Newb Question: updated Veno guide? and questions

razorsharpshadow wrote: »

Right now I am a AA 50vit. 36str. rest mag. veno lvl 76 with rank gear, TT70 A wand.

Your vit is fine. Don't add any more; 50 is all that'll fit into a max reset note, in case you ever want to get rid of it.

Your strength is a bit low, you should have more like 42. Not a big deal though, you can fix that in one or two levels.

Which rank? Hopefully not the level-30 rank 1? If so, upgrade --- to ANYTHING, even white NPC-bought stuff if you have to. The weapon's fine though, keep that.

I dont know anyhting about what gear to get while lvling and what gear to get at end game. (budget & money spender)

Leveling up before maybe 70, 80 or so, you can wear quest reward gear and good mob drops, so long as they have at least four elemental resistances. After 70, wear good mold (legendary) gear that's up to level and fill out the holes with 3-star gear from the AH or even TT gear. At 90, get green TT90 or better. At end game, there's plenty of options --- rank 8, TT99, nirvana, ...

For Lenie here I made a full set of TT70 when I hit that level, then gradually upgraded to legendary pants and sleeves as I got the levels to wear them. From 80 I'll look similar, upgrading the TT bits to TT80 and considering upgrading the legendary bits as and when I get better stuff. But I level r-e-a-l-l-y s-l-o-w-l-y, so making that TT gear was worth it for me because I knew I'd be using it a long time. You may decide you'll just breeze past it and stick to cheaper gear.

You know the trick about wearing physical defense necklaces and belts to make up for the low phys def on your armor, right? That's pretty much standard for AA wearers. Oh, and consider refining your gear to maybe +1 or +2 at about level 70 and up, that's more or less where refining begins to be worth it.

I saw A HA/AA veno lvl 101 but she was not very nice and didnt help.

HA/AA is a complicated build, the advice for making such a veno won't easily fit in in-game chat. It really needs its own forum posts, and there've been plenty over the years; search.

Ive learned that AA venos are squishy, do they become harder with end game gear? or what should I do?

Squishy against physical damage. Not against magic. End-game gear can mean a lot of things; full rank 9 is infamously tough, but also crazy expensive. Experienced level-100+ venos I've squadded with in PvE gaming have worn TT90-TT99 gear, both AA and HA, and they've managed fine.

can a veno be good as human and fox on same toon?

Yes, and if you can manage that you should. Flexibility is a strength of the class.

I hate dying so easily from physical rock throwing mobs

Let your pet tank them. Get a ranged pet, like an eldergoth, and level it up; learn ranged-pet tanking.

when i lvl, A Guide pops up and informs me of the new gear I can wear. should I make this gear? Is it worth the money?

Some of it is, much of it isn't, some of it isn't even available in the game. Investigate that gear, but don't expect you'll be using it all or even most of it. Consider that guide as a bag of tips that may be good or may be bad, but worth looking into to find out which one is which. See also http://pwdatabase.com/ for details.

razorsharpshadow wrote: »

I saw A HA/AA veno lvl 101 but she was not very nice and didnt help.

As said above HA/AA is very complicated and not good for beginners who are either starting a new toon as a veno or are new to the game.

It requires alot of restatting and there isn't set points for HA/AA since many people use diffrent methods.

Depending on how you wish to play you veno, if you don't want to depend on you pet at all the HA/AA works well and for more experienced players a full HA build.
(not saying its a must)

But from what i've read you got everything set. Just keep your vit at the 50 and you will get bonus' from your armour.

Soloing depends on how well you can play your veno. If you allow your pet (tank pet) to tank with heals works well with amp dmg in fox form.
Or if you have enough defence and a cleric behind you that can heal you could most probs take care of the soloing.