58 epic well geared ranger lfsolo spots

[Meguvin]

Hello there. I know this is not a new thread but i cant find the info i wish in other threads.
Im looking wish a good solo spot for mu ranger 58 to make money and exp (focused more on money).
I have epics, fungi, some ss armor, etc.
Thanks everyone for the tips!!!

[Evia]

I'd also like to know!
I'm stuck on my 56 ranger on Phinigel. I have a tough time finding groups and really would love some solo spot ideas for ranger.

[Freakish]

Silver chitin wristband, fbss probably both solo camps that will give exp. Maybe ghoul arch mage for SMRs but those were really rare when I tried camping them and hes a tough wizard. Otherwise grab a group or go camp green stuff for cash.

[Troxx]

How much success would even a well geared ranger have at frenzied camp solo though? Those mobs have a lot of hp - would be slow going at best.

[Swish]

I think the biggest issue is being a ranger here. If you want to solo I'd pick an alt who does it better...a necro or one of the server's army of fungi monks if you have one.

Seafuries probably give a slither of XP at 58?

Maybe experiment in evil cities and see if you can kill non-vendor NPCs in pre-Kunark zones (less HP in theory).

[Crom]

wouldn't hunter cycle in TT work great for ranger ? snare kite and such with a few very high value items to sell ?

[GinnasP99]

Geonids in WL are all blue till 60, not the best exp but they can drop up to blue diamonds i think.

[Izmael]

Can a ranger, even at 60 with good gear, kill the actual frenzy in velk? These things are pretty tough for their level.

[Aesop]

snare / fear in bear pits can be done. idk the specifics but people on red did it.

[Viper7]

on live I solod hill giants with epics for money in rathe, could regen and heal self pretty well on those.

[Lojik]

As others have posted, I don't really think you'll find a decent solo camp that will give you exp and cash, it will be one or the other.

For xp side maybe animals in WW?

[Cecily]

WW is bad because wyverns share the spawn table with animals. I liked seafuries from 56-57, I actually did a whole extra level to 58 with them being light blue / green. TT cycle is great at 58/59. Bear pits is the exp you'll find. And for a AFK camp, the brownie guards in Lfay are nice, 14 min spawns x 2. Can also kill trolls in neriak, but that's tough to chain kill and dangerous.

[Rygar]

WW is bad because wyverns share the spawn table with animals. I liked seafuries from 56-57, I actually did a whole extra level to 58 with them being light blue / green. TT cycle is great at 58/59. Bear pits is the exp you'll find. And for a AFK camp, the brownie guards in Lfay are nice, 14 min spawns x 2. Can also kill trolls in neriak, but that's tough to chain kill and dangerous.

I was coming here to suggest brownie guards in LFay. I coulda sworn they were 6min respawns? Kinda fuzzy.

I will say they drop each time a brownie part, sometimes 2. And in between spawns can kill the lesser ones for brownie parts, even sell the junk to the merchants there with sneak. Are even 2 spiders that drop spiderling silk if you want to really stock up for tunnel.

I'd say you could easily sell brownie parts for 10p per in tunnel (stackable), can probably even do 15-20p. I never see them for sale, and is a big gap in the baking tradeskill to cover.

FYI the brownie guards are beasts if you don't dispell their DS. Harmony, then pull with dispell (their DS must be like 20-30hp per hit, it sucks). But then they easy mode after its gone.

Of course, downside is it could be camped, so a lot to invest to go there and have it be a bust!

[Twochain]

Can a ranger, even at 60 with good gear, kill the actual frenzy in velk? These things are pretty tough for their level.

My 60 monk wouldn't be able to do it without some clickies. Even then it would be close.. and if frenzy had silver chitin hand wraps... I would probably get torn the fuck up.

[Vallanor]

Could you do mermaids in Kedge? I mostly soloed them through 58 on my paladin and made solid money at the same time. They share the gem drop table with seafuries.

It might be tough without a reliable way to interrupt or split them though. The mermaids are all either druids or rangers.

[Jimjam]

I was actually duoing brownie guards today on a 57 ranger (Swiftwind, no Earthcaller) with a 45 druid. We were after brownie parts.

The guards don't give faction hits, but the ones inside the walls do. You may find it worthwhile to kite them around a little after the pull to dispel DS. I found it generally took 3 cancel magics. They do a surprising amount of damage, but are really low hp.

Wolf form sets them to indifferent faction.

[Darguth]

How well geared does one need to be to handle the Brownie Guards, do you think? I'd love to find a decent solo XP spot for my 55 Ranger but I am not incredibly well geared (first toon).

