I am a casual BL in bazaar and Ldon gear who is only able to game for an hour here and there. The one hour timeframe really doesnt allow me to travel to or join up with a group. I am looking for places to work at 100% exp so I can get to level 68 and my upgraded pet. I have been doing a lot of work in Veksar until I hit 67 and many of the mobs started turning light blue. Now I can't seem to find much in the way of solo locations. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Grieg's End is good til 69, inner Grieg's End good at 70.
ChardokB 70% DB at 68
PoTorment was a fun day off from Grind, but not sure if youd survive solo there. Soloed my VP inscrible words drop :)
Hmmm..
Siren's Grotto has amazing Tribute loot, but may be a bit rough, and exp is slower than Grieg.
Acrylia Caverns mostly DB I think, some LB popping up now.
Inner AC that is.
Deep is probably all LB
Nadox probably mostly DB, in certain areas.
Innovation and Nightmare are nice, Innovation may be just a bit tough.(Planes that is)
Innovation youll also have everyone and their brother in the 50s SCREAMING at you to group with them for better exp(... its not better, just they wanting you to powerlvl them, obviously)
For pure exp, Griegs is it.
For change of pace, SG and ChardokB were fun to play in.... still gotta get my Chardok B drops for VP, been there 5 hrs so far.. nothing.
GE, good xp and good loot. Reg xp is prolly gonna suck, but your kill rate should be good no matter. If I had to guess, I would bet you would get 1% every 7-9 kills on the DSP side.
You could also try
Bloodfields - wide open spaces to pull roamers and static spawns, named mobs can spawn.
Droga - you can pet pull to get named mobs and various safe spots, nothing sees invis.
Plane of Hate - Casters are pretty easy but getting dispelled can hurt if you travel with KEI and Virtue. You have to pay up for the port stone also, just make sure to leave extras in the bank in case of a CR.
I'd definately support the consensus for GE, it's a great place for soloing and at level 68, I'm nearly a one man wrecking crew there, Experience flows nicely and noticably solo and it's not a very long run.
I'll also say that Droga is also an outstanding zone. Tons of named mobs, really nice plat drops (10 to 16 plat per mob) and some decent sellable/tributable loot. The gobbies have a very low agro range, so doing a crawl through there is fairly safe, but keep a nuke loaded to stop runners, if one gets away, it can be bad JUJU.
Sol C is pretty decent experience, and the zone is always empty on the Tribunal.
PoI is a good spot for steady kills, and rediculously easy. If you've got the factory flag, it gets even better. I like to go into the factory and either pull all of the tin soldiers and keep them down, or go past them to near MB's lair where the mechanical spiders drop out. If all you are looking for is experience, I'd recommend the mechanical spiders, they come in an endless supply and you never ever ever have to wait more than a moment or two to pull one, they have rediculously low HP's and don't hit very hard. They are decent experience and you can mow them over easily. The only downside to them is that there is absolutely no loot whatsoever, none. But on the upside, if you need to afk, or just want to take a break, the clockworks will not agro you at all unless you are fighting one. I pull them to one of the side halls where they do not path and that way never get an add, or more than I can handle, yet I always have another I can pull after I finish the one I'm on, sometimes I'll pull one that just dropped from overhead while I'm finishing the one I'm currently fighting so that I have zero downtime at all and steady fighting untill you are ready to stop/take a break/med/whatever you'd like.
Thanks for your help. I went to Griegs and was very happy with the results. I did die on my first visit, but I suspect it isn't too often that someone accidentally trains 11 mobs on you. I have been picking my way around Griegs somewhat clumsily and have found that in a pinch I can take on up to three at once although I don't plan to make that a practice.
Thanks again for your suggestions.
Hey Terrya,
Can you give a better description of how to get to these spiders in POI? I'd love to try em out!
Is there any other place a 67 can go to for solo xp while LFG. I tried GE and just dont see this xp everyone is talking bout. I am trying for straight xp no percent going into AA. Just want to hit 68 and mem new pet.
