
Originally Posted by
neuroloki
Well, as the OP of this thread I figure I should jump back in with more thoughts as I've leveled.
I am now 72. I cruised pretty easily through Moria with no real problems, and never felt particularly over my head. Getting the archer has helped a bit, as well as LIs. So far it seems Rallying Cry CD is THE legacy you must have if you had to pick one. I was able to get it on an early LI and made a scroll when I deconned the LI, but didn't realize the scrolls had max limits and so they were useless to me lol.
Anyways, I am able to kill stuff, but I don't think I'm very fast. I have leveled other toons, but only to level 30-40 for most, and so long ago, that I don't have a real reference to how fast or slow I am compared to other classes. On occasion when I see other classes in combat, they seem to go through mobs MUCH quicker than me.
So now I'm in Dunland, and my main problem is this: my gear is way way out of date. When I use the LotRO stat-check web site, I was usually a good bit ahead of my peers on some key stats up until Moria. After Moria, I have fallen way behind. Mainly because most of the quests I've done don't reward gear, they give IXP, rep, and rep tokens. But I end up moving from zone to zone because I am outleveling things, so I never get really high rep or see much I can buy.
I realize this is not a class issue, but I am curious: where do you get your gear after Moria? Crafting? Buying with rep tokens? Skirmish tokens?
But as behind as I seem to be, I still get through the regular content okay. Only three more levels til Rohan, and I heard captains are strong in mounted combat, so maybe it's not a big deal and I can stop worrying about gear until 85.
Oh, for traits, I am mostly red, with red capstone (Master of War). For blues I have Now for Wrath and Strength from Within, but solo so far I am not too impressed with the power return of the former. I go through power quick and it helps, but not so much that I wonder if I should just accept the power issues for now. For legendaries I am using Master of War, IDoME, and Fellowship-Brother to get a little healing from Inspire.
Definitely enjoy my cappy, and I can see with all the buffs we have and the brother skills and so on, why captains would be so wanted end-game!