Cheebo

First off, I have a lvl 53 Swash, I have only been playing a little over a week, and it dawned on me a few days ago I really don't know what I am doing.

I have read a lot of the guides, I keep hearing about ACT (which I don't know what it is). I hear there are some UI's to use, and that I need to some how time my auto attack.

Could anyone tell me exactly what UI/plugins to get?

I just recently found out (post 40) that there were poisons in the game, and weapon adornments. What are the best to choose, DD or DoT.

for AA's I went loosely off the "DPS" spec listed in the guide (not high enough to get enough AA's in there).

And if there is anything else I need to know plz inform.

Ty.

logix

Look above your post for the Search button and go to town. EQ2Flames is full of useful knowledge, you just need to put some effort into looking for it since any search you did would have answered most of these questions.

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Cexi

Check Swashbuckling 101 and learn to search.

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Stray

ACT: Advanced Combat Tracker -- An Encounter Parser for EQ2

Poisons, especially in groups: Use red Caustic or red Hemotoxin. Purple: Use Grace or Enfeebling (Enfeebling will become your AA-enhanced friend). Blue: Use Turgur

Other poisons can be used while solo-ing, or in special situations - you should study them. Mentral strike (red) can be useful when power issues arise.

At lower levels, I wouldnt care too much about adornments (actually I also dont care much at higher levels), besides getting a few cheap ones.

Weapon: if you have one really good weapon, single wield with WIS line. If you get two really good ones, start DW'ing. After lvl73ish, DW is the only way to go.

Fot the rest - study the 101.

Sleeper

To expand a bit on what Stray wrote about poisons:

At lower levels you can only use one kind of poisons. In fact I believe all lower level poisons are of the "red" kind. As you gain levels you can use two poisons at the same time, and later all three kinds.

You can get poisons from the alchemist merchant in North Qeynos, or you can get handcrafted and mastercrafted poisons from other players via the broker.

I wouldn't recommend mastercrafted poisons unless you raid almost exclusively, since they are quite expensive, and you go through them like water. In fact you will find that many Rogues and Predators (only two classes that can use poisons) choose to be alchemists too, to avoid paying the markup.

ACT is your friend if you really want to learn to play your class to the max, but this is true of almost all classes. For a casual or solo player, it's not essential.

Adornments are also important mainly to the min-max player. When you are leveling your character you will most likely outgrow your gear so fast, it's not even worth the trouble to adorn it.

Sleepy the Swashie

Stray

Hey Sleepy!

So tell me.. are you the MIN or the MAX player?

Sleeper

You know I'm the Min Player, I do the minimum to get by without being kicked outta the raid. More relaxed that way...