Fixing the Solo WarriorFollow

When I first started playing, I had rolled a warrior (and a rogue, but that’s another matter). Over time I found that they both sucked at solo play. I really liked the warrior, but I enjoyed the pure survivability of the SK (and their ability to solo).

If there is to be true balance, the warrior solo ability needs to be fixed. This thread is for research before posting it on the SoE boards/Steel Warrior. For this thread, I promise to be good and not flame anyone (there are peeps that are not too fond of old 'Fear Death').

OK, my take. How do you improve Warrior solo ability in a way that doesn’t overpower them in a group/raid setting? Difficult, I assure you. After thinking about it for a couple of weeks, I came up with a theme. Warriors run from nothing. These are the ideas I came up with.

Raise the DS cap Wearable/Innate Damage shield cap needs to be increased by 15?

Raise the Regen Cap Wearable/Innate Regen needs to be increased by 50.

Taunt tables. I have brought up the fact that taunt tables need to be introduced to the taunting classes. Warriors need to be at the top of that table. SK’s, Pally’s, Rangers would fall in afterwards in some order.

Discipline Duel (not to be confused with /duel). This would be a disc where a warrior can challenge one mob and cancel all social agro and each hit by the warrior reduces hate by –250 (I’ll explain this in a bit). It also doesn’t work if the Warrior is grouped.

Basically, its akin to ‘calling someone out’. It would also be linked to the warrior defensive disc in that they could not be used at the same time. The duration of this disc would be 10 min reusable every 30 min. While it's is active, the warrior would get 1% mitigation per their lvl (yes a lvl 70 warrior would get 70% mitigation). OK here is the kicker, the disc drops when the warrior loses agro. This is where the agro reduction comes in. If another player heals, or even walks within proximity agro range, guess what? You lose agro.

Think about this disc hard. If any assist’s go on, it cancels the discipline (thus limiting it). Think how powerful it would be in PvP (which Warriors lack in also). It could be used in a couple of ways; in one on one duels, as a Train tool (/disc duel a hard mob, train it to the opponent who then eats the mob). Additionally, Warriors could be awesome pulling named mobs.

Downsides to /disc duel. Warriors tag teaming /disc duel. Warrior /disc dueling a named and then pulling them once the mob is ‘softened up’ some (I doubt this would be overpowering).

Discuss…

Honestly,
This crap gets so old...if you don't like the game...go play something else.

Okay,
If...you don't like America...get out.

If you are already out...stay out.

It is a game. It isn't your life, or is it?

You poor sob.

I play the game, I enjoy it. I am the 'poor sob'.

I like to help people...in and out of the game(these boards for example.)

I get tired of seeing these threads that want to change the game into some thing else...and I know from reading your posts that you feel the same way Dracoboars...

So are you just trying to repress my feelings on this game, for the small reason of raising your post count?

I have the same right to say "I like the game, please don't change it by reducing my Damage, or increasing the number of tics a DoT does damage, or making me choose a stance to 'heal' or 'fight'.

I read almost every thread in this category and in the Quest category.

There are some threads that just...get my goat.

The same thing happens to you, as your past posting proves...

So, I will post something critical or contrary or something that helps others as I please (or as Alla pleases)...

Hmm,
I think someone just wasted their time.

Soloing melee class? For a ranger, it's only at level 59 after an assload of AAs, and for an SK, it's just plain inpractical after about level 20.

If you want to play a class capable of soloing, give up on playing a melee class (beastlord is one slight exception).

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The new potions (as they are on test server) might help out a lot with melee soloing abilities.

Warriors will never be a solo class just like clerics have no bussiness soloing. They are designed to be a team, with the advancement of Driuds and Shaman as primary healers, Warrior class has more options.

Oxymoron huh? and all this time i thought it was just plain ol' moron.

Gave me a good chuckle Joue...rate up.

If you want to solo go play something else. EQ is not designed to be a solo game. While it does provide some aspect of it, it is no means the majority.


Every class should be able to tank, heal, crowd control, dps, and solo all the same.




Classes are different for a reason. In this difference some will be better at things than others ie solo. Class balance isn't about giving all the classes the same abilities. Rather it's about making each class equal in abilities. One class will always be better in some areas but lack in something that another class excels at. It's the differences that make each class unique.

Yes, I think warriors who demand soloing features should be fixed...keep their spawn from the gene pool .


'fixed' as in...well...you get the idea...

Back when the EQ was first released the only classes that were designed to Solo were the pet classes and the Druid. Post 50 Bards, Rangers, and Wizards began to be able to solo effectively. But for a Warrior to be able to solo his DPS would need to be greatly increased, his natural healing greatly increased, and his Damage migration would need to be greatly increased. this would allow him the ability to handle mobs withing a couple of levels of his solo also the would give him the ability to take on mobs 10-20 levels higher then him in a group.

there are too many inherent flaws with this. it's too exploitable in too many raid situations. for that matter, there's no reason why warriors should be able to solo vindi. what warriors need to solo better is better regen not better mitigation.