New Druid Advice from the experts

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

The ring is still 6k on green. Depending on what his main is, might be faster to farm it. If you average the self reported data on the goblin ring page it's about an 8h camp with ~3% drop rate. In my experience this checks out but people hate that camp because it is very involved. OP can't AE the entire area but high 10s or early 20s he can just kill stuff until he gets a courier and then whack top mob on track every 30 sec until he finds spawn point (there's like 6+ of them). Or he could level to 40ish and come back to do the camp more comfortably if he still wishes to get a ring.

Real talk though, mid/high 40s you could charm in a couple of places but is there anything that beats quadding wyverns? The exp there is insane and the money is alright.

I’m of the mind that nothing beats exp. Being able to make/save money as you do it is nice but should never slow the process. You can make money and farm gear at 60.

If I had enough for a gobby ring and a few main spells that’s what I’d do at the expense of any other gear. I would charm in Oasis then move to Overthere for a bit, then Velious cougars in Iceclad and off to GD for Kodiaks and Drakkel wolves.

The advantage of quadding is not speed but quality of life. You can blow your whole mana bar and then sit and go make a sandwich. At 46 with a Lumi staff you can easily xp in Highkeep, Oggok, and Grobb off single targets. It seems like a silly click but level 45 I couldn’t clear all Grobb ent before repops and with it at 46 I was speeding through them and Nobles have even less hit points. Really, it just opens up places to go if your quad or charm spot is taken. Later this approach is replaced by dot rotting.

I don’t know about speed. My guess is if you have a lock on bear pits nothing comes close. Quading wyverns and then suits or raptors is tolerable for those AFK breaks. Dot rotting is a 3rd but lets you think outside the box. I did some charming in Chardok and it was ok I guess.

The fact that druids have three very viable ways to solo exp is crazy. For me, I’d probably rather dot rot or charm than quad. 57+ with bonds of Tunare maybe it’s less painful but snaring four times and circling would add time and annoyance. My wiz spoiled me I guess.