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#1 May 01 2006 at 5:15 PM Rating: Decent
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First off I'll say that I will be soloing, unless I can find a pick up group. I was basically just wondering where should I go for the best exp in my mid 20's as a SK. Iceclad and Najena are hot zones, and I was thinking of those, but anyone have any better sugestions. I mostly hang around on Antonica, but are there any better places on other continents.

And yes, i do know of the Zones By Level area, but those aren't always correct and I want some actual player's ideas. I leveled through late teens and some early 20's doing tasks form EC guy, but they are kind boring after a while.
#2 May 01 2006 at 5:29 PM Rating: Good
I personally like heading to Netherbian Lair, easy mobs and plenty of them.
#3 May 01 2006 at 6:35 PM Rating: Decent
Unrest is a kewl zone if ya can find a grp,Frontier Mountains and The Overthere are also nice.
#4 May 01 2006 at 7:48 PM Rating: Decent
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I tried OT the other night, but most of the mobs conned red and when I looked them up here they were in their thirties.
#5 May 01 2006 at 7:49 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm mainly talking about the Sanarks and spider/Iksar looking things.
#6 May 01 2006 at 7:53 PM Rating: Good
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As was said, Unrest is great if you can get a group but Netherbian Lair is great xp, only 2 zones off of PoK for quick access (or quick CR's if necessary), has several zonelines to run to if you need to vacate the area and it also has several safe areas to set up camps.
#7 May 01 2006 at 8:12 PM Rating: Decent
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Could I solo in this Netherbian Lair you speak of?

I am decently geared:
Magnetic BP
Magnetic Boots
Various HP and MANA jewelry
Cloke of Crystalline Waters
Blackened Acryilia Greatsword
Circlet of Shadows
etc.
#8 May 01 2006 at 11:30 PM Rating: Decent
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If you have the darkness series, and you want to stay in Antonica, I suggest upper guk. Great zone, lots of mobs, just do not let any run. Smiley: grin You can keep busy there till 30. Exp is fast ( not a hot zone, but has a exp modifier) descent loot, like most old world zones.
#9 May 02 2006 at 12:12 AM Rating: Default
I solo'd with my SK in Echo Caverns at the mutants from 26-30 I believe. That's a great spot for exp.
#10 May 02 2006 at 4:50 AM Rating: Good
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good place to solo too, is Nedarias landing. you get the occasional pelt (off wolfs, bears and pumas), the zone is easy to access (once you have the adv. stone), and there are enough spots where you can easily single pull.
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#11 May 02 2006 at 7:21 AM Rating: Decent
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You can get to Nedaria's without an adventurer's stone too. Just go through Jaggedpine then zone in behind the waterfall by the good gnolls...
#12 May 02 2006 at 7:54 AM Rating: Good
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Could I solo in this Netherbian Lair you speak of?

I am decently geared:
Magnetic BP
Magnetic Boots
Various HP and MANA jewelry
Cloke of Crystalline Waters
Blackened Acryilia Greatsword
Circlet of Shadows
etc.


With that gear and a Temp and a stack of healing potions, you should be fine. My little ranger solo'd there in his teens and did just fine with less gear than that - I'd kite them to 50% then melee them down to death. Oh, make sure to either get Haste and Clarity or bring some of those potions too. Most of all have fun =)
#13 May 02 2006 at 8:59 AM Rating: Good
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Deodhlais wrote:
Could I solo in this Netherbian Lair you speak of?

I am decently geared:
Magnetic BP
Magnetic Boots
Various HP and MANA jewelry
Cloke of Crystalline Waters
Blackened Acryilia Greatsword
Circlet of Shadows
etc.

I'd advise you to twink a bit more for any place more dangerous than say Kurns Tower. Another 200k would probably be needed for Netherbian lair to be a viable solo spot. :P

By the way
http://www.evilgamer.net/forums/index.php
is a nice source for shadow knight info.
#14 May 02 2006 at 12:31 PM Rating: Decent
if you are 24+ step into dawnshroud peaks off of netherbian lair, you can normally find a group sitting at the NL zone line and get picked up there for a backup tank (or tank) or just some dps, wearing magnetic you'd be fine there killing, you can also (if you can make the run) head over to the GE side of DSP and group up there mobs will be around level 26-30 and xp will just fly for you...

also if thats not a good route for you, you can head into Maris seru (i can never spell that damn zone right) and kill there the stone grabbers are around 25 the greyhoppers 20-24 and the zelinaks(another one i can't spell) are 25, if you can't take them head over to the rusco camp and take some of them out they are level 19-23.

