New Druid Advice from the experts

[loramin]

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

The druids who avoid the lottery ticket will probably have more money in their bank, which will translate to buying something nice like Goblin Ring or Lumi Staff a bit sooner.

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

An alternative could be what I mentioned, Warrens > Paineel Guards from 9 to 24 or so. Then on to gargoyle eyes directly, and you have your Heretic faction already leveled up if you want it. Don't need to do Warrens at a higher level for faction.

Absolutely: by farming plat at level 20 in the Warrens our hypothetical Druid could have dozens of plat more (... than the Druid who does LOIO and gets a Goblin Ring).

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Absolutely: by farming plat at level 20 in the Warrens our hypothetical Druid could have dozens of plat more (... than the Druid who does LOIO and gets a Goblin Ring).

Paineel guards offer more plat than dozens of plat. I doubt you know how much plat people get in the Warrens either. Some plat is better than no plat and no goblin ring.

Can you admit that you were misquoting me? I saw you ignored this post:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...&postcount=128

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

Please quote me where I said you have to wait until level 45 to farm plat. If you can't you need to stop saying this and admit you were wrong. I urge you to stop making things up and then doubling down on them. It just hurts your credibility.

[bcbrown]

Goregasmic's excellent list of leveling spots for getting cash has a gap from 18-22. That would be a perfect time to explore LoIO.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Goregasmic's excellent list of leveling spots for getting cash has a gap from 18-22. That would be a perfect time to explore LoIO.

An alternative could be what I mentioned, Warrens > Paineel Guards from 9 to 24 or so. Then on to gargoyle eyes directly, and you have your Heretic faction already leveled up if you want it. Don't need to do Warrens at a higher level for faction.

[bcbrown]

No point for a charming druid in worrying about Paineel. OP wants to charm. There's animals to charm in LoIO.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

No point for a charming druid in worrying about Paineel. OP wants to charm. There's animals to charm in LoIO.

People can pick different paths. I'd rather get XP and plat while leveling. It tends to be more consistent than farming a rare item you have a good chance of not getting.

Other people agree with me, since apparently the camps mentioned by Gregorgasmic are usually taken on Green.

Getting faction for a city prefarmed while leveling never hurts, and it might be useful for you later.

[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, not super interested in quadding or root rott/nuke playstyle as I have a wizard for that already.

For a charming druid, spending a couple levels in LoIO is a good suggestion.

[bcbrown]

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

Perhaps i should rephrase my question/ if xping exclusively in plat rich locations then by what level do you (or any other posters) estimate the druid will have saved enough pp for a ggr?

I was able to afford a lumi staff at level 46. Looking at the pitiful gear on the magelo of that druid at 52, I probably spent about 2k on other gear and subsidized alts to the tune of maybe another 3k. I luckily wrote down where I mostly leveled:

0-10: Misty Thicket
10-12: North Ro
13-19: Nybright Sisters
19-28: Gargoyles
29-32: Warslik Woods, Forest Giants and Brutes
32-40: CT gator alley

Until CT those are decently good plat spots, but I definitely didn't have enough for a ring at 32. I'd estimate 35-45 depending on how singleminded you are about maximizing plat camps and how much other gear you buy.

The problem with trying to grind for cash to get a ring early is that you'll miss out on a lot of the fun charm camps from 20-40. For a self-found charming druid I'd recommend embracing the poverty and charming up through CT gators, spend your 40s grinding for plat, then moving back to charming in the low 50s.

[kjs86z2]

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

[loramin]

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?

It's the same as it's always been I think. But Druids can't even start porting until level 29, and even then they only have five ports;it won't be until 44 that they get all the rest.

So yes, a Druid could level without the ring to say 34, turn down a bunch of customers that they can't port, but still port enough so that ... after hours and hours of just porting and not really playing the game ... they could eventually afford to buy the ring, and use it from 34-45.

OR ... they could kill stuff for XP at 17+, get the ring for free, and then benefit for not just ten levels, but twenty or more.