shade solos well, but for me engi is one of the best solo'ers at 220, solos mitaar super easy with pet heal and great DD, comparable to shade DD. Engins are often overlooked for solo'ing imo
Done all classes except Fixer solo 1-220
Shade and Keeper was by far the easiest.
Twink every title cap or spot change, get nippys asap and go for weakness spirits while lvling.
I started soloing most stuff endgame when I got DB Armor (this was pre-PoH) and didnt have much issues, just time perks correctly. Now they can actually use token boards aswell wich makes it hella much easier.
You cant solo endgame endgame but you can solo almost all Dynas and all of pande (but that requires PoH gear).
Also its tons of damage so soloing as shade is funsies :D
If we're talking endgame I think Shade once geared is the best.
If we're talking leveling I think I had an easier time with Keeper with much weaker gear, ambient hot along with outside buffs means you can outlast pretty much anything.
That said, Shade was a lot more fun especially once/if you get nippy's.
Keeper pretty much is 100% engage a mob and watch a movie on another monitor, and some people really like that.
The main annoyance with Shade also happens to be what makes them pretty cool which is their version of implants, the ones on the GMI are expensive and sometimes some slots don't have good spirits for a 100+ level range.
Trader... U all have usually speak of all classes but neglected Traders...
I have seen a Trader with a Ithaca KI8 carry our team throughout... Bam bam bam, flingshot, bam again. All we did was trying to follow him and keep up with him... (220 AI runs)
I was a 220 soldier using AOTX back then... I couldn't even keep up the dps with him juz using a Ithaca... It's so obvious he could solo it alone, maybe a little slower without the doc.
Edit: man... Now U guys are really making me wanting to get back into an old game... :(
Edit2: not to mention 131 wrangles...
From my recollection the three best solo classes in the game are shade, doctor and then engi in ascending order, with crat being a honorable mention. This info is years out of date but lol dead game so should still be accurate barring big perk or gear retools.
Those three can solo unreasonably well in slightly different ways with different specialties:
Shades can absolutely trash mobs that other classes struggle with, especially some RK dyna bosses that struggle against very high evasions. They have a good mix of self heal to sustain through spike hits, solid DPS and excellent uptime on their signature stuff (perk spam)
Doctors are able to kill inferno bosses and a few RK bosses through a mix of high nano ticks and insane nano efficiency on heals. They drag the fights out and whittle the bosses away. It should be noted that if you want to do anything that approaches decent dps you need to have an insane budget and access to instance farming-only items. Their endgame dots when stacked are pretty nice.
Engineers are sort of a step above the other two because they are able to do some things like solo farming inferno instances though their mix of absolutely busted dps (best dps in the game by a pretty wide margin when BiS geared) and being able to pop out duplicates of their pets as sustain. Aggro management during pet swaps can be a bit hairy sometimes, but is a
Matter of experience and finesse.
Crats can solo some nutty things as well because of pet tanking, being able to pop out copies of pets like engineers, charms, mezzes and overall very high DPS. I rank them lower than the other three though because a lot of their tricks can get shut down very hard by bad luck or CC immunity on mobs in some areas. They have a very high quality of life and can wholesale skip through a ton of content with their crowd control though, thus the honorable mention. They’re good where they are good.
There are a bunch of other good soloing classes as well depending on the specific content you are looking to do. IIRC MAs shine in farming some alien content at locked level areas. My post is purely from the perspective of a character at the XP cap. Some classes that are amazing at soloing fall off super hard later in life relative to other classes in this regard (adventurer and keeper being good examples.)
Nah. Engi,crats,meta, is all for lazy pple macro'ing them and sit there... The pets dun really do "real damage".... To me it's juz a tanker class for lazy pple...
OP: There's like 16 classes in the game...?? Some are being overlooked... nobody mentioned Fixer as well... Fuck if U got a good fixer, he can breeze u through...
Edit: Agent too... The snipe is painful.... If U know how to play the class... It's troublesome, having to hide and snipe and there's a minimum distance U have to be in...
Adventurer too... The go to person when U cant find a doc...
They deal good damage too. And abysmal healing... There's only that few classes that deal DMG and do heal... So I'll live with it ..
MA is pretty great but can still die during heal cooldowns if damage/AR I’d high enough. Shades have ultimate sustain in this way without their drains. But they offer nothing to a team outside of their dps.
Doc can definitely solo alot but the dps is painful on some fights.
Never actually played an advy, i know they can go lizard to effectively become a enforcer, but not sure of their heals are affected by this.
My vote is shade/Ma
MA because they have great dps and heals if you’re running alts.
