Yea it's really annoying. I'm lvl 106 and 2 out of every 3 games I make I start out not being able to see where I am

After last update it's pretty much impossible to kill 3 eps.
Since LvL 93 killed 1, Died 2, and runned away from 4 as their dmg is just to high..
Gonna run from those 3 eps now, aint gonna loose prof for nothing, i don't have endless stacks of comfreys sadly...

Got Multi 200%, Doublecast 200%, cast all that and they still are higher than half life.
But the bad part is can't heal myself to stay alive.. 76 points into salvation, making it charge really fast but they do too much dmg..
I do think my set up is good as a caster, next time i'll try to add more life but since i can't heal the dmg they do i'll end up dieing anyway...

Lvl 95, 6500 Life, 15000 Mana, 267 int, 77 Vit + a couple dmg Mods Glyphs and Tank Glyphs (mdr/pdr/Parry/Glancing Blow etc..)

Rare godwood staff
Level Req: 55
Damage: 59 to 157
+52 Intelligence
+2% Armor Pierce

Rare spiderthread robe
Level Req: 55
Physical Defense: 0 to 24
Magical Defense: 101 to 304
+59 Intelligence
+9% Mind Numb

Angelic wind XIV
Level Req: 55
Spell Damage: 375 to 1687
Mana Cost: 109
+270% Enhanced Effect
+9 Vitality
+1 to 4 Life per Attack
+5% Armor Pierce

Rare wild heal XIV
Level Req: 55
Heals: 167 to 1677
Mana Cost: 109
+231% Enhanced Effect
+2% Glancing Blow

This post was edited by SuioMdl on Apr 21 2013 05:10am

whack

dump multi cause it's useless for solo, keep double, then powercast, salvation and it's cake.

correct. was easy until about level 102, then it got a bit harder. But when I hit lvl 102,thats when he did the update and made the monsters stronger so lvl 90+ could be a bit harder then the day before. I haven't climbed again yet.



This post was edited by TaylorSwift on Apr 21 2013 10:15am

did you climb 70+, yeah right, i'd listen to Chris, but Chris was already 102 after lastest update.
My average dmg is 1700, my average heal is 1200..
My multi can do up to 5k, and my double up to 9k, whit those two can't have them half life, whit powercast i could prolly get them to 25%, but just 1 of them..
I have no problem vs 1 or 2 eps.. but 3 really beats u up on a WL seems like melee can do a little better regening twice to kill them..
Even tried a EE robe, but heal went down and if they melee i'm pretty much dead anyway too
When u got eps whit abilities and u don't one shot one your dead regardless cause u can't heal the dmg done, therefor run, i always try to kill them but most of the time i remake a new game.

u need my caster setup and you'd be fine dawg

Do not waste anything in multi for a solo char that will spawn a max of 3 monsters. A 200% power cast for you has the possibility for hitting 100k but a 50k would one shot an ep. then since you have double cast for two mobs that should do around 7-25k per, it's easy from then on if you stat for it: at lvl90/19points - 5 points into double = 66%, 10 into powercast = 63%, 4 into Salvation = 34%. I'd put my next two points into Powercast because that's your main ep killer and the amount you're using Salvation isn't worth it and I wouldn't start statting it till lvl75. You have a wild heal which can be an issue = more heals cause inconsistent = more hits taken = even more heals = less hits to monsters prolonging the fight getting you killed. 80 vita gives you 7280 life at lvl90, 100vita would be 9100. The rest of it is just knowing your monsters and what they do will dictate what you do and who you hit first or run from. IMO Unfortunately we no longer have a test area for this to try it first.

This post was edited by rouxt on Apr 21 2013 02:29pm

Whatever...

My gear sucks and i suck at this game, no longer ask me anything other than grouping.

This post was edited by SuioMdl on Apr 21 2013 03:37pm

I used to kill EPs solo on hardcore with shit gear all the way to 71. 98EE dagger, 60EE leather, mid 30s dex charm, no heal charm. I understand its harder post 71 now, but you can still use the same strategy I did to overcome the extra difficulty. You already mentioned you don't have an unlimited supply of comfreys so you probably know where I'm going with this. Just use fish so you can attack and heal at the same time.

Fish have been underrated forever anyway. Even before patch the best way to increase dps for most people is to drop the heal charm completely and use fish. For example if you have to heal once every 10 actions then using heal fish is an ~11% DPS increase. Heal 2 out of 10 actions and fish is a 25% dps increase. Heal 5 out of 10 actions and fish will be a 100% damage increase. I know some of you crazy geared people might not have had to heal as often (or at all) doing speed climbs, but now that you are taking more damage this applies to you as well. DONT use salvation either and keep getting as many damage increasing abilities as you can.

Btw rouxt mentioned consistent healing. As you guys know even Focused heal charms are less consistent than fish/comfreys. The difference seems small but when playing with only 1 life its enough to mention. To me, profs are important enough to not lose and play with a one life mentality even on softcore.

Is getting fish or paying for fish just to solo EPs post 71 worth it? That depends on the drops of course. But with hints at possible release of T15+ items dropping in the future I'd bet if its not worth it now, it will be eventually.

Just wanted to add I know you guys know most of this stuff and know the game better than I do, but when you are frustrated with best in game gear not being enough you might not be thinking as clearly as you could be. Hope this helps some at least. Good luck with drops.

This post was edited by KakeWalk on Apr 21 2013 04:41pm