Ok, so Im a new player and decided to play Albion and went with a Reaver for first class, he is 6 now. I have three questions:
1. Is the reaver a good choice for a solo ONLY (no grouping) char that can level fast, and he is also my first char, so will he cost alot of money to maintain?
2. How should I use specialization points?
3. Where should I level at 6 I start in Caer Gothwaite
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Reaver is a good solo class if you want to melee.
Equipping a melee can be a pain though. It can surely be done, but I recommend hunting for drops you need and questing for items to keep yourself in decent shape. Alternatively you could hunt for nice loot and buy decent stuff.
The easiest route is to join a decent guild that passes items down to lowbies. Dont be a beggar, but most guilds have vaults with items guild members can have, or have guild nights where gear is given out to lowbies.
As for spec, you want soulrending at level, rest into primary weapon. If soulrending is lower, your spells will be resisted alot and the line will be pretty useless.
Flex weapons are nice, but you can autotrain it (dont put pts into it, and it will raise itself to 1/4 your level abouts). Slashing also autotrains. So either go crushing and autotrain flex, or put pts into flex from the start if you really want to use that weapon as you level.
You need to hunt spirit vulnerable mobs (undead, some magical) as you get a nice bonus against them.
Gothwaite is a good place to start, but you should move to where you can kill spirit vulnerables.
Another class to consider is Friar, if you want to melee solo. Little downtime, and a very fun class from what I hear.
Mal
Edited, Tue May 18 13:46:11 2004 by Malleable
Equipping a melee can be a pain though. It can surely be done, but I recommend hunting for drops you need and questing for items to keep yourself in decent shape. Alternatively you could hunt for nice loot and buy decent stuff.
The easiest route is to join a decent guild that passes items down to lowbies. Dont be a beggar, but most guilds have vaults with items guild members can have, or have guild nights where gear is given out to lowbies.
As for spec, you want soulrending at level, rest into primary weapon. If soulrending is lower, your spells will be resisted alot and the line will be pretty useless.
Flex weapons are nice, but you can autotrain it (dont put pts into it, and it will raise itself to 1/4 your level abouts). Slashing also autotrains. So either go crushing and autotrain flex, or put pts into flex from the start if you really want to use that weapon as you level.
You need to hunt spirit vulnerable mobs (undead, some magical) as you get a nice bonus against them.
Gothwaite is a good place to start, but you should move to where you can kill spirit vulnerables.
Another class to consider is Friar, if you want to melee solo. Little downtime, and a very fun class from what I hear.
Mal
Edited, Tue May 18 13:46:11 2004 by Malleable
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Thanks, but will the Friar have the same problem of finding a way to equip him? I have played the Friar, he is fun, but I like the Reaver more, however if I could equip the Friar easier than the Reaver than I would go for the former. Basically I just want a class that is good for solo and will be economical to maintain.
Reaver is a nice class. I advise specializing in flex for 2 reasons: (1) reaver is the only class that uses flex so you have no competition for flex drops and (2) you DON'T have to specialize in a damage type. Carry a slash flex weapon, like a whip and a crush flex weapon, like a chain or flail, and you're good to go. As far as armor for a reaver, lots of classes use chain, so you'll have some competition for the drops.
Friar is another nice class. Friars can only specialize in staff weapons so you'll have no competition for quarterstaff drops (since only friars can use quarterstaves) and not much competition for other non-restricted staves because casters will usually want focus staves. The infiltrator is the only other albion class that wears leather at higher levels, so you will not have much competition for leather drops. If you take up tailoring, you'll be able to make your own armor along the way.
Friar is another nice class. Friars can only specialize in staff weapons so you'll have no competition for quarterstaff drops (since only friars can use quarterstaves) and not much competition for other non-restricted staves because casters will usually want focus staves. The infiltrator is the only other albion class that wears leather at higher levels, so you will not have much competition for leather drops. If you take up tailoring, you'll be able to make your own armor along the way.
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