Green99 pro strats and early game goals

[Videri]

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

Paging experienced Ogre players! The wiki needs a http://wiki.project1999.com/Oggok_Starting_Guide (like the existing http://wiki.project1999.com/Halas_Starting_Guide and http://wiki.project1999.com/Kelethin_Starting_Guide).

There are lots of lower-level mobs in Lake Rathetear and Rathe Mountains. I wonder if people will actually kill them on Green!! That would be so cool...

[TripleBoc]

I imagine with so many people trying to level, bard swarming will be:

1) hard to find enough mobs to round up to make it worth the time invested
2) very irritating to the other people out there waiting for a re-spawn after the kite/swarm is completed

But what's new! I am very excited to see what comes up in October no matter what.

[soronil]

Things I am trying to balance in my early (1-30s) experience

1. Fun / Interesting zones (areas I didn't explore 15-20 years ago)
2. Not super crowded, not completely desolate
3. Not having to bounce around too much

What leveling zones do you guys think will be crowded to the point of reducing fun? I am expecting to avoid Gfay/Crushbone, Commonlands/Ro and maybe Blackborrow?

Any ideas on fun, less crowded areas? Probably depends on what race I end up playing, some ideas being
Nektulos > Lavastorm > Najena > Solusek A
Feerott/Innothule > Rathe > Guk
Everfrost > (blackburrow?) > Permafrost

Also, will Paineel / Warrens / Stonebrunt be available at launch? I know on live at least Warrens and Stonebrunt came later.

[loramin]

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

Also, will Paineel / Warrens / Stonebrunt be available at launch? I know on live at least Warrens and Stonebrunt came later.

I think Paineel was always there (unless Erudite Necromancers started in Erudin at launch?) However those other two definitely won't be available at launch, so Erudites will (classically) have to head over to Qeynos once Toxx turns green.

[Aaramis]

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

What leveling zones do you guys think will be crowded to the point of reducing fun? I am expecting to avoid Gfay/Crushbone, Commonlands/Ro and maybe Blackborrow?

Any ideas on fun, less crowded areas? Probably depends on what race I end up playing, some ideas being
Nektulos > Lavastorm > Najena > Solusek A
Feerott/Innothule > Rathe > Guk
Everfrost > (blackburrow?) > Permafrost

I suspect the less populated areas will be Erudin, Qeynos and Everfrost. But even they'll probably have their fair share of folks due to the lure of Blackburrow.

[Lojik]

I think some of the low level stuff around Inno/Feer might be the best bet. Feerott has some camps but usually not enough ogres to group and clear stuff. Shouldnt be an issue at launch. Sro has some orc camps for the 6-10 levels.

[Jibartik]

Paineel was added god knows when, but it isnt classic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

well its classic to all you guy's standards but to mine, its an abomination :P

[Dolalin]

Erudite necros had their trainers and spell merchants in a hut near the druid ring in Toxx. Paineel was only added much much later.

[Bazia]

Squire my dude lets run qeynos #fangquesting

[Mazoku]

Does this mean I can finally implement my classic HARD CORE strategy? (I go into noob zones and give platinum to mobs, then buff the mobs with hp and DS and regen-(only on "boss mobs") and watch the noobs fight hard for 5-150 plat drops off each mob inzone? Or perhaps my second strategy which will be to drop coin on the ground and make a trail that goes through the zone to a pile of platinum and gold? (follow the treasure!)

You used to be able to give orcs platinum in Crushbone and noobs would loot for belts and be surprised "/shouting WOAH I JUST GOT 100 platinum off an ORC!!"

I did this in Misty Thicket too with bixies..made them SUPER powerful with buffs and gave them platinum..eventually I would see folks /shouting they got tons of money from bees meanwhile some noob would run past with 5 or 6 bixies chasing them to the guards /shout OMG RUN FOR YOUR LIVES THE BEES ARE TOO STRONG!

(You could also heal mobs in classic..you're almost done killing that mob and it is at 5% hp WOOOSH now it's at full HP!)