I can clear all 4 to 5 rooms with ease but my xp barely even moved. Bout the only thing I liked was I made bout a few hundred plat in that time.
Dont go by my mag. I was playing around seeing what paths and stuff I need to follow on. But mostly LDoN junk and bazaar with a few OoW pieces. If that will give an idea on what I might or might not be able to tackle. Plus 161 aa's as well.
At 68 I got about 1% every 8-10 kills in GE and at 69 was even lower but I did 68-70 there. Another spot to try is Bloodfields Dragorns at the DS zone in. At 68 I was able to kill 10-11 before repops and they were better exp per kill but the kill rate was much lower then GE. At 69 all the Dragorns except warriors and named are LB in BF.
You really arent gonna find great kill spots solo from the high 60s and up. If you want to up the kill rate use tribute haste, regen, mana regen, and mana preservation. Also get pet the haste mask, hp belt, and 2 procing weapons for your pet. At 69 I would typically make about 10k in tribute for 3-4 hours in GE as well as 2k or more in gems. I believe I could kill about 35 an hour there for about 4% reg at 68 so in 4 hours I would make 15-20%. At 70 I went crazy there and killed 44 in one hour.
Havent tried Bloodfields solo yet. What bout noble causeway???
I tried GE again last night and the AA was good, but where I'm trying to grind that last 50% of 67. It just didnt seem worth it to me. Sirens was a bit better to me then GE but just dont like the run there all the time. Its one of those zones where I just want to get away (since hardly anyone is there cept for the occasional bst doing 1.5).
Bloodfields is ok at 67. All dragorns will be dark blue. You will need to split them when first arriving or you will end up with 3 on first pull. You wont be able to kill more then about 20 an hour though so even though the dragorns are better exp per kill GE will be better overall. Nice thing here is the magnatized drops sell for quite a bit in the bazaar and are pretty common. Believe I got 6-7 in one session and made near 20k.
Nobles Causeway at 67 is not gonna be possible unless you have incredible gear. Mobs can hit in the 400-500s and do so very often. You pet will not last long and youll end up running real quick. That doesnt even include the mobs procs. Plus the murks are always kited by Necros on my server only leaving a few mobs that can be soloed.
Id say choices are
Bloodfields
Harbinger Spire
Dranik Scar (outside castle)
PoN
PoD
PoJ (lower levels)
PoH
PoI
Deep
Fungus Grove
Stillmoon Temple
Gregs End
You don't get exp any faster if you're doing AAs or normal exp, so if somewhere is good AA exp, then it's good normal exp too. It's just harder to see it in normal exp because you have so much more to get. For comparison, ach level over 65 requires about the same exp as 10 AAs.
The levels over 65 suck. There's just no two ways about it. GE is still going to be one of the best places to get those levels solo. If you can get an AA in just over an hour, and you think that's pretty good, then it's still going to take over 10 hours to get a full level. You gotta put it in perspective.
Game on,
Surprisingly, one of the best hunting grounds I've encountered for 67-68 is located on good old Antonica - Cazic Thule. Bored, and in dire need of cash for runes, I decided to farm Boots of Flowing Slime. I'd heard about mages, and several other classes, being able to solo there and thougt I would give it a try myself.
I was pleased to discover that all the slimes/squitos were dark blue. Moreso, I was getting visible exp (regular) per kill. None of this 7-8 per %.
Travel to the sewer/plank area is relatively easy, and rarely is there a mob up that sees invis (the regular mobs do not, however you may get a named near the well/pool entrance that will spot you, in which case, just clear that area - three mobs max). The mobs are fully slowable (no mitigation), and do not hit very hard - the zone revamp was pre-Luclin so it is geared for level 60 folk.
Pulling is a cinch, and at 67 I never have adds that exceeded one. Most of the pulling is aggro, however, as the majority of your targets are submerged.
The boot mob spawns in the second plank room (the first is devoid of any mobs - a great place to set up camp); amy of the three slimes in that room act as a PH. In addition, you can score a mosquito earring (for resale/use) from the named squito which spawns down there as well.
