Returning player, need advice please!

[gkmarino]

Hello I'm not sure what ogre starting faction is with Freeport militia but you could easily get your level 1 ogre shaman to level 10 with deathfist slashed belts and use wolf form if the initial faction was necessary to turn in. Just an idea to save you time in the annoying race to level 9 spells.

Then there are the more expensive goblin ears from HPK but I don't know a lot about those. But time could be saved!

[Transylvania]

You will see the crud of the server if you hang out in mistmoore even 6 hours i promise you that, you'll end up in a fight

[Boarder981]

Thanks for all the great info, guys!

I headed over to South Karana and 30-34 went (relatively) quickly. I'm nearly 35 now! Ugh, another hell level.

The Tesch Val Scrolls quest gives pretty amazing XP, but I have to admit, I'm jealous of the evil Shamans that can rack in mucho plat on Treants and bridge guards! I think between 30-34 I made a whole 300 plat in total killing gnolls. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Sort of wishing I went Troll at this point, LOL.

Where do you think the next best "hot spot" is for a good 35 Shaman? @loramin, I saw the leveling guide links in your sig, but there are so many choices!

I could always stick around SK/Paw for another level or two. Maybe High Keep? Also Sol A looks promising?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm nearly 35 now! Ugh, another hell level.
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Sort of wishing I went Troll at this point, LOL.

Well if it helps you feel better about your decision remember that with the Troll -40% XP penalty you'd be nearly 25 now, not 35 (if my math is correct).

Also in a few more levels you'll be able to do hill giants for better plat, and not too long after that you'll be able to kill Seafuries for gems or all sorts of named mobs for their item drops. Hang in their and you'll be making money more than twice as fast as those treant-killers in no time.

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Where do you think the next best "hot spot" is for a good 35 Shaman? @loramin, I saw the leveling guide links in your sig, but there are so many choices!

I could always stick around SK/Paw for another level or two. Maybe High Keep? Also Sol A looks promising?

Yeah that's the blessing/curse of the guide: lots of places, but a bit of exploration is required [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] At that level I believe I moved on in to Splitpaw itself and did the first 6 or so gnolls. You have to split some and there's less room to maneuver, but you get the extra dungeon XP bonus and can keep doing the Tesch Val scrolls.

If you're sick of gnolls I also think I did a bit of the mountain giant fort in Frontier Mountains. No dungeon XP bonus but plenty of non-caster/easy to root/rot mobs. Alternatively there's also Nurga, which does have an XP bonus and doesn't have the ... quirks of splitpaw (eg. interesting pathing). However it does have casters, so you'll need to learn to root them and then rot them from around the corner.

[Boarder981]

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

Well if it helps you feel better about your decision remember that with the Troll -40% XP penalty you'd be nearly 25 now, not 35 (if my math is correct).

I thought it was -20%?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I thought it was -20%?

You are absolutely correct (my memory sucks), so he'd be almost 29, not 25 (again, if my math isn't as bad as my memory).

[kjs86z]

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for all the great info, guys!

I headed over to South Karana and 30-34 went (relatively) quickly. I'm nearly 35 now! Ugh, another hell level.

The Tesch Val Scrolls quest gives pretty amazing XP, but I have to admit, I'm jealous of the evil Shamans that can rack in mucho plat on Treants and bridge guards! I think between 30-34 I made a whole 300 plat in total killing gnolls. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Sort of wishing I went Troll at this point, LOL.

Where do you think the next best "hot spot" is for a good 35 Shaman? @loramin, I saw the leveling guide links in your sig, but there are so many choices!

I could always stick around SK/Paw for another level or two. Maybe High Keep? Also Sol A looks promising?

I liked The Overthere at 35. Lots of buffs near SF ramp, easy to port around, can easily zone if overrun, etc.

[Squabbles123]

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for all the great info, guys!

I headed over to South Karana and 30-34 went (relatively) quickly. I'm nearly 35 now! Ugh, another hell level.

The Tesch Val Scrolls quest gives pretty amazing XP, but I have to admit, I'm jealous of the evil Shamans that can rack in mucho plat on Treants and bridge guards! I think between 30-34 I made a whole 300 plat in total killing gnolls. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Sort of wishing I went Troll at this point, LOL.

Where do you think the next best "hot spot" is for a good 35 Shaman? @loramin, I saw the leveling guide links in your sig, but there are so many choices!

I could always stick around SK/Paw for another level or two. Maybe High Keep? Also Sol A looks promising?

I soloed 34 to 39 at Splitpaw with my Shaman. You can solo there until 40, then almost all the doorway mobs stop giving XP.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for all the great info, guys!

I headed over to South Karana and 30-34 went (relatively) quickly. I'm nearly 35 now! Ugh, another hell level.

The Tesch Val Scrolls quest gives pretty amazing XP, but I have to admit, I'm jealous of the evil Shamans that can rack in mucho plat on Treants and bridge guards! I think between 30-34 I made a whole 300 plat in total killing gnolls. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Sort of wishing I went Troll at this point, LOL.

Where do you think the next best "hot spot" is for a good 35 Shaman? @loramin, I saw the leveling guide links in your sig, but there are so many choices!

I could always stick around SK/Paw for another level or two. Maybe High Keep? Also Sol A looks promising?

You could do aviak avocets to 41 I did it on a halfling warrior.

You can do NK Qeynos bridge guards (3 spawn) from 35-41 too I believe?

Or, do corrupt Qeynos guards in WK at the towers, they give great XP and you could turn in their quest bracers for XP to the good Qeynos guard thats at the top of the NK bridge tower.

Qeynos guard faction is useless for you, wouldn't matter imo if you killed either corrupt guards or goodies.

[Boarder981]

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

Or, do corrupt Qeynos guards in WK at the towers, they give great XP and you could turn in their quest bracers for XP to the good Qeynos guard thats at the top of the NK bridge tower.

Wouldn't doing Corrupt Guards get me killed in Qeynos? Some of the guards in the city regard me dubiously, so I assume they're on corrupt faction (the others regard me kindly, probably from killing so many gnolls)