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I was wondering what the best duo for grinding xp would be. I was thinking of making a druid necro combo. I'm just looking at the amount of time it takes to get to 80.
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As far as EQ is concerned this equine has expired. Take two toons and call us in 40 levels. Any two toons. Your initial comments re necro and druid are fine.
As far as EQ is concerned this equine has expired. Take two toons and call us in 40 levels. Any two toons. Your initial comments re necro and druid are fine.
Necro/druid combo is good.May be a bit limited to zones you can kite in and mobs that dont summon but on the other hand there are plenty of both.
I used to think shammy and any melee tanking type was a good combo but these days with the mobs being so high level slow just dont slow them that much.May wanna go with tank/cleric just for the raw heals of the cleric.
I think either way you go its going to take a while to get to 80.Just depends on what you want to do to get there.
I used to think shammy and any melee tanking type was a good combo but these days with the mobs being so high level slow just dont slow them that much.May wanna go with tank/cleric just for the raw heals of the cleric.
I think either way you go its going to take a while to get to 80.Just depends on what you want to do to get there.
Necro and necro pet :) :)
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SK and Shammy. Sk can Tank, pull and snare. Shammy can slow, heal, crowd control and dps.
If your only concern is getting to 80 as fast as possible .. box 2 necros.
All the posts made prior to this one are good advice.
The following could make a difference in your choice:
Are you duoing with someone else or two-boxing? (OP wasn't specific though it sounds like 2-boxing)
Will there be times you solo? (Everyone can solo, some classes are faster)
Are you questing along the way? (really only matters if you are doing old-school stuff where a high elf warrior and dark elf cleric might have cross-purposes --in the OP it seemed that you would not be).
Are there races and/or classes you won't play?
What class do you really want to play? (anyone can be your dance partner, you just might have limited targets if you roll chanter & warrior as a combo).
Based on my interpretation of the OP I would go with:
Drakkin necro and Drakkin Druid (same return to home city, breath weapon can be useful on occasion, decent overall stats, good xp zones around the home city, either can solo well).
Or
The SK and Shaman combo and I would do the same race (for most of the reasons stated with Drakkin). Iksars regen, weirdness with AC and great lore would probably win it for me with Ogres coming second (I hate being stunned).
But really, just play what you want to play and make it work. A Troll SK running around with a halfling druid works fine.
The following could make a difference in your choice:
Are you duoing with someone else or two-boxing? (OP wasn't specific though it sounds like 2-boxing)
Will there be times you solo? (Everyone can solo, some classes are faster)
Are you questing along the way? (really only matters if you are doing old-school stuff where a high elf warrior and dark elf cleric might have cross-purposes --in the OP it seemed that you would not be).
Are there races and/or classes you won't play?
What class do you really want to play? (anyone can be your dance partner, you just might have limited targets if you roll chanter & warrior as a combo).
Based on my interpretation of the OP I would go with:
Drakkin necro and Drakkin Druid (same return to home city, breath weapon can be useful on occasion, decent overall stats, good xp zones around the home city, either can solo well).
Or
The SK and Shaman combo and I would do the same race (for most of the reasons stated with Drakkin). Iksars regen, weirdness with AC and great lore would probably win it for me with Ogres coming second (I hate being stunned).
But really, just play what you want to play and make it work. A Troll SK running around with a halfling druid works fine.
I should have mentioned I will be 2-boxing, and I would prefer not to play another shammy (it was fun for a long time, but it's getting a little old). I will occasionally be playing with my wife who has a necro.
That helps a bit, but still not much. What level is her Necro, is this for in the future? If so, then just pick a class you want to duo with her on. Then you can go from there, as to which class to level the first on up with. If that makes sense. I like duo'ing with my Necro and Ranger. My necro fear or aggro kites, while my Ranger beats on the mob. Kind of like my necro having two pets, hehe. So, if you are gonna level up a Ranger this way, I would go with a Druid 2 box, or a Pally, or a shammy, or a..., get the picture. My best advice is to just make two toons, and have fun with it. Find which pair is the most fun for you. I would do it with two rangers, because I think the LOADING, PLEASE WAIT.... is soooo cool.
Aariez wrote:
I should have mentioned I will be 2-boxing, and I would prefer not to play another shammy (it was fun for a long time, but it's getting a little old). I will occasionally be playing with my wife who has a necro.
