rogue solo 46 to 51

[Crede]

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

I've seen youtube videos and many posts on here regarding the solo rogue back stab. I have a very good internet connection and low latency and a top of the line computer (not sure if any of that matters in regards to landing the solo back stab). I can't seem to do it. I've heard you need to use the hide/evade macro to land it, I've heard you need to time it between server ticks, I've heard its all about spacing and strafing around and stabbing them in the side while you whip the camera around with the mouse, maybe I'm just not good enough at spinning the camera or need to adjust my sensitivity?

Could a proper rogue explain step by step the process and requirements for a solo back stab please :-)

I don't plan on soloing much on my rogue, he is part of a static quad and is an alt - But I'd like to know just incase I do need to solo something or have hate etc.

There's nothing fancy about it, just get jboots/sow pots. Move in front of mob so it turns around to hit you in the back. Then walk straight back through the mob and hit backstab, wasn't hard to land. Jboots/sow give a pretty big boost to moonwalking. May still be possible without it, but I haven't played my rogue in 4 years and always had jboots.

[MikeXG]

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

There's nothing fancy about it, just get jboots/sow pots. Move in front of mob so it turns around to hit you in the back. Then walk straight back through the mob and hit backstab, wasn't hard to land. Jboots/sow give a pretty big boost to moonwalking. May still be possible without it, but I haven't played my rogue in 4 years and always had jboots.

Ahh, so you walk backwards through the mob, instead of strafing around its side. Ill have to try that. I dont have Jboots on my rogue but if thats the secret I may need to pick some up. Thank you.

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

In my experience, even when done correctly it won't always be successful. I'd say somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of the time it works depending on the mob.

This makes me feel better, I think I had it work 1 time so far and I had SOW.

[Crede]

If you must solo, bloodgills in loio. No place better in the game for that level range for solo play. Hit hard, but low hp. 6 of them are single pullable. Probably can’t sneak split the others as they face each other but maybe you can find some angles.

[7thGate]

Are you using root poison? 50% slow immediately on opening fights is a huge increase in rogue soloability, assuming you have the plat for it, which based on your other gear I'm guessing you do.

I couldn't solo anything worth XP in ALS gear at that level, but I bet you can do Sarnak Berserkers with that setup at 46. They should still be XP green, but much more importantly the quest turnin XP is enormous. I doubt you'll find faster solo XP anywhere else.

EDIT: Any by enormous, I guess I actually mean respectable, probably 2% per turnin ish at 46? It basically turns them into greens that give about as much XP as a blue. Still quite good, I got a lot of level 54 done there grinding out my OT hammer faction, and I know Rainik did all of 59 going from max KOS to amiable. Need to learn where they path and spawn for it to be efficient though.

[Cecily]

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

If you must solo, bloodgills in loio. No place better in the game for that level range for solo play. Hit hard, but low hp. 6 of them are single pullable. Probably can’t sneak split the others as they face each other but maybe you can find some angles.

+1 I’d root one and drag the other to land to break up spawns.

[branamil]

If I remember correctly I did crystal caverns tentacle terrors with a fungi. I think they don't totally green out till 51.

[jolanar]

Kill greens.

[Ravager]

Hill giants in wk are blue to 51. Doesn't take long to narrow down the spawn points. They have a lot of hp, but if twinked and you know how to do backstabs solo, they're doable and make you rich. A couple nights in a group is way faster though.

[Snaggles]

The best way for a rogue to solo is to get the best gear possible (duh), fight in the highest ZEM zones possible, bum buffs from higher players, and pay for rezzes when you inevitably die. Don’t die in obscure places and hope an epic cleric will stroll by or be willing to do so without a healthy bribe.

Even without a fungi you can do this in HHK sneaking around killing low blues or xp greens. Occasionally duoing up for like bards or nobles. Mid 50’s unless you have great gear this will get pretty dodgy though since mobs in general (let alone in HHK) become scarce and hit much harder. Luck with a locustlure procs and having root nets/sow pots for unlucky attempts would be advised.

I enjoyed poison with my rogue on live. However, unless you spend days farming or find a sadist who did supply of mats is the bottleneck. It’s more of a novelty or situational boost than reliable damage. Hell...single dose pots for backpack management alone would make me buy shaman DS ones instead.

[7thGate]

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

I enjoyed poison with my rogue on live. However, unless you spend days farming or find a sadist who did supply of mats is the bottleneck. It’s more of a novelty or situational boost than reliable damage. Hell...single dose pots for backpack management alone would make me buy shaman DS ones instead.

For XP soloing, you're basically only going to want to use spine break, and you're going to want to build it in the field. Don't carry the poisons, carry the materials, and a 10 slot pack holds 50 doses. Spine Break uses all store bought ingredients, and slow is the best effect for soloing anyway.

For special purpose soloing, where you're trying to kill a single hard non-summoning target and have time and space to work with, you want Spirit of Sloth, because again it is entirely store bought, and also the strongest/longest lasting snare. You can then bow kite/melee and bind wounds kite/additional DoT kite/whatever to eventually kill the target.