I did this in the 65 - 69 forums and it not only helped me but others as well .. So open up you ubers and let the mouse out of the bag . Where do I take my L 70 Wildblood Iksar to solo .. I want to secure 70 well then AA ..
I wantg efficent and fast moving .. Not 20 minute fights for 5% exp please .. Ok a few of those is ok for those who are liking that kind of battle .. I just like it the other way .. =0) .
Thanks in advance .
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No offense Mr Rarrum (1000+ aa's Time geared Xev's Ubah Bst)
Im not sure WoS caves is for the average EP or less geared 70 bst. I have roughly 6400 hp's unbuffed and 270 aa's. WoS caves scare the crap out of me still 8P. I am just to the point where I can semi tank in MPG with a decent healer.
Just yesterday while waiting for a group to get there butts to MPG. I was in WoS at the ZI to MPG. Nobody else in the zone buffed and waiting for others i decided to try a Kyv near the ZO. It didnt take me long to realize i had to ZO. The Kyv are a few lvl's higher then the murks I beleive but still.
From pharming gimp augs for my pud alts in H.S and Bloodfields I got really decent AA on LB mobs. Chewing them down with little downtime. prolly an aa in hour 15 min. Plus without the worry of finding a rez because its pretty safe there.
Also with the addition of DoN. I started working on the faction quests. lavaspinners zone is halfway decent aa as well. With the lil xp gained for completing the tasks/quests
Pharmin tribute in Droga / GE / Veskar is weak xp per kill but fast kills.
NC murks i think gave me 3% aa a kill but too much downtime for myself.. with kei and worn FT10
I like to solo ALLOT in eq. 70 bst main toon and 67 necro alt. ... I used to use my necro to pharm gear for my bst... as necro was much better at solo'n named mobs that acually dropped loot you could sell for tons of plat..
BUT the tide has turned a bit.... now I been solo'd necro (pud alt 3k hp's /flex ) and when the named dragorn pops.. i log the bst and invite a necro to help me kill it duo'd.... My Bst can disc and pet tank um down with help of necro dps.. lots of fun
/babble off
back to my point
Solo xp for average lvl 70 bst is best in H.S.....BF......DoN tasks/quests......Droga/GE
I assume (hope!) my guild will make it to Time in the next few months. Will reply back in a few 100 aa's and more HP's AC ect ect.....
Moog
Thank you finally answering ) . the the common man .. I dont have a lot I am not uber .. And nly got 130 AA or so .. hehe But What is BF ? And HS? .. I think Howeling Stones >? .. Still lost on the BF .. hehe . So sorry .. Mabe .. Bloodfields ? ..
BF- Bloodfields
HS- Harbingers spire
Even if you aren't doing solo tasks, you can still xp in zones like Stillmoon Temple or the zone-in to The Ascent, for pretty good xp. Just watch out for really large agro ranges in some spots. Most of the time, I can pull singles or doubles unless I'm not paying attention. At 70, the spiders in Lavaspinner's Lair are mostly light blue and green. I didn't check the drakes.
Where to go at 70 for decent solo exp will depend a lot on your gear. What's easy for one of us may be a suicide run for you, so test the waters and be very careful before you commit to a new soloing spot. Study the maps as best you can and explore some if you can while invis to learn the lay of the land.
For me, I like The Ascent in DoN -- there's several spots there that make excellent camps, or just clear up and down the trail. Dispell the mobs a time or two to make them run at a normal speed (I pull with dispell there) and it's a fairly easy exp zone for well geared Beastlords. This may not be a good spot for a player with weak gear however -- I suggest trying the lone puma that paths to just outside the zonein room... if things are going poorly, the zone is just a few steps away, and if it goes well... well, you're gold :) On the bad side, lots and lots and lots of folks come here for DoN progressions quests, killing everything they see in bulk, so it's often hard to find a spot out of their way.
Stillmoon Temple has a few decent spots to set up camp at too -- I suggest avoiding the entry courtyard and the first few rooms off from the staircase, as these are pulled heavily for people doing progression tasks, and avoid the direct hallway path to The Ascent zone, as many of the game's less considerate players like to just train through. Again, dispell the mobs before you slow them (let the warder take a round or two while you do this) to keep the runners moving slow. The dojo, the temple, the bathhouse, the library, either of the gardens -- these are all excellent out-of-the-way spots to set up camp at.
Grieg's End on Luclin also has some good exp there -- the central area past the iron grate door (when coming from Dawnshroud) is dark blue at 70. The mobs have low hp, low dps, and offer about 1% AA a kill, maybe a bit over. Before DoN I gained quite a few AA very very easily here, plus tribute from the named drops -- self buffed only, I could easily handle multiples (though, again, gear makes a lot of difference -- obviously, you don't want to try multiples if you have trouble with a single :-P). I don't recall any ever trying to run, and the spacing of the mobs makes it ideal for solo or small groups to pull. This was a great spot, because the mobs allowed for fast low-stress kills that allowed the AA exp to add up fast :)
Bloodfields and Harbinger's Spire in OoW are about equal in terms of mob level and difficulty -- the difference being that Harbinger's Spire has Girplan and Dragorn, while Bloodfields is Muramite models. The procs from the two types of mobs are different, so go with what you resist the best. At 70, mobs in both zones are light blue near the zonein from Dranilk's Scar, scaling up to dark blue the further in you go -- so the further in you go, the less solo-friendly the mobs become. Exp is the same in both zones -- a bit under 1% AA for light blues, a bit over 1% up to about 2% for dark blues.
