> > I'd love to know how you solo'd effectively at
> > levels 18-22. For me the few
> > times I tried it was death unless I could find a
> > blue "oracle" type caster.
> > No chains, No fear. Sure DDD, and CoD do decent
> > damage but avoiding adds
> > was impossible nearly at that level range. Now had
> > Lullaby been working I
> > imagine I could have pulled it off, but those levels
> > were horrific for me
> > because it was basically:
First off: At level 18 when I finally got DDD that night I went to the
cavern in NRO/EC and fired up DDD with my horn and went to bed for the
night. When I came home from work the next day my brass skill was maxxed.
No problems with missed notes from then on.
Level 18 to about 20 or so:
N. Karana: Beetles
DDD/CoD/HoR
or
Bellow Kite (ungh slow and painful)
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Nektulos: Some Guards, Corporals, Steel Golems some Stone Golems
DDD/CoD/HoR running tight circles you could keep the golems just out of
melee range and just kill them in droves.
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Gorge of King Xorbb
DDD/CoD/HoR
Muddites, Mino's (careful on big ones, sometimes had to zone to runnyeye)
I had hand to hand at 100 since level 14 (I started using it in some groups
with all-instrument at level 12)
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East Karana
DDD/CoD/HoR
Lions, Spiders, Gnoll Reavers etc.
(Pull singles to a zone edge (river, canyon etc) and use all instrument)
Basically there wasn't anything blue I couldn't handle if I was careful
I got about 1.5 bubble of xp per hour. Went from 18 to 20 in about 3 days
RL (3 hrs a night or so)
Level 20-24:
3 Bird spawn in Lakerathe
East Karana
South Karana
North Karana (not griffs)
Same tactic as 18-20 except I added Largo's melodic Binding to the mix
DDD/CoD/HoR/LmB
This actually works really well even now at 40. You can't do ALL blues with
it but you can do most blues with it. It takes them down slowly but surely
and you can even take multiple low blues (2, MAYBE 3) using this tactic.
I have done this tactic in every zone, including Lower Guk (at 34 or so it
becomes viable against the entry area of dead side)
Combined with using Lament to pull you can solo anything that cons blue.
At level 26 I don't think I need to explain how to Fear Kite or how to Charm
kite at 27.