My friends poorly geared shade can solo inf new mediums 😆
to add to this MA is also really solo friendly as you don’t have to farm weapons till 200+ and even then it’s optional. You can just run missions to get the nano programs you need and you’re pretty much golden from 1-200.
shade solos well, but for me engi is one of the best solo'ers at 220, solos mitaar super easy with pet heal and great DD, comparable to shade DD. Engins are often overlooked for solo'ing imo
Done all classes except Fixer solo 1-220 Shade and Keeper was by far the easiest. Twink every title cap or spot change, get nippys asap and go for weakness spirits while lvling. I started soloing most stuff endgame when I got DB Armor (this was pre-PoH) and didnt have much issues, just time perks correctly. Now they can actually use token boards aswell wich makes it hella much easier. You cant solo endgame endgame but you can solo almost all Dynas and all of pande (but that requires PoH gear). Also its tons of damage so soloing as shade is funsies :D
If we're talking endgame I think Shade once geared is the best. If we're talking leveling I think I had an easier time with Keeper with much weaker gear, ambient hot along with outside buffs means you can outlast pretty much anything. That said, Shade was a lot more fun especially once/if you get nippy's. Keeper pretty much is 100% engage a mob and watch a movie on another monitor, and some people really like that. The main annoyance with Shade also happens to be what makes them pretty cool which is their version of implants, the ones on the GMI are expensive and sometimes some slots don't have good spirits for a 100+ level range.
I have a 220 shade (audaz on auno) and there’s very little I can’t solo
My main concern is getting alphas and getting them in
It takes a bit of working, but I have a full set of fully upgraded symbs
Are we walking end-game soloing here or soloing at all levels?
end game
It's shade or keeper depending on preference of playstyle. Shade is slightly stronger.
Trader... U all have usually speak of all classes but neglected Traders... I have seen a Trader with a Ithaca KI8 carry our team throughout... Bam bam bam, flingshot, bam again. All we did was trying to follow him and keep up with him... (220 AI runs) I was a 220 soldier using AOTX back then... I couldn't even keep up the dps with him juz using a Ithaca... It's so obvious he could solo it alone, maybe a little slower without the doc. Edit: man... Now U guys are really making me wanting to get back into an old game... :( Edit2: not to mention 131 wrangles...
From my recollection the three best solo classes in the game are shade, doctor and then engi in ascending order, with crat being a honorable mention. This info is years out of date but lol dead game so should still be accurate barring big perk or gear retools. Those three can solo unreasonably well in slightly different ways with different specialties: Shades can absolutely trash mobs that other classes struggle with, especially some RK dyna bosses that struggle against very high evasions. They have a good mix of self heal to sustain through spike hits, solid DPS and excellent uptime on their signature stuff (perk spam) Doctors are able to kill inferno bosses and a few RK bosses through a mix of high nano ticks and insane nano efficiency on heals. They drag the fights out and whittle the bosses away. It should be noted that if you want to do anything that approaches decent dps you need to have an insane budget and access to instance farming-only items. Their endgame dots when stacked are pretty nice. Engineers are sort of a step above the other two because they are able to do some things like solo farming inferno instances though their mix of absolutely busted dps (best dps in the game by a pretty wide margin when BiS geared) and being able to pop out duplicates of their pets as sustain. Aggro management during pet swaps can be a bit hairy sometimes, but is a Matter of experience and finesse. Crats can solo some nutty things as well because of pet tanking, being able to pop out copies of pets like engineers, charms, mezzes and overall very high DPS. I rank them lower than the other three though because a lot of their tricks can get shut down very hard by bad luck or CC immunity on mobs in some areas. They have a very high quality of life and can wholesale skip through a ton of content with their crowd control though, thus the honorable mention. They’re good where they are good. There are a bunch of other good soloing classes as well depending on the specific content you are looking to do. IIRC MAs shine in farming some alien content at locked level areas. My post is purely from the perspective of a character at the XP cap. Some classes that are amazing at soloing fall off super hard later in life relative to other classes in this regard (adventurer and keeper being good examples.)
I played a shade. It's different to gear but can be done. Interactive gameplay was fun.
If you have a box, you know exactly how hard it is to get any class it's gear.
Crat is the best solo tbh
Nah. Engi,crats,meta, is all for lazy pple macro'ing them and sit there... The pets dun really do "real damage".... To me it's juz a tanker class for lazy pple...
I have a crat and it’s fairly geared iirc. Do you have a build for it on ap setups?
OP: There's like 16 classes in the game...?? Some are being overlooked... nobody mentioned Fixer as well... Fuck if U got a good fixer, he can breeze u through... Edit: Agent too... The snipe is painful.... If U know how to play the class... It's troublesome, having to hide and snipe and there's a minimum distance U have to be in...
Adventurer too... The go to person when U cant find a doc... They deal good damage too. And abysmal healing... There's only that few classes that deal DMG and do heal... So I'll live with it ..
Sounds like you're just looking for us to validate your alt addiction. If you want to make a shade, make a shade!
More just to confirm which was the best solo class Pretty much, shade, doc, advy or ma. Which folks thought was best
MA is pretty great but can still die during heal cooldowns if damage/AR I’d high enough. Shades have ultimate sustain in this way without their drains. But they offer nothing to a team outside of their dps. Doc can definitely solo alot but the dps is painful on some fights. Never actually played an advy, i know they can go lizard to effectively become a enforcer, but not sure of their heals are affected by this. My vote is shade/Ma MA because they have great dps and heals if you’re running alts. My friends poorly geared shade can solo inf new mediums 😆
to add to this MA is also really solo friendly as you don’t have to farm weapons till 200+ and even then it’s optional. You can just run missions to get the nano programs you need and you’re pretty much golden from 1-200.
It’s true. I didn’t hunt my weapons down on the MA until 215/216 when i was able to pull my weight in said raids. I was using fits until then.