The Beastlords' Den

Everquest 1 => Hunting Grounds => Levels 71 - 75 => Topic started by: Gunzak on August 13, 2007, 09:37:26 PM

Title: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Gunzak on August 13, 2007, 09:37:26 PM
Unfortunately getting groups on FV is nearly impossible now adays for me so I am looking for some solo spots I can do that have dark blue mobs and aren't going to rip me a new asshole.  I have all expansions.  I wish I had stayed 70 and continued with murks.

So far I have tried

WoS - lb mobs with crappy experience and slow kill rate from lack of mobs
MPG - Can solo 3-4 mobs before I have to med but exp is ok at 6 way
Steppes - Basilisks and spiders are green-lb so exp sucks.  Gnolls are lb-db so not too bad but hit real hard
Icefall - Last time I went was low 70s but had my ass tore up by a wolf
Sunderrock - Basilisks are lb-db and can hit real hard requireing defensive and heal pots.  Exp ok on db mobs but slow.
Plane of Fire - All green-lb so crappy experience but easy kills.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Khauruk on August 13, 2007, 10:16:26 PM
I've heard TBS (the zone) has some reasonable places for various levels of tankability, but I can't say very well, as I still don't have the expansion.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: sicshift on August 13, 2007, 10:54:26 PM
yeah try tbs. if i remember right you have a druid box, which i see two magelos but i cant get to magelo here, at any rate ive been messin in tbs lately with my dru/bst duo with decent results. dunno what lvl your dru is but i didnt try it till dru was 74 so i dont know about anything before that. i CAN say that dru reptile is your friend....love that spell for all its worth. that and fernspur :D
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Urim on August 14, 2007, 12:06:42 AM
When i used to play outside of raid times and wanted a place to solo I'd go to Atiki in TBS. I would kill all the efreetis that stand around the pyramids. They give 13-14% AA exp per kill normal (no double experience). Not tough at all, max hit is around 1300-1400 with named hitting for 1700 (although I don't bother with named, too much hassle). Mobs are lvl 73-75 so all are in the sweet spot for experience. Just be careful of the lvl 75 efreeti lords, had one get lucky and do 6k in one round so gotta pay attention to hitpoints and not let them stay too low for long.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Gunzak on August 14, 2007, 12:55:43 AM
My Druid doesn't have TBS and im probably going to cancel him.  As for Atiki there is no way in hell I can solo a mob that hits for 1300.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Khauruk on August 14, 2007, 01:46:57 AM
Quote from: Gunzak on August 14, 2007, 12:55:43 AM
im probably going to cancel him.

There's no way I'd cancel the druid I'm playing now...if I had to drop to one account, I'd probably pick the druid.  BSTs poor mitigation just gimps us way too much once you're past 70.  I don't know if it's all from financial stuff...but, if you can keep duoing, that's a powerful option to have.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Damim on August 14, 2007, 03:07:38 PM
The City of Relic is possibly doable.  Not the named, but the regular trash mobs.  The scrykins seem to cast a lot and hit in the 1100ish range.  Decent xp, and chances for some of the random drop augs.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Bumkus on August 14, 2007, 06:15:50 PM
My best spot is Oozes in Direwind.  I'll get around 1.7AA per 1/2 Lesson, but the mobs hit pretty hard.  Takes a lot of shuffling in and out to spread DPS between you and warder.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Gunzak on August 14, 2007, 07:47:50 PM
It sounds like my best spot is going to be MPG or 69.1 Hard until I get my Druid the anniversary pack then I can move on to boxing Icefall and Katta or try Relic.  I need to get my Druid a bunch of AA so maybe I'll just play him for a few weeks solo and kite murks in NC or group somewhere.

Unfortunately Beastlord mitigation sucks.  I can tank Katta snakes with a good healer but they hit for 600-1300 so it can get pretty scarry.  It's the same with Direwind undead camp I can tank there with a good healer but they hit for 600-1300.  Fully buffed with Tenacity, Focus, Vim and Tribute HP/AC I max out around 14600hp and 2100AC.  Even though I play on FV where everything can be purchased it doesn't really matter when upgrades are going for 600k or more and getting Katta faction groups for Praetorian is super rare.

Thank you for the suggestions.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Khauruk on August 14, 2007, 09:09:14 PM
Quote from: Gunzak on August 14, 2007, 07:47:50 PM
Unfortunately Beastlord mitigation sucks.

Do you use atk debuffs when boxing your druid?
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: maxawesome on August 14, 2007, 10:11:36 PM
Quote from: Gunzak on August 13, 2007, 09:37:26 PM
Unfortunately getting groups on FV is nearly impossible now adays for me so I am looking for some solo spots I can do that have dark blue mobs and aren't going to rip me a new asshole.  I have all expansions.  I wish I had stayed 70 and continued with murks.

