If you were to make a 'unpopular' zone leveling route list to 60, what would it be?

[Zuranthium]

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

this thread got me thinkin, does EQ have a zone where you could do 1-60 without leaving the zone?

10 possible zones that I know of, approximately ordered in terms of viability (least viable = certain levels will be big wastes of time with the NPC's available, or outright impossible for some classes when solo and untwinked):

East Freeport
South Qeynos
Lake of Ill Omen
Butcherblock
Swamp of No Hope
Greater Faydark
Everfrost
Paineel
West Karana
West Freeport (totally unrealistic; from level 54+ the only blue cons are the Sir Lucan Dlere spawns 2x every 7 hours, LOL).

[Imago]

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

10 possible zones that I know of, approximately ordered in terms of viability (least viable = certain levels will be big wastes of time with the NPC's available, or outright impossible for some classes when solo and untwinked):

West Freeport (totally unrealistic; from level 54+ the only blue cons are the Sir Lucan Dlere spawns 2x every 7 hours, LOL).

Eh. Kroon and Inofus, as well as a few randos inside the militia house, can take you past 54. I've done it on a Bard, though it was like pulling teeth at the time. Totally solo, was my first toon on the box during 40% hybrid penalty.

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

Butcherblock

Completely untrue. Nyzil Bloodforge is Blue to 59 and doesn't have much HP. Hardest part is splitting him from his guards. Can be root rotted by a ranger, though arrows will get expensive if you don't have a Tolans bracer. Put 30% of 59 into that fucker back when 40% hybrid penalty was in play, and have never been able to fix my dwarf factions.

Unpopular zone leveling route to 60 lets go:

Steamfont Mtns 1-15
Gorge of King Xorbb 15-20
Dagnors Cauldron 20-25 (think of all the aqua goblins!)
Sol A 25-35
Great Divide 35-45
Cobalt Scar 45-50
Sol B 50-55
Plane of Mischief 55-60

[Zuranthium]

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

Kroon and Inofus, as well as a few randos inside the militia house, can take you past 54. I've done it on a Bard, though it was like pulling teeth at the time.

They don't give full exp at 54 though, no? So yeah you can exp on them, but it's very slow.

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

Completely untrue.

I'm not sure what you mean? I didn't talk about Butcherblock for the high levels. The bottleneck for that zone is some of the lower levels.

[jolanar]

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

They don't give full exp at 54 though, no? So yeah you can exp on them, but it's very slow.

Level 40 mobs are blue through 54, and turn green once you hit 55.