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Thread: Guide to Soloing Elders
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ZarienYage
Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:06 am
#53
Neomonk wrote:
is being speed capped a must? I am Master Swords/Master Brawler/Novice Fencer (for now) and have trouble with them. I get all the buffs and stuff and don't even make a dent in them.
Your template could REALLY benefit from medic 4040. Plus you could get tka 4000 and be able to meditate which definantly comes in handy. With that and a couple more boxes in fencer you will notice a big difference. I ran that template for a while and loved it.BUT they just recently nerfed elders and a few other of the ns's, Elder's now dish out more damage and are harder to take down solo. This was done kinda under the radar.
Neomonk
Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:20 am
#54
ZarienYage wrote:
Your template could REALLY benefit from medic 4040. Plus you could get tka 4000 and be able to meditate which definantly comes in handy.
Oh, I forgot, I'm 4004 in TKA as well. I plan to pick up 4304 TKA and at least 0240 in Fencer. I also have all melee defense in FS skills and 1 box of melee speed in FS. I have novice medic right now just to pick up the slack in the skills I am currently working on.
Tork1
Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:10 am
#55
Oss_Wilum wrote:
i solo'd an elder last night and i did not need mind buffs, all you need is canape on hand, i used 2 of them through the entire fight. keep in mind i'm a human, so my mind pool is 1100 with 950 in either mind substat.
my template is unfinished, but right now its:
Master Swordsman, 4000 TKA, 1000 Doctor, Master Medic, Master Brawler
YOU NEED DOCTOR
if you get into a serious KD+dizzy cycle, it could be curtains because she dizzies very frequently. getting in a dizzy cycle while you are bleeding is also very bad, make sure your stims can heal about 1000 at 0 BF because you'll get about 300 BF fighting her.
the elder i solo'd was using a normal lance
of course all i got was a crappy lance
you dont really need docter..just spam KD def food and synsteak and you should be fine.
Rayzah
Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:13 pm
#56
I used to take my time and try drawing the elders away from a group, but with spawns being camped nowadays if i see an elder on the radar riding around on dath, i jump off my bike and rush the whole group.
I am speed-capped With armor 80% special protection to all (except stun) And a 740 max PH
My templete is Swordsman/TKM/ Medic 2/2/4/0
I have a shirt and pants 25 to both injury/wound treament speed and +4 melee +17 stun defense
One thing to help heal those bleeds in a hurry is havla if your a doc
I eat sythesteak well in advanced since most last an hour and is only about 20-ish filling it will be out of your stomach in no time but the effect will remain and give you a head-start on clearing out the group.
My stim D's heal for over 1k ham sometimes i get lucky and get a 2k heal
So i rush groups of 6-8 ns if i see an elder, area attack 3 then once the others are dead, then i drag the elder about 200m from where she spawned so when i'm finished another one may spawn in the same spot
You have to kill the first one fast because the second one might spawn BEFORE the first one is dead
if it gets to that....well i have had 2 on me at once before but have died more times then lived
Rayzah
Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:28 pm
#57
Also smugglers delight for muon downers.
Also you could use a /stand-heal or /stand-firstaid or /stand-warcry macro when dizzied/KD
What ever works best for you, healing the dizzy isn't worth mastering medic and learning part of doc for when you can use the skillpoints to get defense/fs melee speed, or master brawler.
Any before anyone says it, so what if CU is coming, it ain't here yet!
Keep looting!
DarthDigital
Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:52 pm
#58
psg's + slicing + anti decay kits = stun bat elders do no dmg... i had 2 on me yesterday with my 65% stun psg (adk) they did 60-70 dmg each... took my time and hh3 them to death... and warcry2 + 4030 doc = teh win
oh and my temp is 4030 doc/brawler/m2h
works in pve/pvp 
ravingbantha
Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:41 am
#59
A buddie of mine is Master Swords/ Master Brawler/ 0440 Fencer/ 0040 Pikeman/ and 4020 Medic and he solos' elders all the time with this. I've even logged him in and had great success with him as well.
untochableT
Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:04 pm
#60
that sounds close to my template:
Master Swords (Speedcapped)
Master Brawler
Fencer 4440
Pikeman 0040
Medic 2040
plus 8 sp in FS Skills
Buffs: 2800+ (I live in a med city 
)
)Musician/Dancer
Brandy x2
Ahrisa x1
When I go in to fight, I also pop a pikatta pie and a canape (depending on how my mind is doing/if still have mind buffs)
Times KDed: 2
Times Dizzied: 0
Stunned/Blind: Very very occasionally
Armor: 80% elec/40% stun/85% base (I only use Helmet, Gloves, Chest, and Boots... have never EVER had a krayt, elder or anything for that matter go through an 'armor hole') Then stun and high sliced armor is optional, I use it b/c mine is ADKed =P
When for when one pops out a SB, I slap on a PSG and do just fine (takes right around 3 per elder... planning to ADK one aswell ^_^)
Needless to say, the only thing I have to worry about are Jedi/Speedcapped Rifleman trying to KS me...
For actual strategy, as all the others have said: Intim 2 twice, MindHit2, then Headhit3... reapply intim/bleed as needed, heal your own bleed and HAM as need (with Pharma 4, Stim Es just about heal my entire bar in one hit, and if not one, then two will do her too... even with 500+ BF)
Message Edited by untochableT on 03-22-2005 05:07 PM
Oss_Wilum
Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:38 pm
#61
ahrisa while you have mind buffs is pointless, it buffs your drain pool, not your regen pool.
kettemoor has 71% base composite before slice, if you get encumberence slice, it's still not bad protection and you won't even need ahrisa to negate your mind drain, even without mindbuffs.
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