The Solo dungeon crawl

[Wallicker]

Now that’s really interesting as he summons and would resist mez consistently enough to where you wouldn’t be able to mez and heal

[Wallicker]

Actually he’s level 55 and unmezzable for a bard lol

[MikeXG]

In my experience there are 2 types of “solo” in eq. There is being an efficient solo class that can level on their own through various mechanics that lead to gaining XP in a fast and efficient manner IE: chanter charming, druid quading, necro fear kiting, shaman root rotting etc. The other type of solo is of you are capable of solo. I always heard bards were great in geoups and solo (swarm kiting). Do Bards only fit in the first category where they can efficiently solo to gain xp fast? And not so much solo that named mob or that cool wing of that dungeon that has drops etc?

[Wallicker]

Bards can swarm kite and level faster than anyone

[MikeXG]

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

Bards can swarm kite and level faster than anyone

Yep, this I know - never appealed to me honestly. Can they do the other solo at all? Or just efficient at getting XP via swarming?

[Crede]

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

Yep, this I know - never appealed to me honestly. Can they do the other solo at all? Or just efficient at getting XP via swarming?

Bards are efficient fear kiters, swarm kiters, and charmers(until level 50). As another person said if the mob can be mezzed they can eventually kill it If patient and skilled enough.

If you’re looking for a class really fit for dungeons 50+ With both efficient leveling and soloing Names it’s going to be an enchanter. Sure other classes can eventually do some of that as well. But they won’t have the tools to do it as easily, or cheaply.

This really isn’t a game designed for 100% solo to be unstoppable in all situations. You’re always better off forming a good duo/trio.

[ineubis]

Fear kiting, although risky and not viable in dungeons, does allow them to solo with minimal downtime. Especially if you get clickie darkness and clickie fear.

Apologize if this was already posted, TLDR... but IMO... clickie fear kiting (at least with Blood Ember boots and gloves) is a pipe dream....

Boots have a casting time of 7 seconds, and lasts for only 18 seconds, so you are basically chain clicking to reapply Fear doing minimal damage in the meantime. You might connect with a hit or two before you need to start casting Fear again.. and the fight will take forever.

The snare on the gloves is ok, but Engulfing Darkness doesn't slow their movement down as much so you are chasing a feared mob and keeping 2 clickies up with slow ass casting time.

I tried it several times, and now those items typically just sit in my bank.

Most efficiency I have found is to use BE gloves and also have Engulfing Darkness loaded, and just use Invoke Fear. You can pull or cast ED (lol) then keep reapplying snare the with gloves, it will save you some mana... but it's not a game changer.

[Crede]

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

Apologize if this was already posted, TLDR... but IMO... clickie fear kiting (at least with Blood Ember boots and gloves) is a pipe dream....

Boots have a casting time of 7 seconds, and lasts for only 18 seconds, so you are basically chain clicking to reapply Fear doing minimal damage in the meantime. You might connect with a hit or two before you need to start casting Fear again.. and the fight will take forever.

The snare on the gloves is ok, but Engulfing Darkness doesn't slow their movement down as much so you are chasing a feared mob and keeping 2 clickies up with slow ass casting time.

I tried it several times, and now those items typically just sit in my bank.

Most efficiency I have found is to use BE gloves and also have Engulfing Darkness loaded, and just use Invoke Fear. You can pull or cast ED (lol) then keep reapplying snare the with gloves, it will save you some mana... but it's not a game changer.

Good post.

I’ve found when doing a Longer grind just try to get a potg. Solves a lot of your mana issues and you can easily make that donation pp back at higher levels throughout the duration of it.

Having played a monk on live, having FD again is great on the SK. I’m not denying monks power, but having spells during the leveling process has been more enjoyable for me. And The pets are not as useless as I originally thought, with their extra bashes and especially if they’re max level makes for a decent dot.

[Sinadin]

I'd like to know more or a video how a bard solos HS north including key mob

[MikeXG]

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

I'd like to know more or a video how a bard solos HS north including key mob

This!

After all of the replies it is looking like SK unless someone can show or explain in detail a bards capability in situations like this.

Thanks again everyone!