newbie leveling help/shaman advice

[Ephirith]

Low level shamans without exceptional gear can be difficult to solo efficiently.

It gets much better at 24, as you get Regeneration, Cannibalize, and a nice new poison dot.

Still, soloing as a shaman probably isn't going to be as good xp as a group for a long, long time.

In your level range, many people go to Oasis or Unrest.

In the past, my grouping path has been as follows (and this is a pretty popular path on p99):

14-22 -- Unrest
(Alternatively, 14-18 Oasis, 18-22 Upper Guk. You can build a group in Oasis and take it to Guk)

22-36 -- Mistmoore
______22-27 Pond
______28-30/31 Graveyard
______30-36 Castle Entrance
___Optional: 36-40 Dhampyre

I like to stay in Mistmoore all the way to 38.

38-46 Sol B
______38-43 Window
______43-46 Royals (Can stay to 48 and with a strong group pull bats and bugs)

-or-

38-50+ City of Mist

50+ Many people group in Karnors and Sebilis

As you can see, there is a huge chunk of level range spent in Mistmoore, and kind of a gray area between Mistmoore and City of Mist/Solb at 38/40ish. When I get tired of Mistmoore or it's overcrowded, I like to grab a druid (or wizard), build a group, and go do a fun dungeon like Paw, Kaesora, Droga, etc etc. Which can be a fun way to transition from the mid 30's to the low 40's. Make friends with a druid and a good core group!