you can easily get to 30 doing either of these zones, but alas some times this gets boring and so you know there are always MM's and LDoN's you can do.
#15 May 02 2006 at 3:46 PM Rating: Decent
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I spent some of my teens in Upper Guk(Heart spider room) and liked it there, but once i outgrew the spiders it became almost impossible. How am i supposed to solo when one pull brings about 50 froggies?
#16 May 02 2006 at 4:48 PM Rating: Decent
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Also, for those of you that say I should twink myself a little more, what are some gear suggestions. As for weapons I have 1hs maxed and 2hs close to it.
#17 May 02 2006 at 9:56 PM Rating: Decent
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from the heart room,as oyu go deeper into guk, you should never pull more than 3 froggies at a time, and with darkness they should never run for help. I soloed a shaman ( with root), a ranger, an sk , and a cleric there. NOt real twinked, but need the temp to get it done. The frogs, being old world, do not have as many hit points as later era mobs, so the fights do not last as long.
Still my most favorite place to level after 20. Good luck, and send me a pm if you need more hunt info.
#18 May 03 2006 at 9:19 AM Rating: Decent
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Your gear is fine, I think there was some hidden sarcasim in that post.

Anyways yea it seems like at 25 all the newbie players drop off the face of the world doens' it? Plenty of pickup groups in PC then BAM nobody.

There is always monster missions as a viable source of exp. Assumeing you cna find a group LDON missions are perfect at that level.


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#19 May 03 2006 at 1:51 PM Rating: Decent
I 2nd the idea of LDoN's. You will have to put together a group of 3 more people (or up to 5 more) and while it may take a few minutes to get that done in PoK it will be well worth it. The exp is great at that level and the augs are nice too. Also, as you get higher in level it will force you to start working as a group and learning what your toons roles/responsibilities are in a group.
#20 May 03 2006 at 3:42 PM Rating: Decent
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I think the reason I pulled about 20 frogloks is i feared one of green con sentrie cause i didnt feel like dealing with him. He ran farther in and i think that pulled the other camps. Plus, how do i deal with the shaman when i take these camps. They always give me trouble and there is one in every cmap usually.
#21 May 03 2006 at 3:59 PM Rating: Good
Since plat and twinking doesn't seem to be an issue with you, I'd highly suggest a Fungi Tunic. I don't know what they sell for now, but when I left they were around 50-100k. With one of those, you'll be able to easily solo any number of places right into your 50's, at about which time you'll start to need better chest protection and will have to rely more on potions.
#22 May 03 2006 at 4:43 PM Rating: Good
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Actually glade a lot of folks post 20 that I know of use the fungi not as armor, they just put it on when its time to heal up.
Dawnshroud peaks is good as is stonebrunt mnts. I take my toons to Stonebrunt from 20 to 40 with side trips to gunthak, unrest, and ldons.
#23 May 03 2006 at 4:54 PM Rating: Decent
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LOIO is good exp solo. is an "older" world (kunark) so the mobs have low hp. is fast easy kills way into your late 20's. lots of room to pull mobs away for less adds. i have been lvling my baby BL there with ease. my BL is now lvl 27 and i still find even cons and tons of DB mobs. isn't like a indoor zone so not as much exp, but the speed of the kills makes up for it.

around the sarnak fort is what i am sugesting. that and the goblin tower just past the windmill. anything on the lake side of the wind mill will be green and light blue. but plenty of good exp mobs near sarnak fort.
#24 May 03 2006 at 5:10 PM Rating: Decent
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[/quote]Since plat and twinking doesn't seem to be an issue with you[quote]


Actually, I am dirt poor. All of those items were given to me by someone I was grouping with. When the person inspected me they were like, "ok, I'm bringing you some twink gear." At the time I was utfitted in Leather , a few peices from Newie Armor Quests, and a Dark Mistletoe Caln Sword i bought of a merchant in SRO for 6cp.
#25 May 03 2006 at 10:05 PM Rating: Decent
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Yeah fear is a no no in guk. FOund out the hard way also. Smiley: banghead
The shamans are tough, as they also root, which can be a problem if darkness gets resisted. Get on them early, and use your lifetaps while meleeing them, so as to get them wiped out fast.
#26 May 04 2006 at 10:16 AM Rating: Good
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Actually glade a lot of folks post 20 that I know of use the fungi not as armor, they just put it on when its time to heal up.


True, but I can tell you from experience that it's plenty effective as a main chest well into the 40's, provided the rest of your equipment is up to par. My last puppet in EQ was a Woody Warrior, who didn't start switching to a Magnetic until the mid to late 40's, and even then it was situational. Once into the 50's, I rarely used it at all since that's about the time the new potions came out ;) Either way, it's a must-have for anyone with means who wants to solo a melee class.

Edited, Thu May 4 11:16:51 2006 by Gladestrider
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