Hey folks, right now i'm sitting comfortably in Mer'Kresh south barricade celps.

I love everything about them except for the fact that I can't train comp bow worth crap. I've read a bit on here and seem to come up with the idea that the Seordmaors are similar to the celps skill wise. The only problem I have with them is that they can cast LB, which I HATE with a passion.

I've got 525 shield, 520 evasion, and my weapon range from 400-436 (I know weird for a barb but I did a lot of backtraining and I love the setup). Should I be worried about this spell? It seems that every time ANYTHING casts that stupid spell on my I die immediately, even if I'm berserking.

Anyone have any other ideas for fighting things at my level?

>>I've got 525 shield, 520 evasion, and my weapon range from 400-436 (I know weird for a barb but I did a lot of backtraining and I love the setup). Should I be worried about this spell? It seems that every time ANYTHING casts that stupid spell on my I die immediately, even if I'm berserking.

For purposes of magic resistance, the berserks you'd want to use for hunting (Blood, Stone, Nightmare, Cyclone) are not the ones that give you the magic resistance (Steel, Grave) you desire.

Are you only going to be using seords for comp bow or are you considering switching? If you only want to go in, lock comp bow, and then leave, consider using Dragon Dance. The magic resistance bonus is stupid good (like 200-300%), even at those ranks. I would be surprised if you had trouble with critter-casted LB when dancing Dragon.
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Malkien

>.No, I'd be switching to them full time. I assume I'll be able to dance cobra or bear in them. Probably cobra for the agility boost to help evasion... I'm not sure, but i suppose i'll be trying it out here shortly.

Badger would be your best bet, as it directly bonuses evasion. Swan also does, but at that level of skill, Badger should easily be better.
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Malkien

So interesting....Seordmaor's don't hit...

A scaly seordmaor jerks and jumps about it as tendrils of electricity dart down its fur! Its eyes flicker with bluish light as it glances at you!
A bolt of bluish lightning blazes out of the sky toward you!
You narrowly manage to dodge the bolt!


Then again, I'm not liking how little they seem to be. Elanthipedia had them similar to Celps, but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. They seem to be much easier, and don't teach as good. What would be the logical step up from them?

>>and don't teach as good.

Magic creatures never teach as good, it's unfortunate but true.


Codiax.
Forged Weapons:
http://www.elanthipedia.com/wiki/User:Codiax#Codiax-Forged-Weapons

unfortunately once you hit celps you will find that kresh then mriss become end game. if you are on ratha then you will eventually move to kresh and then hit end game.

need 100th-150th creatures on mainland.

as this is the 380-440 folder, think i'd be able to dodge seord lightning bolts with 450 evasion?


I was able to dodge spells from dragon priests <the robed ones in the pecc/dp premie area>. However, it took all my resources to actually kill one. So I'm still better defensive-wise than offensive-wise. On the other hand, seodemaors don't carry anything do they? and DPs seem to parry very well with that bone staff they carry. <I'm basically looking for an alternative to fighting DPs, as my character feels uncomfortable RP-wise in fighting them.>





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>>I was on the other hand, having huge issues trying to learn anything...

For whatever reason new critters teach better, swarm better etc. Like how alot of people use those new 3 levels of deer to train now (I never used them, just going by what I have read) because apparently they are really good trainers. Basically a precedent is being set with these fast spawning, great teaching critters. They set the bar high and some of the older critters don't compare anymore, or if they do they likely were updated at some point.

Codiax.
Forged Weapons:
http://www.elanthipedia.com/wiki/User:Codiax#Codiax-Forged-Weapons

I'll throw another vote for stompers. With around the same combats as your's they train great. Hope you have a good ranged attack for tuskies though, they're viscous but easy enough to kill if you stay away from them.

I could be wrong but I think those are more in the 600-700 range.

Eh, I'd think with 500+ defenses plus buffs you should be ok in black apes. Might have trouble hitting them with a melee weapon at 400ish ranks as they parry. They'll also be throwing stuff at you while you're training bow, but the skinning will be nice.

~Katt

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A gestalt draugen swipes a hooked leonine claw at Silus. The claw lands a solid hit that cuts deeply into his groin!

>I would think black gobs and boars would be great for you. Skinning is great there.

Well, I'll be on the mainland for a few days, I'll head over there and see what all the fuss is about.

It should be noted that I have a decent amount of reflex for my circle (50), so it's not like I'll be going in blind. I'm not overly hot about them throwing stuff at me, but it's worth a shot!

Thanks everybody who commented/gave advice/read my ramblings.


-Healf

You only have to concern yourself with mud in the NE sector. Stay near the entrance and you'll be okay.