[Baler]

duo with a shaman in velks,. kill things as fast as possible. Zem is good, mobs have higher than classic HP.

[Dreenk317]

duo with a shaman in velks,. kill things as fast as possible. Zem is good, mobs have higher than classic HP.

I honestly find exp in velks to not be so great, not bad, but slow due to the very high hit points on everything.

[Baler]

I honestly find exp in velks to not be so great.
Because you're not killing the mobs fast enough or you're in too big of a group. Period

but slow due to the very high hit points on everything.
Exactly,. If you cant kill the mobs fast enough than the exp will be bad. Some may say that, that is the same advice for ANY zone,..

Velks has a good Zone EXP Modifier. But if you kill the mobs slow as fuck the exp per hour wont be good. If you can kill a ton of mobs fast, the exp per hour is excellent.
I've been in both situations... The ideal group in Velks is a optimal duo or trio. Not a 6 person group.

Sol B efreeti || Velks
58-60 you'll do it in no time flat.

[Cecily]

My 60 monk wouldn't be able to do it without some clickies. Even then it would be close.. and if frenzy had silver chitin hand wraps... I would probably get torn the fuck up.

I didn't have much trouble. I killed the pather, or rather should have killed the pather... Rooted adds in room, snare / rooted frenzy in hall and camped agro. Easy fight. Got belt first kill.

[Cecily]

How well geared does one need to be to handle the Brownie Guards, do you think? I'd love to find a decent solo XP spot for my 55 Ranger but I am not incredibly well geared (first toon).

I think it's more a level check than gear check. Harmony one. Nullify magic x2 the other to get the DS off. Then you have to have some solid push to keep them from chain healing. A jade mace / fayguard might suffice here, but I was using the Sky haste cloak at the time w/ epic offhand.

I was coming here to suggest brownie guards in LFay. I coulda sworn they were 6min respawns? Kinda fuzzy.

That's the Dark Elves. Which are also great targets during down time, but the warrior is pretty tough and the cleric can ruin your day if she CHes a few times. Need a ton of push for her. I'd kill the guards and run over to Dark Elves if my health and mana were good.

[Darguth]

I think it's more a level check than gear check. Harmony one. Nullify magic x2 the other to get the DS off. Then you have to have some solid push to keep them from chain healing. A jade mace / fayguard might suffice here, but I was using the Sky haste cloak at the time w/ epic offhand.

Just tried it, they womped me :)

[Jorgam]

2nd floor of CoM will still give you xp. You can actually get Xp off the goo' in the arena at 59 as well. Nothing amazing for drops, but some gems and junk spells and armor.

[Cecily]

Just tried it, they womped me :)

Getting killed in new and exciting locations is part of the ranger experience. I'm glad you gave it a shot!

[jarlerop]

I didn't have much trouble. I killed the pather, or rather should have killed the pather... Rooted adds in room, snare / rooted frenzy in hall and camped agro. Easy fight. Got belt first kill.

Are you thinking about frenzy in lguk? Cause i think they are talking about velks :)

[derpcake]

According to magelo, the raptors in TD are classified as animals on live.

They should make decent fear kiting targets.

[Rufio]

If you dont have a Earthcaller, then get a Swarmcaller. If your not using your archery. Then your doing it wrong. If you have marginal gear you will not be able to tank and spank. Get creative. I did KC entrance mobs a lot. I wouldnt suggest 2nd lvl CoM by yourself. Not enough room.
If you can find a chanter/bard you can fear kite with a charmed pet very easily.

[Darguth]

According to magelo, the raptors in TD are classified as animals on live.

They should make decent fear kiting targets.

The Wiki says they are *not* animals. Is that information incorrect, can anyone confirm?

[Cecily]

Are you thinking about frenzy in lguk? Cause i think they are talking about velks :)

Yes, yes I am. Well... I don't see any reason a ranger couldn't handle broodling camp. Upper frenzy isn't realistic, but lower is just 3 spawns to break and better loot. Sounds like a fun challenge. Normal hunters have a ton of hp and the named is at least 10k. Root CC attrition fight.

[Cecily]

The Wiki says they are *not* animals. Is that information incorrect, can anyone confirm?

They were about 3-4 years ago. Those and the alligators, I'm pretty sure, were changed to non-animal one patch because reasons.

[Jimjam]

The Wiki says they are *not* animals. Is that information incorrect, can anyone confirm?

Checked about 2 months ago; not animals.

