Dark Elf SK gearing

[baalzy]

I'd say more like 50's when clerics start wanting to use CH you'd start swapping into HP/STA gear. By then though you can more easily get +str gear with +hp on it at the same time. At 39 when they get CH they're not going to use it often.

[holsteinrx7]

teir'dal and granite imbued spauldors. hero bracers, darkforge/blood ember. good day.

[Xer0]

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

Clerics will thank you for bumping you HP/stamina, make that a priority for sure...particularly when you get into the 40s. STR isn't so much an issue unless you're soloing, the tank's dps isn't supposed to be fantastic, that's the rogue/monk/ranger/etc's job.

Don't work up your int much/at all as a DE, disease cloud is cheap cheap so you don't need a big mana pool.

HP rings/HP+mana necklace?

All the advice offered thus far seems legit. My main, an SK recently hit 42.. I actually started him long ago, well over a year. I've tanked probably 90% of it. Soloing is inefficient I've found, without regeneration... savefor a 3-4 level window where fear kiting giants is serious tits. High AC+STAM+HP+STR+DEX is the order of importance I tend to adhere to as far as my items are concerned. Also, having such low strength I keep an eye ona n items weight when considering its overall statistical effectiveness. If you look, you can find a lot of decent plate gear with alright stats that weighs next to nothing. . At 42 I have 102 STR, 116 AC, 95 AGI, 90 DEX, 90 WIS, 140 INT, 70 CHA. 1,571 HP, 1202 MANA, 832 AC.. and I do fairly well as a tank. You wont ever need int gear, as mentioned above: disease cloud is cheap AND effective. I still use it more frequently than anything (tend to buff myself with str and ac tap).

I literally smithed banded armor for plat until I could afford a noctivagant blade. 4k AC worth of banded.. but it helps to hit hard and often as a tank. I also camped a lot of Shralok packs, both for use (i only carry 102 lbs) and profit (they sell for 250 plat, spawn every 2 hours or thereabout.)

After selling.. a LOT of shralok packs, I was able to afford a really good shield and helm, gloves... Once you get into your late 30s you can start making quite a bit of money just levelling (even through your 20s you'll find the odd smithing material that sells to merchants for 150pp)

IOf you need a starting point for platinum: bone chips, spiderling silks, high quality wolf/bear/cat skins are proper bartering pieces.

If gear/money isn't what you're having trouble with and just cant seem to find places to level check out: http://wiki.project1999.com/Players:Newbie ... scroll way down, and theres a levelling guide of sorts. fairly helpful.

If you ever need a word of advice in game, pm me.