[NT] lvl 91 can't do anything

Hello,

I’m playing a NT and up to lvl50 is was a real pleasure : I was chain casting high level AoE damage, and was almost in god mode. I can say it was too easy.

But now I’m lvl 91 and I can’t cast any better nano from the ICC shop. Mobs now have better AC/HP so my best nukes just do some scratches now.

In the other hand, they now hit very hard (300-500 dmg each hit) and my 2800 HP just collapse in no time. Stims recharge time is too long to be usefull, and my newcomer armor doesn’t protect me enougth. My absorb dmg nano just protect me for 2 ou 3 hits, so it’s not efficient anymore.

I see many nice nukes or absorb nanos from aonu.org but all are lvl 100+ and I have no chance to grab them in missions.

Like any “solo” guy it takes two or three days to get 1M credits… so when I see in the shops eggs are around 300M, I may buy them in 10 or 20 years.

When I follow a team, I’m just useless : when I do 500 dmg, others guys do 2000+ dmg, and as soon as I try AoE I get aggro then die… My roots or debuff I totally useless (what’s the suppose of a root that takes more time to recharge than the time it affects the mob ? same for debuff, what the suppose of a -100 init that last for 5 seconds ?)

What is wrong with my build ? How can I get back a playable toon ?

Welcome to the joy of blitzing highlevel missions for nano-rewards.
As level 91 you can blitz missions up to quality level 163.

Alternatively you can hire someone else to do the blitzing for you.

at lvl 90 you can start missions at thr Reck. Some of them you can do by just waiting for someone come and kill the boss, then just clicking the beacon.

This is when you stop leveling and work on your NT. This is how AO works. It’s a constant and linear process. Leveling and upgrading gear every 5-10 levels. You simply can’t avoid it. Collecting buff items is a non-stop process; treatment rifle, treatment helm, temporary buff rings, weapons and armors. You might have to farm dyna’s or lower level team mission bosses. that sort of thing.

What level are your implants? They should be at least QL130 now. What about all the other stuff? List NCU and belt QL’s. What’ve you got in the HUD slots? What about buffing gear/ weapons? Runspeed gear and runspeed implant clusters? Maybe HP implant clusters?

Are you aware that you can wear Jobe cluster implants at TL3+ as long as those implants are exactly QL100?

Oh, and are you playing on server 2019?

Hello,

I like to self-buff and self-stuff my toons.
But at level 90, the NT need to use lvl150 nanos to do some damages. There is no way to blitz anything : my ball and chains nano can’t freeze the mobs, there are too strong, and any hit is deadly to me.

So I had no other choice than logging my MA lvl170 to blitz some missions. Now I can play again. But Funcom really forgot people don’t always want to use alts or pay indians people to grab some stuff from markets.

The problem is that my MA doesn’t have nano prog skilled enougth to create new implants. So my NT actually uses the 125 implants from ICC shop (my MA too).

Is there a link that explain how to get the Jobe Cluster Implants ? I never understood anything from the SL and LE worlds : loots are rare and mostly poor. And soloing is very hard. I never found a team recruiting for SL or LE. So I pay for expansions I can’t use, or almost can’t use.

Why not play on new server? Sl is out there and lots of people lvling and willing to help and explain ?

You can roll nt farm monster parts and spend some ips in Pharmatech for quick credits…there 1 mill is easy to make in a few good nans heckler kites. And with 1 mil you can actually buy stuff

Whle experienced players can get away with this, Anarchy Online is an mmo and not designed to be played like this. If you can’t make implants yourself, that’s perfectly fine, because the game encourages others to specialise into tradeskills. If you choose not to interact with other people, it will be a struggle, by design.

Regarding Jobe clusters: they are sold in neutral implant stores. There is one for example in Borealis across the street from Fair Trade.

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Instead of rooting, try using your calm nano line? Calm is an incredibly powerful tool. Your QL60 calm will probably suffice for now. Some mobs are pretty resistant to root and other debuffs - especially the nasty bat wielding enforcers and Bo stick torpedoes. They’ll resist because there’s a dice-roll skill check between you and mobs. That’s why you need to upgrade… everything now. Not later. Now :stuck_out_tongue: Don’t out level the Foreman’s dungeon until you farm it.

At L90 you need to be designing your own sets of custom implants. Stop and smell the roses, there’s really no rush to end game because AO is literally the same from L1-220. Collect gear. Collect money. Collect a few friends.

Jobe clusters raise skills not otherwise covered by standard implants; skills like AddAllDef, AddAllOff, %XP gain, Damage Add, Skill Lock, -NanoCost and many more. Nano/heal Delta clusters may be rolled as a mission reward.

