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Vengz
May Member 2023

Vengz

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Firstly let me just add I recently came back to game and immediately I felt out of place and almost overwhelmed by how much stuff I have to achieve to unlock all the different things related to PvM in terms of ability's to unlock, Praesul codex and other items that make it sort of a pressuring choice to pick a combat style to maintain or choose from and already discouraged me in attempting all this new pvm content.

So my question for necromancer is will it be a viable combat trinity I can go in fully without ever having to touch mage, melee or range?

On top of that do I still have to farm all these miscellaneous items which unlock in game ability's which make you have a better performance?

I hope to just sit back and make gold so once Necromancer comes out I can go into it fresh and be able to duo with other in terms of equipment and ability's besides from prayer.


PS: I also really hope it doesn't turn into a side combat perk where you mainly use magic but swap to necromancer for a few seconds to only take advantage of a cooldown of a strong defensive or offensive than go back to only another combat style.


I may get criticism for my questions but it's just how I feel and wanted to add my 2 cents. I can't play 24/7 to make billions of gold to obtain all this stuff.
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06-Jun-2023 07:08:37 - Last edited on 06-Jun-2023 07:10:09 by Vengz

H 1 L D A
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Is it possible to simply use Necromancy in combat without needing to switch to other styles to augment damage?

I think so.

Necromancy will have advantages or disadvantages, but it also will have its own set of abilities unlocked through the skill tree, and perhaps very importantly, you are going be very unlikely to splash. For PvM purposes, you should be able to camp the style without needing help from the combat triangle.

Do I still need to go after the usual suspect late game items with abilities/prayers that improve my DPS?

Yes. You'll have a T99 Prayer to unlock, but I'm not sure yet if you'll need to farm one from AoD (probably wouldn't hurt) or if it will be released through other means. Necromancy will also be added to existing jewelry in terms of bonuses as well. Where you won't have to work too hard, I don't think, is upkeep on the Necromancy gear from 1-90 Necromancy.

I think you'll be able okay, from what I've heard so far. Definitely can do some work beforehand, but I don't think it will lock you out from being able to PvM if you're missing some unlocks. Of course, you might be a better judge than I on that front.
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06-Jun-2023 07:39:19 - Last edited on 06-Jun-2023 07:39:40 by H 1 L D A

Dilbert2001
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Necromancy is a totally standalone 4th Combat Style from Mage, Ranged and Melee. You don't have to touch the other 3 old combat styles if you don't want to.

Necromancy has its own abilities, codices, equipment, etc just like all the other 3 combat styles.

Like the 3 old combat styles, all existing "miscellaneous" like rings, amulets, potions, prayers etc that aren combat style independent should also be useful to the same extent to Necromancy.

Pretty much if you think of Necromancy as a totally new combat style and not just Mage then you should get the picture. For instance, there are mobs and bosses weak to mage but strong to ranged then you may want use the Mage combat style, now add Necromancy to the equation and all the old choices and old way to play the games are still here, but the big improvements is we have a totally bland new 4th combat styles completed with all bland new mechanics, abilities, items and such... and most definitely a lot more choices and new ways to play the game.

06-Jun-2023 16:57:39

Vengz
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Vengz

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Yeah that's awesome. I mainly hope it captures my interest so I can just focus only on necromancer so I can just maintain it as my priority so that's awesome to hear that it's gonna be a stand alone combat style and I can use it to make some gold in PvM or the ritual skilling side of it.
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06-Jun-2023 18:51:10

Dilbert2001
Jun Member 2006

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Vengz said :
Yeah that's awesome. I mainly hope it captures my interest so I can just focus only on necromancer so I can just maintain it as my priority so that's awesome to hear that it's gonna be a stand alone combat style and I can use it to make some gold in PvM or the ritual skilling side of it.

Do you focus on a specific combat style (melee, ranged, mage)? If so, your focus on Necromancy is pretty similar to your current focus, and you will only have much better and bland new content to focus on very soon with Necromancy.

Perhaps you can have dual-focus too, with whichever style in the combat triangle and the new Necromancy style. They are mutually independent so focusing on one style won't clash with the other style. It is double your pleasure actually.

07-Jun-2023 17:01:45

Jeremy Cheng
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Yes, I believe necromancy abilities will cover most if not all of the combat triangle types of abilities. It will need work and more additions to how it functions in combat down the line, but necromancy could very well become competitive in boss speedruns.

08-Jun-2023 06:08:03

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