mob melee or player mitigation is broken.

For example I can't even solo an Ice Giant as a planar geared paladin and BIS weapon. And that goes for all melee, even Nagak, whos a BIS SK with lifetaps said he can't solo them either.

Same problem while leveling. Light blue and especially blue mobs at higher levels will destroy you regardless of your gear as melee.

But I understand why devs may be hesitant to change anything at this point.

[magnetaress]

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

Not sure if code is wrong or if its how it was on live, but mob melee or player mitigation is broken.

For example I can't even solo an Ice Giant as a planar geared paladin and BIS weapon. And that goes for all melee, even Nagak, whos a BIS SK with lifetaps said he can't solo them either.

Same problem while leveling. Light blue and especially blue mobs at higher levels will destroy you regardless of your gear as melee.

But I understand why devs may be hesitant to change anything at this point.

I'm pretty sure the biggest stuff melee routinely solod was an SG, however, rogues can intimidate HG and spectres and that was also not that hard with the lvls and gear.

Would be surprised rogues cant intimidate IG?

[Zal22]

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

Not sure if code is wrong or if its how it was on live, but mob melee or player mitigation is broken.

For example I can't even solo an Ice Giant as a planar geared paladin and BIS weapon. And that goes for all melee, even Nagak, whos a BIS SK with lifetaps said he can't solo them either.

Same problem while leveling. Light blue and especially blue mobs at higher levels will destroy you regardless of your gear as melee.

But I understand why devs may be hesitant to change anything at this point.

This guy...

"I'll just roll an Erudite Paladin so i can solo camps at 50!"

Where have you been for 20 years?

[Cen]

So I just picked my ranger back up and im on a blitz journey to level 35 in hopes for mask before times up and then beyond when the cool solusel quests come. I'm level 11 and hitting it hard. My ultimate tip for those who dont like the class pops.. Invite hybrids because they are awesome especially me gooby pls I harmony / tank / doops for you good plz thanks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But seriously I do think the balance is weird at times, Classic it's not too bad except in the Kunark era, then its good during velious for the most part.

[Jibartik]

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

So I just picked my ranger back up and im on a blitz journey to level 35 in hopes for mask before times up and then beyond when the cool solusel quests come. I'm level 11 and hitting it hard. My ultimate tip for those who dont like the class pops.. Invite hybrids because they are awesome especially me gooby pls I harmony / tank / doops for you good plz thanks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But seriously I do think the balance is weird at times, Classic it's not too bad except in the Kunark era, then its good during velious for the most part.

It's satisfying I was 100% right when I guessed after I saw you post about ranger weapons the other day.

[Cen]

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

It's satisfying I was 100% right when I guessed after I saw you post about ranger weapons the other day.

Hehe, I have been clericing and got my guise on him so now I need to finish what i originally planned. Hes a wood elf now but I'm chugging along. I had trouble at release due to the crowds. I need to figure out a magic boots situation though and decide on what SNES sprite works best for a ranger lol