Nobles Causeway I had mixed experiences there... I could solo the Murkgliders in the valleys, but never had good success with the Muramites or Dragorn. Downtime will be heavy here -- I suggest a C and an Oak if you can get it to help with mana regen. You can test the waters here by dropping down into the valley to the left of the path near the Dranik's Scar zone and pull the first Murkglider you see a short ways down... pull him far back, as they will try and run, and there is a wanderer that paths down close to where the first Murkglider spawns. Exp per kill here was good, a bit over 2% a pop, sometimes 3%, but the kills-per-hour was low, making this zone unsatisfactory for me personally.
The Elemental Planes, such as Nightmare, offer some fast easy solo experience too. The mobs are fairly easy, ranging in con from light blue to dark blue, and giving about 1% a kill for light blue and around 2% for dark blue. Pulls can be fast, downtime is light, and it's decent exp-per-hour... but respawn can be slowish, especially if several groups are hunting there, and pulls can often bring adds due to all the wanderers.
In Taelosia, Riwwi was good solo exp too. Personally, I found this no more difficult than Nightmare... but the gear plays a large role there, as others call this zone a pita :lol: Exp is about 2% a kill.. best strategy, choose a zone tunnel system and keep it cleared -- this keeps you close to the zone if you need to bail, and helps you avoid wanderers. Set up at the end of one of the side canals that branch off the straight path to the zone to avoid the inevitable trains.
The kennels near the zoneline in Quinimi were a popular spot for me before Riwwi also, though I don't recall if they were blue or light blue at 70. Each kennel can be single pulled, and many groups or soloists just set up near the Natimbi zonein to avoid wanderers. There are three static spawns between the zone and the kennels, plus two wanderers that path into the valley. On the bad side, those wanderers are placeholders for two named mobs that are needed for the BiC quest... they're mean. Very mean. If the placeholders are nonaggro (stonemites), just leave them alone, as these guys spawning on your head is NOT fun :-D
I hope some of that is of help to you :)
Lavasoinner's Lair in the back, all the drakes are blue. I really didn't check the exp cause I wasn't there that long.
The only bad thing is you are pretty far from an exit. If you get in trouble, which can happen even to the best of us, you would have a real long run to the zone out. Boxing a druid or wizard would be wise.
Just be careful. Mobs were hitting around 300s while named was hitting around 450.
Good stuff man thanks so much . .Lots to try ..
I solo in PoMicheif a lot. Usually I just invis, kill some stuff, invis run around, get lost. find some new place I don't remember and kill more stuff. I think I was getting 4% per kill for giddy monkeys? they hit for about 400, but miss a lot. I dont know how i got there, just wandering around.
They nerfed the Annull of sow / selos .. on mobs in stillmoon on tuanre . It was a stealth nerf .. Since yesterday I can figure ..
I annul 3 times and when they low on health they now running at selos + speed causing nasty problems .. So .. I guess till hobble thats out . I have not tried Lavaspinners yet to see ..
another place u can try is tirr delve off of lavaspinners, mobs hit 200 to 300 max, dont hit max too often, and give around 2% per. u will have to kill 2 at a time the 1st round, but after that, if u kill fast enough, u can get em single, and i was staying above 90% hp on the solos, and didnt have any down time. just make sure u always kill the clerics 1st on double pulls or else u will be fighting alot longer than u need to
Two dispells still seem to work just fine when I do my runs, Tatter... did some hunting in Stillmoon and Ascent just today to get a few easy AA.
Quote from: Tatter on March 30, 2005, 06:03:26 PM
They nerfed the Annull of sow / selos .. on mobs in stillmoon on tuanre . It was a stealth nerf .. Since yesterday I can figure ..
I annul 3 times and when they low on health they now running at selos + speed causing nasty problems .. So .. I guess till hobble thats out . I have not tried Lavaspinners yet to see ..
I belive that you are slowing on pulls, then dispelling after your pet has already hit the mobs a few times, would be my guess. When you are dispelling, you are mostly likely dispelling pet snare + 1 buff, so if they have many buffs, which most do, then you aren't dispelling their sow.
Anyway, got the IH V aug yesterday, off the first stonewing, make me a happy lizard. Solo'd pretty easy, hit for around 500 max i believe, tried to CH itself after it 50%.
great ideas on places to go, going to have to check them all out :)
mpg is a uba place to solo, i get like 10-12% a kill
Most people cant solo MPG, even if level 70. Now boxing thats a different story
If you access, and decent gear (you don't need top-end Anguish gear, but some upper GoD, MPG raid stuff should suffice) you should check out the first castle in PoFire.
