Etiquette in Blackburrow...?!

[odiecat99]

Next time this hapoens pm me and I will deliver swift justice

[Buns]

I agree... I recently spent levels 8 - 12 there on my Enchanter. I leveled there over about a week. During that entire week, there was a dark elf who was camping outside BB every time I logged on. He was anonymous, but conned red to me the entire time (even when I was 12). He always had it camped. Inside it was impossible to find kills because people in their late teens were camping all the greens. The only place I had luck was the four mobs that spawn in Everfrost.

It's really frustrating because if you roll a character in Qeynos, it's really the only place to exp from 8 to low teens, but finding kills is impossible because there are so many uber twinked level 20s farming gnoll fangs despite it not being that great of exp for them. Since they're twinked, they should solo somewhere else since untwinked characters don't have that option.

I definitely don't remember it being like this in classic. In fact, BB was always dead on Tunare.

[Eunomia]

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

I don't know if petition here works like it did 15 years ago, but back then when you double petition, you just delete the first one. Don't think of petition as /tell gm.

This is accurate.

You can be sure I didn't see your first petition. I am sorry this happened to you. Please petition in game again if you experience similar problems. If by chance we are not able to contact you while you are on line, you may petition in the Petition / Exploit section of the forum and provide as much detail as possible, including your account and character name.

We would rather handle these types of issues in private, and ask that you take these suggestions prior to ranting on the forum.

/Report is not a function I see on Project 1999.

I hope you are able to put this experience behind you, as there is a lot of fun to be had on Project 1999!

[Velerin]

the problem is the exp is just too high on those fangs. Those level 20s are doing it because its actually still real damn good exp. Hell its still noticeable exp in your 40s here.

[Lyrith]

::These are not the Gnoll Fangs you are looking for::

[baalzy]

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

Don't know about that, 6 legio pads I turned in yesterday were only 1 blue bubble at 18. When I leveled in CB, I didn't notice any high levels farming pads and belts. I did notice a certain ogre warrior who would loot as many belts and pads as he could, then he /q'ed out when people asked him not to hog stuff. He later sold them in gfay.

Pads/belts drop off rather sharply at level 8/9 xp wise.

[Velerin]

I don't think they really ever bottom out though. I remember a while back I was about 98/99% into 49. I was running thru GF and thought I'd test out the cb belt exp. Bought about 10 from a newbie, ran over and turned them in...ding 50.

[xexbis0]

Wow that dude is an ass. I would use petition on the forums and provide the picture as opposed to in-game petitions. They're going to want that picture anyways for proof.

Do us all a favor and get that dude banned for a week+.

[fadetree]

Fangs are good up until 14ish, then ok to 18 or so. Kinda ghetto after that but if you are really obsessive you can take em to 20.

[BarackObooma]

“I know that turning in the Gnoll Fangs grants a massive XP boost from levels 1-24”

This is correct. Experience is even good beyond that actually. Especially for classes that have a hard time soloing.

I would like to provide an alternative point of view on this. Please understand that people who have leveled other characters are no longer in the P99 honeymoon phase. Leveling becomes a grind and you want to get it over with as quickly as possible.

I’m an altoholic and have a character of almost every class (and multiples of some classes). This means I am usually broke and can’t afford (or won’t pay 2-3k an hour) to be power leveled. I’ve learned what zones/quests/etc. give the best experience. This is why you’ll see my toons in Blackburrow from level 3-20s.

I have calculated that each fang turn in is around 19,000-20,000 experience.

See the leveling chart at:
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=62213

For a 22 Ranger it took exactly 100 fangs to go from 22 to 23 (1,387,000 x 1.4 = 1,941,800 experience needed to level – divided by 100 equates to the 19-20k per fang estimate).

When not many people are in the zone, it takes maybe 2-3 hours to do that. The higher your level the faster you kill so you really don’t slow down leveling unless there is a lot of competition.

For that same level 22 Ranger soloing level 20 mobs in an outdoor zone (75 ZEM), you’d get 30,000 experience per mob solo. You would need to solo (1,941,800 / 30k) approximately 65 mobs to level. This means you would need to kill each one every 2 minutes with no downtime to med/heal to get equitable experience. This is not likely.

So if I can level faster, with no down time and pretty much no chance of dying, why wouldn't I take that option?

With that being said, it’s not okay for someone to tell another person where they can and can’t level. You can move to a different zone just as easily as they can. You are just as self-serving in your wants as a higher level is.

I do my best to give back. I’ve saved dozens of people from dying, have split camps for people, have pulled mobs for lower levels that they can pick off one at a time, have given backpacks full of earrings and neck pieces to newbies, have led lost people out of the dungeon, etc. I am also camping the commanders for their shoulderpads for an enchanter guildie.

What have you done for anyone else besides complain about other people? Who’s really the inconsiderate/selfish one?

The rogue kill stealing you was wrong but you provoked the situation by doing /rude and probably telling him where he should or shouldn't level.

I really do hope you enjoy your time on P99. Blackburrow is an anomoly so don't think every zone is like that.

If you want the best rewards you're going to have to compete. Learn this now because if you want to raid later you won't be handed anything on a silver platter even with the new raid changes.