New Druid Advice from the experts

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

I was able to afford a lumi staff at level 46.

I'm glad to see you took the XP + Plat leveling path for the most part, and was able to afford a Lumi Staff at 46. That is why I suggest doing that path.

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

is porting for money not good anymore? not enough people playing?

I'd imagine you could make decent money. I don't see a lot of DaP on Blue these days, so there should be less competition if you focused on porting. Less people looking for ports though with lower pops.

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

The only difference between a Druid that goes to LOIO at 17, and kills until they get a ring, vs. a Druid that goes to the Warrens (or anywhere else) is that the latter will have dozens more plat, and maybe some minor gear or faction (which, again, a high level character can farm much more easily) ... while the former will have a ring that helps them level faster for 25 or so levels.

I wouldn't make it sound like everybody gets a Goblin Ring who camps it while leveling. They don't. If Goblin Ring was as common as you claim, it wouldn't be worth 5-6k in 2025 after 10+ years of people farming it. Everybody would have one as the leveled from 12-24, which would drive down the price.

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

My mage did that camp from like 12 to 24 and saw plenty of couriers but no ring. Seeing bloodstone rings in inventories gives me ptsd.

[loramin]

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

I wouldn't make it sound like everybody gets a Ring who camps it while leveling. They don't. If Goblin Ring was as common as you claim, it wouldn't be worth 5-6k in 2025 after 10+ years of people farming it. Evetybody would have one as the leveled from 12-24.

Random chances are what this game is all about. If something is rare you kill a mob a lot to get it, and if it's ultra rare you kill a whole hell of a lot. That's EQ.

Here's the truth: if you go to LOIO at 17, kill until you don't get XP anymore, and then farm greens for a few hours after that, the odds that you will acquire the ring are very high.

You might well get it even without having to kill any greens! But if you do have to kill greens for a few hours, the amount of time the ring will save you in the next 20+ levels will more than make up for it.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Here's the truth: if you go to LOIO at 17, kill until you don't get XP anymore, and then farm greens for a few hours after that, the odds that you will acquire the ring are high. You might even get it without having to kill any greens! But even if you do have to kill greens for a few hours, the amount of time the ring will save you in the next 20+ levels will more than make up for it.

This is probably incorrect. Again, if Goblin Ring was that easy to get, it wouldn't be worth 5-6k in 2025 after 10+ years of farming. Everyone would have one for cheap. That's how the economy works. I'll trust the prices over a simple claim.