Easy solo spots for a 35 shaman on kunark

[Clark]

Highkeep Guards. Best xp bonus around.

[mrmop520]

FV Pirates near the cliffs. was mentioned before, but this is the best mid 30s spot in kunark [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Mirana]

Sry double post

[Roth]

thanks all!

[Mirana]

Drolvargs along the east wall in FV die really fast. If you sit high up on the zone wall you "should" be safe from roamers. The higher level ones will be a bit tough but the lowest level ones (savages i think?) are super squishy.

[Lyrith]

Best bet is to get that Melee Shaman idea out of your head about right now. Because my shaman geared HEAVILY and even soloing slowed mobs in CoM at 40 can wear me down quick if I don't root/dot them.

[loramin]

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

Best bet is to get that Melee Shaman idea out of your head about right now. Because my shaman geared HEAVILY and even soloing slowed mobs in CoM at 40 can wear me down quick if I don't root/dot them.

That's not completely true. I've leveled a shaman to 55 recently, and with a Barbarian Spiritist's Hammer it certainly seemed better to tank sometimes ... or at least it did before the nerf (I haven't been using mine much since the nerf so I can't say for sure now). Similarly with a JBB it can also make sense to tank, because it breaks root frequently.

With just a poison wind censor and no BSH or JBB though, I'm not so sure; OP really needs to do the math if they want to know for sure whether tanking is a good idea. It might seem like rooting always wins, since you get more mana and take less damage, but you also have to consider:

* the mana cost of root itself
* the time it takes to root
* the damage you'll still take (while rooting, when root breaks, etc.)
* the melee damage you won't deal

So it's not necessarily clear-cut.

P.S. To get back to the OP's original question: Per-Level Hunting Guide

[Lyrith]

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

That's not completely true. I've leveled a shaman to 55 recently, and with a Barbarian Spiritist's Hammer it certainly seemed better to tank sometimes ... or at least it did before the nerf (I haven't been using mine much since the nerf so I can't say for sure now). Similarly with a JBB it can also make sense to tank, because it breaks root frequently.

With just a poison wind censor and no BSH or JBB though, I'm not so sure; OP really needs to do the math if they want to know for sure whether tanking is a good idea. It might seem like rooting always wins, since you get more mana and take less damage, but you also have to consider:

* the mana cost of root itself
* the time it takes to root
* the damage you'll still take (while rooting, when root breaks, etc.)
* the melee damage you won't deal

So it's not necessarily clear-cut.

P.S. To get back to the OP's original question: Per-Level Hunting Guide

Yeah, but I doubt he has ANY of those items. I'm just saying with my Fungi/JBB/etc that sometimes I wonder if I should just be root parking mobs instead... I couldn't imagine trying to tank as a shaman without some of these high end items. I would consider Howling Harpoon high end as well since he is not twinked.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

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

Yeah, but I doubt he has ANY of those items. I'm just saying with my Fungi/JBB/etc that sometimes I wonder if I should just be root parking mobs instead... I couldn't imagine trying to tank as a shaman without some of these high end items. I would consider Howling Harpoon high end as well since he is not twinked.

This.

I had a Jade prod on my shaman and was AC/hp geared. Tanking was wayyyy slower than root dotting, and root dotting was wayyyy slower than duoing.

[Roth]

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

This.

I had a Jade prod on my shaman and was AC/hp geared. Tanking was wayyyy slower than root dotting, and root dotting was wayyyy slower than duoing.

I will defend my point of view on this. If you look at the high end shaman items, they are not significantly different than cultural crafted gear in terms of pure grinding efficiency. So for example if you have an item with 16 ac and another item with 20 ac, overall the difference will not be enough to make an impact so significant that you won't be able to take hits. With full buffs I have around 750 ac. I can go through about 3 easy db/high lb mobs before needing to med roughly with meelee.

Maybe this is not the MOST efficient way to level, but it is a lot easier than root dotting mobs where if you make a mistake you will instantly die. Which is why I asked for easy solo spots, not necessarily the fastest exp per hour solo spots. If you look at iksar regen + regen buff it's not much downtime at all to level like this and I get more exp than grouping most likely because some easy mobs slow is not even necessary to kill them.

If I wanted to answer my own question, I would have said things like tundra yetis in dl, servants of sythrax in field of bone, brutes outside dalnir, giants in warslik. I was hoping with this post to find new areas to go in so I didn't have to use the same spots every time. Since posting I have done my own testing/exploring to find a spot I like. So it's not like I won't put in the work, I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas that I wouldn't have thought of on my own.