Shaman leveling Woes and Questions

[dredge]

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[Estu]

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

I'm a lv 35 Troll Shaman, have been 35 for a few weeks. I can't seem to ever find anyone to group with, so I end up camping after about 30 minutes of lfg. I have been really busy with school too...

but

Maybe you guys have a different sense of fun then me, but soloing the same blue mob 100 times over the course of 600 minutes to get 1 level is pure hell and I rather not play at all.

Don't mean to sound negative, I just don't understand you solo guys

I also wish I was a Barb, exp is so painfully slow here.

I agree with this sentiment. I soloed to my mid-30s and I got really bored by the end of it. Soloing's more fun early on where you can wander around a zone and kill roamers, as opposed to later on when you're just sitting killing the same three mobs over and over again. It's also worse as a shaman than as a legit solo class like a nec or mag since you don't have the versatility to hold down dungeon camps for exp.

However, I have to disagree about the grouping situation. I've found it easy to get groups. For my late 30s I grouped in Lower Guk, and now I'm grouping in Solusek B. It's more of a timing thing than anything, and being proactive. You don't wanna be on during peak-peak hours where all the camps are full, but you don't wanna be on during off hours where no one's around. Just slightly off-peak hours are great. Be in the dungeon you wanna group in, say in /ooc that you're looking for a group. If no one answers, do a camp check and send tells to the people at camps you're interested in; oftentimes, you'll get in even if they didn't answer your /ooc. If camps you want are empty, start a group. It also helps to have an alt or two you can go to if your main can't find a group at the moment.