AA choices post new regen system

[Reyla]

My Necromancer is level 61 and I am going 100% AA experience with her for a while since the Plane of Valor Golems that I kite now give almost 3 blues per kill under the new AA xp system.

I have 6 AAs banked, Run 3 and Regen 3.

The Mana Regen and Hit Point Regen AAs seem less appealing now. Under the old system, I would have taken Mental Clarity and Covalesence right away. Now I am thinking I should take Natural Durability and the defensive AAs first. Or Wake the Dead...?

Any advice?

[FromTheDarkerSide]

Would benefit more, and better AAexp, a bit later, IF ya just lvl some more.

I would get the 9th spell gem slot and kill away til later.

But if ya dead set on stopping now, might as well grab deathpeace AA and cloak of shadows (depending on their required lvl, I can't remember off hand).

(I.E) I get 18-19% of aa per kill in solo 69.1, at Lvl 72, with relative ease.

There are also spots where I get 21% AA per kill at lvl 72, with relative ease.

The new mana regen rules with TSS make the game so much more appealing to a soloing necro (and anyone else for that matter).

Plus, higher lvl makes getting in raid guild easier if ya like to raid.


That said, the game is not a game that is played on one path..Do what ever makes it fun for ya.

I actually soloed my way to lvl 70, playing off and on for years, until I fell in love with raiding. Looking back now, I prolly wasted (IMO) at least 50 AA's in the first few hundred, but I was having fun at the time, so no harm. And, I stopped like you did (even earlier) and prolly took alot longer getting the AA's.

[Aryse Andenter]

I prefer levels over AAs, but if you have found an AA spot you are happy with, go for it. Don't foget you can always do a little of both though.


Definately ND and defensive AAs are good choices, however get SCM ASAP - before either of those. I'd also consider getting dot crits pretty soon. WTD is for fun only - get it when you really want a piece of eye candy AA, however it does not boost your damage or your abilities significantly.

[Mordred]

I second what Aryse said. Considering SCM is a flat 10% mana savings you should be getting this aa next.

Death Peace/9th gem after that and then I agree max crit dots. It seemsa so few necros do this first but the fact is your soloing abiliity to pull in aa will jump a lot from this.

Once done then I' go back and do nd3 and defneisves through pop. From there... well there are a few routs but I personally didn't get mana regen/regen aa till about 600+ aa and that was pre ooc.

After defensives I'd knock out crit dd/crit heal.

[Reyla]

Thank you for the excellent advice. I have a better idea now of the best possible options.

I have, in fact, found an AA sweet spot that I am comfortable with. I solo kite 99% of the time so I went and bought Swift Journey 1 and gave away all my SoW potions in Crescent Reach to new players. I like the peace of mind of not relying on spells for my speed.

Next I bought Spell Casting Mastery 1 and I will max that.

I will get to a point soon, though, where my level (62) will not let me get anymore useful AAs. The Crit DoT AAs are a good example (Req lv 65). I will go back to levelling soon.

[Astroshak]

I stopped to pick up a bunch of AA's in vxed, at 65. The AAXP here rocks! Just 3 more AA points for SCM3, then gonna do somethin else not sure :P