level up or AAFollow

hi all, please kindly advice should i spend the exp to level up or to AA ??

lvl 54 sk

My opinion would be to get Run 3 and Regen 3 first. Then level up to 59 where many of your AA's come into play. Hang there until you get a fair share of your combat AA's and then move on up to 63.

That is just one opinion, your milage may vary...

Atomic

I am a level 53 enchanter and have been told that I really shoudn't concentrate on AA points until at least 60 or even 65.

At that point, AA's go by a lot faster because the exp of the Mobs you are killing are much higher.

1 AA point = amount of experience to go from level 50-51.

Therefore it makes more sense (at least to me) to wait until you are fighting level higher mobs.

we're having philosophical discussions, are we?

for an SK it wouldn't be a bad thing to get some of the archetype AA's at lvl 55, like combat agility...

my wiz is lvl 57 now, but has spell casting fury 3 (was a frikkin grind, I tell ye). but it pays off. imagine the groupmembers surprise, when they see those crits frequently, increasing the groups DPS.

Not that this answers your question

But I squirm every time I group with a level 70 that says Ding 14!

By level 70 Folks expect you to have some basic aa's. It isn't fair but that is the way it goes. By time I got 59 I had about 20-25 aaxp.

It is MUCH easier to get aaxp at higher levels, but you have to bea able to survive once you get there.

Don't streak to 70 forsaking aaxp, dont sit at 59 forever getting hundreds of aaxp =D

My suggestion is to do a 60/40 type thing. Do 60% reg exp and 40% aaxp for a while. I don't know anything about sk aaxp so I really can't give specific suggestions.

Visit www.shadowknight.org/ and listen t anything Window says. Some very smart people there.

Check this link .... 2nd post....
SK AAXP rank.
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How is that for a ton of info that does not directly address your question about AA vs Level?

I agree with everything here except the last part. Put 100% aa or 100% reg don't bother splitting it because you lose out when you do.

I would probably go to 55 or 60 and than work on aa's. Your defense aa's will make a huge difference in your tanking abilities. Don't rush to 70 without getting a good set of aa's. You and your group will notice the difference.


It's sad when people rush to 70 and can't handle the content because they lack aa skills.

Innate Cammo is one of the best AA abilities in the game IMO. Absolutely invaluable.

at lvl 70 with Bazaar Gear I get 1 AA ever 20 to 30 mins, I have 150 AA atm

I agree however that you should get the 6 Basic AA Regen and Run speed out of the way ASAP, exp to 65, then get a good set of critical AA's based on your play style.

For my druid (now 63) I did Rs3, Regen3, then right for crits and mana regen/efficiency, but I am a soloing druid that quads and dot rotts, so healing was not as important as nuking IMO

The logic behind going either 100% lvl or AA is that if you put all of your xp into one of the other your new level or new AAs will help you get more XP. If you do 50/50 you will end up with a partial AA and a partial level neither of which helps you get more XP.

I would suggest getting Run3 and Regen3 somewhere between 51 and 55. Those are basic AAs that will help in all sorts of gameplay. After that, either go full AA for tanking abilities, or push to 59 and get your tank AAs there.

I made it a goal of mine to have 200 aa's before leveling past 65. I had lots of people tell me "just hit 70 because aa's are faster". I had one particular player who was at the same lvl as me at 65. He told me he was going to pass me up in aa's after he hit 70. I am now 70 and still ahead of him.

The benefits of getting 200 aa's before going to 70:

1. I was able to live longer and take on tougher mobs. Being a chanter this was a huge deal to me.

2. I had ALL of my spells up to 69. I didn't buy any runes. I spent a lot of time in OOW zones and got enough rune drops to get all the spells all the way through 69. This was a huge benefit because I didn't need to spend money and I had my spells right when I dinged 66, 67, 68, and 69. For me this was important as an enchanter.

3. AA experience went very quickly in some of the zones I grouped in. WoS and RCoD were amazing. I was getting more aa per kill than higher lvls in my group. This was because of the mobs lvl difference to my own.

4. I could still fight in some lower zones and still get good xp. BoT was a really good example of this. LVL 66 and higher toons would complain about the xp here. At 65 it was still good enough to xp in.

5. By the time I had 200 aa's at 65 I could handle things that were deadly with 0. I could take more damage and last long enough for the tank to get agro back. My agro was lower because of the Spell Subtlely ability. This let me slow and tash at 90% or higher. That meant less mana used by heals and less down time. Tanks could tell the difference. I had some ask how I slowed so quickly without getting agro.

6. Gear upgrades came at a natural and steady pace. Drops in RCoD, WoS, etc were usually 66+ recomended. I didn't have to really think about my gear a whole lot because my lvl stayed the same for a while. This meant that while 66+ toons in my group were getting upgrades I was getting the same gear at 65. This helped when I fought in lower zones like BoT.

After I hit 200 I figured I had a good base and went straight regular xp until I hit 70. I never regretted doing aa's first. The best thing with aa's and levels is to decide where you're lacking and improve. Sometimes you need the lvl for a higher spell. Or sometimes you need your defense aa's to tank better at your current level. The best thing is to look at your aa's and see what's available. Decide what your lacking or what you need or want. Than make a list of the aa's and at which level you would like that ability. Talk to other players who are the same class and same or higher levels. Get lots of opinions and decide how you want to do it. Set goals and work for them. It's okay if you decide differently or want to change.

AA's go MUCH faster at 65.

Each AA is like getting lvl 51 over and over again.

In Sol Ro I can get 3 - 4% per kill. Not bad.