Why I don't like to group

[Aetherial]

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

The most reliable mid-40s solo camp for a Mage is spectres in Oasis, I think. The five ground-level spawns can be cleared before repops, consuming sufficiently little mana to keep this cycle going indefinitely.

I don't know how long the respawns are, but 9-11 minutes feels right.

Reasonably speaking, a Mage requires about 2-3 minutes of meditating to regenerate enough mana to come out ahead relative to what is required for the next pull, rebuffs, etc.

In other words: in the 2-3 minutes it takes for a Mage to kill one mob and prepare for the next--that is, real grinding, not simply draining your mana bar to kill as quickly as possible--a group could easily bring in 2-3% exp. I did it tonight at BNB myself.

Ceteris paribus, grouping is faster.

No no no there MUST be some other way, you only have 5 Mobs every 9-11 minutes. You need to be able to find a place where you can do 2-3, level appropriate MOBS / Minute steadily.

Thank you for making my point... some kill rate claims for groups AND for solo'ers are just ridiculous here.