Synastria (Solo WoW Emu)

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Avatar of Nyx Avatar of Nyx posted about this private server in the THJ thread:

Daybreak Sues The Heroes Journey EQ EMU Server Devs

What do people even do in this game that is still enjoyable? The thing is that they took EQ to the next level with multi-classing. I never got to experience it, but now that it's gone, I kinda wish I had. At the same time that this emu server was going on, DBG was making shit tier TLP servers...
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This is a very "THJ" like version of Classic WoW (Vanilla through WOTLK) where in your singular character gains enough power creep/stat inflation to eventually solo heroic mode 25man raids.

It works via attuning items by wearing them/gaining exp, but instead of leveling the item up to crazy high legendary levels to overinflate your stats, each piece of gear you attune (that is for you, ie plate for plate wearers, etc) you basically bank 20% of the stats. instead of long grinding sessions to level up a piece of raid gear to legendary level, instead you are banking incremental stat increases from tons of drops until your base states are godlike instead.

Does not have triple classing off the rip like THJ, but it does offer dual classing after you 100% item attunes and prestige, allowing you to reset and pick 2 Classes to attune up instead.

Other than item attunements for massive stat gains it also has a pretty interesting perks system where you unlock ranks via achievement like system (kill 5 mobs in 5 seconds to unlock a perk that "grants you X upon killing something worth exp or honor..." etc, shit like that. there's tons of categories from offense, defense, utility, etc.

Also tons and tons almost overkill on QOL/ease of play features, almost all features are account wide/account unlocks instead of character, etc. ie alts will start with a ton of banked stats that carried over from your main, rep, etc. Also no need to level you can just insta unlock lvl 80. The gameplay is progression via item attunements/perk unlocks through quests>dungeons>raids. Theres also leaderboards and competitions for like best time speed running dungeons and shit.

Just hopped on to check it out, it's very much a 1 man show but very much a passionate developer working on it, it has tons and tons of custom features/QOL stuff, but it is very janky, this isn't a bunch of paid developers with sleek launchers, wikis, websites, custom addons, etc. Nah you gotta torrent a copy of 3.3.5a WoW (or use a download link on the discord) and apply the custom patch to it.

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almost all information you need is in their discord, Join the Synastria Discord Server!
check out the "Starter-Guide" channel it will explain everything.
 
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My friends and I have had a blast on this server for the past few months. Being able to live out the solo hero power fantasy has been a fantastic ride. If you try it, I recommend making a character and doing the instant level 80 thing. This gives you access to mounts and 400 in all tradeskills from the start. Then, create the character you want to play and roll from level 1. It seems like most players on this server go straight to 80 then just chase attunements, but feeling the character go from being a normal pleb in Westfall, to soloing through each expansion, and eventually all the way to Icecrown was extremely satisfying.

The perks really make the server stand out as something unique. I played a Death Knight and one of their defining perks is called Shadow Reach, which instead of acting like Death Grip and pulling an enemy to you, it allows you to latch onto something and pull yourself to that location. You are essentially Spider Man and can swing yourself all over the place. Entering Blackrock Spire and being able to swing your way up to the final boss from the entrance is awesome. It provided some really unique ways to see zones in ways you never imagined, and useful skips to getting around the terrain when youre farming specific items from specific bosses.
 
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A few questions for the experienced players:

If I insta-level my first char to 80, can my second character start as dual class?

I'm assuming the early level dungeons (Ragefire/Deadmines) are not soloable as you wouldn't have the stats built up yet?

Is this THJ style soloable, meaning there 2 or 3 metabuilds and everything else is borderline impossible?
 
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Dual class is kinda a carrot at the end of a veeeery long stick. To enable dual classing you have to Prestige, which imo is one of the detriments to the game. The custom classes and abilities that have been worked on are locked behind a very steep wall that few players will actually achieve. To Prestige and unlock that stuff, you gotta attune every item that your class can. Every single item. That includes world drop BoEs, dungeon drops, rare mob drops, all quest rewards, all vendor items, all crafted items, all raid drops, legendaries, pvp gear, etc. Literally anything that you can equip for your class, you have to attune. It's a months long process that really will only appeal to completionists and I kinda hate that about it. Some of the dual class stuff looks so fun, like the Dark Paladin (mixing shadow priests and paladins) but the price of entry is just a bit too much of a time investment for me these days.

You are right in that early content is tough because you havent attuned too much yet. I quested for a while and circled back to the lower instances when I was a bit higher level. Alternatively you could create a level 80 of the same class and attune a few pieces of WoTLK gear for big stat boosts that will help your lower level character over that hump.

As for meta builds, each class has a few strong builds people have discovered but the perk list is pretty massive and theres a lot of room for creativity or theorycrafting on your own. As a Death Knight, there were two really strong builds people gravitated toward, but people were always experimenting and tweaking those to their taste.
 
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Avatar of Nyx said:
Dual class is kinda a carrot at the end of a veeeery long stick.
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That's too bad. Then I will probably just skip this server. There are other "solo" WoW servers out there and dual-classing was really what I was interested in with this one.
 
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