Lavastorm needs some loving

[loramin]

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

I think Lavastorm deserves a ZEM increase. Very underused zone, way better than Oasis.

Agreed. And the same goes for its higher level cousin, Skyfire Mountains.

It's a gigantic zone full of high level mobs to kill ... and the only reason anyone ever goes there is to get to/from Burning Woods/The Overthere/Veeshan's Peak (or for Talendor). It's a completely missed opportunity as a place for higher level characters to XP.

[Jimjam]

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

Agreed. And the same goes for its higher level cousin, Skyfire Mountains.

It's a gigantic zone full of high level mobs to kill ... and the only reason anyone ever goes there is to get to/from Burning Woods/The Overthere/Veeshan's Peak (or for Talendor). It's a completely missed opportunity as a place for higher level characters to XP.

People pretend dungeons are harder than travel zones to level. It felt true on live. It certainly isn’t here though. Travel zones are a pita to level in on p99. I’m not sure why.

Maybe mob density or pathing is different?

[Maliant]

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

Agreed. And the same goes for its higher level cousin, Skyfire Mountains.

It's a gigantic zone full of high level mobs to kill ... and the only reason anyone ever goes there is to get to/from Burning Woods/The Overthere/Veeshan's Peak (or for Talendor). It's a completely missed opportunity as a place for higher level characters to XP.

People used to run G Wurm groups outside VP quite regularly. Especially torpor hungry shamans. Exp could be boosted I suppose but most people capable of doing gwurms with 3-6 people are probably 60 already.

[loramin]

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

People used to run G Wurm groups outside VP quite regularly. Especially torpor hungry shamans. Exp could be boosted I suppose but most people capable of doing gwurms with 3-6 people are probably 60 already.

Oh yeah, I forgot about gwurm farming. But still, 95+% of the zone sits ignored and unused by level 50-somethings, despite being full of mobs (ostensibly) for them.

Of course, classically it was never a super popular XP zone either, as the mobs there have more HP than (say) the neighboring BW giants... but even so, I do remember people on live leveling there.

[Jibartik]

you ruined qeynos hills youll not ruin lavastorm!

[DeliciousHalflings]

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

you ruined qeynos hills youll not ruin lavastorm!

Lavastorm was ruined long before I got here.

[Tethler]

I occasionally see necros fear kiting in skyfire. No groups though unless farming named cycle for epic mobs/spells.

[Chortles Snortles]

lavabore

[cd288]

People leveled in LS because they weren’t fully aware of other options. There’s a reason that once knowledge started filtering out better Oasis was always crowded and LS was empty

[ReoDobbs]

Tbf I don't understand how/why they come up with the ZEM changes they do. Or even when, why decrease ZEMS across the board two months ago after so many have leveled? Seems like a great way to punish newer players.

Anyway the ZEM differences of zones seems to be getting less and less different so people are just going to find the laziest/easiest zones to escape if things get hairy if there's no risk vs reward.

I think both Lavastorm and Dragnor's Cayldron ZEMS should be through the roof