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[Type0Negative]

Originally Posted by Kasted

I've messed around a bit with a HoX. They are prone to death until lvl 10, but after that their dps shoots up quickly. For PvE they are pretty effective if you can position 3-4 mobs just right. With proper positioning you can hit the whole group with hellfire (ae fire blast) and then finish them with one of the high dmg sword attacks. With feats you can bring the hellfire nuke down to almost an instacast nuke, which is helpful in breaking up some of the sword combos.

Now HoX and pvp...Hard to make any calls really on balance and pvp at 20 below, but will point out some things. HoX can be insane dmg, however all the sword combos where alot of the dmg is are extremely slow. You pretty much have to hope that your opponent tries to go toe to toe with you, which usually doesn't happen. The root they have is great for avoiding being ganked...Get jumped by a few people, tap the insta-root and run. Also another to remember is they are pretty limited with light armor. You'll get hit and definately feel it.

i too am intrigued by the hox and played one in the pvp wknd and again now in open. however someone told me that yes, they can do insane damage and are great for both pve and pvp....unless someone has fire resist.

i think fire is a pretty common resist to get up in most mmos due to many sources of fire damage both pve/pvp. maybe it's my ocd talking but as a lover of pvp this does worry me.

[Lonin]

Is there a feat respec NPC in Tortage? If so, anyone got a general loc?

[Vehn]

Originally Posted by Lonin

Is there a feat respec NPC in Tortage? If so, anyone got a general loc?

guy in the harbor

[Jabberwhacky]

Falkensyn said he can't post yet, but he sent me this message about HoXes:

Disclaimer: I have yet to test PvP at 80 for various reasons, but all of the following seems to apply then as well according to the beta forums.

I'm not cleared to post, but I've played a HoX for most of closed beta, and it's really a beast at higher levels. Demon form is more of an emergency button than a regular tool though, useful for larger pulls or for a quick damage burst against a player/mob.

The class is basically a burst machine, but an unreliable one at that. The combos (especially Pillar of Flame and Molten Steel Slash - the main high-damage ones) seem to have a large damage range, as they can hit for something like x-3x damage depending on a few variables (demon form, Touch of Hell buff). The two aforementioned combos have quite a bit of "casting" time, in the range of 2-3 secs, and they require a stationary target. Hellfire breath is your bread and butter spell, with a moderate mana cost, quite a large area of effect, and 0.3 secs cast time with the appropriate feats. You use this in between combos, rarely using regular attacks.

For PvP I usually cast demon form, charge with Hellstep, instantly hit Word of Command (an instant cast AE root with 1min cd) and start Pillar of Flame, followed by Hellfire breath, and if the target is still in range/alive, Molten Steel Slash - Hellfire again. Hellfire has a short cd (3 secs I think? I'm not sure, it's been a while since I had the chance to play due to RL constraints)

The Herald is by far my favorite class atm, although its random nature may not appeal to everyone. It's a bit of a glass cannon, and your chance at winning a fight melts down to you being able to keep your target in melee range, as both the root and the charge has a minute-long cooldown.

[Twobit Whore]

Originally Posted by Lonin

Is there a feat respec NPC in Tortage? If so, anyone got a general loc?

In the harbor by a ladder, named appropriately "Feat Fixer".

[Lonin]

Originally Posted by Twobit Whore

In the harbor by a ladder, named appropriately "Feat Fixer".

Thanks.

[Draegan]

People should also realize that many of the stories about classes are people without the best feat builds. You can make the PoM a pure porcupine build if you spec it right. Just think of all the shitty builds in WOW and how they gimp your character.

[Lost Ranger]

Originally Posted by Draegan

People should also realize that many of the stories about classes are people without the best feat builds. You can make the PoM a pure porcupine build if you spec it right. Just think of all the shitty builds in WOW and how they gimp your character.

I figured that was a issue as well. We will see a ton of build discussion in the near future though I am sure. There seems to be alot to put points into so I am kind of looking forward to experimenting a bit.

[Draegan]

You get 71 points I think. I'm assuming you get them every level from 10-80. There are a lot of cool 41 pt feat skills.

[Kienas]

Originally Posted by Draegan

You get 71 points I think. I'm assuming you get them every level from 10-80. There are a lot of cool 41 pt feat skills.

According to the FeatPlaner tool its 76 points if you go from lvl 2 is that a mistake?

[Draegan]

First feat point is level 10.

[Vehn]

anyone feel the leveling is slower than WoW? I dunno if it was just me and the lag, but it seems it took a while (dozen hours) to get to 5-13 and beyond. Hope it can go faster during retail

[Twobit Whore]

It goes a lot faster once you realize which quests suck ass and have you running and zoning back and forth a dozen times. That stupid Xantia's skull quest is retarded.

It's best to just Hoover. Run around town and suck up all the quests you can possibly get and run around whacking things until you complete a bunch.

[Kodylan]

Leveling pace really seems to pick up once you reach your race's major city too. I went from 19-23 in Khopshef Province in no time.

[Draegan]

Hoover method is best. Best way to go is hit level 6-8 or so. Then before you do the volcano quest, hit up daytime and do all the low level 5-10 quests then switch back.