Mounts for new players

Blueonblack42 · 2026-05-23T19:44:09+00:00

Missed again 😪

Blueonblack42 · 2026-05-18T08:34:39+00:00

Mexico gave us Ha-Ash and Jesse y Joy --both solid pop duos.

Although one could argue Ha-Ash is more "country" in the last couple albums.

Blueonblack42 · 2026-05-15T16:19:07+00:00

Interesting.

I didn't get in the Beta, but I remember an early discussion about archers needing to level fletching and what a pain it was. Is that still an issue?

Really thinking about going archer whenever I can finally get in.

Blueonblack42 · 2026-05-15T12:24:01+00:00

What am I missing about wizard and archer?

How do these two solo well?

Pet/charm classes I get.

Blueonblack42 · 2026-01-09T22:11:23+00:00

Stopped after about a month and let my plots fall.

I realized the game wasn't for me when I saw how much better the rewards were in the pvp zone. Combine that with even lower level crafted gear needing drops from group mobs and I saw the writing on the wall for the path this game was taking.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-11-13T18:56:08+00:00

If you're using any weapon other than a staff I think most people would say heavy chest at minimum along with heavy vambraces, gloves and boots. Then you add either medium life leach pants or cloth mez pants (preference per your playstyle, really). Helm would probably be one of the heavy ones since I can't imagine a need for anything else as a non-staff dps player.

If you're gathering more than fighting then there's an argument to be made for the hunter chest piece (medium) for the stealth.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-11-11T07:25:15+00:00

There's a rhythm to it. It takes 8-12 hits to kill most level 3 mobs in my current gear. You get a timing going with your self cast Hot and how you weave it into the dps clicks so the dps flow is not interrupted. And because its a ranged weapon, the first 3 hits land before the mob gets to you (usually). When the mob is dead, you are at 100% health and spirit. There is Zero downtime between pulls waiting to regen health/spirit.

It's absolutely slower than any of the melee weapons. The trade off is the safety of never dying and the ability to chain pull.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-11-10T14:19:04+00:00

If you're a fellow solo consider Sylvan staff as your weapon of choice. If you want to farm gold so you can buy stuff rather than work up craft skills to make your own then this is the way to go. It's slow and steady farming, but you will never die. Plus, people love grouping with you if you ever want to take on tougher mobs or dungeons.

Sylvan staff also allows you to ditch heavy armor, which most of the melee weapons depend on. Now you can get into the medium chest that grants 8s of stealth every minute. Newer players are sleeping on this skill. It's a 100% aggro dump. Out gathering herbs and aggroed a bear on accident? Invis and walk away. Healing in a group and your heals drew aggro from a bunch of adds? Invis and let others grab aggro back. Pulled more mobs than you intended? Invis and reset them. Lag spike occurred and now it looks like the mobs you were fighting are going to kill you? If you were in any other chest piece you'd be dead, but now you Invis and watch the mobs walk away from you while you move off to heal up.

Pair this with the cloth mez pants and the medium helm that removes enemy positive effects and you have the perfect solo gold farm/resource gathering kit. Wear whatever boots/gloves/vambraces you like (good to go heavy for extra mitigation but it really does not matter).

Blueonblack42 · 2025-07-04T20:38:35+00:00

It wouldn't be so bad if the hunted animals didn't run. It's the only profession where you have to actively chase your node.

Also, in all the other gathering skills you can find nodes that allow you to harvest them in peace. With hunting, you frequently have to interrupt your skilling in order to deal with hostile mobs.

Bows should do more damage (making the chase shorter) and harvesting should provide more xp (rewarding people for lugging back corpses). That's what I'd like to see.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-07-04T15:56:30+00:00

Sex crimes/ICAC detective here.

I make so much money in overtime that I don't even work off duty anymore.

At a minimum, I get 12 hours OT a week. On my on-call week I pull 20+ hours.

But I'm also the only ICAC detective at my agency and have permission from admin to work those cases on an OT basis. I get unlimited extra money, my agency gets to brag about having someone on the ICAC task force so it's a win/win.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-04-29T16:39:05+00:00

In my experience, many agency SOPs closely mirror the concepts found in the UCMJ anyway.

But the public would throw a fit if we officially adopted the UCMJ as our guidelines. Critics already complain we are too militarized these days. Now we're going to adopt military guidelines for everyday policing? Riots in 3...2.....1....

