Impressions of Erudite SK and Twink Options

[Tethler]

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

Do you have a magelo? I'm curious to see the ~5k of gear or so that you're approaching 200 sta on an erudite, thats pretty good.

Probably crustacean gear. Piles of str and sta.

[Octopath]

Curious how this journey is going? Is losing out on iksar regen a big deal?

[Jimjam]

When you're an erudite you can attribute every resisted spell cast on you to your extra 5 Mr like how ogres attribute every channeled bash to fsi!

[Rodeojones1979]

Hey, Team,

OP checking back in here. Since a couple people wanted to get an update on my progress and experience I’ll go point by point and catch you up.

Now I’m level 30 (with Feign Death!!!) and have much better think gear. I’ve been having a blast, mostly getting PLed by my Druid buddies. For leveling I did:

1-12 in the Warrens

12-22 in Unrest

22-25 in Stonebrunt

25-30 in Sol A

Regarding my initial points:

1) Vanity - Yes. Absolutely. I am so proud of this character for the way I LOOK. I’m excited to try on every new item and weapon just to see how bad ass and lore-tastic I appear. Still very glad I went Erudite over Iksar in this regard.

2) Lore - I’ve never leveled an Erudite. Growing up in the Warrens and in Stonebrunt was totally worth the new experience. The Erudite SK - only items there are really fun and flavorful. I’ve done Field of Bone lots of times, so happy to not be there again.

3) Armor - so many cheap and interesting twink options that look badass too. The armor is way worth it.

4) Access to cities - Odus is a great continent in general, so the starting city of Paineel is great. Its surrounded by awesome leveling zones throughout the entire range. I’m excited to EXP in the hole because its literally next door.

But beyond that, most NPC’s I’ve encountered are dubious or better. While they may not sell to me, the fact that I can walk into Neriak, Ogguk, Erudin, and I think Freeport, and not get jumped is amazing. And I can invis/FD past any problem NPCs.

5) Intelligence - Having high INT makes up for some amount of having relatively poor regen. I can bandage and lifetap up to fighting shape pretty quickly. I can’t lie, there is a certain amount of downtime when soloing. But I don’t do a lot of it, and when I do I try to fear kite. Then the extra INT really counts. However I do wonder how much faster it would go as an Ikky (but probably evens out since I don’t have a racial EXP penalty.

I will update my Magelo next time I log in. I can’t remember what I’m currently using, (but I did get some Silver Chitin Hand Wraps, a Noct Blade, and Sarnak Battle Shield.

Let me know what you think!

[Octopath]

Never in all of my eq career played a erudite.
Decided to make a erudite sk. I've never lvled in odus so pretty excited. The warrens looks like fun

[tarkhis]

Update:

made it to level 47 and am now factioning in WL and fear kiting giants and panthers near Kael. I did get a sword of pain pretty easily, seems to be a group doing the dogs in there every night lately. I'm looking to get some more plate drops for Thurg now that I finally got my faction up and then might see about getting a steady hole group or something so I can return to Paineel.

I tried Felwithe guards but my SK DPS or lack thereof can't keep up with their stupid pally heals.

Any other recommendations at 47 are welcomed.

[Snaggles]

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

Update:

made it to level 47 and am now factioning in WL and fear kiting giants and panthers near Kael. I did get a sword of pain pretty easily, seems to be a group doing the dogs in there every night lately. I'm looking to get some more plate drops for Thurg now that I finally got my faction up and then might see about getting a steady hole group or something so I can return to Paineel.

I tried Felwithe guards but my SK DPS or lack thereof can't keep up with their stupid pally heals.

Any other recommendations at 47 are welcomed.

Grobb guards. Pull to zone-in and reverse kite pathers first (Sutok, Avisk). Statics after that. There are about 5 spawns near the zone line that are blue until 54.

If you're evil you can sell to the vendors. If good you can always drop-transfer a couple bags of swords at a time to a lvl 1 troll. It's a pain in the ass but at 12p a kill worth the trouble.

[Octopath]

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

Grobb guards. Pull to zone-in and reverse kite pathers first (Sutok, Avisk). Statics after that. There are about 5 spawns near the zone line that are blue until 54.

If you're evil you can sell to the vendors. If good you can always drop-transfer a couple bags of swords at a time to a lvl 1 troll. It's a pain in the ass but at 12p a kill worth the trouble.

I am guessing cazic worshipping erudite sk would be considered good?

[Snaggles]

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

I am guessing cazic worshipping erudite sk would be considered good?

More or less [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. Guessing the vendors are dubious, they were to my prexus Pally and tunare half elf. Maybe just apprehensive though? That would be even easier...hmm...

[Octopath]

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

Update:

made it to level 47 and am now factioning in WL and fear kiting giants and panthers near Kael. I did get a sword of pain pretty easily, seems to be a group doing the dogs in there every night lately. I'm looking to get some more plate drops for Thurg now that I finally got my faction up and then might see about getting a steady hole group or something so I can return to Paineel.

I tried Felwithe guards but my SK DPS or lack thereof can't keep up with their stupid pally heals.

Any other recommendations at 47 are welcomed.

Solo'd mostly? That's exciting