Hehe.. I remember being rather taken aback the first time an elite goblin
guard in Runnyeye started lobbing Frost Spiral's of Al Kabor at the party
repeatedly. He was green or low blue, and probably wouldn't have been
nearly as much of a problem if we weren't already fighting 5 goblin gaurds,
2 elite guards, and the warlord. :) We did win btw, thanks to lullaby, a
cleric continually healing me, and a paladin who burned his lay on hands on
me. Battle lasted 15 minutes of real time, and we must have killed 16
goblin guards by the time it was over. And me (level 22 at the time)
rarely having over two bubbles of health the whole time. Heh. That's what
we get for trying to take the king room with only 4 people. :) They just
kept coming!!!
At 03:13 PM 7/14/99 -0600, you wrote:
>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
>Weird, where might I ask? I have had no trouble with green casters, necros
>in befallen, or the one mage I fought, forget where. Every time I see
>someone saying green casters are bad I wonder what's going on? The only
>ones to give me trouble have been those dratted madmen. Being monks and
>casters is just way too brutal. Have not faced any npc wizards I can
>recall. Also I am only 15th so maybe those casters that are green to me
>just have no really good spells yet. Also I have a pretty decent MR with
>Crush's tunic and SBS, and usually Purifying Rythyms as well. Crook is also
>Delay 21 base so its much faster than BLW if that's your primary.
>
>Kitasi
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven S. Klug [mailto:sklug@...]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 2:55 PM
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Group or Solo
>
>
>From: "Steven S. Klug" <sklug@...>
>
>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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