New 735 Post - Old one has lost its flavor

[spraggeth]

I have read through the hundreds of posts and come up with different answers and not all of them match.

Couple questions:
When it says that you are approaching <blah> tier, about what % are you to actually reaching? I have heard any and everything from 50-90%.

Second, about what % does 1x in necro drop the kills from that are required to cap for a week?

Any help would be awesome.

[spraggeth]

Not really sure who just gave me bad rep for my questions, but obviously they didn't read my post. Yes, the question has been answered like you said, but there are several different answers. So before you start handing out bad rep for no reason, maybe you should read the full post. I have talked to several capped sorcerers on Lnet as well as reading every post on here. It is honestly just as easy to reply to the questions above as it is to be a prick and leave an anonymous bad rep. Thanks for being disgruntled and have a good day.

[rolfard]

The messaging for the spell is lackluster, there are 3 messages;

Weak buildup (only for tier 1, possibly 0-40%)
Approaching (50%-99% to your next tier)
Reached the point (you are at tier x, and maybe even nearing halfway to the next one)

With no necro lore you need about 1,000 kills for your weekly cap, with about 105 ranks? it could be as few as 650 kills (not my personal experience, i only have 36 ranks)

[spraggeth]

Anyone know of a script that keeps track of kills?

Really debating on whether or not I should go 1x in necro ranks. I have met the cap every week but my playing time just was decreased by quite a bit.

[crb]

The number of kills needed to reach cap is about 95% related to critter level in relation to yours, and 5% necroranks. It does not seem to be a compelling reason to train in necromancy at this time.

[msconstrew]

I just ensorcelled someone's armor, so I'm basically at zero right now. I'm uphunting significantly (level 69 hunting mino maguses, which are ~level 78). I'm going to try to keep track of my kills and see whether crb's opinion above is true. I want to do a T2 ensorcell on the same armor, so I should have a pretty good baseline from which to calculate.

[Allereli]

I ended up capping my necro this week after not expecting to have the time. I know I only killed 15 bandits since Tuesday (start of necro week) before going to Teras Sunday night. I'll do a rough count when I get home. I like the lore, it does seem like I'm doing a lot less than everyone else (mainly comparing to Rolfard) to cap it. It's not clear to me whether there's a function of being .5x/1x/etc trained in necromancy in relation to level, or there's a straight bonus for having X ranks.

[spraggeth]

That is why I wanted to start this post. Seems like everyone has their own opinion of how it is working but no one is very sure. I might see if SpiffyJr or someone can make a script to actually track how many kills you have. It would be good to figure that out Allereli, whether it is similar to 711 with lore ranks (in the sense that if you are x trains per level you get this benefit) or if it is a straight bonus. If you guys wouldn't mind posting your findings on here, that would be awesome. As soon as my gift gets here I am going to try and keep a pretty close track on my kills for the following week. I am hunting at level with 0 necro.

[rolfard]

Coase said bonus was applied at seed one of the summation chart, assuming +1 bonus at each of these necromancy tiers; 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66, 78, 91, 105, 120, 136, 153, 171, 190, and *210 ranks.

I have a lore around 21 (+6) and enhancives to bring me to 36 (+8) ranks.

[Allereli]

Ok, I killed 650 critters in those 2 days based on a search for "You search the" and I rarely miss searching the defenders. I still believe my count is around 600 though since I killed 108 critters on the last hunt looking for the stupid child from an executioner and I was very close to capping the week before I went out on the hunt (pre-hunt 735 cast: You sense the build up of necrotic energy within you has reached the point necessary to permanently ensorcell an item for the first time.)

[spraggeth]

213 kills at like level critters to get half way from T1 to T2...more to follow.

[spraggeth]

213 kills at like level critters to get half way from T1 to T2...more to follow.

The above reference was with 0 necro ranks at level 67

[Queleri]

I'm not sure if it's been pointed out, I've followed the threads on this but could have missed a page or two. I may also have simply forgotten, however I found that you can not ensorcell and item while it's blessed, the bless has to be removed and then the ensorcell cast. Not sure if that's as intended or not, but it took me a moment to realize what the issue was.

[spraggeth]

I'm not sure if it's been pointed out, I've followed the threads on this but could have missed a page or two. I may also have simply forgotten, however I found that you can not ensorcell and item while it's blessed, the bless has to be removed and then the ensorcell cast. Not sure if that's as intended or not, but it took me a moment to realize what the issue was.

I did not know that. Thanks for the update.