There are several major differences to note when using Jobe clusters:

  • They always require an additional tradeskill to insert them into an implant, such as Computer Literacy or Psychology (see table below). The crafter’s Nano programming skill still determines whether the implant rises in QL, however.
  • Implants with Jobe clusters in them have title level requirements and cannot be built lower than QL100. Except for QL100 implants, which require TL3 (level 50+)
  • The ability and Treatment requirements are higher than these of normal implants of the same QL.
  • Implants made with Jobe clusters cannot have their clusters removed or be ‘cleaned’ in any way.
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wow hire someone else to blitz for you. Ah, I think you are missing the point. Did you hear anything that guy said?

Necro

While some people HAVE to comment NECRO when people comment on old threads, others might find the answers useful. Also, tip for new players.

Tips for new players in AO (if you are serious to be dedicated awesome player):

You just DONT start with a NT. It’s to ask for trouble. Roll a opifex FIXER or better, a nanomage doctor. Sacrifice skill in nano programming on ths doctor and you can twink your self and progress (you only need trader help to get good weapons on, or skip weapon and team people and just heal the first 50-60 levels. Can always make a fixer on another account later to blitz missions to get nanos for higher lvls (google kimis clicksaver, or you can use mishbuddy, both is good, but mishbuddy easier for new players). pro versions cost just around 5 bucks lifetime key. Make then alts on SEPARATE account one agent, one enforcer, one trader. Grats, now you got all toons you need to buff yourself (mostly). Last make a paid separate account and enjoy twinking your own toons without external help. :slight_smile: Also make sure to roll 10 level missions for concrete cushions to sell. ALso keep some pairs yourself for twinking (10 stamina/strength each). Later you get experienced you might upgrade them or buy already made Explosif’s Polychromatic Pillows that can be rightclicked to chnage abilities they give. Good luck newbees, hope this helps a little in the start. You “could and should” probably go other way around and first make a toon and join org, then level with help from org, and later make the alts for self buffing. Self buff alts is not required, but pretty neat if you wanna do alot on your own and many do this in Ao out of boredom. making alts all the time. Also neat to multilog to do stuff on your own when noones around.

Footnote, make sure to join a org (guild) early as possible, lotsa help to get there. AO is community :slight_smile: Weyland Yutani recruits in chat. Hear good things about them.

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Does a fixer’s HOT not help with this ?

You should kite!

^This.

Once I get to level 10, I kite my way to 115. You just need to know the spots. All in SL starting at Nas Bridge to hoathlins (past the predators but before you zone outside croaker cave) to croaker cave to steppes to croakers in 2 Mountains, Stop at 60 (disable xp) and go to TOTW to get GoT Belt and the NCUs (6), both shoulder pieces, rings, and that implant that you can click on to regen your nanopool. Pick up AI levels between new kite spots.

Then hoathlin temple at the end of the ramp in Ely until they turn grey or light green, then behind the white building under Ely ramp (there’s a field on the far side of the building to kite after pulling), there are 2 alleys behind the white building filled with spiders above you and those floating turd things. Do those until they turn grey. Keep them aggro’d or they’ll run back to behind the building.

Kite Cyborg Barracks or sand demons on RK as filler or until level 115 before heading to kite hill in Ely.

You do each area until they turn grey max (Light green is when I move on), then go gear up and back out to the next area. Repeat. You will die a lot. But after a few pulls, you’ll get the idea. You also need to hit spacebar as much as possible, because their hit range is crazy, especially when you get to Ely hecks.

At 115, the only thing that matters is casting VE and nanopool regen. Have a high level NT buff your nano regen, cost, etc. I have an OT pull hecks for me until level 150 (usually have his lowbie alt in my team). DO NOT cast Boil Blood when you have an OT. aoe blind is ok. Or I’ll kite cyborg barracks solo if nobody is available to OT. I can kite Ely hecks starting at 125 (instead of 2 pulls east then west, you’ll need to do 4 smaller pulls), but if you can have an OT until 150, do it.

At 150, I do the shield nano and ado brain quest, and finish AI level 15 (or is it 23? Whatever the Title Level Cap is for level 150 AI Levels.), every gear slot has something in it. Even if it’s S10 HUD/Utility items. I will swap out some imps for symbs (chest, R Arm, R Hand, etc. Keep in whichever has the highest RS) You should no longer need outside buffs for now on. And then I kite ely hecks again (1 massive pull, not enough hecks to match my power kind of pull, literally the moment you’ve been waiting for kind of pulls.) until 170, including all the LE skills maxed out.

Note I stop grinding aixp at AI 23 until 220, then I finish to 30 when I feel like it (I at the very least do the dailies). I always try to keep LE levels capped (even the sucky ones).

