59 is definitely a long road and it takes a little bit of everything to overcome. Everyone says "oh, just AE it" which in theory is fine but there are 12 hour waitlists and who knows you could get bumped if someone's guildie or buddy shows up. It cranks the bar but its really not fun or playing the game - its more of an exploit that is facilitated by the speed of our current computers on a 16 year old game. It also depends on your subjective definition of "fun" - some people want to play the content, some people just want to hit 60 and don't really care about much else, especially if its their 8th alt. Point is, you can even burn out on AE, especially if you get lots of fails (which is very common)
Quadding gets old and even most players who have done a bit of quadding would agree. Raptors in TD are ok at 59 but they are dangerous and unless you have a cleric alt parked out there you can run into some serious hassles. Giants in Burning Woods aren't bad but there's lots of light blues. This whole nonsense of people quadding green Kelethin guards vs. getting a group together *gasp* just baffles me.
I am going to avoid the subject of grouping on a Wizard as I have wasted hours of my life writing tomes on these forums about it. I will say if you play with good players and good friends (and if you know how to play a Wiz) its a ton of fun and you'll roll on drops. PUGs suck no matter what the class is. Being a Warrior in KC in a group where people cant even do a basic three mob split with root and being absolutely powerless to do anything about it is about the worst possible experience one could have playing Everquest. In a decent group at Chef or Disco you can get a blue an hour, which is pretty much standard rate, as well as rolling on some good drops.
It really takes a little bit of everything to make it through 59. Some people are hardcore, have connections, and AE crank. Some people waste their life quadding greens. Why people do this instead of considering a group is mind boggling. There really isn't a fast way to crank quad through 59. It gets very slow.
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