So far I have tried

WoS - lb mobs with crappy experience and slow kill rate from lack of mobs
MPG - Can solo 3-4 mobs before I have to med but exp is ok at 6 way
Steppes - Basilisks and spiders are green-lb so exp sucks.  Gnolls are lb-db so not too bad but hit real hard
Icefall - Last time I went was low 70s but had my ass tore up by a wolf
Sunderrock - Basilisks are lb-db and can hit real hard requireing defensive and heal pots.  Exp ok on db mobs but slow.
Plane of Fire - All green-lb so crappy experience but easy kills.


I feel your pain Gunzak. That's exactly why I kept Cyberian at lvl 65. At 65 and with 160 or so aa's, I could solo without a box in content that could give me very decent aaxp.

Ultimately, and also due to financial reasons as well, I decided to cancel Cyberian, and stick to only playing my necro, Encephalitis. I guess it's the curse of the casual player. I wanted to be able to be powerful, experience new content, and move past 65 without coming to a screeching solo halt.

Look me up (Encephalitis) when next you're on, and you're more than welcome to pet kite Shissar in Katta with me, if that suits you.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Gunzak on August 14, 2007, 11:45:00 PM
Yeah when I was 70 and killing murks it was non stop killing and I rarely ever needed to heal myself.  I could kill 20-25+ before ever needing to med.  With lesson or exp pots I was making 5AA an hour.  Now if I kill DB mobs I have to med every 2-4 mobs depending upon where I go.

The power increase from leveling up did not scale with the power increases the mobs received.  Instead of DB mobs hitting for a max of 700 and an average of 200-400 they now hit for 1100-1300 with an average over 600+.  Unfortunately I can't mitigate that kind of damage or out heal it with our pathetic heal spell.  My new level 74 DD is only slightly better then my level 70 DD, my new 73 pet only does a little more dps then the 70 pet, I don't have the faction or Orux to get the poison DD nor would I have a focus for it, etc etc.

I don't expect to be able to solo like a raider but the loss of solo spots has me seriously considering droping my Beastlord and playing a Necromancer.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Wolfcaller on August 22, 2007, 12:44:59 PM
According to a dev post here http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?start=300&topic_id=113867&#1648310 (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?start=300&topic_id=113867&#1648310), they will be increasing the xp from killing light blues to smooth out the steep dropoff that currently exists between DB and LB.  If they do that, it should make it less crucial to hunt DBs and you can go after high LBs instead.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Blarp on August 22, 2007, 05:13:10 PM
Looking at your gear i owuld sya do what u can to get your TBS faction to Ally ( can do it SOlo) just takes a good deal of time in Katta there is a greenhosue with sneaks find the solo task Kill 20 shissar and get the 4 herb task as well 2 faction hits at a  time, its good exp for you with  and u get faction to get better armor.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Gunzak on August 22, 2007, 09:57:05 PM
Yeah I know all about the two solo tasks on the snakes and have done both about 10 to 15 times now.  I can tank them with a good healer but I can't solo them or even come close yet.  They hit me often for over 1100 damage and I just can't recover from that with potions and our gimp heal.  Once my Druid gets TBS that will change since I can have him heal me or I can kite them.  Thanks for the input on the tasks.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Kherash on August 28, 2007, 08:21:19 PM
I don't solo too much (I'm always grouped), but I have solo in WoS (murk caves), BoT, and Sunderrock.

Keep in mind i'm 75 btw and can max out to 16k HP with all buffs.

Sunderrock has best exp out of the three, but the mobs do hit hard.

WoS is fast killing, but exp is slow (about 3-4% AA per kill).

BoT is same as WoS. I like BoT only because of the mob ratio (lots to kill).

Any other spots to solo??
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Thelynxeffect on August 29, 2007, 06:12:31 AM
I have recently been soloing my way through the hand aug quest in the buried sea zone.  This is the first time I have soloed properly for a long time now as have been grouping, raiding or tradeskilling and I found that on the suncrest isle it is a reasonable solo spot (I have so far worked on monkey isle redfeather isle and maiden's grave).

On Suncrest there are 5/6 distinct areas of mobs 1/2 raptors basilisks and tigers 3 blue drakes 4 red drakes 5 blue gobbos (most underwater) 6 red gobbos.

I have yet to find a mob on this isle that summons and for the most part can solo even yellow con named mobs (dreadclaw) as a self buffed 13k beastie.

The aa xp per kill is between 8-12% which I think is quite good.

