Jophiel wrote:
Monsieur shadomen wrote:
Joph - you seem to be enjoying your time in EQ. Are you planning on staying or are you out when the freebie time stops?
Hard to say. I've been enjoying myself well enough but I've really just been soloing. On one hand, it's hard to justify
not hitting the hotzones since that's where the xp is but on the other hand Nadox was
packed with characters level 60-68(!) last night -- 38 of 'em -- and so I assume BoT is packed with the lvl 68-75s or whatever. As such, I've been soloing Skyshrine and have to do Elite Drakes now to make it worth it. At some point, whacking little dragons with an axe is bound to get old.
Any newer zone suggestions for a solo lvl 65 SK (approx 60AA) with middling gear? I'm swinging a
Eldanddor's Avenger which is good times although the rest of my gear is largely Flawed Defiant (the rec lvl 50 stuff) and assorted bits pre-Legacy. I get about 8k hp with decent cleric buffs, not sure about AC.
I'm not up for pick-up grouping yet especially with the notion of being the tank.
My sk alt is also 65 and seems to have similar gear excepting a few bits of elaborate defiant plate and swinging the Orrel club from Loping Plains.
Fully buffed he's at 9k hp and maybe 1600+ ac.
Right now he's entrenched in Barren Coast killing gators, crows and snakes for about 8% AA a kill and they die very fast.
I like Barren Coast because it's 2 zones from PoK making for quick travel, has merchants and quest givers, and with the higher level mobs like pirates, Kerrans and undead, will be good xp for another level or 2.... and the seaside atmosphere is cool.
Mobs are light blue sure, but the dark blue cons like the gorillas or Kerrans just hit too hard and have too much hp for me to solo.
There's also tasks you can get for killing which give about 8% AA each, not much but I'm killing the mobs anyway.
Making enough plat from vendor drops to more than pay for any potions plus a few intricate defiant drops for the trader.
Not that I'm encouraging everyone to swarm my alt's favourite spot, mind you.