As a note, I am level 68 (was 67 at the time) with bazaar/ldon gear, with all my PoP/OoW spells (up to 68, naturally)
Happy hunting!
-Stanos
7th Hammer
Well, did Bloodfields and to me it is much better the GE. In fact to me I seemed to be able to kill faster here. Beginning pulls I would just get 2 mobs. Pet on one me on other. And my xp bar was moving a lot better here. I was able to do 8 dragorns before I needed to med and by then the first room would repop.
Only problem though is its also good aaxp, so sometimes there might be a group or dou already here. Anyways, think I'll just stick around here for awhile.
As Oneiromancer mentioned, xp is xp. There's no difference between "AA xp" and "regular xp", other than the fact that it takes more xp to get a level than an AA.
Bloodfields is also working better for me than Griegs. Not that Griegs is bad, but Bloodfields is a bit better.
Quote from: Hrann on July 14, 2005, 08:50:01 PM
As Oneiromancer mentioned, xp is xp. There's no difference between "AA xp" and "regular xp", other than the fact that it takes more xp to get a level than an AA.
That's not true.
Iksar, Troll, Ogre, and Barb pay an exp penalty (15%, 10%, 5%, and 5% respectively - I think those are the right numbers) for regular level experience. This means that if a Vah Shir needs 100 mobs to level, an Iksar will need to kill 115 of those same mobs to level.
AAXP has no penalties, which is why aaxp gain is the only true measure of mob exp in the game. One aa level is the same as the exp required from level 51 to level 52 by a class/race with no exp penalty.
Long story short, you Vah Shir have it easier getting to 70 :)
The premise of their arguement is still valid: xp is xp. What you had in the past (especially) were people saying that x zone or killing y mob(s) was good for either straight xp or straight AA like there was some sort of magic modifier the game checked and gave you a bonus if you were doing one or the other. That also came up more often before the myth that you lost xp if you didn't go 100% in either direction was squashed (hopefully).
Quote from: Taiglin on August 15, 2006, 12:49:19 PM
The premise of their arguement is still valid: xp is xp. What you had in the past (especially) were people saying that x zone or killing y mob(s) was good for either straight xp or straight AA like there was some sort of magic modifier the game checked and gave you a bonus if you were doing one or the other. That also came up more often before the myth that you lost xp if you didn't go 100% in either direction was squashed (hopefully).
Right, the exp penalty is not applied in the form of mitigation of earned exp, but rather in an increase in the "bucket" you have to fill. Mob X will give X exp, no matter if I'm 100%aa, reg, or a mix of the two.
Everyone's "bucket" for aaxp is the same size, which is why it is a better measurement instrument for the relative exp gains to be had from a particular zone/mob.
I do like Bloodfields because I clear the two entrance rooms (the first one with 4 mobs then the one on the right side with like 9 or so mobs in it). Once I get done with both rooms and go back to the beginning they pop maybe with 1 minute of waiting. I can kill non stop with some form of kei and some hot potions. I'm not fond of GE because of the long time to get xp even though it is comparible to BF's.
Also I like the fact that BF's is pretty much straight up vendor drops or such for decent money. Hmm other then that I would say skip droga since they nerfed the money and the drops in that place.
I went back to droga for some aa time and I zoned in from the FM side and they were all green when they used to be all Blue to me. Wasn't too happy.
If anyone can think of some decent place to do some solo xping now. I can do bot but not efficiently, haven't been to PoN lately, never tried PoD and CoD was way too hard.
Are there any solo zones in the either of the last two expansions with what equip I've got??
Droga wasn't nerfed but the spawn placings are messed up and no fix until the new expansion hits end they dare again doing patches.
Have you tried the golems in PoV? They are level 62 so they would give near con bonus at 67. I'm wondering mainly because I'm looking for a place to go when I decide to leave the turkeybees alone.
Quote from: Tiroon on September 07, 2006, 08:28:26 AM
Droga wasn't nerfed but the spawn placings are messed up and no fix until the new expansion hits end they dare again doing patches.
