Soling in HoT

[kalipto]

Thanks for all the feedback. Sounds like as far as soloing goes I wont run into too much trouble getting around HoT. Earlier today in general chat someone said mage pets couldn't tank HoT yard trash to save their life. I figured the person was either lying or just clueless. By the sounds of it, they might have been a bit of both.

So at any rate; I'll keep on trucking along with my trusty mage. I imagine for the group game I'll get along just fine. And if I do end up raiding, I'll just take it as it comes.

Oh and /wave Malleria, nice to see another Portlander hanging around the forums.

[Malleria]

I'm a pretender! I only live here My wife is the real Portlander!

[Danille]

Thanks for all the feedback. Sounds like as far as soloing goes I wont run into too much trouble getting around HoT. Earlier today in general chat someone said mage pets couldn't tank HoT yard trash to save their life. I figured the person was either lying or just clueless. By the sounds of it, they might have been a bit of both.

So at any rate; I'll keep on trucking along with my trusty mage. I imagine for the group game I'll get along just fine. And if I do end up raiding, I'll just take it as it comes.

Oh and /wave Malleria, nice to see another Portlander hanging around the forums.

Mage pets alone tank like crap. It takes the proper pet focus gear and pet AA's that makes a huge difference.

A group pet focus = pet will tank like a group pet
A raid pet focus = pet will take like a raid pet

It solves the SK/Monk/Pally complaints that a mage pet out of the box is too powerful crap.

[Gnomeland]

Didn't they significantly decrease the scaling of pet foci past EM 8 though? I thought that was the general consensus, though with the rarity of pet foci past EM 8 it might've been quite hard to test.

[svenalo]

They did, but it still is a boost over the EM8 level. The DPS difference is noticeable on our raids between the one mage who has gotten EM11 and the other three who are still with EM8.

[kalipto]

Well I can get EM8 pretty easily these days. So assuming that's what I have by 90, and assuming I max out all the pet defensive aa's (which I'm getting there on!) I'll be able to solo HoT trash without a merc?

I don't recall if I mentioned this but I'll have t4 gear shortly after dinging 90. I'm sure that will help my sort of current and sad dps situation. Soloing I can get 2500-3k but I run out of mana ever 4-5 mobs. Course my gear sucks right now. I'm only at 28k mana.

[Danille]

you should max out at just under 50K mana with a full set of t4 group gear. Make sure you get the shoulders from Bishop the Scorned in Morell’s Castle on the ship for 17% det mana pres

Scorned Epaulets of Diminutive Prestige Armor ID: 121544
MAGIC LORE NO TRADE
Slot: Shoulders
AC: 85 HP: 1444 + 3/tick MANA: 1489 + 3/tick END: 1452
STA: 29 + 9 STR: 34 + 6 WIS: 28 INT: 34 + 9 DEX: 18 + 6 AGI: 30 + 7 CHA: 32 + 8
SV FIRE: 43 SV COLD: 56 SV MAGIC: 30 SV POISON: 39 SV DISEASE: 40
Shielding: 1%
Spell Shielding: 2%
DoT Shielding: 3%
Stun Resist: 2%
Avoidance: 5
Heal Amount: 17
Spell Dmg: 15
Clairvoyance: 32
Focus Effect: Detrimental Mana Pres 17 L90
1: Decrease Spell Mana Cost by 1% to 17%
Click Effect: Myrmidon's Skill IV Casting Time: 0.5
2: Increase Chance to Dodge by 6%
Slot 1, type 7: empty
Slot 2, type 3: empty
Required level of 90.
Class: NEC, WIZ, MAG, ENC
Tools: CompareAdded...
Mob: Bishop the Scorned in Morell’s Castle

[Gnomeland]

Depends on what you mean by HoT trash. Mages do not have the healing ability to keep pets up against T2+ mobs, so you will have to rely on tricks like extensive RS tanking.

[Danille]

you will find that as a mage, soloing is not the best option for leveling and gaining experience. You dont have to group though as moloing offers a great alternative.

[Tweelis]

you will find that as a mage, soloing is not the best option for leveling and gaining experience. You dont have to group though as moloing offers a great alternative.

In HoT this may be true but in other places (like Beza and Zeka) soloing is still very viable; sometimes even better than grouping.