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Just put my lvl 40 ranger to bed for the night and although I was in a duo tonight, I often solo him.

Yes, your skills can, (and will), be upgraded a bunch more times, but don't be in a big huge rush to buy master spells just yet.

Most if not all your spell lines will upgrade to bigger better versions about every 10 lvls, so you might not want to upgrade any that are about to be replaced anyway. Combat arts, (mostly stealthed attacks and bow shots), come in "lines" and there is nothing worse then investing in a master 1 or adept 3 version and then getting an upgraded version 2 lvls later!

The ranking from low to high for all spells and combat arts is as follows:

app1 - new spell given at the beginning of a lvl
app2 - bought from npc vendors
app3 / app4 - player crafted from common harvests and sold on the broker
adept1 - mob dropped and sold by players on the broker
adept3 - player crafted from rare harvests
master1 - mob dropped in master chests and sold by players on the broker
master2 - game given as a free upgrade - choice of one spell every 10 levels (on the "6" lvl)

absolutely! We have some of the highest dps in the game and our archery is 2nd to none. There is always a place for rangers in a raid.

All zones contain a wide variety of both solo and group targets so you could solo in the same places you group, you'll just want to pick on different mobs! Your skills will grow by tier so you will want to stay in tier 1 zones, (like oakmyst forest & forest ruins), until you reach lvl 10 at which point you will move to Antonica. Ant is a HUGE zone and will keep you busy until you reach lvl 20 at which point you will move to Thundering Steppes and Nek forest. TS & Nek will be your home from 20 to 30 at which point you can try Zek & Enchanted Lands. It's EL and Zek till lvl 40 when you enter tier 5 and there the choices really open up... in tier 5 you can choose from Everfrost, Rivervale, Feerott and a few other spots.

All of these are overland zones but when you group, the real money is in dungeons. There are far too many to list but I'm sure you get the idea!

Necros and conjurers just got trimmed back in the last LU but still make very effecient solo or group toons.

Have fun and welcome to evercrack!

Blackburrow is a good place for you now actually, with a good group. Not so sure as they have revamped the zone and made it harder. But lvl 14 should be quite good for it.

Splitpaw is an instanced zone, three parts I believe; you can only access it if you have the first adventure pack though. It isn't necessary for special loot or the likes (although there will be good loot to be found there), but lots of people like this zone as it will always have mobs around your level and it can be done solo. (not every part though, some are group required)

Can't recall that many quest lines that are absolutely necessary at lvl 14, just go around and pick up every quest you can find. With a quest journal that can hold 75, there shouldn't be that many problems. Try to do the "Tie that Binds" quest, that begins near the Lighthouse in Antonica so you can bind your recall spell everywhere you want in Qeynos and the suburbs, but other than that, just go around, explore and have fun.