Valentino
09-10-2007, 09:41 AM
Hey all,
Ive been following the support careers for a while now, and Im fairly certain, barring an amazing DE support class, that I want to be a Zealot. Ive been absorbing every bit of info I can get, but so far havent really heard anything about solo PVE.
Typically healers have one of the toughest times soloing.. They can kill almost anything but do it really slowly. A lot of MMOs have talent specs etc that help ease this. What's interesting is that a Zealot's speciality is its rituals and harbingers, IE aoe debuffs. Now, this doesnt seem like it would transfer will to pve, but I was thinking, it might be possible to play the zealot like you played a protection specced Paladin in WoW. What they did was not spec in their dps tree, but instead turned themselves into porcupines. You'd round up 5-10 mobs, and they'd kill themselves against a bunch of different abilities that occured when you were hit.
Through a good use of tactics and morale abilities it looks like a Zealot might be able to do this too. Ritual of Exsangination, Reversal of Fate, and the other morale ability that deals PBAoE damage. That, coupled with tactics like the chance to reduce STR and INT on hit, and the one that adds a minor amount of damage per second to your rituals seem like they could make a great porcupine fighter.
Of course, this is all just speculation, but I would LOVE if it worked out like this. It's always nice to be able to do things a little outside the box, and if regular grinding can make full use of the Zealot's abilities, thats even better.
Ive been following the support careers for a while now, and Im fairly certain, barring an amazing DE support class, that I want to be a Zealot. Ive been absorbing every bit of info I can get, but so far havent really heard anything about solo PVE.
Typically healers have one of the toughest times soloing.. They can kill almost anything but do it really slowly. A lot of MMOs have talent specs etc that help ease this. What's interesting is that a Zealot's speciality is its rituals and harbingers, IE aoe debuffs. Now, this doesnt seem like it would transfer will to pve, but I was thinking, it might be possible to play the zealot like you played a protection specced Paladin in WoW. What they did was not spec in their dps tree, but instead turned themselves into porcupines. You'd round up 5-10 mobs, and they'd kill themselves against a bunch of different abilities that occured when you were hit.
Through a good use of tactics and morale abilities it looks like a Zealot might be able to do this too. Ritual of Exsangination, Reversal of Fate, and the other morale ability that deals PBAoE damage. That, coupled with tactics like the chance to reduce STR and INT on hit, and the one that adds a minor amount of damage per second to your rituals seem like they could make a great porcupine fighter.
Of course, this is all just speculation, but I would LOVE if it worked out like this. It's always nice to be able to do things a little outside the box, and if regular grinding can make full use of the Zealot's abilities, thats even better.