Solution to lower level grouping woes: hotzones or group XP?

[fischsemmel]

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

The groups I've had up to this point have been a bit of a mixed bag. The thing for me is that a group is (usually) less risk with the potential for better payoff (ie, named spawns and drops).

This is one of the two reasons to group on p99, the other being because you meet people and at least some of those people end up being really cool and making it onto your friends list and chatting/playing with you for a long time.

But the "groups can handle named spawns" thing? Well, that IS a legitimate reason for an untwinked melee (that being SK, pal, rang, monk; we all know that rogues and warriors aren't soloing in the first place without ridiculous twinking) to join groups. But every single caster (plus bards) can solo naked, more or less. They are better off spending their time getting to higher levels faster and than worrying about drops.

I have not found grouping to be lower risk than soloing with any of my characters so far though. Groups want to go into dungeons most of the time, and without the right group and/or players, that gets ugly pretty quickly. But if you are the one forming groups and keeping them from getting in over there heads, I can see this being a perk to grouping also.