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After coming back to the game and having daudled around lvl 70 getting some aa ( still not a lot mind you)for about a year I think I'm ready to invest some time back into EQ. I moved all my crap to Zek ( what was I thinking???) but have decided to make a go of it anyways :-)

Not being content with that, I'm wondering if I can do the POF parts for an SK Epic 1.0? Is it possible to solo or group in there? Idk how much it may have changed and finding good indepth information is hard at best. Is thre still a Death Touch in there?

Also, what should I be able to expect as a real xp rate? When I group I'm getting abour 1% sometime 2% per kill if being plvl'd basically, but I seem to find 1% solo easy enough. Should xp move faster or should I just be trudging along? Also, would ya say aa to level before moving on, or get to 90 ( did they just make it 95 now? sheesh)and then aa?

Thanks for any help guys and gals. I am really itching to dive
It's been great being a recluse shut-in, trying to break into a group of reculive shut-ins. There is still so much I love about EQ.


Magnuz Gethesemane
Torvonnilous

At level 70 you should have no problem in Fear. I was there at 68 with my ranger for his epic.
Of course most Sk skip the epic for the Greemist?sp sword.

If my SK was at 70 still, I would get the core AAs defensives and dps AA's maxed at that lvl (roughly 700-800 AA's).

Then level to 80 ,stopping to max out the same core lines of AAs you chose at each level and a few new core AAs that become available as you level up.

From level 80 you can easily get access to overpowered gear for pre SOD zones. This gear is the HOT "Abstruse Armor" (it is tradeable) and HOT T1 nonvisibles gear called "- - of fearful reverie" ..this gear is bought for tradeable "dream motes" in HOT-Feerott at an NPC vendor.

No progression is neccesary for the vendor to sell you the HOT T1 nonvisible gear. This gear is all 900-950ish hp/mana/end and will make doing your epic easier.

From this point you can learn to "swarm" to mass AA's faster than most classes can by killing large trains of light blue con mobs solo in the old world zones.

This section(see link below) of the SK class site explains swarming and many other abilities to help.You can check some of the older pages in the thread..Thats where I learned a lot of the tricks to successfully swarm amongst other things.

http://www.evilgamer.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26


Because of the gear's power increase at level 80, it has become a sweet spot much like level 75 as said by Lady Azalysa.

But you must have the core and "swarm relevant" AAs and gear to swarm effectively. AC augs wherever possible helps a lot also.

Good Luck.

Forgot to add: At lvl 80 purchase a HOT T1, 1 hand weapon and a HOT T1 shield (950h/m/e 150+ AC). The damage and stats on the HOT T1 weapons are very high compared to almost all lvl 75-80 weapons from previous expansions.



Edited, Dec 15th 2011 5:22pm by hexeez

Hehe. Thanks Azalysa,

The "dream motes" is the currency you need to purchase the non visible gear ("_ _ of fearful reverie") but can be bought in the bazaar, on my server (AB) they sell for anywhere between 30-150 pp each.Like most items, in the week after prime time they sell cheapest and are available from numerous traders. On weekends and during prime time on any night they sell for more than when everyone has their traders on. Just an observation over the years.

Below is the merchant info and prices for the "fearful reverie gear":

http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=35714

If your travelling to this merchant from the Z.I. for the first time there are roamers and undead mobs so see if you could invis and have a friend cast/stack IVU on you.

"Abstruse" armor is combined (non-tradeskill) by players using the HOT drops from mobs(Abstruse Remnants_ _ etc) but the already combined "Abstruse" armor is commonly sold by players in the bazaar.It tends to sell on the expensive side .

Search Abstruse in bazaar and a list will come down.Don't forget to make sure you buy the right ones for your class. If you have the "Abstruse Remnants_ _" you could combine it yourself (check the HOT armor button on front page of this site to the right, it has all of the details).

The best thing about this armor is that this is improved via HOT progression to become HOT T4 group gear(1600ish h/m/e).

This is great gear for your 80 druid.
For me nowadays, all alts I bring up aquire this gear at 80 as it is easily available and really makes a difference as it is better than SOD's top tiered group gear which was in the ~750 h/m/e range iirc.

Your welcome Azalysa, So much of what I learned in EQ over the years is from forums like these, so just giving back to the folks like you that share invaluable information and experiences etc.



Edited, Dec 15th 2011 7:24pm by hexeez

Yes I've had that happen in the past lol.

The nice old world "magic lore" 1HS weapons for lvl 55 are rare and expensive when in the bazaar, as few camp those old world bosses for them nowadays. Once I had a couple, but sadly sold them off when I was in need of platinum lol.

I use the defiant weapons for my alts until lvl 80 where I get the HOT weapons and gear for them. Once they have that and their base AAs, they have the platform to progress to lvl 90 and do the HOT tasks.

Good luck.




Edited, Dec 16th 2011 7:40pm by hexeez

I agree.


It also depends on playstyle.

Kiters can do very well in Noble's Causeway around 59/60, Blackfeather Roost 55-65+, Icefall 65-71+ and so on.

Headshot rangers used to play in droga around level 62 if I recall correctly. I also only saw rangers and Paladins in Plane of Hate grind AA for years when they were 65-70 (my brother and I like to waste time in Hate for some reason).

Biggest problem I have found with the Hole is finding the good camps empty. Large amounts of it are grey to me at 70/71 and finding 1-2 people holding down most of the light blue spawns is a long trip for no reward. Last time I tried a level 85 was mowing it all with a merc (to me there has to be better AAxp for that level...)