If I were to hire a druid to PL me...

[Flash]

...how many hours would it take for a lv1 Bard to reach lv30?

I can afford maybe 6 hours.

[webrunner5]

I would go to the EC tunnel and get DS and buffs and get to level 10 to save you some plat. 6 hours would be pushing it to start at level 1. You have to figure there are no hell levels till level 30. If you average 3% per kill that is 35 a level times 30 = over 1000 mobs you have to kill. Not counting travel time and buffs. Hard to do in 6 hours. You really can't PL for 6 hours straight. Your will be wore out as the Pl'er. It is a lot of work to PL.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I would go to the EC tunnel and get DS and buffs and get to level 10 to save you some plat. 6 hours would be pushing it to start at level 1. You have to figure there are no hell levels till level 30. If you average 3% per kill that is 35 a level times 30 = over 1000 mobs you have to kill. Not counting travel time and buffs. Hard to do in 6 hours. You really can't PL for 6 hours straight. Your will be wore out as the Pl'er. It is a lot of work to PL.

This is just terrible. Depends on class of course (exp pens n such) but taking a character to 30 with good PL takes maybe 3hrs.

[webrunner5]

Originally Posted by HeallunRumblebelly [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is just terrible. Depends on class of course (exp pens n such) but taking a character to 30 with good PL takes maybe 3hrs.

Your going to kill a 1000 mobs in 3 hours. Good luck with that.

[A1551]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your going to kill a 1000 mobs in 3 hours. Good luck with that.

3% avg exp per kill is an awfully (even ridiculously) low estimate for a well geared lvl 60 powerleveler with a good strategy for 1 to 30. I can't personally imagine even coming close to hitting heallun's estimate but I also wouldn't be terribly surprised to see it happen -- although I would be impressed!

-Propo Fol

[Jokesteve]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your going to kill a 1000 mobs in 3 hours. Good luck with that.

key is killing reds, so you dont have to kill 1000

[fishingme]

For a bard, I would strongly suggest that you stop at around lvl 19 if you're looking to save cash. Then start practicing aoe kiting. once you're 32 and in OT, you'll be doing 1 pull a level

[Barkingturtle]

Three hours to level 18, then PL yourself to thirty in another five or six hours. Seriously, my first kite as an 18 bard in EK dinged me halfway through 20. Totally agree you shouldn't pay for a PL after 18.

[Kraftwerk]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Three hours to level 18, then PL yourself to thirty in another five or six hours. Seriously, my first kite as an 18 bard in EK dinged me halfway through 20. Totally agree you shouldn't pay for a PL after 18.

And EK pales in comparison to the monster kites of OT, in fact as a lvl 30 Bard you can plvl other people in OT faster than a Druid could (assuming you're good at kiting).

[GenieHakeem]

Swarm kiting, that just blows me away as a shaman. One of the main reasons I would want to try bard. Huge circles, masses of death, heavenly melodies ensuing demise.