I solo there with self buffs and KEI, no pausing to med, and generally do the upper and lower level of both walls of the castle before repop. Repop is about 40 mins. Mobs usually require 1 heal per mob, if that. I have 2 lifetaps, 11k unbuffed hps for reference. For the most part, they will barely hit you and when they do, it's not for much. Ends up about 6% per kill, can usually do an AA in 20-30 mins.
The main drawback is, it's boring as hell. Aggro range is so tiny on those mobs and only named see invis, so essentially you just walk mob to mob and kill. I'd guess it could be a bit slower depending on gear, but I'd imagine any level 70 BST with PoFire access could still do an AA per respawn. Just easy exp in general.
Mashes you need a magelo link! I keep clicking that name in your sig, but then nothing happens :(
Anyway, I will check out fire today with my lesser gear, roughly 7k unbuffed. But I will go with conviction. Ill post tomorrow if it was worth going there for me or not.
With 11k unbuffed, you most certainly put out much more dps then I could, so it might take me a bit longer to take mobs down.
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:-P
Barely over 11k!
And I meant that i'm roughy 7.7k unbuffed.
PS(dont mean to derail, but work and you know)
Whats max crit with VW3 with epic 2.0?
Believe it's been 622 with Lion's (no disc or Growl), 708 with Lion's and Growl.
Ok I did really well in Fire last night, was really much eaiser then I expected at c1.
First aa in about 38 minutes, 2nd in 36 minutes. Then I died had a lag spike and ran into 3 mobs but was fun anyway. I'm sure I'll be back there
PoFire C1..I need to check that as well... I just tried Drunder Pit.. recently... seemed pretty good.. Iim 9100 un buffed, 510 + AA's
PoFire F1 sux xp wise..Valor is fast and easy comparitively. I duo C2 courtyard with a cleric friend ..was nice and easy...
Best Group spot these days is Nest instanced... red cons, undeads for cleric dps! and pretty easy kills. like or better than RS, but undead!
Kiting in the next nets good good exp, just need 3 people in the task or whatever.
What are the names of the instanses for The Nest.
I have been trying to find them with very little luck.
not sure of the name of the instance we use. All I know is there is a big hole right near the zone in and we just kite around the zone in area.. its like the Tables of DoN
You do not need a Instance to zone into the Nest. Zone into BL and go to center of the lake. Fall in the pit that looks like a volcano. You will not take any damage because you will zone before you reach the bottom. Soon as you zone in, you can look to your right for the little pad to zone back out.
I've zoned in on accident before when I ran into the large cavern in the center of the lake in BL. Remember the name, but never actually killed in there.
There is also a zonout at the bottom of the pit if you happen to fall off the bridge. Wont matter to much though if you do not have levy because "LOADING, PLEASE WAIT" will get you zoned out to :-)
I found another spot with dark blues last night. I certainly doubt it would be a "best spot", but it is likely to be uncrowded. I'm talking about the hobgoblin caves in PoNightmare. All easily slowed, hit for like 300 max but missed me a lot and rarely hit for full damage.. I kept myself going with ease using lifetap procs and the occasional heals when I got an add. Singles are pretty easy to get but there are a few roamers so you have to watch yourself. Loot: occasional gems, tainted planar essance and hobgoblin meat spiced with several helpings of nothing.
I never bothered to download a mod for exp %, but it seemed like about 1/3 a blue per kill or a bit more.
Soloing Stormriders in BoT is pretty ez if you have the gear. Decent drops (Diamonds and such) and decent exp.
Only annoyance there for me has always been CHs. Even a few months ago, i would still have them get off more CHs than I was happy with, even with pet popping out irionu and epic stuns.
Edit:
Slight shift, but just wanted to brag a lil. Felt sorta cool to solo a WoS ukun yesterday. Reason its an accomplishment is that i tried to pull it back down the hill where I agro'd it (i was otw to anguish & tried the wrong way there ;p) and was on wrong key pad.. so pet got et before I even started working it. Was totally unbuffed for half the fight, till I relaxed & remembered potions. Clicked the hps (which did save me ;p) and the ft. FINALLY landed slow at abt 50%. Threw everything had at em too ;p Killed the sob, me like 20%, under 1m, unhasted and unbuffed except my 36% from aug, potions & time cloak ds clicky. Felt sorta cool.
The Earth guys in Bot are pretty easy. I am 10.5k with self buffs and Vic. If I have C6 I can pretty much pull non-stop. I go up past the tables in the large hall where the Named guys is. I clear out a pull spot and pull around the place keeping the named for last. I have not tried to solo him yet, but I will. I have a 56 tank, and necro that I plan to power there after I get them access.
Just dinged 67 and bazaar geared... 5.2K hp (until my Driftwalker set is complete :evil: ). With viction and KEi can solo singles in the hub from any of the 4 directions... need to break after three. Should be non-stop for 70 with more hp.