Hot Zones Changed!Follow

OMG! Took em long enough!

And the new Hot Zones are:

(From EQPlayers)


Effective on February 21, 2006.

Edited, Thu Feb 9 13:26:42 2006 by dbernor

Edited, Thu Feb 9 13:33:36 2006 by dbernor

Not sure if I like CT being on the HoT Spot list or not. I still need to farm another 100 or so Vials of Blood. Exp will be nice but I could very will see a bunch of trains comming

It's nice to see them changed but I don't expect to see Sebilis, Fungus Grove and Cazic Thule crowded a couple weeks from now. Witness how "popular" Torg Mines, Nadox and Hate's Fury were a week after they were made hotzones.

Hell, a week or two after Nadox was made a hotzone, my bard was back to AE kiting in there as the only person in the zone.

I predict massive amounts of level 55 to 60 spells showing up in bazaar and prices crashing because of Seb Jugs being camped 24/7.

Does anyone have SOE's mailing address?

I am going to send them my Everquest CDs with instructions on how to install the game and start playing since they have never played the game they produce.

Meanwhile, in a SOE cubicle...

"Complaints to Customer Service and in the Forums is down by 24% this quarter. We need to make the players miserable again. Any ideas?"
"I know. Let's make the already hotly contested Plat farming zone of Rathe Mountains a Hotspot. That way, many new EQ players who do not know about that zone will be encouraged to go there. When they repeatedly get frustrated over the mutltiple Ice Comets decimating the Hill Giants they are fighting, our "Kill Steal" petitions to CS will go up at least 20%!"
"Great idea, Herbert. Any others?"
"Yes, I like the idea of creating misery for the player base through the Hotzone system. Let's take a zone that is not under populated at all...say...Velketors? Yeah Velks. Let's make that a Hotzone for kicks. The forums will light up about that and will help with our complaint quota."

According to Alla, there are 280 zones. The Divine Comedy.

Edited, Thu Feb 9 19:18:40 2006 by Reyla

Can only speak for Povar but I was alternating between Velk's and Sebilis for soloing on my Shadowknight. Both are abandoned and I never had trouble finding a camp and usually the only person in the zone.

The last time Fungus Grove was popular was AE Shroom groups for AA's back before Planes of Power.

Nope, you don't those are just the recommended levels for each zone.

Hmmm sometime ago someone gave me a "Zone Experience Modifier (ZEM) Chart" is this now obsolete or are hotzones extra on top of the ZEM zones?

Nearly all zones have some kind of xp modifier. A lot have a postitive modifier while others have a negative modifier.

Edit to add:

Slightly outdated but I did find these:

http://www.rpgexpert.com/UpdatedZEM/zem_level.htm

http://www.rpgexpert.com/441.html

Edited, Fri Feb 10 11:16:32 2006 by tweelisT

That was the message at the beginning of the announcement so these zones will not become the new hot zones until February 21st at the earliest.

Always nice to see people read the entire op.

because that would be like torture or something =p


... that wasn't people trying to flame.

page8 was people trying to flame =p

The gulf of gunthak will kinda suck being a hot zone Lot of lv 40ish spell quest there and now you will have to compete with grinders for the drops :(