In my chanter days I frequently duoed with a necro. He moved onto pally and I to beastlord... it worked too but was less effective (we'd load up the necro instead of the pally on occasion even though the necro was lower level to do a kill).
Nowadays he is back to the necro and I am on one as well. Our play schedules don't overlap as much as they used to but when they do... necros stack nicely. When our wizard friend joins us its just sweeter.
Good luck with whatever you choose.
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I'm just looking at the amount of time it takes to get to 80.
2 Necromancers would be the fastest to 80. One reason for this is you will never need a group to advance. You can log in and never have to waste time LFG at any level. 1 Necro can solo 100% to 80 so 2 would be even easier.
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Too true. Necros are sooo cool. I have tried several of the necro abilities with my Ranger, but it just didnt work. For instance the FD; every time I tried that on my Ranger I would end up looking down at my corpse, with a choice to return to bind or get a rez.
Heh yeah, Harrington. When I play my Warrior, I have similar issues.
"Oh, I'll just FD. Oops, can't"
"Oh, I'll just tap back the HP. Oops, can't"
"Oh, I'll just invis past these mobs. Oops, out of potions."
"Oh, I'll just gate out. Oops."
"Oh, I'll just FD. Oops, can't"
"Oh, I'll just tap back the HP. Oops, can't"
"Oh, I'll just invis past these mobs. Oops, out of potions."
"Oh, I'll just gate out. Oops."
After 16 years, I'm not listing every friggin character.
when you say you making? do you mean boxing them your self. or with someone else. whith other good choice.
boxing wise druid very good. but adding any oter magic user abit hard to alt tab and cast spells back and forth. a melee class. monk i like cus if fit's hit the fan FD and run druid to safty. melee's just target and attack. alt tab once and awhile for special attacks. use druid to snare and root to keep argo off druid.
i have 8 accounts and box 2,3,4 and 6 quite afew time i hate re-lvling the same zones over and over. i like to play all classes and use differnt races. i had to box do to lack of groups between lvl 1 and 50 late night when i can play.
but now almost all lvl 40-51. i perfer to play with others now. just safer and more fun. only have 2 accounts active now. that and wife pregnat need to save money.
boxing wise druid very good. but adding any oter magic user abit hard to alt tab and cast spells back and forth. a melee class. monk i like cus if fit's hit the fan FD and run druid to safty. melee's just target and attack. alt tab once and awhile for special attacks. use druid to snare and root to keep argo off druid.
i have 8 accounts and box 2,3,4 and 6 quite afew time i hate re-lvling the same zones over and over. i like to play all classes and use differnt races. i had to box do to lack of groups between lvl 1 and 50 late night when i can play.
but now almost all lvl 40-51. i perfer to play with others now. just safer and more fun. only have 2 accounts active now. that and wife pregnat need to save money.
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Necro Druid really complement each other well. Very diverse; can deal a lot or ranged damage, crowd contol and heal. In the later levels you can duo some summoners by necro taptanking while the druid bursts and heals.
We usually resort to root rot, which seems boring. But the combo starts to shine when things turn south.
Boxing this combo might hurt it's versatility though. At any rate your druid would stack well with your wife's necro.
We usually resort to root rot, which seems boring. But the combo starts to shine when things turn south.
Boxing this combo might hurt it's versatility though. At any rate your druid would stack well with your wife's necro.
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i havnt played since 04, but when i did play i found two combos extremely fun...
necro/shaman
necro/wizard
necros shaman was real simple, and was easy on the mana, in the days of down time, we didnt have any... duoing yellows and the occasional named red... it was stupid easy to the point where we would take 5 or 6 at a time.... back then shaman dots did the most damage while necros were alot faster and did almost as much damage. i digress.... everything dropped fast.
wizard or mage/necro... with the new instant wizard spells, you could change this tactic, take the pet aggro off, and snare a bunch of mobs and add a few dots, have the wizard stand back and AE... dunno about now, but it was alot of fun
now this was two seperate people, not boxing...
the necro or the shaman would be decent with the wizard if your boxing... root and rot...
sorry if this is out dated and stupid.... but i thought i would contribute what i could
necro/shaman
necro/wizard
necros shaman was real simple, and was easy on the mana, in the days of down time, we didnt have any... duoing yellows and the occasional named red... it was stupid easy to the point where we would take 5 or 6 at a time.... back then shaman dots did the most damage while necros were alot faster and did almost as much damage. i digress.... everything dropped fast.
wizard or mage/necro... with the new instant wizard spells, you could change this tactic, take the pet aggro off, and snare a bunch of mobs and add a few dots, have the wizard stand back and AE... dunno about now, but it was alot of fun
now this was two seperate people, not boxing...
the necro or the shaman would be decent with the wizard if your boxing... root and rot...
sorry if this is out dated and stupid.... but i thought i would contribute what i could
Some of the most fun I ever had in the game, many years ago, was duoing with a chanter friend (me a druid).
