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Kiryn · 03-07-2007, 07:24 PM

How far can a PLD go in soloing before s/he is required to get a party?
Cause I heard PLD can do good soloing. I was just wondering. Right now i'm only PLD8. So I bet its probably late in the game

Nymphadora · 03-07-2007, 07:33 PM

Not sure exactly how far it's possible to solo, but as a WHM I solod until about level 10 or 11. After that, you should be able to head over to Valkurm Dunes and pick up a party easily.

Haggai · 03-08-2007, 04:23 AM

I soloed Paladin to 13 myself, but that was mainly farming beehive chips on the hills of Gustaberg to skillup Alchemy. I imagine they could go further, though.

Murphie · 03-08-2007, 04:44 AM

I've soloed to 22 before. I could have gone further, but I'm not a masochist.

Necropolis · 03-08-2007, 04:54 AM

Paladin can do okay soloing, but usually takes a long time because of less than average damage compared to other DD jobs.

I think paladin soloing is more effective once you can use Coccoon from a BLU sub or stoneskin from a rdm sub. At least that is what my paladin buddies say. Generally they don't solo for exp, just farming or hunting some NM. I suppose pld/nin could be good as well once you have utsusemi.

Armando · 03-08-2007, 05:03 AM

Any job can get to 20 solo, fairly easily. Most can make it to 25 if they're masochistic enough, or 30 if you're a stubborn mule. But 20 is definetely doable.

By the way, you can't get Stoneskin from /RDM until 68.

Necropolis · 03-08-2007, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by Armando

By the way, you can't get Stoneskin from /RDM until 68.

Yea, I knew it was fairly high, most of my pld friends that solo are 75, and just skilling up weapons by themselves in Kuftal. But my other friend was a 40sih pld when he started going /blu to solo, and he's pretty successful at it. I suppose that would be a good sub for while, extra cure spells, def, and stat boost from spells that are set could be pretty handy.

Sevv · 03-08-2007, 05:17 AM

i solo pld every now and then with sub blu and im in the 40s, there is no reason to not get exp while seeking (^.^)b

Hyrist · 03-08-2007, 05:27 AM

Dale on Midgardsormr soloed his paladin (majoirty of his time) from 1-75 and is almost caped on merits now.

It took him about 2 years to do it, but the new ToAU areas sped his exp up big time.

I'm of the opinion that if any job is played properly, you can conseivably solo your entire career. However, it would be dirt slow.

Raydeus · 03-08-2007, 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by Murphie

I've soloed to 22 before. I could have gone further, but I'm not a masochist.

Originally Posted by Armando

Any job can get to 20 solo, fairly easily. Most can make it to 25 if they're masochistic enough, or 30 if you're a stubborn mule. But 20 is definetely doable.

I got PLD most of the way to 37 and up soloing (also soloed from 73-75 +14k xp buffer), so I'm a stuborn masochist mule.

But I gotta say that after the xp change I've got more xp/hr soloing than in a party at those lvls (and up to 35ish at least), specially as a DRK.

Edit > Just a warning, even though you can get xp more efficiently soloing you'll miss on the social aspects of the game.

It's like going out or going to parties in RL, you can do exactly the same at home but you wont get to meet other people which is a major part of any MMOG experience.

Slip · 03-08-2007, 08:52 AM

Soloing is fun to do once in a while for the challenge but you learn a lot more about Pld by partying.

Hate control is the most obvious example - not a lot of aggro management when you're the only one hitting the mob. Beyond that though there's learning mp conservation, good position practices, when to voke the mob off the puller (not always as soon as it's in range) and probably a hundred other things that folks with a lot of party experience take for granted.

onorok · 03-08-2007, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Hyrist

Dale on Midgardsormr soloed his paladin (majoirty of his time) from 1-75 and is almost caped on merits now.
It took him about 2 years to do it, but the new ToAU areas sped his exp up big time.

Do you know if this was done as PLD/BST? There's been some talk in my LS of 75BST going and soloing PLD to 75 as PLD/BST, and I've noticed the occasional JP player as PLD/BST.

Sevv · 03-08-2007, 12:37 PM

thats because /bst if your bst is 75 is overpowered lol, if you get your bst to 75 you can solo ne job to 75 by usuing /bst lol

Necropolis · 03-09-2007, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by SevIfrit

thats because /bst if your bst is 75 is overpowered lol, if you get your bst to 75 you can solo ne job to 75 by usuing /bst lol

My friend bst was talking about that the other day. I wonder if I could of soloed whm to 75 as whm/bst. bst/whm work 1-75 why not the other way around

Would probably be slow as hell, but it would certainly beat partying in the dunea, qufim, jungle, and garlaige citidal.

Sevv · 03-09-2007, 04:18 AM

my friend soloed whm from 37-75 because he was a 75 bst. Alot of the jps on my server solo as /bst in toa.