What is the absolute WORST zone in the game? VOTE NOW

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by d3r14k [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wasn't there a dude who leveled 1 to 50 without ever leaving Permafrost and Halas?

I was doing that on a 'self found' barbarian shaman. Up to 29 so far.

Probably overdue on an XP push.

I found a 'large dire wolf' which is like level 24 that can be pulled to the XP area and befriended.

[Kesselring]

Kedge is cool not sure why its there, swamp of no hope is a newbie swimmers nightmare, and ya you can stick to the edges but have you ever made a troll and leveled there? Try it.

[NegaStoat]

Swamp of No Hope has the most bullshit mob pathing patterns in existence, making it fucking unusable unless you're leveling off of Iksars in the caves by Trak Teeth entrance. I can't blame the P1999 devs for fucking up the proper pathing for the mobs (same issue with the bulk of the random wandering mobs in Kunark zones) because documentation for them is slim or none, but goddamn it's bad.

[Videri]

Great post, Zuranthium. To add to Lesser Faydark’s value, there is the bandit sisters’ camp (good plat on P99), there is a little-known named cycle of 5 mobs including Crookstinger. One of the other mobs drops an item with 5 charges of Illusion: Tree; and there is Kalayia Woodwhisper, a quest mob for the classic Cazic Thule Erudite Cleric quest for the Fright Forged Helm, quite a unique early-game item.

I’m shocked at the votes for Kedge Keep being a bad zone. Is it due to the pathing issues it used to have? Or just because it’s underwater? I’m surprised there are so many noobs that can’t handle a water level. You can wedge yourself in a corner to cast spells more easily while being hit. There are several fun, challenging camps with unique items that were valuable in classic era, and the last Kedge! It’s a cool zone and people shoudn’t knock it just because it’s hard to swim.

LEAVE PHINNY ALONE!

[Videri]

LFay also has 2 Gnome NPCs: Happ Dremblenod and Trudo Frugrin. Killing those two NPCs is one the only ways to raise faction with The Dead in Neriak (another way is killing the named Gnome prisoner in Crushbone).

I have also read that Happ was used as an easy exp mob by some players, perhaps due to her low hp pool and a 6ish minute respawn. She is a mage with a pet, though, so that probably offsets it somewhat. I guess this was back in that early era when Everquest’s population was high and people would find all these weird places to just grind exp that modern min-maxing pro-geeks now see as suboptimal choices.

Anyway, Lesser Faydark has its hidden treasures and secrets for the curious!

[Videri]

Also, the Qeynos sewers are GRATE.

[Dolalin]

The reason Dalnir is so unbalanced now is because:

A) There are so many casters
B) This server has non-classic caster AI

Back in classic, casters were useless. They would nuke and occasionally dispell, that was it. No charm, no stuns, no mez, possibly some healing but that was about it. The original strat for Velketor was to keep him casting as much as possible because one ice comet was far better than three rounds of attack. He never casted anything like supernova etc.

When they tuned Dalnir they tuned it for classic (read: useless) caster AI. It was probably acceptable.

[Topgunben]

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

I took all the "Least Favorite" zones from Topgunben's lovely post about Favorite/Least Favorite zones and I'm determined to find out which one is the absolute worst. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am surprised to see swamp of no hope as a repeat winner. I actually like that zone, I don't get why all the hate.

[Muggens]

^ the Swamp of No Hope is actually rather charming - froglok village is good to visit

[Mistle]

Mons Letalis.

Oh wait. Heh. You poor saps.