Note You can slack a little on gear and twinking as you level. But there are 2 kite spots where you cannot slack. You have to have the BIS items (no AI combined armor required), imps, etc. Behind the white building under the Ely ramp and kiting Ely hecks. You can’t cheese those spots. Whatever gear you use to kite Ely hecks with will last you to 220. At 170, I suggest putting in a full set of the highest symbs you can fit (not afford, I said fit). That’s it. Now you’re just leveling, questing, and farming for 220 loot until you reach 220.

Warning When you begin kiting hecks, pay attention to the nano cost reduction nanos. The higher ones effect your cast range or speed (read the description), which is a no-no when starting to kite hecks at low levels. You’ll be able to cast it, but don’t. Also, you HAVE to have the RS ring equipped now to do this. RS ring on one finger, highest ergo ring on the other ASAP. The ergo rings are level-locked, unless you do the quest. I know TOTW Twinks with INF rings on. But the highest one you can get without doing the quest is minimum.

At 170, I am saved in Pande (incase INF mission invites) and back to Ely kiting hecks while running backwards and spamming spacebar less and less at this point. You should be well over 1500 RS. Then I head to INF to do ergo or team missions. You’re only doing Ely hecks to finish capping LE levels or slooowly leveling to 175 until you get invited to Inf missions.

At 210 (?), Is the Dustbrigade Nano quests and farming HUDs, NCU, Bracers, etc.

At 220, you can solo INF missions from that tall Jawa looking guy next to ergo to finish LE levels and join public AI raids to ai 30 and loot. Do public pande, Xan, and AI raids to learn how they are done. You should be getting some combined armor now if not wearing it already.

Always do AI dailies at any level. And farm that LE alien ship for levels. It sucks, but if you turn xp off at 165, 220s that need ai levels will run them with you.

*Side note. Always be aware what level is the highest level a person can team with you and still get xp. Sometimes, higher level players are looking for some lowbie to pull LE missions for them to work on ai levels or farm loot. You just need to follow at a safe distance and live. It’s a great way to get ai levels and help a higher level friend (or make new ones). In LE missions or city raid dailies that I’m only invited for completing said daily, I never loot. Loot isn’t for you. The aixp and the completed daily is. If they don’t care, they will tell you that you can have loot.

When leveling, the key is run speed and belt slots for outside buffs at low levels. RS ring from medusas, hacked wolf graph, etc. Once you have aoe blind, boil blood, VE, accelerated ql 200 ncus (cast speed), token board, 1200+ RS and a working spacebar, you can do it. Keep your Alien and LE skills leveled. Don’t be so eager to put symbs in, because at low levels you can twink in some better stat Imps up to a certain point. Skill Point management is important too, since it’s rough at low levels. Try to only put points into skills that can’t be outside buffed or put into imps.

I don’t even put skill points into BM, TS, SI, etc until either 2 Mountains or hoathlin temple in Ely. Those are made up from raw stats from imp clusters. So I use Imps and outside buffs for those nanoskills. I can self-cast the composite buffs by the time I reach 2 Mountains.

Starting out, I max, Int, Psy, Agi, Nanopool, MC, RS, CL, a little First Aid (Almost none, it’s just an imp cluster because you’re going to die anyways. First aid is just to keep you from that snare just before you die. Your HOTs should be doing the healing). and I do Treatment (not maxed in early levels), but only when I’m twinking and lots of math, already buffed, med suit, treatment rifle, treatment imps, garden keys, LE HUD, treatment rings, and the Medical Utility. Then I add what few skill points into Treatment I need to drop an imp in.

The correct kiting aoe nuke is the highest one you can insta-cast without running out of nanopool during the kite. Always keep a backpack with 20+ levels worth of nanos on you. Including support nanos (due to trickledown from INT as you level). Also understand that lower QL nukes may hit certain mobs harder depending on damage type (chem, fire, etc.).

Now, before you do all of this and get pissed at me, yes, there’s more to it. You need ALL LE HUD items, Utility items, constant NCU updates, S10 HUD items, Set of medusa armor for each kiting area, the run speed ring that drops from medusas, the highest egro ring you can get, 2 de’valos sleeves, wicked hood, cloak from SoM, reanimater cloak, eggs, full med suit, Biomech helmet and back piece, treatment rifle, garden keys, all the books for all the cyberdecks, an Enfo friend, a shade friend (for RS buff), a doc friend, a fixer friend (for ncu, rs, and hots). a NT friend that can outside buff all the support buffs your ncu can handle, and a MP friend that can buff your MC (I never do it because yes, I can cast higher level nukes, but my nanopool doesn’t last).There’s lots of prep work. A lot.

I have a number of NTs. All different levels for different kite spots for friends. So I already have and reuse the gear, imps, symbs, etc. Just need to replace No Drop Items and nanos. I can roll an NT and be kiting Ely hecks on Day 3 if everyone I need to give outside buffs, OT, ToTW Twink, Pen escort, etc are available.