A couple of observations to assist peeps - keep lev and sow running at all times if things go pear shaped then run away till you drop aggro.  The blue drakes (cant remember if this is true of the red drakes) will debuff you on average 2 buffs a mob - I find this tedious and thus wouldnt bother with them unless you needing the kills for a quest update.  Aggro radius are for the most part small thus single pulls easy to get.  Most mobs run at low health therefore hobble is useful.  Promised Mending is great - I tend to tank mob till im around 40/50% health then back off to heal up and let fluffy take a spanking then as I charge back in i cast PM on pet and re tank mob then later if i need to back off and heal again fluffy is fully healed and ready to go.  Finally invis is your friend for scoping out the mobs but care as some do see through invis.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Bumkus on August 29, 2007, 01:48:55 PM
I prefer Oozes in direwind for solo xp.  I'll get 1.7AA per LoTD, if Il fire LoTD as first mob is bout to die.  (Each mob is good for 9% aaxp at 75 without LoTD)

Enough of the oozes are single pulls that I don't have to wait on repops.  I can solo the named ooze if he gets in the way, but it takes a full mana bar.

I fire Frenzy + Bestial Fury on next mob after starting LoTD.  (Since it is a 25 min refresh, this lets me fire off Fury twice in a single burn of LoTD.)  I'll also fire Frenzy + Bestial alignment at the 1/2 point of LoTD.  (Frenzy has a shorter timer, so I can match it up with both Fury's and the BA)

Oozes do run, so I use pet snare II.  I would not do this camp without pet snare.  Snare also helps the bear get aggro quick, which is important because I have to shuffle in and out to heal, nuke, summon warewolf, etc.

I can generally kill 3 or maybe 4 before needing a med.

For reference:
I'm 75 with max defensive and offensive AA, max mana regen and close to max hp regen.  Endgame GoD bst weap (22/31 or something like that) and 1.5.  I am about 2070AC and 10.5K hp unbuffed.  (I like this camp because I can handle it with self buffs.)

For other melee modifiers, I've got 75 avoidance, ID3, Cleave 5, but no Improved Block and 40% haste
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Jowood on March 25, 2009, 12:40:50 AM
At level 75 (badly geared tbh) I find RSS easy, and decent, XP.
Just zone in and whomp every mob in the lobby area, the first couple times you're there you'll probably kill the last in the room as the first respawns, but you'll soon have it down and be killing some of the adjoining rooms before repops.
And yes, the TBS Hand aug quest is definitely a good one, keeps you interested for hours and pretty good XP.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Khauruk on March 25, 2009, 01:36:14 AM
Honestly, I still burn lesson in RSS daily.  I just can't beat it atm.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Mardag on April 04, 2009, 11:04:44 PM
How hard is RSS solo at 75?  I have 17300hp and 2608AC unbuffed and am looking for something besides MPG for easy AA now that I hit 75.

Ciphero
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Jowood on April 06, 2009, 11:48:57 AM
I think you'd probably pwn the mobs with that kind of gear.
I barely need my merc (have tried solo a few times and the sitting and regen'ing after the fight isn't really worth it) and I only have 16.5k or so HP when fully buffed. I think if you have 17+k unbuffed then you'll be cool to solo it.
My Ranger soloes 2 at a time there, and he has only just managed to break 18.5k HP unbuffed.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: nedoirah on April 09, 2009, 02:13:24 AM
I was doing RSS with a crap box cleric at 75 with 13k hp unbuffed (16-17k self and cleric buffed). It was kind of rough at times but doable.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Mardag on April 10, 2009, 12:11:29 AM
Thank you for your replys I will check it out this weekend.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Mardag on April 19, 2009, 07:38:25 PM
I haven't checked out RSS yet as I found that CoD is crazy fast AA exp.  If the zone is empty I can do 7aa in 30min with lesson here.  The mobs die so fast and the exp is very nice even at 75 that I don't know if this zone can be beat.  Even without lesson its around 6% AA per kill at 75 with around 450AA.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: ramelorm on April 20, 2009, 05:48:34 AM
i would  suggest u  DUO with  druid and BST  in Valdeholm .

good  XP
Hot zone

just a suggestion
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: kindarring2 on April 21, 2009, 12:58:11 AM
CoD? there are quiet a few what one
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Orbus1 on April 21, 2009, 02:01:56 AM
I agree with Valde..I solo there with lesson and get 4-6 aa's. I normally start clearing the mammoth camp and work out from there going north.
Title: Re: Level 75 hunting spot
Post by: Mardag on April 21, 2009, 10:33:02 PM
Crypt of Decay level 60 hot zone.  All mobs light blue and around 6% AA per kill.  I can do 6-7AA in a 30min lesson there.