[Jimjam]

If you dont have a Earthcaller, then get a Swarmcaller. If your not using your archery. Then your doing it wrong. If you have marginal gear you will not be able to tank and spank. Get creative. I did KC entrance mobs a lot. I wouldnt suggest 2nd lvl CoM by yourself. Not enough room.
If you can find a chanter/bard you can fear kite with a charmed pet very easily.

Hi Rufio!

I actually found a Swarmcaller. Sadly, it sucked. It was far more efficient to just max dps with my swiftwind and whatever primary I felt like using. Killing things quickly cut down fight length so reduced damage taken more than waiting for slow to proc then switching weapons would. If I dropped too low below 50 I would either meditate (slinging arrows between ticks) or 'melee' bandage as I slung arrows. These were good times to pop trueshot.

Perhaps it is a different story if you have 30+% haste in a non weapon slot?

The KC entrance stuff is pretty trivial even without a slow proc, especially at 55 once chloroplast starts!

I've found tank and spank isn't actually that hard on low blues, mid 50s. It sees 200 worn AC (roughly the mid 50s cap on live) with 200 defence skill is enough to mitigate effectively on mobs up to their mid 40s. e.g. I've toe-to-toe melee'd froglok hunter solo at 57 and that is a ~45 mob.

So you don't need fungi nor velious quest armor to be able to solo melee. IIRC Cecily did a lot of toe to toe soloing before velious was out to hit 60? That was twin epic and haste click though. Oh yea, I got haste click too, that probably helps out solo a lot.

[Rufio]

Hi Rufio!

I actually found a Swarmcaller. Sadly, it sucked. It was far more efficient to just max dps with my swiftwind and whatever primary I felt like using. Killing things quickly cut down fight length so reduced damage taken more than waiting for slow to proc then switching weapons would. If I dropped too low below 50 I would either meditate (slinging arrows between ticks) or 'melee' bandage as I slung arrows. These were good times to pop trueshot.

Perhaps it is a different story if you have 30+% haste in a non weapon slot?

I can't speak to dps with OH epic. All my lvling was pre velious, with no epics. I may have had sky cloak and RBG. I also found that being able to slow in some grps was very helpful so I always carried swarmcaller.
KC is nice bc you can harmony single pull and clarity can always be found. Con are the trains.
I am not sure if bats in Naggys lair will give xp at 58 but they are charmable by druids so they should be fearable.
Burning woods could be an option if u can pull stuff to zone and avoid sarnaks.

[Erati]

Earring of Essence is prob an 'ok' cash camp for a solo SK

plus you get to farm salts and green goblin skins to use or sell as well as the goblin forge stuff that vendors well

[Jimjam]

Yeah, it's not easy fear kiting bats. I did it at 47 at the bats zoneline, there is not much room to manouver, you'll often need to pop a root to stop the fear going too far. Calm animal helps a little.

At 58 they won't be good xp, you could do Lavaduct crawlers though

[Twochain]

I didn't have much trouble. I killed the pather, or rather should have killed the pather... Rooted adds in room, snare / rooted frenzy in hall and camped agro. Easy fight. Got belt first kill.

I meant in velks =P

[Jimjam]

Yeah, it's not easy fear kiting bats. I did it at 47 at the bats zoneline, there is not much room to manouver, you'll often need to pop a root to stop the fear going too far. Calm animal helps a little.

At 58 they won't be good xp, you could do Lavaduct crawlers though

For clarity I mean bats won't be great XP and am suggesting lavaduct crawlers instead.

[Cecily]

I meant in velks =P

I'll do Velks next time I log on =P

[Crevex]

The animals in Western Wastes are good solo xp spot for rangers. Just make sure to pull them to the cliffs or find a spot with no roamers. Loot wise it's terrible, unless the fur the mastodons drop is worth anything. Not sure if they added any recipes for it or not.

[Meguvin]

Thanks you all for the info, i do KC mobs pretty well, and i can solo RCY pretty easy. i think this is the best spot i can take, but not much money there :/.

[derpcake]

The Wiki says they are *not* animals. Is that information incorrect, can anyone confirm?

afaik they are animals on live, but not on p1999

guess i should have made that more clear

[Izmael]

FWIW, I just parsed a couple Frenzy fights in Velk at mob having about 13k hp with his max hit being 155. Pretty tough bugger for a level 49 (?) mob.

Pet took about 4k HP damage but never fought without the mob being 65% slowed.

[jarlerop]

FWIW, I just parsed a couple Frenzy fights in Velk at mob having about 13k hp with his max hit being 155. Pretty tough bugger for a level 49 (?) mob.

Pet took about 4k HP damage but never fought without the mob being 65% slowed.

GL rangers