This was ages ago - we both had decent gear and okay mana pools. There was no ooc medding, so the clarity was killer. The chanter had abandoned charming until meeting me because when charm broke, she tended to die.
With me there to SoW us and snare both the target and the charmed minion, charming suddenly became a whole new game - and lots of fun. We would study a zone to find the optimal mob or mobs to charm - and then rip the place up. Drovarg Ravagers, iirc, in Dreadlands were particularly high in HP and DPS. Put speed buff and DS on them - and man - we could make a ravager "ravage the area" for us - only giving up and zoning into KC or BW when we were totally oom.
Not sure how this would be boxing. It was a LOT of work, but challenging and fun.
Duoing with druid or wiz gives you enormous speed and flexibility - cuz of the porting. Do think about pulling. Pal, Cleric and Chanter can Lull/Calm indoors or out. Druid and Ranger can harmony only outdoors. Some classes can FD pull. If neither of your toons can snare, this is very bad.
Say you wanted to try a Cleric/Warrior combo. I'm not sure if this is a good combo (it can be low on dps iirc), but let's say you wanted to do it. You can't snare, right - so it's a bad idea, right? WRONG! Be a Dark Elf cleric and do the quest for the ... what's it called? Devotion icon to Inoruk? Devotion something, iirc - it's a quested magic item that casts a low level Darkness line DoT that SNARES.
Or be a troll shaman - and maybe do Shaman monk combo - or shaman whatever dps combo. A troll shaman who worships Inoruk can also use this clickie item and SNARE any mob (I think the spell works on any level monster, pretty much).
Well, good luck with this. Most combos will be fine. I agree that druids are very handy in any duoing situation cuz they can sow, heal, transport, DoT, root, nuke and outdoor harmony.
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Edited, Feb 19th 2008 3:02am by IponemaGirl
This was ages ago - we both had decent gear and okay mana pools. There was no ooc medding, so the clarity was killer. The chanter had abandoned charming until meeting me because when charm broke, she tended to die.
With me there to SoW us and snare both the target and the charmed minion, charming suddenly became a whole new game - and lots of fun. We would study a zone to find the optimal mob or mobs to charm - and then rip the place up. Drovarg Ravagers, iirc, in Dreadlands were particularly high in HP and DPS. Put speed buff and DS on them - and man - we could make a ravager "ravage the area" for us - only giving up and zoning into KC or BW when we were totally oom.
Not sure how this would be boxing. It was a LOT of work, but challenging and fun.
Duoing with druid or wiz gives you enormous speed and flexibility - cuz of the porting. Do think about pulling. Pal, Cleric and Chanter can Lull/Calm indoors or out. Druid and Ranger can harmony only outdoors. Some classes can FD pull. If neither of your toons can snare, this is very bad.
Say you wanted to try a Cleric/Warrior combo. I'm not sure if this is a good combo (it can be low on dps iirc), but let's say you wanted to do it. You can't snare, right - so it's a bad idea, right? WRONG! Be a Dark Elf cleric and do the quest for the ... what's it called? Devotion icon to Inoruk? Devotion something, iirc - it's a quested magic item that casts a low level Darkness line DoT that SNARES.
Or be a troll shaman - and maybe do Shaman monk combo - or shaman whatever dps combo. A troll shaman who worships Inoruk can also use this clickie item and SNARE any mob (I think the spell works on any level monster, pretty much).
Well, good luck with this. Most combos will be fine. I agree that druids are very handy in any duoing situation cuz they can sow, heal, transport, DoT, root, nuke and outdoor harmony.
Regent Symbol of Innoruk. Human, Dark Elf, Troll. Cleric or Shaman.
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1254
Edited, Feb 19th 2008 3:02am by IponemaGirl
I think the best duo is Abbot and Costello......The 3 stooges would be the best Trio!
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The second best trio would be oj, vodka and galiano.
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