Swish I feel my allergies flare up every time you post

I hope those cats are hypoallergenic

You chose one of the most difficult race/class combos to start off with. Limited gear selection along with experience penalty is not a good combo. But if you're not in a rush to level, enjoy it

Another quick question:

Will I get killed on sight when I go to EC?

Tanzaw, I just leveled a monk to 17, Ikky in FOB/Kurns. It's rough, truly. but it is worth it! just ported to EC for thef irst time now, we are very kos everywhere. i hear an easy faction is to go to crushbone and kill orcs for a long long time :)

youre the hated race. get used to it lol

Yep, just making sure lol. So to actually go there and trade I have to get my faction up. I'll figure it when that time comes I suppose lol.

im 42 and havent worried about any faction, i dont get to see a bank too often but ive found a few merchants around druid rings that i can use

i prefer iksars though for FoB and kurns, i find it a very good zone for new chars. Like stated im a shaman though so its 2 different stories

Lake of the Ill Omen is doing a lot better right now, definitely going to go back to FoB/Kurns Tower once I'm level 6/7 tho.

I always play iksars, and i can confirm what people are saying, 5-7 in fob is tough, go hit up lake of ill omen right outside cabilis until 6 or 7, at which point you'll be able to go back into Fob and hit the pit. It'll be pretty smooth sailing from that point on, and you'll do just fine in kurns with your lvl 9 spells around lvl 12+.

I'd stay in kurns until 21 or 22 then hop over to ill omen again. A lot of people avoid that zone because they think the ZEM sucks, but the ill omen ZEM listed on the wiki is incorrect, that zone is actually amazing xp and i would stay there until you can go to WW and solo giants.