Have you tried the golems in PoV? They are level 62 so they would give near con bonus at 67. I'm wondering mainly because I'm looking for a place to go when I decide to leave the turkeybees alone.
LOL Turkeybees.....I may have to make an alt named Turkeybees.....
I tried the bees the other day and I wasn't too happy with it because of the cheals they do. It took me about 7 minutes to take one down and it wasn't very efficient. My big problem is lack of a stun proc which I could probably get from some crystals or something. Anyways I haven't tried the golems in PoV yet but I will try them soon. I did just hit 68 today in mpg so. BF has become really easy with new pet, proc and haste. I will give the golems a try soon.
Hunting the bees at 67 is probably the worst time to try. They are all level 61 and their near con bonus is limited up to level 66. Up to 66 either with the right weapons or duoing/trioing/boxing them is one of the best hunting I've ever had.
Hunting the PoV golems at 68 will likely stink. Again that'd be hunting there right after losing the near con bonus since they are all level 62.
Vecksar is a hot zone. The nobles in the back are real nice. Theones named "noble crusader" and other 2 part names are level 63. You get 6% aa on those level 63, and yes, you get 12% aa with vet aa, solo. Take plenty of the HoT potions. I was doing them with over 550 AA and still had to pop a potion on the level 63. Nice tribute drops there too. Hardest part is finding spot open.
Quote from: maxawesome on August 14, 2006, 05:22:29 PM
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Iksar, Troll, Ogre, and Barb pay an exp penalty (15%, 10%, 5%, and 5% respectively - I think those are the right numbers) for regular level experience. ....
Wrong numbers. It's 20%, 20%, 15%, and 5% respectively.
But I agree with the statement that XP is XP.
Lavaspinners Lair - Swirling stone etc.
Spiders are lb/green at 66 however stones are all lb and about 4% per kill of AA.
Stillmoon Temple is pretty much the same type of Exp. Just make sure you have Hobble or fear the trains. Been pretty easy to solo there. Maybe 90% health and 90% mana after kill. So you can chain pull about 4 or so.
Quote from: Nusa on September 09, 2006, 08:03:36 PM
Quote from: maxawesome on August 14, 2006, 05:22:29 PM
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Iksar, Troll, Ogre, and Barb pay an exp penalty (15%, 10%, 5%, and 5% respectively - I think those are the right numbers) for regular level experience. ....
Wrong numbers. It's 20%, 20%, 15%, and 5% respectively.
But I agree with the statement that XP is XP.
http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=96997 (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=96997) In Sept 2006 they removed the racial exp penalties.
Quote*** Miscellaneous ***
- Race based experience penalties have been removed.
- You can you enable texture streaming from the advanced graphics options window. This should reduce the total memory used by the client during any given play session.
The statement was correct at the time I wrote it, although racial penalties were never applied to AA exp in any case. But you have a good point -- the Sept 19th launch of TSS changed some things. Don't forget the other big experience change in the same patch:
Quote*** AA System ***
The AA system has undergone some significant back-end changes. The experience you get toward an AA point is now based on the difficulty of the NPC relative to you rather than being based directly on the NPCs level. This means that you will gain a similar amount of experience killing even con creatures at all levels. The amount of experience required to gain an AA is based off the current amount required for a level 70 character to do so, so players at level 70 shouldn't see much of a difference. Players below level 70 will gain AA experience at a rate faster than they were before since they are now gaining it at a similar rate as the level 70. Going forward, this rate will remain static so the amount of kills to gain an AA point at level 75 will be the same it is at level 70. Current abilities and points spent are not affected by this change.
This somewhat confusing statement basically says that the difficulty of getting AA's now scales with your level, rather than remaining constant throughout the level range. Those well under level 70 at the time of the change probably noticed it was a lot easier to get AA's than before.
PoV Front Cave or golems are 5% AA xp per kill at 67. I have about 8.3 k buffed and defense thru class done. I solo here no problem with healing potions.