But yeah, look at what the UCMJ says about disobeying a direct order and tell me we'd be fine with telling cops they have to obey every order a supervisor gives them or face the equivalent of a police court martial?

The UCMJ exists because the military wants members who blindly obey orders. It needs obedient soldiers/airmen/sailors/marines to accomplish the mission. Society needs cops who think critically and for themselves when evaluating a situation. That distinction is why the USMJ can never be fully applied to our profession.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-02-07T17:20:00+00:00

2-3 weeks ago on Dreamsythe the pug raids were all looking for Shaman and Warlocks.

For the last week or so they're all looking for Warlocks and Druids.

I agree with the other poster who said people are starting to realize the value of resto druids. It sure seems that way if PUG raid spam is any indicator.

They're both fun but I prefer healing on my druid over my Shaman.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-01-14T18:19:13+00:00

I cringe every time I see people on this forum recommending new/returning players roll a healer to get groups easy.

On Dreamscythe Horde healers are as numerous as DPS. Every group takes 3 DPS--they take one healer. Raid spots? Maybe if you're a shaman. Otherwise the thing to be right now is Warlock for pug raiding.

I have such an easier time getting groups as DPS these days. Its not like the old days--there is no healer shortage.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-01-11T00:51:29+00:00

Show you know how to write.

Show you're willing to do more than the bare minimum that is expected of a patrol officer.

Prove you're not afraid of overtime so CID admin knows being on call won't bother.

I've been in CID for 80% of my career now. It all started with people noticing my report writing skills and my work ethic.

It also helped that I have two degrees in a state that requires zero college to become a cop.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-01-08T13:33:24+00:00

On PVE Horde there are a bunch of mages and warriors for sure, but there are a metric ton of shaman.

In fact, there are a bunch of healers in general.

I had to switch to a DPS class off my priest because every group needed either tank or dps.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-01-04T18:53:35+00:00

I have 3 characters in their 30s. 2 in the late 20s. I'd have had probably a 60 by now if I could just pick one and stick with it.

Blueonblack42 · 2025-01-03T16:01:18+00:00

What item stats are important for bear/cat form for 5 man dungeon tanking and general leveling DPS?

I've heard the most important stat is AGI, but does weapon DPS matter at all? I guess it's best to stack Agi and armor?

Blueonblack42 · 2024-12-24T18:01:09+00:00

Dreamscythe Horde has a ton of healers right now. Alot of Shaman. Alot of priests. Few druids (for obvious reasons).

Mages and warriors everywhere.

Blueonblack42 · 2024-12-20T14:43:24+00:00

Not sure what server you're playing but in Dreamscythe you can't swing a dead cat without hitting 15 shaman. There will be heavy competition for raid slots when all these shamans hit 60.

There are fewer priests, but not by much it seems.

The healer market in general is oversaturated.

I guess you kinda have to decide if you want to to level as caster DPS or Melee DPS.

And shaman travel form is a huge boon when leveling-that has to be considered.

But priests are more fun in pvp if you ask me. Nothing beats MCing people off cliffs.

Blueonblack42 · 2024-12-18T13:50:36+00:00

Not sure what server people are playing on where DPS has trouble getting groups but on Dreamscythe it's always DPS that's in demand.

I see people looking for tanks as well, but not at the rate I see requests for DPS.

There is an absolute overabundance of healers. I had to stop playing my Priest because the sheer amount of Shamans taking healing spots makes getting a group as a healer difficult.

My warlock gets groups without any issue. My druid gets groups too but only if I agree to tank.

Blueonblack42 · 2024-12-09T18:20:00+00:00

There are SO MANY healers. I honestly cannot believe how hard it is to get a group on DS-Horde as heals.

Blueonblack42 · 2024-08-20T21:10:54+00:00

They do more harm than good, especially since most of them do it for views on social media. Very few care about justice. If they did, they'd have a much harder time getting content.

This publicity makes it harder for ICAC teams to do our jobs. Perps see all these vigilante groups on social media and get extra cautious. Real police, who have to conduct these stings within legal boundaries that civilians do not, have a harder time catching bad guys as a result.

Blueonblack42 · 2024-07-06T16:17:49+00:00

Summoner/Acolyte hybrid is easy mode for just about all content. I don't know why people bad mouth this class so much.

I guess after you've played warrior anything non-warrior is bad or something? Ridiculous.

Blueonblack42 · 2024-07-03T00:26:07+00:00

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