Druid leveling/gear advice...

[mwatt]

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

As a wizard, I was able to quad effectively from 29-53 with only 155 int (after 53, I had to do raptors which required a more sizeable mana pool).

The AoE I used from 34-51 was Circle of Force - 216 damage/175 mana/~1.234 damage-mana ratio.

The AoE a druid uses at 34 is Lightning Strike - 184 damage/149 mana/~1.235 damage-mana ratio.

From ~34-42, I quadded guards in NK - the two near the SK zoneline, and the two in the gypsy tower. Those guards have roughly 1150 hp (roughly the same as stoneleer cockatrices, thorny succulants, sarnak berzerkers, and Kunark Rhinos in OT, but I was quadding those guards pre-kunark).

To deal 1150 hp of damage to all those guards, you'd require 7 casts of Lightning strike, possibly one more to finish them off or small nukes to finish each of them + 140-175 mana to ensnare them all, granting the possibility of an ensnare resist.

So, at 7 casts + 4 ensnares is 1183 mana. Say you do get resists, and need 8 casts and 5 ensnares: 1367 mana.

You don't have that much? I'd think you would with minimal gear - i.e. any of the following:

Testament of Vanear, golden jaded bracelets, moonstone rings (I found 6 on a vendor the other day for 48 pp a piece), Ivy braids, CBBs, jasper gold earrings, savant cap, BI medallion (50pp for one in EC forum channel right now I believe), platinum ruby veil, Platinum Dragon Totem, Glowing Bone Collar, etc

Excellent information this. However, there is quite a difference between Wizard spells and Druid spells (Wizard spell mana costs are more efficient), not to mention level 19 vs 29.