Been away awhile so looking for a thought on an optimal new toon/heroic toon upgrade choice for my situation. I frequently have to try playing on a satellite internet connection and am trying to figure out the most forgiving class to play with a high latency. (Not factoring in mercs) I tend to mostly solo when I do get on. Currently have the following characters 85 Dark Elf Defiler 78 Dark Elf Shadowknight 48 Dark Elf Assassin 41 Dark Elf Defiler 36 Half Elf Inquisitor 31 Dark Elf Bruiser 30 Freeblood Beastlord 30 Dark Elf Necromancer 26 Human Berserker 23 Dark Elf Ranger 21 Freeblood Inquisitor 20 Freeblood Paladin 18 Arasai Guardian 17 Half Elf Wizard 13 Human Brigand 10 Barbarian Templar 10 Dark Elf Fury Looking do 2 of them as Heroics upgrades. Not really interested in playing a chanter or bard tho as I probably won't be raiding on them. My SK is good on a high Lat connection but as you can see at level 78 not a very reasonable candidate for a heroic upgrade. I had been thinking Necro and Beastlord as solid choices what are your thoughts?
I find pet classes to generally be the sturdiest and most forgiving. Especially the necro, who in comparison to my (admittedly lower level) beastlord has all kinds of AAs and stuff that make the pet sturdier and healed more frequently. You may want to concentrate on the tanky pet more than the mage, I know people say mage is better for raw damage but I prefer my fighter pet for aggro-grabbing and taking hits for me. The AA that heals your pet every time you use a support-type spell is amazing. Necro can also feign death with a 100% success rate if you hit some really bad lag and get in trouble, and a lot of their strengths are in damage over time and debuffing which seems like it would be friendlier to slower clicks than classes who are essentially contributing nothing but auto-attacks if they're not mashing a button at any given moment.
K thanx guys. You have helped me to decide what toon on my main account is getting the free upgrade. Had 3 accounts since back around the last 2 years that SWG was running so went Defiler for 3rd account and going necro on the main account. Probably going to go Inq or Templar on the secondary account's free 85 to add to my 78 SK. I really enjoy my assassin and beastlord when on a good connection. But both of them are little rough on a laggy connection.
welcome to the world of satellite. I have been playing a few years on satellite and it has its downsides. For solo to duo any class will be fine, i prefer my monk . For raiding = yes raiding I find the only classes i can contribute meanly are pet classes. I raid using a Conjuror my self though any Range class would work, Melee Dps or tanking does not work as well cause of mob positional issues.Though i have successfully tanked a few heroics on my Monk as long as the group knows to give you a little time to get agro For conjurer most fo your dps is from your pet anyways. Now the thing you have to remember is eq2 has a HUGE command que. On you screen the mob you are fighting might have been dead 3 minutes ago(no Joke) but along as you kept pressing you sequences they will all go through, Also using a pet class in lag that bad occctionaly press you key to resummon you pet and to pet heal even if it seems fine on your screen. What i like to occcationaly do a Emote like smile or grin to give me a since of how far behind my Commands are fromw hat i see going on screen. Btw feel lucky is a raise goes threw as the raise was probly timed out before you got the click box on your screen. Another problem you will run into even in heroics is rolling for loot . For any item you need confirmation for which is about ANY no trade or hierloom item. You the Confirm button can time out before you actualy get to click it thus denying you a role unless you group is wiling to wait till your saturation clears. Also Voice chat is Not time delayed like what you see on screen so that helps. when they say the fight it over type i am ready then Nothing else till i am ready shows on your screen. Then it is safe to roll along as no new combat occurred around you.
