Necro leveling best balance of XP and Plat? 39+

[nordbear]

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

I will be honest, at 35 it was pretty hard. I died alot but it's not bad because only like 4 kills will get you the XP back.

I feel like necro charm doesnt really break much, but maybe I just got lucky. I've had maybe 5-6 charm breaks in like 4 levels.

The hallway to the library has 1 patrol that pats from top all the way down to library and has a pretty long patrol path, he is the only real annoying part. That and the Skeletal Warders (clerics) they are extremely annoying to deal with because they have a 3-4 sec greater heal that they cast immediately on breaks.

My strategy for dealing with them is to just solo them with my pet (not an option for you) or ideally charming them. They will usually die first, when you break them at low hp, immediately mez them and then cast a big nuke to finish. Keeping the mob you're fighting rooted is necessary.

The library hallway itself has 1 patrol, 2 mobs at top, and 3 mobs at bottom. I did those from 35-37, once I got 37 I was able to pull more mobs from library itself. Once you get in a groove its pretty simple and pretty rewarding as far as XP goes. You will die alot, but don't get too discouraged. It might be wise to wait until 36 as a chanter just due to the fact that you don't have Feign death.

Yea 36 sounds like a more appropriate level, always risky to charm stuff 1 level below. Thanks for the info!

[Crawdad]

Copy paste of a previous post:

I've posted this several times. While leveling I tend to avoid drops and focus on vendor trash as I found it more consistent.

Kurns 12-19 -sell bonechips, chance at Solist wand
Warsilik's Woods, Giant fort 19-29 -lots of vendor goods, chance at forest loop
South Karana, Treants 29-35 -easy 5-10k depending on your luck
West Commons, Druids 34-39 -almost always drop 2x fine steel and sometimes gems, vendor right there.
Oggok Guards and Feerrott/Oasis Specters 39-46 -guards always drop 6p worth of junk, specs can drop bronze scythe for 12p.
Grobb Guards 46-51 -always drops at least 11p worth of junk.
Felwithe Guards 51-54 -guards always drop at least 20p worth of junk.
Wakening Lands, Faerie Dragons and Goos 54-56 - drops quest gems, worth 100p-1.5k. Goos can drop 0-330p worth of junk each (gogo double sapphire necklace).
Wakening Lands, Sentient Armor 56+ -More quest gems (only ever seen 100p-500p variety) or armor (vendor for ~10p/sell for 100p with patience).

All of these spots have vendors either in zone or adjacent. None of them rely on one money drop. Consistent Exp/plat is the name of the game.

From 1-56 Visko has earned ~90k without selling anything big. There are other camps that work out well for their level (top of my head, ancient croc in upperguk) but I'll take consistent vendor trash over praying for drops/my bad luck.

Edited to add: Visko's wearing the same gear at 56 that he was at level 1, ~5k worth of "twink" gear. AFK camps are great for undergeared/nontwinked casters. Twinked casters really only benefit by having a larger mana/Hp pool.. pointless if you're killing maybe 1-3 things then AFKing for respawn.