Epics and their relative powers

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Ranger epics are really good. I leveled my first necro in WL at Geos a bunch and it happened to be one of the times that Orna had deleveled and was leveling back to 60 so we grouped often... Epics + Skycloak are petty amazing damage output and the slow effect makes some shit that should probably kill you into easy mode

I have to agree, it is an incredible combo.

Devil's Advocate: rangers have access to a fairly easy to acquire slow before the epic, and there are other decent worn haste items. From that perspective, do the epics really give that much extra in terms of solobility?

[Crede]

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

I have to agree, it is an incredible combo.

Devil's Advocate: rangers have access to a fairly easy to acquire slow before the epic, and there are other decent worn haste items. From that perspective, do the epics really give that much extra in terms of solobility?

I recently got my earthcaller after waiting for 3 years. Almost got my sky cloak the same week which would have been insane, but sadly missed the raid by 15 minutes.

It’s pretty nice. No doubt makes life easier soloing when it procs. I wouldn’t necessarily call it game changing though. A swarmcaller/woodsman’s staff can still do pretty well.

Personally I’d prioritize the haste cloak over the earthcaller. And If you can manage to get a good 2h like the tov one then I’d just ditch my epics.

[Selene]

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

I recently got my earthcaller after waiting for 3 years. Almost got my sky cloak the same week which would have been insane, but sadly missed the raid by 15 minutes.

It’s pretty nice. No doubt makes life easier soloing when it procs. I wouldn’t necessarily call it game changing though. A swarmcaller/woodsman’s staff can still do pretty well.

Personally I’d prioritize the haste cloak over the earthcaller. And If you can manage to get a good 2h like the tov one then I’d just ditch my epics.

Whoa, earthcaller is that hard to get? 3 years? Hearing that makes me so glad i ditched my ranger as soon as i hit 50 and realized i was never gonna get either the sky cloak or the earthcaller, as a casual player

[Dogz_SS]

The game of Everquest looks ALOT different without cleric epics.

[Cecily]

Massive QoL improvement to not have to swap 2h to 1h. It's also a DoT which is nice for the make their number run out before yours does game.

[Ravager]

The only truly game changing weapon is cracked staff. The rest is just vanity.

[bobjonesp99]

its hard because once the Shattered Emerald of Corruption (and other epic pieces) move to mini drops and Inny loot table changes to mostly suck, most raid guilds don't spend that much effort doing PoHate. and like 1/2 the server has some ranger alt and wants one.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by bobjonesp99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

its hard because once the Shattered Emerald of Corruption (and other epic pieces) move to mini drops and Inny loot table changes to mostly suck, most raid guilds don't spend that much effort doing PoHate. and like 1/2 the server has some ranger alt and wants one.

I don’t think things are as bad as they used to be. Previously there was an attitude against helping Ranger’s get their Innoruuk heart / epic - rangers were considered aggro stealing bad dps raid wipers. A waste of a character slot which could have been a war/rog/cler.

These days, with speedy engages and tank swaps rangers are held in higher esteem as highly effective and important bumps to let chains stabilise on tanks.

The result of this means guilds are more likely to go after non-magi minis in hate, and clear any mini PHers up when doing a hate run. The decrease in ranger antipathy means far more SEOC (so Earthcallers) are likely to be created.

[Nibblewitz]

If by game changing, we mean that it significantly alters the game play of the class, then I would say the top three are Cleric, Bard, Wizard in that order.

[Knuckle]

I think the druid epic is underestimated by many because it lacks raid utility. It changes what you can accomplish and the solo encounters you can complete due to the efficiency of the mana free dot/snare.