Play shade!Originally Posted by Aggro
Bump for playing shade instead.
I'm with Crattey & Gatester there. If you don't like to downtime, play a Shade. And don't go an make macros for everything, do it the way originally intended to develop carpal tunnel syndrome in the average human being.
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200s Chrisd, Malema, Delbaeth
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Shade you say?
Wow. I never dared to make one, as when they were released they were super hard to find gear for... But you mention "macro" everything; I am a keybinder and it works out fantastic. I have actually no clue what you mean by "macro everything" as I really thought AO only supported basic macros for pets and a few other things.
Would you mind elaborate this or perhaps provide with some links with macro tips that you are referring to/thinking about?
I did get interested in the Shade after you all told me that it seem to have a "hectic playstyle", which I love. However; could a Shade replace the Enfo or Keeper in a dual playing combo with a Trader on it's tail?
At 220 you have maybe 3-5 seconds out of every few minutes where you are not "clicking" something in boss fights.
Leveling is fun, gear is not hard to find, spirits are easier to get than symbiants if you farm a bit, and if you want to PVP at 220 pretty much go atrox and you are good after some practice. As for solo capabilities, the only profession which soloes better than shade is crat.
he means you should keybind every attack to same button.
Last edited by Otansaanpas; Dec 8th, 2012 at 16:45:14.
You hit Tarasque with nanobots for 18280 points of melee damage.
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The biggest issue with shade soloing is honestly solved with a pocket trader or crat, which is mezzing the adds.
Oh, how can this be any better? Maybe only for PvE since PvP is very situational?
But, I would never do this as I have been a keybinder my whole life, and learned up quite a few people too (It took me 2 weeks to teach up each of the 2 from England I once taught up; one elder lady and one policeman too, both around their 50's as well as my son's +++)
Music in my ears since the one I will dual play with is a Trader. But I really have no clue how to get the spirits/gear to my Shade, so if someone could throw in some tips here I would really appreciate it. I have some credits after a friend of mine gave a me some before he left AO for good recently, so I can maybe buy insteasd of farming?
shades have 4-5 hotbars filled with perks and items so keybinding them all is not an option.
but you're right, its not better than firing perks individually. its just the lazy way and i'd be more than happy if this will be prevented in next patch that comes!
You hit Tarasque with nanobots for 18280 points of melee damage.
First shade with Blades of Boltar
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How much is enough?
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I am getting old(er) and the last really good MMO skill I have left is my keybinding skill now that my reflexes have started to fade. It would totally ruin that by going 1 macro-clicking, so thanks for warning me. I picture myself as a grand-grand dad playing MMO at an elderly home; still teaching up my grand-grand children to be keybinders 8-)
... remembers leveling to 220 with a shade with only one hotbar, no keybinds and all the perklines were chained.
That was a serious bit of gaming. You always had to be focused and I suspect even with the advances, it's still that way. Sounds like it would be up your alley.
Awwww muffin, need a tissue?
I remember those days of just 1 hotbar.
I remember having a window with just system messages in it so I could see easily when perks were recharging from whichever line, so I didn't needlessly keep switching between the panels.
Although it is much like that still, with 6 hotbars I can even be lazy and click if I feel like it.
220s "Wakizaka", "Sneakygank", "Wakimango", "Wakisolja", "Tardersauce", "Bushwaki", "Midgetgank", "Bugfixxx", "Ramsbottom", "Paskadoc"
200s Chrisd, Malema, Delbaeth
TL5s Youfail, Bugfixx, Riothamus, Johndee
Proud President of Haven | TL5 PvP
I actually still only USE one hotbar on my shade, although I've got two others up now to keep an eye on when perks become available again. I still do everything with keyboard switching on the primary hotbar though.
I love enforcer for raids, and that is my single biggest joy in the game, but if I'm going to be solo, I'll be on my shade. : )
Can still pull aggro away from enfs with my shade, probably the best part of rolling one.
that is player issue, enfs have all the abilities to keep agro if they choose to.
sometimes enfos want to have a laugh on team and uses challenger and goes "lol shade, you are not good dps when you're at reclaim!".. and total raid dps goes down the hill.
You hit Tarasque with nanobots for 18280 points of melee damage.
First shade with Blades of Boltar
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How much is enough?
Member of Halinallet!
I know it was the enf's fault, but forcing the enf to do his job and hold aggro is satisfyingI tanked just fine though and in a pinch I can even heal the entire team lol.
Nerf shade's caress.
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