Well, also keep in mind that an Oracle and a wizard or a magician are all
very different beasts. I've been taken down EXTREMELY fast by NPC wizards
that are green to me. And I'm duel wielding a dragoon dirk and a BLW,
which is a reasonably fast combo. Granted, lullaby helps this situation
also. But sometimes you're just not in Lullaby mode. :)
At 02:48 PM 7/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
>Interestingly I have far less trouble with spellcasters than I do with equal
>conning bruisers. I take three bubbles of damage against a blue Legionnaire
>minimum, two or less if against a blue Oracle. Course, they don't get off
>very many spells with me hitting them with Crookstinger sped up even more by
>warsong or Anthem. I've seen green oracles kill warriors with 2hdd swords,
>while I at a leel lowere could kill the same oracle and take less than a
>bubble. Speed really does kill casters.
>
>Kitasi
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: RON_TALBOT@...
>[mailto:RON_TALBOT@...]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 2:30 PM
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Group or Solo
>
>
>From: RON_TALBOT@...
>
>
> I find that the ability to solo Blues or whites depends entirely on the
>monster. Some blues are easy (beetles, lions, orcs) while others are almost
>
>sure death (aviaks, most spellcasters, undead reavers) The classic example
>of
>this is bandits. A blue fighter type bandit was easy pickings but a blue
>spell
>caster bandit was death. I usually learn this the hard way... :)
>
>Bujold 17 triangle
>Xegony
>
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>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Group or Solo
>Author: Non-HP-chlebek (chlebek@...) at HP-ColSprings,mimegw5
>Date: 7/14/99 7:27 AM
>
>
>From: chlebek@...
>
>
>
>
>> I think this is a matter of playing style, as well as character race and
>> strength. I have been unable to solo without dying every five minutes
>since
>> level 12 or so. Mainly because I am a wood elf and most of the things
>that
>> are blue to my character have a nasty habit of hitting hard and stunning
>> often, as well as gathering friends to help them.
>>
>> Liani
>
>
>Playing style, yes. Character race, no. I too am a wood elf and I am still
>soloing effectively at level 16. At this time I can take on 2 risky's or 1
>dangerous enemy and come out with at least 2 bubbles of healt left. And when
>I
>hit 17 and get dual wield I feel that will give me the extra boost to be
>able to
>solo into the low 20's or so.
>
>Don't get me wrong, I group with friends whenever they are around, but our
>schedules don't always mesh so I've learned how to solo too.
>
>Taelin
>
>
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