Best pve solo leveling weapon(s) ?
scepter/whatever for low level easy mode (may not be the fastest way to level, but it sure as heck is easy. put your traits in earth and stack bleeds on your enemies. also use that toughness buff and never hurl the rocks)
dagger/dagger for fastest killing, but you’ll probably die a bit until you get used to it (assuming you’re like me and like to fight things a few levels higher than you)
and staff I can’t recommend until you have the blasting staff trait
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scepter/whatever for low level easy mode (may not be the fastest way to level, but it sure as heck is easy. put your traits in earth and stack bleeds on your enemies. also use that toughness buff and never hurl the rocks)
dagger/dagger for fastest killing, but you’ll probably die a bit until you get used to it (assuming you’re like me and like to fight things a few levels higher than you)
and staff I can’t recommend until you have the blasting staff trait
What does the blasting staff trait do and what level does it kick in ? Only reason I didn’t mention staff was, it seems not to be that good on mobs. Staff seems to be a better group weapon imo as a nube to the profession.
blasting staff increases the AoE size by a lot
it’s a 20 point trait in the arcane line, so lv 40 is the earliest you can take it. but I wouldn’t take it at 40 since at those low levels the stats on the traits tend to matter more than the traits themselves, and arcane’s stats are boon duration and attunement swap cooldown. which aren’t any better at low levels than they are at 80 (indeed, they’re a bit worse, since you don’t have as many other traits for them to amplify). meanwhile earth is flat condition damage and toughness, and fire is flat power (and condition duration), so they’re the best low level traits by far. so I wouldn’t take staff until 50.
But staff can do good single target damage, provided you land all of your attacks. It has two SUPER strong attacks (eruption and lava font), and they are ground targeted delayed AoEs
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blasting staff increases the AoE size by a lot
it’s a 20 point trait in the arcane line, so lv 40 is the earliest you can take it. but I wouldn’t take it at 40 since at those low levels the stats on the traits tend to matter more than the traits themselves, and arcane’s stats are boon duration and attunement swap cooldown. which aren’t any better at low levels than they are at 80 (indeed, they’re a bit worse, since you don’t have as many other traits for them to amplify). meanwhile earth is flat condition damage and toughness, and fire is flat power (and condition duration), so they’re the best low level traits by far. so I wouldn’t take staff until 50.But staff can do good single target damage, provided you land all of your attacks. It has two SUPER strong attacks (eruption and lava font), and they are ground targeted delayed AoEs
Cool. For me, seems like the staff is the weapon of choice. I can stay alive longer with staff for some odd reason.
Apprciate the reply.
What? nonononono staff is for group play it sucks for leveling (crap damage).
Best weapon for leveling is the lightning hammer-blinds make you pretty much invulnerable against most mobs.
For offense you should go s/d in melee range-start in fire,aggro ~5 mobs use ring of fire,dragons tooth,pheonix targeted just behind the mobs (and inside the ring of fire)
If they aren’t dead switch to earth and hit earthquake and churning earth (bring arcane shield or armor of earth or lighning flash for when you start chaneling churning)-not dead yet? switch to air and mash buttons or switch to water to heal (you have 2 pretty good heals and an aura there),rinse repeat.
Or just grab Conjurer trait and LH everything to death.
Do NOT think that spamming 1# on scepter earth is an efficient way to level.
What? nonononono staff is for group play it sucks for leveling (crap damage).
Best weapon for leveling is the lightning hammer-blinds make you pretty much invulnerable against most mobs.
For offense you should go s/d in melee range-start in fire,aggro ~5 mobs use ring of fire,dragons tooth,pheonix targeted just behind the mobs (and inside the ring of fire)
If they aren’t dead switch to earth and hit earthquake and churning earth (bring arcane shield or armor of earth or lighning flash for when you start chaneling churning)-not dead yet? switch to air and mash buttons or switch to water to heal (you have 2 pretty good heals and an aura there),rinse repeat.
Or just grab Conjurer trait and LH everything to death.
Do NOT think that spamming 1# on scepter earth is an efficient way to level.
Appreciate the advice.
Dagger/Dagger or Scepter/Dagger is properly more a question of preferences; I’ve always had the feeling my survivability was better with Dagger/Dagger.
MH Dagger Water and Earth have both a AoE slow, so if you always switch from Water/Earth to Fire/Air and back you should be able to almost constantly keep a melee foe away from you. Air has also a stun if a melee foe catches up with you regardless.
As said with level 40 you should try out the LH build; it’s most likely the highest damage you can have at that level, and the constant blind helps too. What I don’t liked about it is by the time you’ve used up the charges of the first hammer the second hammer is lying somewhere far far behind, and Conjure LH is not ready again yet; still, because +200 Power is pretty good at lower levels 20 points in Fire might be your best option regardless.