I'd like to hear how other jobs fare solo in Eureka.

Firstly, I know soloing is probably a pretty bad way to spend time in Eureka. Lets not spend time discussing that.

Lets talk about how well jobs can solo if they feel like it.

I only have AST levelled to 70 so it is my only option at the moment. As far as I can tell it is terrible at soloing in Eureka. It takes a long time to kill anything and the best I've done so far is get to chain 4 on same level mobs, which is clearly not good. I'm not worried about soloing on it again haha and don't advise anyone else to try.

I've read about SMN's and RDM's doing the full 30 chains. Where on the scale do others jobs sit?

If I dump all the magicite into defense I can comfortably solo the same lvl as me on rdm. Anything that can do damage while also healing themselves can probably solo same lvl ok like rdm, smn, war, pld.

How long does that take per mob? Is it like a 30 second kill or longer? I'm hoping this thread can chart where classes sit, even for the jobs that don't perform so well. For example it can take over a minute on AST to kill same level with all magicite in offense at level 6.

I've had bad luck with summoner with magicite for offence and was gonna try dark knight next.

Solo wise xp is decent if your doing your level and are well geared. The problem is those people passing by that hit your mob and ruin your xp amount of mob not the chain when you have plenty of health. 1-3, 90-200xp is pretty easy just get magicite at level 3 and 5. DPS NIN/ SAM / DRG / MNK work pretty good for me if well geared. Tanks solo offensive stance is good as well PLD for heals if you want to test the waters. Would recommend Duo at min and do +1 level mobs past level 6 is soloing or go to NM parties at 5 if you have 3 Magicites.

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Originally Posted by Digby

How long does that take per mob? Is it like a 30 second kill or longer? I'm hoping this thread can chart where classes sit, even for the jobs that don't perform so well. For example it can take over a minute on AST to kill same level with all magicite in offense at level 6.

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I've only tried to solo with rdm and I can complete a 30 chain but I usually have very little remaining after a kill.

I've only tried solo on BLM, PLD and DRG so far, up to almost lvl 7.
- BLM is OK for low levels due to its DPS and unlimited MP, but with no stun and no healing it makes anything past about level 5 (when mobs start getting special attacks) a lot harder.
- PLD is good, has great survivability (obviously), and unlimited stuns, but it's DPS is a bit low (making chains harder), especially if you are spending MP on Clemency.
- DRG is very good, with high DPS and 2 stuns (with cross-role). Blood Bath (cross-role) is also amazing for getting HP back, especially with AoE (due to the higher than normal damage output in Eureka).

Either way you will need to use Regen potions (from the Eureka vendor) if you are going a non-healer (on DRG I use one about every 3rd mob).

I would also highly recommend 1 elemental point in defence at lvl 3 (definitely at lvl 5) as it reduces incoming damage by about half (edit: for reference the 2nd elemental point in damage only seems to add about 25% extra damage, and the 3rd even less, making a 2/1 split significantly better overall in terms of out-going vs. in-coming damage; i.e. less time spent healing = more time doing damage).

Edit: Oops, meant DRG (Dragoon), not DRK (Dark Knight)

I only saw a drop in damage from around 3400 to 2700 against level 8 enemies as a NIN when putting a magicite in defense, which suggests a 20%ish damage decrease.

It doesn't really seem worth it to me for soloing, as you ultimately shouldn't have any downtime between your role actions, passive regen, and potions regardless of how many magicite you have for offense.

RDM is probably the best one due to high damage + heals.

For BLM up to level 3: 1 in elemental defense.
level 3-5: 1 in defense, 1 in offense
level 5-8 (my current level): 1 defense 2 offense

I used Eurekian Potions to maintain chains. Currently at lv 8 camping Hybrid Hogs when not in a group. But they are doing slightly more damage than the potions can regen. So I eventually have to use Mana Wall when my HP is at 50% but only if I've already started on the next hog. I can get up to chain 30 as long as I can kill within the recast time of eurekian potions. You wanna camp monsters that don't do status effects or instant special attacks that you can't evade. I was doing irregular plasmoids (Thunder) at lv 7. As long as you don't move they won't aggro you. Hogs currently at 8 as they have no special moves, just basic attacks and they seem to drop protean crystals more often. Don't hold me to that but I got like 6-7 crystals before chain 20.

