Returning - absolutely torn. Mage or necro?

[brokenpromise]

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

Actually the OP stated he mostly planned to solo, so I suppose none of this is that relevant to him. Fuck off OP.

It's silly to write off the endgame performance of a class. I guess you get your guys to 60 and then are mostly finished with them? Nothing wrong with that, but most people are going to want at least basics like their epic and a set of HOT gear, or will want to farm up some platinum for a twink. And the endgame performance of Necromancers just isn't great in my experience.

But hey, you could always post some parses and prove us wrong!

/chortle I'm sorry for all of this

[kjs86z]

How much does a ST key cost?

[Para99]

Originally Posted by kjs86z [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How much does a ST key cost?

Not sure if this is the standard, but..

Zlandicar's Talisman (Sleeper's Tomb Key) 300k includes a 2h primal loot right

Link

[kjs86z]

Originally Posted by Para99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not sure if this is the standard, but..

Link

Oh so a measly 300k?

lol

[Raev]

The spore king PH pops every 30 minutes or so. Maybe 1/5-1/6 are kings. He drops the tunic about 2/3. So a really solid group should get a tunic every 5 hours or so. In practice usually the monk has trouble pulling or the group wipes or something. Anyway, 100 hours is then 20 tunics, which sell in the tunnel for a bit less 1M platinum. Split three ways is 300k each. On the other hand, you'll make half as much in a full 6-man group. The better you get, the more you can do with lower numbers with fewer wipes and wasted time.

Alternatively: at 2K an hour, that's 150 hours of farming time. So you can either level an alt from say 56 to 60 or farm a primal for your main. Just depends what you want to do.

[Troxx]

2k an hour is quite a lot, and certainly not possible until you're already in your high 50s. I've gotten more in short spurts, but nowhere close to this average over time on any character. But, if you could match this rate and do so consistently, 2k an hour is still 150 hours of playtime. If you played 2 hours a day and always got 2k an hour (not going to happen for most folk) that's still 2.5 months dedicated to getting a single primal weapon sold by a guild who hogs a lot of content keeping the rest of the server down (so they can invest 300k in item recharges to keep hogging content for 2nd to 5th line alts).

For those with raid gear and connections with others who also have similar levels of gear, maybe 300k isn't hard to get.

I've been on this sever for years and have maybe made 300-400k total in that entire time.

[Phenyo]

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

2k an hour is quite a lot, and certainly not possible until you're already in your high 50s. I've gotten more in short spurts, but nowhere close to this average over time on any character. But, if you could match this rate and do so consistently, 2k an hour is still 150 hours of playtime. If you played 2 hours a day and always got 2k an hour (not going to happen for most folk) that's still 2.5 months dedicated to getting a single primal weapon sold by a guild who hogs a lot of content keeping the rest of the server down (so they can invest 300k in item recharges to keep hogging content for 2nd to 5th line alts).

For those with raid gear and connections with others who also have similar levels of gear, maybe 300k isn't hard to get.

I've been on this sever for years and have maybe made 300-400k total in that entire time.

Ag are getting a lot of primals these days. You seem overly transfixed on server bogeymen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[klw]

Played with a Necromancer last night crawling Seb. Did a great job CCing, patching heals and dps (having a half decent summoned pet meant no need for juggling during breaks).

Sure we coulda used C if he was an enchanter instead, but his versatile spell book made him a hell of a lot more useful than a magician might have been.

(Ranger, cleric, shaman, Necromancer, rogue, monk).

[Wrekt]

My 43 warrior was healed by a necro in COM the other night.

Necro x 1000.

Iksar

[Cyph]

I was about to raise the same question in a new thread, but after reading this, my decision is made. Necro!

Now... which race? I'm thinking human....

Also, is there a necro guide I can reference somewhere?