Question - Can I level an Heroic Necro...

[nicesandwiches]

mainly AFK with very minimal interaction? Like root/ rotting in an instance?

It'll be on a Silver FTP account. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts as to where would be best.

I would run the toon there, start the instance, hit KA and then alt-tab to another screen, occasionally tabbing back to see if everything is ok...

Any thoughts would be recommended including if there is a current ini file out there for SOLO... was considering not even using a merc...

Thanks in advance,

 

[Sum1]

mainly AFK with very minimal interaction? Like root/ rotting in an instance?

It'll be on a Silver FTP account. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts as to where would be best.

I would run the toon there, start the instance, hit KA and then alt-tab to another screen, occasionally tabbing back to see if everything is ok...

Any thoughts would be recommended including if there is a current ini file out there for SOLO... was considering not even using a merc...

Thanks in advance,

Necro is one of the only classes I've NEVER played (that and Pally), but I do remember seeing specialized macros out there that did what you're looking for. I'm not sure how well KISS would work with that play style... you probably could set it up to pet pull, root, and then dot, but it would get hairy if root broke. Like, I'm not sure it would move you away from the mob if you were too close and it was beating on you.

 

[nicesandwiches]

so is there a specific class that CAN level totally afk (probably with a merc in this case)... ?

 

[LurkMcGurk]

shadowknight would be your best bet.. necro is risky cause they can die easily. Shadow knight is everything.. tank, self heals, dps... it's your best bet

 

[Warl0ck45]

Necro is one of the easiet classes to solo with, and is a real power house when you get to know the class well. There are a lot of first kill/first screenshots on Alla from soloing necros.

That being said, I imagine like anything else, you can get it to work, will just take some time and effort to get it set up "just right". I imagine you can set up a check on if the mob is too close, hit PP (push-root), if it is down (or your HP's below X range) hit FD.

Though honestly if you are going FTP, I always find it best to double up at least, so you can have a tank and healer merc at the least. Necro pets are decent enough tanks, but require heavy monitoring after all the tweaking. I would not trust afk using them. Though they would make decent backup tank incase the merc one goes down. The necro can also slow, if you take the time to set up using the skeleton illusion nukes to fire and immediately try to slow. I have not tried automating that myself, but I use the concept when I am playing my necro and need a slower. As for partner classes (if you want to go that route) FTP tanks tend to suck. I would suggest either a mage to use their pet (plus with pet toys, your pet would of course last longer) or shaman/druid to back up heal the cleric merc when they go braindead, and added DPS when not healing. I prefer Shaman myself, added HP buffs, slow, heals, and multiple push-roots (thus crowd control) is an awesome addition.

 

[playj]

The problem you will find is that there are no instances worth solo/moloing in at 90+.

First: 99% of instances require 3 to request(ie at least 2 chars+1 merc), so you do need a 2nd account and then why not 2box with 2 mercs ?

Second: many of the best instances give the most xp for completion like the Gribbles these days. Killing mobs is like 20% of XP there.

 

[Razkle]

Super trick to level from 90ish to 105 afk.... any 3 classes, 3 mercs,

merc wiz merc wiz merc healer.... in grounds or HoT, Stand where mobs single or double spawn and just stand there.... that's it, the mob aggros to your group, the mercs murder it... profit

Seriously though, any 3 classes any level appropriate zone, those 3 mercs will do it for you, yes Gold mercs are better then FTP mercs but still doable.