by kuzko » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:32 pm
You do not have to do LDoN's to get Anathema, it can be researched, with a relatively low trivial (162).
A note on Macnair's comment of hitting 70. Nectar of Pain is from Saga Skins or any of the alt, spell only quests that you will very likely have done while working in The Devastation on Saga Skins. Nectar of Agony is from TBS (rk.1 from pirates, rk. 2 from katta). Having just finished my hand aug, I can attest that having done no other pirate faction work, the hand aug quest only takes you to amiably (if pirate correlates to katta, then you need warmly for the spell, I could be wrong, I generally prefer to skip faction work when a better option is available with other annoying faction work). I like to eek out every bit of dps I can while root/rotting, so I would suggest trying to work Katta faction as soon as you are able for the rank 2 of Nectar of Agony.
Also, I used epic 1.0 dot for a long time due to non DD dot click....into the 60's iirc. Just a matter of finding the rhythm to cast it w/o messing up your other dot casts.
Having done a ton of soloing throughout the years, starting in the 50s and just putting up with root breaking with front end dd dots, just do what you can with the weapons you have right now (getting Ornate pants for root click is nearly a must for a good soloing shaman imo). Pine for the day you can ditch disease dots (at lvl 80 with 10 spell slots, I run an 8 dot stack when soloing in LP or preferably HoS). It gets alot easier when you ditch dd dots and get an arsenal of stacks that mow down anything that isn't even con or higher at 80.
(85 Barbarian Shaman): Master Artisan (49/49), Master Alchemist (7/7), Journeyman Fisherman, Journeyman Researcher (4/7).
Baakdoor (85 Wood Elf Rogue): Master Researcher (6/7), Master Poisoncrafter (7/7) Master Smith (6/7).
Psicho (70 Gnome Enchanter): Master Tinker (7/7), Master Researcher (7/7).
Chiiki (65 Halfling Druid): Master Tailor (7/7).
Brahbra (65 Dwarven Paladin): Master Smith (6/7).