Ideal Leveling Zones for Grouping and Camps

[Auuken]

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

The thing with iksar monks is that you will be trapped on one side of the zone or another unless your FD is good or you have invis, at least for faction. You need to kill approx. 600 orcs or gnolls for the guards to like you, but once you go in the keep, you will have the banker after you and you have to avoid Ran Flamespinner near the stairs to the basement (he's usually in his own room, but some people will train up there and open the door so he can lay waste to goblins) unless you fix Freeport caster faction. There are also a couple of NPCs in highpass hold who are not on any of these factions that you may have to contend with if you accidentally wander into the wrong part.

The banker requires several hundred scalps turned into highpass captains (either gnolls scalps or orc scalps) before she will stop attacking you. For Ran, you have to go to Qeynos Hills and give rat ears to Rephas (sneaking), which will lower Freeport Militia faction. The positive hits to freeport casters is greater than negative hits to militia, just FYI.

So! It IS possible, you just have the added layer of faction to deal with. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Plenty of iksar do follow this path, you just have a few things to watch out for that others don't.

Great post. I'll have to see if the faction grind is groupable. Also, can't you bank from around the corner or something without aggroing in this zone?

Interesting. The camps are usually great there from what I remember. And I think it had a reasonable ZEM too.

[SoekiWiz]

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

Finally coming back to EQ to relive some of the 1999 nostalgia.

Planning on leveling an untwinked Human Monk. One of my favorite things about classic EQ was grouping up, working together, and chatting with people. Does anyone have any suggestions for camps/grouping spots while leveling? Or general advice for a casual blue P99 leveling experience?

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Lots of options.

General rule of thumb, exp per hour is king. By virtue of this, lower hp mobs should always yield the best exp, all other factors assumed equal. So by this logic, old world > Kunark > Velious for exp purposes. These factors are typically not "equal" - aka zone foot traffic and the ability to get a group. So for you, I'd look at where am I likely to catch groups and maximize my play time.

Someone else who's grouped their way through levels would add more beneficial information than I could here as I mostly lone wolf it. However, maybe these will help:

1-5 | Noob zone as previously mentioned
5-10 | EC/WC/NRo -- You can hunt spiders, bears, orcs, scarabs, kitties, dervs, etc.
10-15 | Befallen as mentioned, also consider Oasis
15-25 | Highpass to stay near the other zones previously mentioned, also consider Lake of Ill Omen. You can even camp the Goblin Gazhugi Ring there, maybe you get lucky and scratch off a lottery ticket, boom, you've got a set of gear.
25-40 | The Overthere. Although I solo'ed I do remember a bunch of folks here. Dial-A-Porters bop in regularly so you could catch some buffs, dmg shield, regen, etc.

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Also consider - if you're doing the independent, level old school, gear myself up thing, I would strongly recommend that you save your sheckles as you level, buy yourself some Black Panther Skins (~50p ea), Yew Leaves (~50p ea), and Velium and/or Velium Bonings (These will be a little pricier, I don't wanna do the math right now).

Find yourself a tailor who is willing to help a noob out. I can refer you some friends if you'd like. Get some Black Pantherskin Armor made. It's fantastic, especially if you're new.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Black_Pantherskin_Armor

Welcome back to EverCrack.

Regards,

Soeki

[turbosilk]

Keep in mind this is where you'll find groups available to join our enough people to start a group. There are multiple places to go but I place a premium on dungeon fighting, named camps, nostalgia and farming upgrades not buying them.

Gfay/crushbone 1-18
Lguk 18 to upper 20s.
Unrest 20 to upper 20s low 30s
MM 30 to 39.
Lguk solb upper 30s to 50

[Tuurin]

I'm surprised people keep suggesting Befallen. For PUGs? I've only really popped in a couple of times, but there's usually maybe 2-3 people in there at any point, and usually just people farming for paw quest or soloing. Pretty anecdotal, but I don't see Befallen as a hot PUG spot (unlike Crushbone or Unrest, for example which are always full of people /ooc'ing LFG etc.).

Best advice I'd give anyone who wants to level up via grouping, not big into twinking, seeking social banter etc. is go join a leveling guild. There's a few out there- perhaps check out the guild forum to see who sounds interesting or chat up a couple people in game to find out details. But you're more than likely going to find some like-minded people in a leveling guild.

[Auuken]

Lots of great advice in here, thanks all.

[guinness]

If you can handle the multi-mob pulls and the occasional train, Upper Guk is perhaps the best low 20s to low 30s zone in the game with its huge ZEM bonus. Old world mobs have low HP/AC and respawn time is only 16.5 minutes. Plus there are lots of named mobs that drop loot that you can actually sell to other players for a hundred or so plat here and there, as well as a couple great quest items for a few classes.

Lower Guk is similarly good for low-mid 30s and up, but the ZEM isn't quite as outrageously high and the casters are high enough level that spells go from "ooh that tickles" to "oh god that really hurt". But there's tons of named to camp that drop loot that is worth selling.

[fadetree]

24-30 ish the brutes in the WW caves near dalnir are good.

[loramin]

If all of the above suggestions aren't enough, there's always:

https://wiki.project1999.com/Per-Level_Hunting_Guide
https://wiki.project1999.com/Treasure_Hunting_Guide

[StinkyGreenBud]

Best experiences I have are asking people and forming a group. Then picking an off the path zone/dungeon to explore and xp in. Even better is some of those group mates become static partners every night as you lvl. Take your time too. Do some research on here https://wiki.project1999.com/Zones and find some zones you have never been too and ask some people to join you.