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Solo PvE - What's there to do?

castamere7castamere7 Member Posts: 27 Arc User
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Hello,

I'm just giving NW a serious try for the first time. I'm mostly a solo PvE player these days. I'm curious: What activities are there to participate in, especially at endgame?

Also, is a Paladin a viable choice for solo PvE?

Thanks!

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  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    If you absolutely want to play solo you miss out on a lot. You have Sharandar, Dread Ring and Icewind Dale with instances like Celadine's Tower, Phantasmal fortress and Biggrin's Tomb.

    You have the two campaigns you can start at 60..Dwarven Throne and Maze Engine.

    You can do Foundry missions for pathetic rewards.

    That's about it.

    You cannot (unless you have good gear) solo the HEs to farm motes for the elemental artifact weapons or to collect the underdark currency for Drowcraft gear.

    You cannot solo the dragon heralds, go into any of the skirmishes or dungeons or perticipate in the guild dragonflight battles.

    Getting all the boons will be problematic, and you will never have the best avalilable gear.

    I really do not recommend playing only solo.
    Hoping for improvements...
  • castamere7castamere7 Member Posts: 27 Arc User
    OK, maybe I'll go for group content, then. Is it just small groups, or are their also multi-player raids?

    Is it easy to play in a group as a Paladin?

    Thanks again!
  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    First, I recommend joining a good guild. You will get guild boons and the ability to participate in content like Dragonflight (10-40 players killing 1-4 dragons together).

    However...many of the top guilds only want level 70 players so one alternative is to play mostly solo for levels 1-69.

    You can queue up solo for 3-5 man skirmishes and dungeons or you can make a group before (another reason why joining a guild is a good idea) and queue up together. There is 10 and 25 man content at level 70 (epic Demogorgon and Tiamat) but that is not relevant for now.

    Any class can do the solo PvE content easily...a Paladin does not kill as quickly as some of the other classes but he is not as "squishy" as some other classes eithet.

    A paladin is generally quite popular in the 5-man dungeons, either for his ability to provide heals or to protect others (Known as "healadin" or "bubbladin") It would not hurt to look at a few paladin build guides online to determine what kind of paladin you want to be and how to get to that point.
    Hoping for improvements...
  • oliboypholiboyph Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 627 Arc User
    edited March 2016
    castamere7 said:

    OK, maybe I'll go for group content, then. Is it just small groups, or are their also multi-player raids?

    Is it easy to play in a group as a Paladin?

    Thanks again!

    Pallys, like most utility classes, are in short supply in NW. You won't find it hard to get a group. You will probably need to make a cleric as a 2nd character though, you will probably need its sigil (http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/The_Vault_of_the_Nine).

    Just jump in, be open to playing with a group, make friends and have fun. You won't have a hard time.
    "As the good archmage often admonishes me, I ought not to let my mind wander, as it's too small to go off by itself." -Danilo Thann[/quote]
  • castamere7castamere7 Member Posts: 27 Arc User
    Great, thanks a bunch guys.

    A Paladin is more of a support class in NW than a main tank? I've never been that great at tanking.
  • oliboypholiboyph Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 627 Arc User
    castamere7 said:

    Great, thanks a bunch guys.

    A Paladin is more of a support class in NW than a main tank? I've never been that great at tanking.

    It's a different type of tank than you might be thinking of. You might want to check some game plays on youtube or check the OP class forums.
    "As the good archmage often admonishes me, I ought not to let my mind wander, as it's too small to go off by itself." -Danilo Thann[/quote]
  • castamere7castamere7 Member Posts: 27 Arc User
    OK, I will do that. Thank you.

    I'm...Also not much of a healer these days. If I play a Bubbladin, will I be expected to heal, too?
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  • plasticbatplasticbat Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 12,435 Arc User
    There are 2 types of solo.

    Type 1: doing everything yourself. e.g mini dungeon in Dread Ring, etc.
    Type 2: doing everything with whoever happens to be there. No party. No communication. No formal organization. e.g. HE.

    My characters usually do both type of 'solo' that do not need party requirement.
    They also do dungeon, SH Dragons with party (these are not "solo").
    *** The game can read your mind. If you want it, you won't get it. If you don't expect to get it, you will. ***
  • aaramis75aaramis75 Member Posts: 348 Arc User
    In all seriousness, the required level of commitment in MMOs these days is minimal, so 90% of it is "solo" already. 1-70? Solo. Daily quests / campaign stuff? Solo. HEs? Solo, for the most part - maybe some others will join to help, but you don't have to talk.

    For some of the "end game" stuff, you may have to actually socialize with other humans, but again, it's minimal.

    But if you think this is bad, you should have been around back in the Everquest era.
  • ghoulz66ghoulz66 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 3,748 Arc User
    I really do miss the launch of EE. Before they buffed mob HP, and then NERFED their damage.

    It felt like a good balance. But now solo content is pretty lax. It's only difficult for people that are depending on potions still.
  • tinead51tinead51 Member Posts: 305 Arc User
    castamere7 said:

    Hello,

    I'm just giving NW a serious try for the first time. I'm mostly a solo PvE player these days. I'm curious: What activities are there to participate in, especially at endgame?

    Also, is a Paladin a viable choice for solo PvE?

    Thanks!

    Solo play, I remember that... then Mod6 dropped and I put my wallet away for good.
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