Raising the lvl cap past 50+ is what ruined EQ

[Sarius]

Would it be viable to have a bard swarm in EJ or BW and you just leech the xp up to 60?

[Kevynne]

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

Would it be viable to have a bard swarm in EJ or BW and you just leech the xp up to 60?

Yes

[webrunner5]

You have to find zones with good ZeM in them and just either solo duo or trio. Full groups are terrible on average for XP. And stay away from Hybrids if you can and get as close to all the same level and it can go fairly fast.

[Kevynne]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You have to find zones with good ZeM in them and just either solo duo or trio. Full groups are terrible on average for XP. And stay away from Hybrids if you can and get as close to all the same level and it can go fairly fast.

Or you can get 3 rogues a cleric an enc and a warrior and rape fest.

[Bantam 1]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You have to find zones with good ZeM in them and just either solo duo or trio. Full groups are terrible on average for XP. And stay away from Hybrids if you can and get as close to all the same level and it can go fairly fast.

Or just get a hybrid with less xp than you..... wonder why people miss this fact.

[Kevynne]

Enc.clr.wiz.dru.brd.mnk.

Clr/enc/mnk/wiz for sure in ae group.

[Ponden]

Warriors are garbage.

[Tecmos Deception]

The issues with larger groups, including Chell's crazy 3-rogue group, are finding a place that can support them + having steady pulls without losing all of the DPS a puller can contribute because he is just pulling constantly.

The majority of the time on p99, a 4-person or smaller group is going to work much better than a full group will.

[Kika Maslyaka]

Personally I don't mind really slow leveling, as long as there is something else to do other than grind - like <gasp> questing. I am not talking wow-style kill 7 wolves type quests, but general idea on being on some semi-important quest where your primary goal is to quest, and all quest objects are level-appropriate, then XP will slowly accumulate without you noticing.

Of course, questing is something EQ never really had...

You either:
1. have this stupid newbie quest where you need to kill a uncommon lev 15-20 named and get a rusty long sword as reward and a few copper
2. You turn in bat wings for xp and faction...
3. few occasional quests that start with - kill this lev 5 mob, and then please kill this lev 40 mob (when you level up a month later)
4. the epic quests (and similar) which are really in short supply and require more grind/poopsucking than anything else.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

4. the epic quests (and similar) which are really in short supply and require more grind/poopsucking than anything else.

What class are you? Have you ever even done an epic quest?

Almost none of them involve ANY grinding (and doing stuff like grinding faction for shaman epic is doable while XPing anyways, so you can hardly complain), and while several of them do require raid-mob kills that you can't get without being in TMO or socking, even those epic quests are mostly NOT grinding or poopsocking.