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Originally Posted by Acidblood

- BLM is OK for low levels due to its DPS and unlimited MP, but with no stun and no healing it makes anything past about level 5 (when mobs start getting special attacks) a lot harder.

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Sleep seems to work pretty well as a stun vs. special attacks. And BLM can technically slot Drain as well as Eureka (regen) potions. And the 60 minute buff you get from the elemental/fairy also makes things better.

Has anyone tried using silencing potions in Eureka? I wonder if they might actually be useful!!

One of the things that I like most about Eureka so far is that long-lost mechanics and abilities like sleep/stun/bind/silence seem to be useful again, and potions are actually useful as well.

Not to mention, since it's harder to outrun enemies, sleep + regen potion is your friend.

Being able to do some degree of crowd control with BLM is pretty exciting. For example dealing with extra pulls or pops by sleeping them. Pulling with sleep can also be useful.

I do just fine on WHM. I can easily chain and kill pretty quickly. I can use Repose if social aggro brings more than I'm expecting which is the one thing I really like because I was an enchanter in EQ. And I can keep my heals up.

I just don't because the experience after level 3 is just pitiful.

I've gotten some pretty long chains soloing on SMN. Titan can tank same level mobs just fine if you keep regen on him. I just pop one of the regen potions when I summon Bahamut to get me to the end of the fight with decent HP left, then just pull the next mob and let Titan go back to tanking. This got me to lvl 5, but the one party I did got Exp at a faster rate chaining mobs 2 levels above ours.

As a monk and with Eurekan potions I was able to solo things of my same level with all magicite in offence up to level 7 reasonably well, with close calls here and there if another mob jumped at me. I was also able to keep up a chain all the way to 30. However, once I calculated that at level 8 it would take me 5+ hours of sheer grinding (assuming I could kill things in 30s each and having factored in both the Fairy EXP buff as well as the full chain's bonus) I quickly abandoned solo play and instead jumped on the NM train, which so long as you're level 7+ I would recommend you do as it's safer (there'll always be healers around in the train) and in the event that you need to afk you can, god knows how many afks I've seen sit clustered together while we smash mobs. I've afk'd here and there for a few minutes to use the washroom and such without fear of death as well so joining the NM train while it's still alive and well is probably the best way to level for now.

Soloing is actually a lot better xp than running in poorly optimized groups. If you're party is only chaining mobs 1-3 levels higher than you then you should probably be soloing sadly. very frequently I would duo or trio because full party's never did +5 or +6. Which is needed for good experience.

I'm Smn main but I only go heals in there. WHM 24/7 because its fun being alive.

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Originally Posted by Ayirez

As a monk and with Eurekan potions I was able to solo things of my same level with all magicite in offence up to level 7 reasonably well

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I am stoked to hear MNK can solo well.

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Originally Posted by Zolvolt

Soloing is actually a lot better xp than running in poorly optimized groups. If you're party is only chaining mobs 1-3 levels higher than you then you should probably be soloing sadly. very frequently I would duo or trio because full party's never did +5 or +6. Which is needed for good experience.

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I had this today. We were only doing mobs 2 levels above us and the xp was terrible. I got the xp buff from the fairy and was getting almost 100 xp per mob, and was getting chain 30s on my SMN. Was MUCH better xp. I went from 5 to 6, and then got a little way into lvl 6 chaining the rhinos. I'll try my hand at a party again tomorrow.

This is so much like FF XI it's crazy. People are chaining what would have been even match and tough mobs, when they should be chaining the incredibly tough mobs, which would be the ones several levels above the party.

I'm currently at 8, and I can solo chain 30 mobs the same level as my RDM. Buy stacks of the anemos potions and spam the things, they save you time that you can be using to damage the mob. The exp is pitiful, though. starts at 87 and goes up to 200ish. Considering you are 56k to level it, its very slow, and it can give you carpal tunnel, lol.

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Originally Posted by Alyanna_Elingval

People are chaining what would have been even match and tough mobs, when they should be chaining the incredibly tough mobs, which would be the ones several levels above the party.

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At around 10 or so, they start using high damaging attacks. Like the tiger mobs use an aoe fire that targets the dps, and needs to be stunned or it can one shot ppl 5 levels below. Or the bears with the endless cleave; you can coordinate stuns to delay it, but it does a lt of damage, and is a cleave. You need a good tank to really do well with it.