Tecmos streaming!

[Samoht Farstrider]

I guess my work is blocking it.

[Tecmos Deception]

Early morning chanter stream!

[Tecmos Deception]

Anyone who didn't watch missed a great stream this morning!

I logged into HS, killed a PH at my usual spot in south, then headed over into east to check things out for entertainment value. Turns out Crypt Excavator, east's best named (helot skull helm!), was up. East is ridiculously hard to solo (or group probably) now compared to before invis changes, but I started clearing some room to work with. I ended up not keeping an undead mob that will flee rooted though, and it fled and forced me to hat out or die... I hatted. When I returned, I killed some more stuff, snuck past a couple of mobs with invis, then picked a new, non-summoning pet. Cleared some more, pulled the named (with an add), and got him down! He didn't drop the helm, unfortunately.

I hopped on my SK for a few minutes before logging back into east to check on repop. I got myself killed though, after a few resists+interrupts and misclicking my soulfire on the enemy mob twice instead of on myself [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Finished up the stream with CRing myself and exploring a bit deeper into east looking for another named before running into too many live mobs to lull past and calling it quits.


Stream is recorded for anyone who might like to check out solo action in HS east!

[Tecmos Deception]

Stream down again. Managed to get in like an hour of HS south and general mucking around before I had to log off. I did see the two best nameds in south in the little bit of time I was streaming though, yielding a fingerbone hoop and a golden bracer! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tecmos Deception]

Nm that. Started streaming some but I'm feeling pretty indifferent about doing it today [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tecmos Deception]

Streaming seb NG atm! Later tonight Save has big plans, maybe he'll let me stream that too!

[Obsidus]

Watching these streams has made me seriously wonder why the hell I never rolled an enchanter. From what I can remember, the general opinion back when I played, was that Enchanters were OP soloers with Dire Charm, but aside from that Necros were better. These vids are disproving that quite handily from what I can tell.

[Tecmos Deception]

Stream down for the night. I solod NG in seb some, then duod it and disco a bit with Loraen before Svenn showed up and we fought down towards spore king to give him a try. Unfortunately just as I was saying "hope i don't jinx us by talking about wiping" ... a shroom gated away from us and forced Loraen to hat and the rest of us to zone out.

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

Watching these streams has made me seriously wonder why the hell I never rolled an enchanter. From what I can remember, the general opinion back when I played, was that Enchanters were OP soloers with Dire Charm, but aside from that Necros were better. These vids are disproving that quite handily from what I can tell.

Necros are definitely potent. Lifetaps, feign and harmshield, being able to deal significant damage without charm (or a pet at all)... that's good stuff! But when it comes to dealing with high-level mobs (like, 51+ probably), enchanters definitely take the cake. Tashan, haste, slow, quick stuns, and ae mezzes are all pretty vital to soloing high-end mobs as a chanter, and necros don't have any of those.

I still think necros on p99 could solo most of the things an enchanter could (HS south or most anything in seb, for example). I'm speaking as someone who does not have a 60 necro, but it seems like pulls would be trickier and more effort since you can't lull or just drop an ae mez on a group of mobs and deal with it from there, but I think that dots and lifetaps and heals for an EoT would make short work of the level 50-52 nameds that have the best loot in HS just as well as a chanter with charm, haste, and slow could. Chanter might have easier pulls, but necro would have a better chance of surviving (without hatting out) when things DO go bad, it seems to me.

Hmm. Part of why you remember necros being more preferred for solo was the era you played in? In Kunark and Velious I think that EVERY SINGLE level 51+ mob summons. That made it harder for necros who had iffier durations on charms, and EoT just doesn't tank 54+ mobs too well I don't believe. In PoP (even in luclin? i don't remember) though a lot of stuff stopped summoning even if it was 51+ right? And there were more meaningful things you could do without being in the confines of a dungeon? So necros had some aggro and fearkiting options, rootrotting, etc., that aren't really available in high-end kunark and velious content.

[Obsidus]

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

Stream down for the night. I solod NG in seb some, then duod it and disco a bit with Loraen before Svenn showed up and we fought down towards spore king to give him a try. Unfortunately just as I was saying "hope i don't jinx us by talking about wiping" ... a shroom gated away from us and forced Loraen to hat and the rest of us to zone out.




Necros are definitely potent. Lifetaps, feign and harmshield, being able to deal significant damage without charm (or a pet at all)... that's good stuff! But when it comes to dealing with high-level mobs (like, 51+ probably), enchanters definitely take the cake. Tashan, haste, slow, quick stuns, and ae mezzes are all pretty vital to soloing high-end mobs as a chanter, and necros don't have any of those.

I still think necros on p99 could solo most of the things an enchanter could (HS south or most anything in seb, for example). I'm speaking as someone who does not have a 60 necro, but it seems like pulls would be trickier and more effort since you can't lull or just drop an ae mez on a group of mobs and deal with it from there, but I think that dots and lifetaps and heals for an EoT would make short work of the level 50-52 nameds that have the best loot in HS just as well as a chanter with charm, haste, and slow could. Chanter might have easier pulls, but necro would have a better chance of surviving (without hatting out) when things DO go bad, it seems to me.

Hmm. Part of why you remember necros being more preferred for solo was the era you played in? In Kunark and Velious I think that EVERY SINGLE level 51+ mob summons. That made it harder for necros who had iffier durations on charms, and EoT just doesn't tank 54+ mobs too well I don't believe. In PoP (even in luclin? i don't remember) though a lot of stuff stopped summoning even if it was 51+ right? And there were more meaningful things you could do without being in the confines of a dungeon? So necros had some aggro and fearkiting options, rootrotting, etc., that aren't really available in high-end kunark and velious content.

You nailed it. I started playing like, a month before Luclin came out, so most of my memories are from that period.

[Splorf22]

damn you gate