New Druid Advice from the experts

[Goregasmic]

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

Can't all druids hide? Break charm with hide and be a patient mofo if it doesnt work on the first press.

Depends on how reliable your hide is. You'll want to break as close as possible to mob's death and if you get a hide fail you basically lost exp/pet. You could break early to plan for failure but that's not efficient.

[zelld52]

Druid get invis though and dont require as many spell gems while EXPing as an enchanter does.

1)Snare
2)Root
3)Panic Animal
4)Charm
5)Heal
6)Invis
7)Damage Shield
8)Spell Swap

[Zuranthium]

You need Spirit of Cheetah and Gate up to get away from dangerous PvP, and Winged Death to have kill threat. Extra spell gem is big for those who play real Everquest.

[Rofel952]

I have some input here. I’ve camped courier quite a bit years ago on blue. I’ve looted about 8-10 rings.. Some were quite literally immediate as I was getting the camp from someone else. They were not happy! Others took 10-12 hours (at the 2 spawn). I’ve also looted two rings back to back within about 15 seconds. That was exciting! Average spawn rate I’ve seen at the 2 spawn was about 2 couriers per hour. I’d usually do the camp 2-3 hours at a time.

The real problem with the camp and the reason it costs so much is because you must be active at all times or you lose your spawn to pathing, or a soothsayer kills your courier, etc.

Fun to read you guys argue, but you both have valid points and won’t concede to one another. For the OP, I’d say why not do the 1 spawn, get mediocre money and maybe a ring. It’s fun to have a chance at something awesome and still get exp. If you don’t get it, oh well. You really don’t lose out on much.

Certainly, if you want a more relaxed camp, this is t for you.

[Rofel952]

I should clarify I only read through page 18 so maybe you guys made up since then!

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Rofel952 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fun to read you guys argue, but you both have valid points and won’t concede to one another.

You say that, and yet you advocate for the same thing just about everyone in this thread except DSM has been advocating:

Originally Posted by Rofel952 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I’d say why not do the 1 spawn, get mediocre money and maybe a ring. It’s fun to have a chance at something awesome and still get exp. If you don’t get it, oh well. You really don’t lose out on much.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

You say that, and yet you advocate for the same thing just about everyone in this thread except DSM has been advocating:

Yes Loramin, nuance is a thing. People can agree with me and still have a preference that runs contrary to my suggestion. Ad populum fallacy is irrelevant, you really should stop using it. Everybody can agree 1 + 1 = 3, but 1 + 1 will still equal 2 factually.

At the end of the day your suggestion is based off of unrealistic drop probabilities for the Goblin Ring. The market shows Goblin Ring is rarer than you claim. If Goblin Rings were dropping commonly, the price would have tanked by now. Plat farmers do not miss good camps, especially when the camp was available for years before Green launched and is easy to solo (even at low levels).

I prefer reality over wishful thinking. Statistically you will probably be better off by farming plat while leveling rather than trying to farm the Goblin Ring at a low level. Do you have a chance at the Goblin Ring? Sure. But you probably won't get one, which means you will simply be behind the player who chooses the plat farming route instead.

I leave it to the reader to decide which path is best for them. Some people like a gamble, some people like consistency. If you don't know which you prefer, consistency is the safer default choice.

[bcbrown]

The suggestion was to spend levels 18-22 or so in LoIO. Even if you try to level at a plat camp you're not going to make much money on those levels. And remember that OP wants to play a charming druid; the alternative zones are EK and Oasis. If anything, LoIO is the plat farming zone.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

The suggestion was to spend levels 18-22 or so in LoIO. Even if you try to level at a plat camp you're not going to make much money on those levels. And remember that OP wants to play a charming druid; the alternative zones are EK and Oasis. If anything, LoIO is the plat farming zone.

OP can choose which zones they play in and what playstyle they end up doing for each level range. You'll make more plat at a plat camp than a non-plat camp. You'll have more to show than no Goblin Ring too.

[bcbrown]

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

I will be doing as much charm killing as I can